And bacteria!

@@andersdaugberg8442 only specific bacteria form spores

Oh, I actually haven't read much of the new sourcebook, thanks for the heads up!

@@Greyscales 👍

Hey man, thanks for the kind words, even though I kinda just do these in my spare time, I'm really happy that you think my video has quality and that it was helpful!

Absolutely agree. I really like the aesthetic as well as all the solid info. The info is all delivered concisely without feeling rushed. The only fault I can find is minor but I'll mention it anyway is that the recording setup could use some work. There's noticeable echo.

@@Oniphire Yea I understand my audio is kinda not great, it's cause I use my phone as my recording device and I'm also in a smallish room, but thanks for the feedback and support, I'll try to see if I can do something about the audio quality in the future! Also, I think that the audio sounds better on desktop speakers rather than headphones or mobile devices.

Hey, I'm glad that you found my channel to be interesting enough to get you into D&D, despite the pandemic, I hope you have many great adventures!

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.

Hey Owls, I'm really happy that these videos are to your liking and I hope that you will enjoy D&D 5e in spite of the pandemic! Just remember that the mechanics are there to simulate a fun adventure with you and your friends, so you don't need to stick to them strictly, just follow what the Dungeon Master has to say!

I'm happy you found it to be helpful!

Thank you for your support, even though school is back, I will still try to find time to upload every so often!

I’m really glad you enjoyed it!

I really appreciate the compliment, and am glad that you liked it!

Thank you so much Onkel, it's just that school has been keeping me really busy, but thank you for the compliments!

@@Greyscales I totally get it! Been there myself. Best of luck!! Will keep an eye out!!

Hey Finn, thank you so much for liking what I do! I'm really happy that people enjoy these types of videos. And thank you for the suggestions! I'm currently swamped with college work so I probably won't be able to upload any time soon, but I will definitely continue what I've been doing on this channel!

@@Greyscales I totally understand the situation, I'm in college too and the workload is like being a Beholder's optician

thanks! I will inform myself about this. I am looking for a way to play my spore druid more efficient

Yea a psychedelic necro druid is definitely very flavourful!

@@Greyscales I didn't even think about psychedelic property of it ohhhhhh I'm so excited.

Fungi stick together

Hey Justin, I think that's a pretty cool idea! Although I think things like Magic Initiate for Mage Armour might not be that great since Druids have proficiency with Medium Armour and Shields so you generally have pretty decent AC. Stoneskin also costs 100 gp of diamond dust, which might not be readily available and it also costs concentration which might limit your supportive spells that you can use. But I think War Caster is pretty good and I'm glad that you shared this with me, thank you Justin!

@@Greyscales thanks for taking the time to respond you are right with mage armour i meant to say sheild but i had a brain fart. This character is also meant to be mid level somewhere in the 12-14 range so they will hopefully have more money for spell componets. And green flame blade and booming blade are the stars of the show as you can use them the same turn you cast shillelagh. (If your dm allows two cantrips instead of one leveled spell and a cantrip) and its plenty of extra damage for the melee tankiness kinda build. One last thing i forgot to add is just to add protection from energy as it just gives you that extra tankiness

@@theCreamyCrusher Yea that sounds pretty good then! Glad you're having fun with the build!

Glad you enjoyed!

Yea the 1 HP zombies are not the worst, its just that it's limited to a small range and limited in creature typing and also competes for your Reaction that I think makes it not very good for a sixth level subclass feature. And I agree that being able continually renew Symbiotic Entity at Level 20 is really strong, but a lot of characters get ridiculous if you reach end game. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks!

And i might have killed her best friend

It's a pretty cool subclass and I agree that the 1 HP zombie can provide a bit of utility, but according to the Fungal Infestation ability it actually can only take the Attack action, so it can't Dash. Thanks for the comment!

Oh well boo. :p

Hey Henry! For a Standard Array Druid character, I would suggest using your highest Ability score (which is 15) on Wisdom. And then you can choose if you want to build a more Strength-based character with the rest of your scores. I would suggest Dexterity since it is used in things like Stealth and Initiative. Also, Druids usually only have proficiency in light and medium armour, which synergizes with Dex rather than Str. You are correct that Druids in general are more focused on their Spellcasting than their martial abilities. But there are ways to augment their melee capacity with cantrips such as Shillelagh, which allows you to use Wisdom for your melee attack and damage bonus instead of Strength, and you get your 1d6 bonus damage. However, the way Spore Druids are, you probably don't want to overemphasize your melee abilities since that 1d6 damage does not increase and you as a Druid do not get Extra attacks, which will make you feel like your lagging behind your friends later on. But at the end of the day having fun with your friends is more important, if you feel like your gonna have a good time with a Strength Druid, then nothing can stop you! Also, this video was made before Tasha's book and is based on Spore druids in Ravnica which do poison 1d6, but Tasha's do necrotic which is generally much better. I hope this helps shed a little light since D&D is pretty big and there's a lot to consider for spellcasters, especially for new players! Thank you for your comment!

