Jul 22, 2024 6:27 pm
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Jul 22, 2024 7:35 pm
Hmm.
All PC's are level 5
Starting Equipment plus 700gp to spend
All official sourcebooks possible
Feats are good.
I made it so all players have two character sheets. One will be for a generic "Mech" sheet I will give information to you for later in the story. You don't have to use it but it could be useful for you.
All characters will start as an established "Adventuring Party"
That is where it starts.
Well, we are looking at a Halfling. Are there any of the below for a Halfling that I should ignore in deciding?
Oh. GM. What are you using for Stat generation and HP generation. Both are coming to head soon.
All PC's are level 5
Starting Equipment plus 700gp to spend
All official sourcebooks possible
Feats are good.
I made it so all players have two character sheets. One will be for a generic "Mech" sheet I will give information to you for later in the story. You don't have to use it but it could be useful for you.
All characters will start as an established "Adventuring Party"
That is where it starts.
Well, we are looking at a Halfling. Are there any of the below for a Halfling that I should ignore in deciding?
Oh. GM. What are you using for Stat generation and HP generation. Both are coming to head soon.
[ +- ] PHB
Player's Handbook
The comforts of home are the goals of most halflings' lives: a place to settle in peace and quiet, far from marauding monsters and clashing armies. Others form nomadic bands that travel constantly, lured by the open road and the wide horizon to discover the wonders of new lands and peoples. Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or communities are threatened.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Age. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.
Alignment. Most halflings are lawful good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. They are also very orderly and traditional, leaning heavily on the support of their community and the comfort of the old ways.
Size. Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Lucky. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die. You must use the new result, even if it is a 1.
Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Nimble. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling.
Lightfoot
As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You're inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety.
Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life. In the world of Grayhawk, these halflings are called hairfeet or tallfellows.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even when you are only obscured by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.
Stout
As a stout halfling, you're hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Some say that stouts have dwarven blood. In the Forgotten Realms, these halflings are called stronghearts, and they're most common in the south.
Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Stout Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance to poison damage.
The comforts of home are the goals of most halflings' lives: a place to settle in peace and quiet, far from marauding monsters and clashing armies. Others form nomadic bands that travel constantly, lured by the open road and the wide horizon to discover the wonders of new lands and peoples. Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or communities are threatened.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Age. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.
Alignment. Most halflings are lawful good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. They are also very orderly and traditional, leaning heavily on the support of their community and the comfort of the old ways.
Size. Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Lucky. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die. You must use the new result, even if it is a 1.
Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Nimble. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling.
Lightfoot
As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You're inclined to be affable and get along well with others. In the Forgotten Realms, lightfoot halflings have spread the farthest and thus are the most common variety.
Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life. In the world of Grayhawk, these halflings are called hairfeet or tallfellows.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even when you are only obscured by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.
Stout
As a stout halfling, you're hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Some say that stouts have dwarven blood. In the Forgotten Realms, these halflings are called stronghearts, and they're most common in the south.
Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Stout Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance to poison damage.
[ +- ] Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Ghostwise
Ghostwise halflings trace their ancestry back to a war among halfling tribes that sent their ancestors into flight from Luiren. Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of the hin, found only in the Chondalwood and a few other isolated forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.
Many ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that landmark with them at all times. Clan warriors known as nightgliders bond with and ride giant owls as mounts.
Because these folk are clannish and mistrustful of outsiders, ghostwise halfling adventurers are rare. Ask your DM if you can play a member of this subrace, which has the halfling traits in the Player's Handbook, plus the subrace traits below.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Silent Speech. You can speak telepathically to any creature within 30 feet of you. The creature understands you only if the two of you share a language. You can speak telepathically in this way to one creature at a time.
Ghostwise
Ghostwise halflings trace their ancestry back to a war among halfling tribes that sent their ancestors into flight from Luiren. Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of the hin, found only in the Chondalwood and a few other isolated forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.
Many ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that landmark with them at all times. Clan warriors known as nightgliders bond with and ride giant owls as mounts.
