Nah, some people have short fuses, some have very particular things/scenarios that set them off. Just don't step on their feet, and back them up if someone's pushing their buttons accidentally/on purpose.
Literally talking to my DM about this right now. You have to grade on a curve but absolutely good, kind, even in control people can be barbarians. Frankly the entire self-limitation people put on themselves by forcing a class based on tropes is getting tiring.
Hell, I had an idea for a barbarian that doesn’t get bad but instead just locks in. Just goes real quiet and fuck’s shit up.
You can also make a paladin that doesn’t wear plate armour, who uses a bow, and who’s oath is to protect their village or simply they just love their wife a lot and it’s their wedding vows.
Play the music from tape while miming on the instrument. Surely, acting falls within the scope of bardic abilities!
Or just do some form of oration (rousing speeches, telling jokes, rapping ...). Bards don't have to play an instrument, and using your voice for your bardic performance is way more practical than bringing some instrument on the road.
Aztec death whistle would also be interesting. IDK how hard it actually is to produce that sound and it's definitely harder to find (or make) than a vuvuzela, but you certainly don't need to know any music and the effect is really impressive.
Just looked it up and it seems that GPA is a scale that's linear from 1-4 but everything below 1 is a 0. A is 4, B is 3 and so on.
The conversion from letter grades to percentages can vary though but one example only has a D for 65% which makes B an 83-86% or a GPA of 3.
Failing a class with percentages does count a lot more towards a average than a GPA depending on how hard you fail. Getting a 20% would still be a 0 GPA as well as a 55%. For four classes you could get A, A, A, F and have a GPA of 3 but in percentages you could 100%, 100%, 100% and 0% to get a 75% average.
Needless to say, when taking all the letter grades together they are a weighted average based on the credits given.
For systems that grade on a 1 to 5 scale, subtract 1 from your average grade to get your GPA (for example, if you have a 4.3 out of 5 average grade, you would have a 3.3 GPA). Not sure how to handle a grading system that goes from 1- to 5+.
If I'm a medical student (soon to be physician), am I really just stuck with Wizard? I do a lot of emergency medicine stuff and CPR is straight up necromancy, but I don't recall necromancer being a class. (it has been a hot minute since I've gotten to play D&D)
Edit: I'm completely braindead outside of medicine these days. Necromancer is a Wizard subclass. Time to go find a fancy hat I suppose.
I qualify for every class but Wizard (DNF college and who remembers thier High School GPA from 20 years ago (fuck I'm Old)), Cleric (Atheist), or Warlock (work in a small local trade shop).
I reject instruments only for bard, but I can play an ocarina poorly anyways.
Question about Sorcerer, what makes a family heirloom powerful? Is it size? Weight? Monetary Value? Notoriety?
Incidentally, as part of the Kingmaker chronicle, my DM actually introduced a race of cannibal elves who explicitly refused to eat vegetation as they considered plants sacred.
Can I be a druid with a subclass of barbarian? Got the druid but fucking nailed. Sometimes I'm a temperamental little bitch, but not enough to translate to berserker rage.
I'm going to blackjack my DM with the rules book and take his dice. If I wail on a guitar after (play, not play proficiently), can I start with three classes?
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I would be like 5 of these, so I would be multiclassed beyond usefulness. Come to think of it that is a pretty accurate representation...
Is my new go-to excuse.
I wonder how many groups would ever have a barbarian. A person with a temper that I ever see basically makes it to my 'don't-wanna-be-around' list.
Nah, some people have short fuses, some have very particular things/scenarios that set them off. Just don't step on their feet, and back them up if someone's pushing their buttons accidentally/on purpose.
Literally talking to my DM about this right now. You have to grade on a curve but absolutely good, kind, even in control people can be barbarians. Frankly the entire self-limitation people put on themselves by forcing a class based on tropes is getting tiring.
Hell, I had an idea for a barbarian that doesn’t get bad but instead just locks in. Just goes real quiet and fuck’s shit up.