@@Greyscales This was a very helpful reply! Thank you!

Hey Toad Officer, you can always just reflavour spells like Conjure animals or Conjure Woodland beings to have mushroom summons. Just ask your DM how might your reflavour play out and see if you guys can modify abilities aesthetically. Thank you for the comment, hope you have fun being a Toad!

@@Greyscales thanks I just started playing at a library zoom thing. I hope I can

I talked with them and now i have a myconid sprout familiar with a comically large grass sombrero that rides on my shoulders

Hope you enjoy the video

Yea absolutely, the mechanical side of the game doesn't have to be tied to the in-universe aesthetic that you want to portray.

Thank you so much for the compliments Ross, and yeah I'm still not entirely comfortable with talking to KZfaq so my speech might be a little wooden and fast. I will try and slow down my talking, thank you for the feedback!

@@Greyscales yeah anytime:). wanna check out my newest video and let me know what you think? after watching it a few times i think im too dull. anyways heres the link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l9aRpK9mktW1mYU.html (im currently on my alt account that i use for music and stuff jsuk). hope u enjoy it!

Hey Ross I saw your video and I have to say that I don't know much about Dungeons and Dragons Online. But I think you know what you are talking about and I think the voice is fine, but the timing for each of your sentences is a little bit slow, but that might just be me and our styles might be different. I thought it was a very enjoyable video!

Yea sorry! I kinda talk quickly when i read from a script but i’ll try to be more natural in the future.

Hey User, I agree that Monk's probably have better natural synergy built-in, but the PHB for 5E actually says that Druids WON'T wear metal armour not that they CAN'T, so it is done for personal/spiritual reasons but there is actually nothing stopping you from being an edgy metal wearing druid. Also, you can easily talk to your DM about creating Heavy Armour that is not made from metals such as Ironwood or some Druidic bark skin armour. Thank you for watching the video!

@@Greyscales something I had an idea about trying is Umber Hulk chitin plate armor.

It would be a very awkward multiclass since your Druid stuff would scale with WIS and your Wizard spells would scale with INT. However, for the sake of flavour, it could be an interesting way to build an undead army, with some being classic undead while other creatures you revive being mushroom lads. It wouldn't being very strong since you delay a lot of your class progression for abilities that don't synergize very well and you need both your WIS and INT to be high in order to reliably use your spells against enemies. But I do think it's a really cool thematic idea and you shouldn't shy away from it! Thank you for the question Marcus.

Thanks, this is just one of the experiments I plan to work on.

I don't think so since you roll for Concentration checks whenever you take damage, Temp HP does not prevent or negate damage in any way. Temp HP is just extra HP. But your DM might rule differently and as long as you have fun then that's what matters, thank you for the comment!

@@Greyscales let me quote the PHB P198 "Some spells and special abilities confer temporary hit points to a creature. Temporary hit points aren't actual hit points; they are a buffer against damage, a pool of hit points that protect you from injury. When you have temporary hit points and take damage, the temporary hit points are lost first, and any leftover damage carries over to your normal hit points. For example, if you have 5 temporary hit points and take 7 damage, you lose the temporary hit points and then take 2 damage. Because temporary hit points are separate from your actual hit points, they can exceed your hit point maximum. A character can, therefore, be at full hit points and receive temporary hit points." Now on twitter Jeremy Crawford replied to this "If my Temporary Hit Points are 10 and I take 30 damage from an attack, what is the DC of my Concentration Check?" With this "The DC is 15. When temporary hit points absorb damage for you, you're still taking damage, just not to your real hit points." Now this seems to imply you'd still make the concentration save but the situation is slightly different as the damage is higher than the temporary hit points so you're still taking some damage just not all of it, but also you are talking all of it actually which doesn't really make sense and definitely conflicts with what I quoted from the rulebook

@@pinkliongaming8769 I think that's a fair interpretation but I do believe that the descriptors are flavour text meant to explain the order in which you take the damage and what happens to your character in universe. But based on Jeremy Crawford's ruling you can see that the DC is 15 which means that the 30 damage is still counted in the Concentration check, the Temp HP does not mitigate the Concentration DC. If only the leftover damage counted for Concentration than it would go to DC 10 as the highest DC since only 20 damage would count. Concentration happens when you take damage not when you specifically lose HP, "a buffer against damage" is your character's physical body not getting injured but you can imagine how getting hit would cause someone to lose Concentration regardless of protective warding.

Yea buffing the Symbiotic Entity to a bonus action does a lot to make the subclass feel smoother. The most important thing is that you feel like you are having fun with your character and I'm personally glad you enjoy the spore druid.

That sounds like a neat character idea!