Because these folk are clannish and mistrustful of outsiders, ghostwise halfling adventurers are rare. Ask your DM if you can play a member of this subrace, which has the halfling traits in the Player's Handbook, plus the subrace traits below.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Silent Speech. You can speak telepathically to any creature within 30 feet of you. The creature understands you only if the two of you share a language. You can speak telepathically in this way to one creature at a time.
[ +- ] Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
Lotusden
Long tied to the natural heart of the Lotusden Greenwood, these halflings have adapted to live synergistically with the chaotic laws of the wilds.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Children of the Woods. You know the Druidcraft Cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell once per long rest. At 5th level, you can cast Spike Growth spell once per long rest. These spells don't require the material components normally required. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Timberwalk. Ability checks made to track you are at disadvantage and you can move through difficult terrain made of non-magical plants and overgrowth without expending extra movement.
Lotusden
Long tied to the natural heart of the Lotusden Greenwood, these halflings have adapted to live synergistically with the chaotic laws of the wilds.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Children of the Woods. You know the Druidcraft Cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell once per long rest. At 5th level, you can cast Spike Growth spell once per long rest. These spells don't require the material components normally required. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Timberwalk. Ability checks made to track you are at disadvantage and you can move through difficult terrain made of non-magical plants and overgrowth without expending extra movement.
[ +- ] Mark of Hospitality
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Mark of Hospitality
If you're a halfling with the Mark of Hospitality, you have this subrace, with the following traits.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Ever Hospitable. Whenever you roll a Charisma (Persuasion) check or an ability check involving Brewer's Tools or Cook's Utensils, roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the total ability check.
Innkeeper's Magic. You know the Prestidigitation cantrip. You can also cast Purify Food and Drink and Unseen Servant with this trait. Once you cast either spell with this trait, you can't cast that spell again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these spells.
Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic class features, the spells on the Mark of Hospitality Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class.
Mark of Hospitality Spells
Spell Level Spell
1st Goodberry, Sleep
2nd Aid, Calm Emotions
3rd Create Food and Water, Leomund's Tiny Hut
4th Aura of Purity, Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum
5th Hallow
Mark of Hospitality
If you're a halfling with the Mark of Hospitality, you have this subrace, with the following traits.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Ever Hospitable. Whenever you roll a Charisma (Persuasion) check or an ability check involving Brewer's Tools or Cook's Utensils, roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the total ability check.
Innkeeper's Magic. You know the Prestidigitation cantrip. You can also cast Purify Food and Drink and Unseen Servant with this trait. Once you cast either spell with this trait, you can't cast that spell again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these spells.
Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic class features, the spells on the Mark of Hospitality Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class.
Mark of Hospitality Spells
Spell Level Spell
1st Goodberry, Sleep
2nd Aid, Calm Emotions
3rd Create Food and Water, Leomund's Tiny Hut
4th Aura of Purity, Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum
5th Hallow
[ +- ] Mark of Healing
Mark of Healing
If you're a halfling with the Mark of Healing, you have this subrace, with the following traits.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Medical Intuition. Whenever you roll a Wisdom (Medicine) check or an ability check involving an Herbalism Kit, roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the total ability check.
Healing Touch. You can cast the Cure Wounds spell with this trait. Beginning at 3rd level, you can also cast the Lesser Restoration spell with this trait. Once you cast either spell with this trait, you can't cast that spell again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for these spells.
Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic class features, the spells on the Mark of Healing Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class.
Mark of Healing Spells
Spell Level Spell
1st Cure Wounds, Healing Word
2nd Lesser Restoration, Prayer of Healing
3rd Aura of Vitality, Mass Healing Word
4th Aura of Purity, Aura of Life
5th Greater Restoration
If you're a halfling with the Mark of Healing, you have this subrace, with the following traits.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Medical Intuition. Whenever you roll a Wisdom (Medicine) check or an ability check involving an Herbalism Kit, roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the total ability check.
