May 21, 2025 6:09 pm
Is Nyx charmed or afraid again?
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May 21, 2025 6:20 pm
Nyx is charmed by boar head at the moment and do nothing but put his head into it's mouth, though none could see it happening as he is still invisible
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May 22, 2025 6:11 am
Oh right, sorry I am so chaotic and am editing my post usually several times just after posting it.
May 26, 2025 7:20 pm
badbaron says:
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HAve we gone into this room before? IF so, are our tracks still clear in the dust?IF not, Tante Lude will toss the old rusty mace she took off the statues onto the floor to see if it triggers something.
May 26, 2025 7:47 pm
A rusty old mace, sure; a solid gold skull that may trigger something when removed, not the same thing, lol.
May 26, 2025 7:58 pm
Oh. I totally misunderstood. Thought you want to use it to toss skull without touching it.
OK. Now. There is the pedestal and the skull. There is nothing else in the room. If your PCs not greedy, why don't we ignore the skull and move on?
OK. Now. There is the pedestal and the skull. There is nothing else in the room. If your PCs not greedy, why don't we ignore the skull and move on?
May 26, 2025 8:14 pm
We can skip. I'm just never sure with this dungeon so have gotten into aclear all rooms mentality
May 26, 2025 9:10 pm
It's an idea; knock the skull off the pedestal while remaining outside the room. I'd use TK for it as my Dex is poor though.
May 26, 2025 10:41 pm
go for it, though we had one member step in the room . . . hope the floor doesn't drop out
May 27, 2025 5:39 am
Didn't think I could lift it but, just like you can drag double your carry weight, thought it was worth a push. Nothing lost by trying.
May 27, 2025 6:18 am
Mage hand can't drag, only carry.
Only a creature with defined Str ability score can drag
May 27, 2025 7:39 am
It's not mage hand, it's the telekinesis feat which has two parts. One is mage hand, the other is a bit different.
You learn to move things with your mind, granting you the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You learn the mage hand cantrip. You can cast it without verbal or somatic components, and you can make the spectral hand invisible. If you already know this spell, its range increases by 30 feet when you cast it. Its spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.
As a bonus action, you can try to telekinetically shove one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. When you do so, the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + the ability modifier of the score increased by this feat) or be moved 5 feet toward or away from you. A creature can willingly fail this save.If you can shove a (presumably) human sized creature, it's a bit more than a mage hand.
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Tasha's Cauldron of EverythingYou learn to move things with your mind, granting you the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You learn the mage hand cantrip. You can cast it without verbal or somatic components, and you can make the spectral hand invisible. If you already know this spell, its range increases by 30 feet when you cast it. Its spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.
As a bonus action, you can try to telekinetically shove one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. When you do so, the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + the ability modifier of the score increased by this feat) or be moved 5 feet toward or away from you. A creature can willingly fail this save.
May 27, 2025 7:55 am
I will not waste my energy discussing this any further. There are two different things in DnD : creature and object.
If rule say something like this:
That means this feature is universal
But if it say
then you can only target a creature
At least in my games
If rule say something like this:
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Choose a target. Pick a target within your attack’s range: a creature, an object, or a location.But if it say
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shove one creatureAt least in my games
May 27, 2025 12:18 pm
I see.
[ +- ] Showing my idea
Magic and features such as telekinetic break the rules of physics as we know in our world. One of the rules of physics is: it takes the same kinetic energy to move a creature and an object of the same weight. I am good to use this rule on push, pull and other physical activities, but when it is time to magic, telekinetic or other things that work against laws of physics - then I apply the laws of DnD instead :)
May 27, 2025 9:57 pm
A bit of metal gaming bit if telekinesis failed to work because the skull is an object then it has no stat block so no HP. Spell casters might understand this.
It might just be a magic mouth spell with levitation
It might just be a magic mouth spell with levitation
May 28, 2025 5:13 am
@Psybermagi has a point. We are still treating skull as object which it is. You already know It's magically protected against divination magic (such as Detect Magic) because it did not give any magic aura, but it is obviously magical
Module don't specify exactly how to treat it but I think it is close to Sentient Magic Item and it's relationship with Criella is similar to curse, but is not mechanically a curse - don't waste your remove curse spells on it.
As I hope you noticed the skull is not just repeating the prescribed phrases - it did listen to your earlier conversation and is intelligent enough to reflect on that.
There is a personality behind the skull and you this is the rare opportunity in the game to use your persuasion skills and do some social interaction. DC for communicating with skull will be much higher for anyone but Criella, because skull is so focused on this one person. And DC will depend on type of questions you will be asking - skull will be happy to share some, but not all of the information is posses.
Module don't specify exactly how to treat it but I think it is close to Sentient Magic Item and it's relationship with Criella is similar to curse, but is not mechanically a curse - don't waste your remove curse spells on it.
As I hope you noticed the skull is not just repeating the prescribed phrases - it did listen to your earlier conversation and is intelligent enough to reflect on that.
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There is a personality behind the skull and you this is the rare opportunity in the game to use your persuasion skills and do some social interaction. DC for communicating with skull will be much higher for anyone but Criella, because skull is so focused on this one person. And DC will depend on type of questions you will be asking - skull will be happy to share some, but not all of the information is posses.