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Thanks for posting that, I was about to post but it's less awkward if I wasn't drinking with them the night before. ;-)

Hello!! So many new people here now, haha!
Do we have any rules about posting? Like an order for players to post or something?
This is my first time doing this, so I don’t know much about how to play.

Ohh gods, worried about my donkey and the goblin friend that don't like me XD

He does have one, yes.

Something that could be important in the future. As I read the rules (and one reason I didn't attack first), you can only draw or stow a single weapon in an action; drawing two takes the entire action. I could have drawn one and attacked but that wouldn't be as cool looking and I'm looking to make an impression.

However, the goblin also sheathed a weapon then drew another. That should be a full action; his firing a stone from his sling should be a second action. Obviously as an archer, I would love this to be the case but as I read the rules, I don't think it is. Can you clarify the draw/sheath rules as you want to use them?

Nope, Elin got it right. It had a range in the old rules, they changed it to a touch spell (which makes sense with the spell's name).

I'm happy then, I'm using the character sheet from DnD beyond site to help me, since it's my first time playing DnD

Quick advice then, don't take melee cantrips unless you plan to be a melee mage. They let you swap one out each time you go up a level. Get a nice range, at least 60' (acid splash, mind sliver, ray of frost, toll the dead), 120 (fire bolt) if you are really a scaredy cat, then stay away from nasty people carrying sharp objects (other than your friends of course). The only touch damage cantrip worth carrying is shocking grasp because you can use it then run if they do close on you and it keeps them from attacking you as you run away. But it's situational, better to stay at least 35 feet away since normal move is 30.

If you are a melee mage (haven't played one), then great! I'll stay away and shoot arrows while you run up and get beat on. :-)

I got it thank you!!!
I'm trying a rogue style warlock, I don't know if its a good choice of spells or not, just picked the ones I found fun with what I'm trying to do

for cantrips Chill toutch, True strike and acid splash.
Ohh and for eldritch invocations I got mage armor too.

Great. Did you get agonizing and repelling blast? You can use them with any cantrip in the new rules including the 3 you mention so they get extra damage and knock opponents back. Fun!

So many great invocations now, hard to choose.

I will say that since you are melee, that makes us more interesting and versatile . . . assuming Emberskyes doesn't go all squishy, lol.

I read these now on the rules and they sound good for what I'm trying to do. I like the Repelling Blast one because it lets you push an enemy. Maybe when I reach level 2, I can pick one of them to use.

Ohh I got unconscious XD

@Sneepy Can you give a description of Wormwick's appearance? I loved this guy.

You could get both (and you really want agonizing as it's a nice damage boost). You get 2 more invocations at level 2. And, you could retrain the mage armor one to the weapon pact or chain familiar or whatever you want as your 3rd one since you can retrain 1/level as well. Since you can already wear studded leather, it's only a difference of 1 on armor class and, as I said, there are so many great invocations.

I'm wondering for my character if I made a mistake going dex fighter rather than rogue. I think fighter is a little more combat effective but I really have nothing to do with my bonus action. May go with 2 shortswords rather than a scimiar and use my bonus for the 2nd attack to gain another vex.

To be fair, we despise goblins outside of the city too.

Thank you!! I liked him and wanted to imagine him better haha

I got it!! Thank you for the help and tips!!

Poor Wormwick, no one likes him XD

Thanks, sorry, missed my cue.

He deserves it >:)

Dang, he's got to fall eventually. Dezd would have been out a long time ago from that much.

I didn't check with you on languages, Sneepy. Does each region have its own language or do you use the standard racial based versions? And if each state has its own, does the Badlands have one or multiple? Also, could Dezd take Thieves Cant as his third language based on his background even though he is not a rogue?

If we are using common and racial languages, I certainly recommend getting Common Sign to everyone in the group so we can communicate non-verbally if needed. Maybe have one of us, Dezd would do it, teach the others in the evenings around the fire. I don't know if we can add languages once playing but if you take it as an initial language, the learning could assume we have whatever simple concept we wish to communicate when needed as we learn more. Like ASL when you know the alphabet and common expressions and can spell out ideas you don't know how to say.

I loved this line haha

And sorry friends I was overloaded with work yesterday so I couldn't do much reading.