Healing Touch. You can cast the Cure Wounds spell with this trait. Beginning at 3rd level, you can also cast the Lesser Restoration spell with this trait. Once you cast either spell with this trait, you can't cast that spell again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for these spells.
Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic class features, the spells on the Mark of Healing Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class.
Mark of Healing Spells
Spell Level Spell
1st Cure Wounds, Healing Word
2nd Lesser Restoration, Prayer of Healing
3rd Aura of Vitality, Mass Healing Word
4th Aura of Purity, Aura of Life
5th Greater Restoration
Last edited July 22, 2024 7:43 pm
Jul 22, 2024 8:02 pm
I said all sourcebooks. feel free to all.
Added in the general info HP and stat allocation.
HP roll in this thread OR average your choice
Point Buy or standard array your choice
Added in the general info HP and stat allocation.
HP roll in this thread OR average your choice
Point Buy or standard array your choice
Jul 22, 2024 8:07 pm
Your party is charged with recovering the Automidons, three towering constructs which are piloted from within.
What klnd of Stat/skill are we talking about to pilot them? Kinda making this character directed that way. Also any stat/skill for other function for them would be helpful.
What klnd of Stat/skill are we talking about to pilot them? Kinda making this character directed that way. Also any stat/skill for other function for them would be helpful.
Last edited July 22, 2024 8:08 pm
Jul 22, 2024 8:32 pm
going to put in spoiler in case others want to be surprised and don't want anything not
[ +- ] Mechanics
So their isn't really a "piloting" stat with how this is designed, functionally any character could have equal control of the Mechs. However each class/type of character might find that their specific class abilities work with the Mechs better than others.
That being said, rogue would probably have great use for doing extra cool manueverability in the Mech's compared to just about every class, much like they do normally. The special mechanics on how it work, are more class base than skill/stat based
That being said, rogue would probably have great use for doing extra cool manueverability in the Mech's compared to just about every class, much like they do normally. The special mechanics on how it work, are more class base than skill/stat based
Jul 22, 2024 9:01 pm
Okay. I'm going with the wildlife halfling that is slightly druidish.Skip over background and pop right into Rogue. Being 5th level we have Archetype being the most important thing to consider. I'm between the Arcane Triskster or the Scout? Any thoughts there?
[ +- ] Lotusden Halfling
Lotusden (Halfling): Long tied to the natural heart of the Lotusden Greenwood, these halflings have adapted to live synergistically with the chaotic laws of the wilds.
* Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
* Age. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.
* Alignment. Most halflings are lawful good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. They are also very orderly and traditional, leaning heavily on the support of their community and the comfort of the old ways.
* Size. Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is small.
* Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
* Lucky. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die. You must use the new result, even if it is a 1.
* Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
* Nimble. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
* Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling.
* Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
* Children of the Woods. You know the Druidcraft Cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell once per long rest. At 5th level, you can cast Spike Growth spell once per long rest. These spells don't require the material components normally required. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
* Timberwalk. Ability checks made to track you are at disadvantage and you can move through difficult terrain made of non-magical plants and overgrowth without expending extra movement.
* Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
* Age. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.
* Alignment. Most halflings are lawful good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. They are also very orderly and traditional, leaning heavily on the support of their community and the comfort of the old ways.
* Size. Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is small.
* Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
* Lucky. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die. You must use the new result, even if it is a 1.
* Brave. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
* Nimble. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
* Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling.
* Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
* Children of the Woods. You know the Druidcraft Cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell once per long rest. At 5th level, you can cast Spike Growth spell once per long rest. These spells don't require the material components normally required. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
* Timberwalk. Ability checks made to track you are at disadvantage and you can move through difficult terrain made of non-magical plants and overgrowth without expending extra movement.
[ +- ] Arcane Trickster
Rogue: Arcane Trickster
Some rogues enhance their fine-honed skills of stealth and agility with magic, learning tricks of enchantment and illusion. These rogues include pickpockets and burglars, but also pranksters, mischief-makers, and a significant number of adventurers.