You can also make a paladin that doesn’t wear plate armour, who uses a bow, and who’s oath is to protect their village or simply they just love their wife a lot and it’s their wedding vows.
"Play an Instrument"
RAW v RAI
I can play any and every instrument, badly. Rules never said play well.
Play the music from tape while miming on the instrument. Surely, acting falls within the scope of bardic abilities!
Or just do some form of oration (rousing speeches, telling jokes, rapping ...). Bards don't have to play an instrument, and using your voice for your bardic performance is way more practical than bringing some instrument on the road.
I think bards who use an instrument should be able to cast spells with verbal components while gagged
“It’s absurd, we have a play group of 20 and they are ALL WARLOCKS.”
“My patron is Geoffrey d’Bezos, an arch fiend!”
“SHUT THE FUCK UP RAYMOND!”
Would bard-warlock multiclass just be that one Bo Burnham song about Jeffrey Bezos?
Yes.
Could you be a sorcerer if you're related to the DM?
Depends on if it's a bloodline relationship.
Handholding types get to be warlocks or clerics
All wizards parties, all the time...
This is the exact reason I learned to play the ukulele
I don't know any instruments (yet), but I can bring a vuvuzela and learn real quick during the next session
Vicious mockery on a Vucuzela makes a lot of sense honestly.
Aztec death whistle would also be interesting. IDK how hard it actually is to produce that sound and it's definitely harder to find (or make) than a vuvuzela, but you certainly don't need to know any music and the effect is really impressive.
I can literally do all of these:
Artificer - I fix things in my house, and was on a robotics team in highschool.
Barbarian (only technically, I don't get explosively mad anymore).
Bard - Piano
Cleric - Muslim
Druid - Have ecology degree
Fighter - Probably
Monk - Fencing and Judo (in the past but looking to do this again)
Paladin - Conservation
Ranger - Nerf or nothing
Rogue - Jury is still out on that, but I startle everyone
Sorcerer - My dad's first computer, the only stable Windows Me machine.
Warlock - Big research university
Wizard - See druid
Hell yes, Abserd-style multiclass incoming.
One level in every class. Good luck.
No you start at level 1 with 1/13 of a level from every class
I don't know how a GPA would translate from american to the rest if the world.
First you have to subtract 32 freedom units, then divide by 1.8 bald eagles.
Oh shit, I can be a wizard as well.
I'm just glad it's not gpa AND a degree.
Though it's an engineering degree, and I'd be an artificer.
Just looked it up and it seems that GPA is a scale that's linear from 1-4 but everything below 1 is a 0. A is 4, B is 3 and so on.
The conversion from letter grades to percentages can vary though but one example only has a D for 65% which makes B an 83-86% or a GPA of 3.
Failing a class with percentages does count a lot more towards a average than a GPA depending on how hard you fail. Getting a 20% would still be a 0 GPA as well as a 55%. For four classes you could get A, A, A, F and have a GPA of 3 but in percentages you could 100%, 100%, 100% and 0% to get a 75% average.
Needless to say, when taking all the letter grades together they are a weighted average based on the credits given.
For systems that grade on a 1 to 5 scale, subtract 1 from your average grade to get your GPA (for example, if you have a 4.3 out of 5 average grade, you would have a 3.3 GPA). Not sure how to handle a grading system that goes from 1- to 5+.
We use percentile in Canada.
I feel like this is too general. I'd want to customize based on specific IRL traits or jobs or hobbies.
You feed and befriend crows? Druid with animal skills focus.
You're some kind of a carpenter, engineer, craftsman? Artificer.
Phlebotomist's assistant? Vampire thrall backstory.
Retail salesperson? Bard with psychic damage skills.
Live in a basement? Homebrew troll obviously.
Software and coding? Sounds like arcane languages and warlock pacts to me.
If FOSS counts, there's going to be a ton of Paladins in this party.
DM: Must have a god complex.