Source: Player's Handbook
Arcane Trickster Spellcasting Spell Slots per Spell Level
Rogue Level Cantrips Known Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
3rd Mage Hand + 2 3 2 - - -
4th Mage Hand + 2 4 3 - - -
5th Mage Hand + 2 4 3 - - -
6th Mage Hand + 2 4 3 - - -
7th Mage Hand + 2 5 4 2 - -
8th Mage Hand + 2 6 4 2 - -
9th Mage Hand + 2 6 4 2 - -
10th Mage Hand + 3 7 4 3 - -
11th Mage Hand + 3 8 4 3 - -
12th Mage Hand + 3 8 4 3 - -
13th Mage Hand + 3 9 4 3 2 -
14th Mage Hand + 3 10 4 3 2 -
15th Mage Hand + 3 10 4 3 2 -
16th Mage Hand + 3 11 4 3 3 -
17th Mage Hand + 3 11 4 3 3 -
18th Mage Hand + 3 11 4 3 3 -
19th Mage Hand + 3 12 4 3 3 1
20th Mage Hand + 3 13 4 3 3 1
Spellcasting
When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells.
Cantrips
You learn three cantrips: Mage Hand and two other cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You learn another wizard cantrip of your choice at 10th level.
Spell Slots
The Arcane Trickster Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your wizard spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell Charm Person and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast Charm Person using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know three 1st-level wizard spells of your choice, two of which you must choose from the enchantment and illusion spells on the wizard spell list.
The Spells Known column of the Arcane Trickster Spellcasting table shows when you learn more wizard spells of 1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be an enchantment or illusion spell of your choice, and must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 7th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.
The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can come from any school of magic.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the wizard spells you know with another spell of your choice from the wizard spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and it must be an enchantment or illusion spell, unless you're replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, or 20th level from any school of magic.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your wizard spells, since you learn your spells through dedicated study and memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier
Mage Hand Legerdemain
Starting at 3rd level, when you cast Mage Hand, you can make the spectral hand invisible, and you can perform the following additional tasks with it:
You can stow one object the hand is holding in a container worn or carried by another creature.
You can retrieve an object in a container worn or carried by another creature.
You can use thieves' tools to pick locks and disarm traps at range.
You can perform one of these tasks without being noticed by a creature if you succeed on a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested by the creature's Wisdom (Perception) check.
In addition, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to control the hand.
Magical Ambush
Starting at 9th level, if you are hidden from a creature when you cast a spell on it, the creature has disadvantage on any saving throw it makes against the spell this turn.
Versatile Trickster
At 13th level, you gain the ability to distract targets with your Mage Hand. As a bonus action on your turn, you can designate a creature within 5 feet of the spectral hand created by the spell. Doing so gives you advantage on attack rolls against that creature until the end of the turn.
Spell Thief
At 17th level, you gain the ability to magically steal the knowledge of how to cast a spell from another spellcaster.
Immediately after a creature casts a spell that targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can use your reaction to force the creature to make a saving throw with its spellcasting ability modifier. The DC equals your spell save DC. On a failed save, you negate the spell's effect against you, and you steal the knowledge of the spell if it is at least 1st level and of a level you can cast (it doesn't need to be a wizard spell). For the next 8 hours, you know the spell and can cast it using your spell slots. The creature can't cast that spell until the 8 hours have passed.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Some rogues enhance their fine-honed skills of stealth and agility with magic, learning tricks of enchantment and illusion. These rogues include pickpockets and burglars, but also pranksters, mischief-makers, and a significant number of adventurers.
Source: Player's Handbook
Arcane Trickster Spellcasting Spell Slots per Spell Level
Rogue Level Cantrips Known Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
3rd Mage Hand + 2 3 2 - - -
4th Mage Hand + 2 4 3 - - -
5th Mage Hand + 2 4 3 - - -
6th Mage Hand + 2 4 3 - - -
7th Mage Hand + 2 5 4 2 - -
8th Mage Hand + 2 6 4 2 - -
9th Mage Hand + 2 6 4 2 - -
10th Mage Hand + 3 7 4 3 - -
11th Mage Hand + 3 8 4 3 - -
12th Mage Hand + 3 8 4 3 - -
13th Mage Hand + 3 9 4 3 2 -
14th Mage Hand + 3 10 4 3 2 -
15th Mage Hand + 3 10 4 3 2 -
16th Mage Hand + 3 11 4 3 3 -
17th Mage Hand + 3 11 4 3 3 -
18th Mage Hand + 3 11 4 3 3 -
19th Mage Hand + 3 12 4 3 3 1
20th Mage Hand + 3 13 4 3 3 1
Spellcasting
When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells.
Cantrips
You learn three cantrips: Mage Hand and two other cantrips of your choice from the wizard spell list. You learn another wizard cantrip of your choice at 10th level.
Spell Slots
The Arcane Trickster Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your wizard spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.
For example, if you know the 1st-level spell Charm Person and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast Charm Person using either slot.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know three 1st-level wizard spells of your choice, two of which you must choose from the enchantment and illusion spells on the wizard spell list.
The Spells Known column of the Arcane Trickster Spellcasting table shows when you learn more wizard spells of 1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be an enchantment or illusion spell of your choice, and must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 7th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.
The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can come from any school of magic.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the wizard spells you know with another spell of your choice from the wizard spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and it must be an enchantment or illusion spell, unless you're replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, or 20th level from any school of magic.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your wizard spells, since you learn your spells through dedicated study and memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier
Mage Hand Legerdemain
Starting at 3rd level, when you cast Mage Hand, you can make the spectral hand invisible, and you can perform the following additional tasks with it:
You can stow one object the hand is holding in a container worn or carried by another creature.
You can retrieve an object in a container worn or carried by another creature.
You can use thieves' tools to pick locks and disarm traps at range.
You can perform one of these tasks without being noticed by a creature if you succeed on a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested by the creature's Wisdom (Perception) check.
In addition, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to control the hand.
Magical Ambush
Starting at 9th level, if you are hidden from a creature when you cast a spell on it, the creature has disadvantage on any saving throw it makes against the spell this turn.
Versatile Trickster
At 13th level, you gain the ability to distract targets with your Mage Hand. As a bonus action on your turn, you can designate a creature within 5 feet of the spectral hand created by the spell. Doing so gives you advantage on attack rolls against that creature until the end of the turn.
Spell Thief
At 17th level, you gain the ability to magically steal the knowledge of how to cast a spell from another spellcaster.
Immediately after a creature casts a spell that targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can use your reaction to force the creature to make a saving throw with its spellcasting ability modifier. The DC equals your spell save DC. On a failed save, you negate the spell's effect against you, and you steal the knowledge of the spell if it is at least 1st level and of a level you can cast (it doesn't need to be a wizard spell). For the next 8 hours, you know the spell and can cast it using your spell slots. The creature can't cast that spell until the 8 hours have passed.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
[ +- ] Scout
Rogue: Scout
You are skilled in stealth and surviving far from the streets of a city, allowing you to scout ahead of your companions during expeditions. Rogues who embrace this archetype are at home in the wilderness and among barbarians and rangers, and many Scouts serve as the eyes and ears of war bands. Ambusher, spy, bounty hunter – these are just a few of the roles that Scouts assume as they range the world.
Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Skirmisher
Starting at 3rd level, you are difficult to pin down during a fight. You can move up to half your speed as a reaction when an enemy ends its turn within 5 feet of you. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks.
Survivalist
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Nature and Survival skills if you don't already have it. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those proficiencies.
Superior Mobility
At 9th level, your walking speed increases by 10 feet. If you have a climbing or swimming speed, this increase applies to that speed as well.
Ambush Master
Starting at 13th level, you excel at leading ambushes and acting first in a fight.
You have advantage on initiative rolls. In addition, the first creature you hit during the first round of a combat becomes easier for you and others to strike; attack rolls against that target have advantage until the start of your next turn.
Sudden Strike
Starting at 17th level, you can strike with deadly speed. If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can make one additional attack as a bonus action. This attack can benefit from your Sneak Attack even if you have already used it this turn, but you can't use your Sneak Attack against the same target more than once in a turn.
You are skilled in stealth and surviving far from the streets of a city, allowing you to scout ahead of your companions during expeditions. Rogues who embrace this archetype are at home in the wilderness and among barbarians and rangers, and many Scouts serve as the eyes and ears of war bands. Ambusher, spy, bounty hunter – these are just a few of the roles that Scouts assume as they range the world.
Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Skirmisher
Starting at 3rd level, you are difficult to pin down during a fight. You can move up to half your speed as a reaction when an enemy ends its turn within 5 feet of you. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks.
Survivalist
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Nature and Survival skills if you don't already have it. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those proficiencies.
Superior Mobility
At 9th level, your walking speed increases by 10 feet. If you have a climbing or swimming speed, this increase applies to that speed as well.
Ambush Master
Starting at 13th level, you excel at leading ambushes and acting first in a fight.
You have advantage on initiative rolls. In addition, the first creature you hit during the first round of a combat becomes easier for you and others to strike; attack rolls against that target have advantage until the start of your next turn.
Sudden Strike
Starting at 17th level, you can strike with deadly speed. If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can make one additional attack as a bonus action. This attack can benefit from your Sneak Attack even if you have already used it this turn, but you can't use your Sneak Attack against the same target more than once in a turn.
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Jul 22, 2024 9:40 pm
I like the spell power of the trickster but not keen on the ledger main mage hand for this character. So, I will go with the scout which matchers the characters race better. Hunter sounds like the appropriate background.
[ +- ] Hunter
Hunter (5e Background)
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1 Hunter
1.1 Specialization
1.2 Hunter’s Lodging
1.3 Suggested Characteristics
Hunter
You are a hunter. You've always spent your days in the woods, hunting game to sell in town. You have become adept at tracking, predicting, killing, and skinning your prey.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature and Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Leatherworker's tools, Herbalism kit or Cook's Utensils
Languages: One language of your choice, relevant to the town you sell your stock in.
Equipment: Leatherworker’s tools, Herbalism kit or Cook's Utensils, common clothes. Skinning knife, Hunter license, and a flint and steel kit
Specialization
d6 Specialization
1 Hunt for Survival: You hunt because you have nothing else. You've fallen on hard times and begun to hunt like you life depends on it.
2 Hunt for Entertainment: You find the Thrill of the Hunt exhilarating. You feel the blood pumping in your veins as you line up for your kill and it excites you.
3 Hunt for Pelts: Your home is not in need of meat, so much as they are in need of leathers with which to use and trade. You focus your hunting on animals with high bounty pelts, rather than based on edibility.
4 Hunt for Glory/Trophies: You prefer to hunt Big Game, aiming to bag the creatures that are spoken of in the Hunting Lodges with hushed tones.
5 Hunt for Money (Career hunter): You have grown into a skilled hunter, bagging game and selling it has made you enough money to live comfortably. For you, the hunt is your 9-5.
6 Hunt to Protect (Hunting a particularly dangerous animal) Your home is constantly besieged by dangerous creatures, travelers are always in danger, livestock constantly go missing. Your job is to clear the woods of the ferocious beasts terrorizing the town.
Hunter’s Lodging
You can get free shelter and ammunition with fellow hunters. While traveling the borders between tamed and untamed lands, you may come across the campsite of a fellow hunter, who can provide you with ammunition, food, stories, and company. A Hunter's Lodge may be found on rare occasions, providing a sturdy building in which to gather.
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1 Hunter
1.1 Specialization
1.2 Hunter’s Lodging
1.3 Suggested Characteristics
Hunter
You are a hunter. You've always spent your days in the woods, hunting game to sell in town. You have become adept at tracking, predicting, killing, and skinning your prey.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature and Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Leatherworker's tools, Herbalism kit or Cook's Utensils
Languages: One language of your choice, relevant to the town you sell your stock in.
Equipment: Leatherworker’s tools, Herbalism kit or Cook's Utensils, common clothes. Skinning knife, Hunter license, and a flint and steel kit
Specialization
d6 Specialization
1 Hunt for Survival: You hunt because you have nothing else. You've fallen on hard times and begun to hunt like you life depends on it.
2 Hunt for Entertainment: You find the Thrill of the Hunt exhilarating. You feel the blood pumping in your veins as you line up for your kill and it excites you.
3 Hunt for Pelts: Your home is not in need of meat, so much as they are in need of leathers with which to use and trade. You focus your hunting on animals with high bounty pelts, rather than based on edibility.
4 Hunt for Glory/Trophies: You prefer to hunt Big Game, aiming to bag the creatures that are spoken of in the Hunting Lodges with hushed tones.
5 Hunt for Money (Career hunter): You have grown into a skilled hunter, bagging game and selling it has made you enough money to live comfortably. For you, the hunt is your 9-5.
6 Hunt to Protect (Hunting a particularly dangerous animal) Your home is constantly besieged by dangerous creatures, travelers are always in danger, livestock constantly go missing. Your job is to clear the woods of the ferocious beasts terrorizing the town.
Hunter’s Lodging
You can get free shelter and ammunition with fellow hunters. While traveling the borders between tamed and untamed lands, you may come across the campsite of a fellow hunter, who can provide you with ammunition, food, stories, and company. A Hunter's Lodge may be found on rare occasions, providing a sturdy building in which to gather.
Jul 22, 2024 10:44 pm
Picking up another language besides Common & Halfling. Needs to be more local and not exotic. What are the options there?
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Jul 22, 2024 11:15 pm
Pretty much all phb options work well. My go to "can't decide" language is always Sylvan
Jul 23, 2024 1:06 am
Marceen is very much ready to be placed somewhere in your world. Kinda hard to do any history. She is a female Halfling (Lotusden). Raised in the wilds and is a survivalist huntress. Later in life she has become a scouting rogue.
Despite her diminutive size, she is faster than most humans. Hunt, skin, eat is her game. And she does well with pelts and such too. Wherever she is now, she no doubt has left her mark.
May we spend this 700 gp on magic items. That being healing potions as well? If so, do you have an address to see the selection and pricing.
Everyone wants a magical gizmo. If nothing more than to say they have one.
Despite her diminutive size, she is faster than most humans. Hunt, skin, eat is her game. And she does well with pelts and such too. Wherever she is now, she no doubt has left her mark.
May we spend this 700 gp on magic items. That being healing potions as well? If so, do you have an address to see the selection and pricing.
Everyone wants a magical gizmo. If nothing more than to say they have one.
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Aug 8, 2024 1:24 am
LOL. Yeah. It is where stopped before my slight leave of absence. But that gear is starting gear. She has 700 gp to spend which why the question of magic items was. Any suggestions?
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Aug 8, 2024 1:29 am
Potions are always good, things for creative answers I would describe myself as a "yes and/but" type DM for the most part
Aug 8, 2024 11:32 pm
I really can't imagine what is currently available and the dear costs of such, so she has hoarded/pocketed that 700 gp and is in her original gear which is rather sufficient for her. Unspent coin is probably in easy to hide and carry gems.
She is rather a loner as she has wonder lusted away from her home ground and isn't likely to even see another from her lands. Even though her druidical abilities don't allow her to heal she is tough enough to survive. Although lacking darkvision does make her more vulnerable in the night. Some ideals for magic. Winks.
She is rather a loner as she has wonder lusted away from her home ground and isn't likely to even see another from her lands. Even though her druidical abilities don't allow her to heal she is tough enough to survive. Although lacking darkvision does make her more vulnerable in the night. Some ideals for magic. Winks.
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