Complex? I find it quite simple
i see a party of 5 fighters incoming soon multiclassing into rouges after putting him down a notch together
I can multiclass the shit out of this.
yeah i hit all of these except two
Stupid DM has eyes in the back of his head and thighs like steel!
Also buns of aluminium. It's a known problem
I'm so curious which two.
that would be telling, wouldn't it
👀👀👀
If I'm a medical student (soon to be physician), am I really just stuck with Wizard? I do a lot of emergency medicine stuff and CPR is straight up necromancy, but I don't recall necromancer being a class. (it has been a hot minute since I've gotten to play D&D)
Edit: I'm completely braindead outside of medicine these days. Necromancer is a Wizard subclass. Time to go find a fancy hat I suppose.
Gonna have a lot of warlocks.
I'm a warlock wizard multi class : /
I could be an Artificer, Warlock or Ranger.
Industrial mechanic, working for the government, have passed proficiency tests for weapons handling in the CAF.
I can be any of these except for fighter just because I don't really want to kick my best friend's ass.
Then again, he is pretty scrappy, so like, I might end up getting my ass kicked instead if I tried, so either way, it's a wash for me.
You could always ask your friend to spar. Or do some boxing and win really hard. Take the friendship to the next level and Dom them.
I'm not great of any of these so I'll be a commoner. Unless LGBT+ Paladin counts
It counts
Only if you're, like, really gay/trans.
Shame if allies don't count. It would sound fun beating enemis with a rainbow sword and the power of gay by my side
Only if you're really committed.
And you have to take a unicorn for your mount/companion who keeps getting distracted by dating every couple the party comes across.
I would count it. Works for me too.
Honestly, warlock pally multi class with one level of wizard is not a bad build.
I'll take the Druid class - it's literally my name
I inherited my fathers sword, shield, and cloak, so maybe sorceror? Is there one that uses weapons like that? I haven't played one in ages.
Multiclass Fighter/Mage, yes.
But if I need to do the thing to multiclass, I can't be a fighter.
I'm either fighting my husband, and I... can't beat him up I'd be sad, or I'd literally being fighting my father's squire. He'd kick my ass.
Best of luck to you, he could always take a knee and cede the duel I guess, other wise you're still in line for that Sorcerer class.
Sorceror it is!
Old Party DM: "God damnit, everyone's just playing wizards. We need to mix it up!"
New Party DM: "FUCK!"
Time to pick fighter class cracks knuckles hey, DM...
Commoner it is, unless my GPA from over 20 years ago counts
I play wizard and am currently writing a PhD thesis. Checks out!
Electric wizard!
Either warlock or wizard for me. My brother qualifies for druid and monk, but i'm sure he'd go for fighter just to beat the DM
oh fuck yes i love Wizardry
Steal the DMs dice while the guy who wants to be a fighter kicks his ass.
I qualify for every class but Wizard (DNF college and who remembers thier High School GPA from 20 years ago (fuck I'm Old)), Cleric (Atheist), or Warlock (work in a small local trade shop).
I reject instruments only for bard, but I can play an ocarina poorly anyways.
Question about Sorcerer, what makes a family heirloom powerful? Is it size? Weight? Monetary Value? Notoriety?
Anything is powerful if you can sell the idea of it being powerful. Admittedly mine is a stretch but a fully functional and stable Windows Me laptop.
Magical cursed object.
I love how 1E this idea feels.
Guess I can go Fighter (with my usual GM at least), or Wizard.
Would not eating meat count for Druid? 🤔
YMMV.
Incidentally, as part of the Kingmaker chronicle, my DM actually introduced a race of cannibal elves who explicitly refused to eat vegetation as they considered plants sacred.
I can point to famous ancestors and have been accused of being both a demon and magical fey creature in daily life, can I be a sorceress?
If not I have other options.
Yes, yes you can.
As a software dev with no college degree, it feels weird to not fit into the wizard category because of a technicality. >.>
If you get a corporate job, you can be a code warlock!
Can I be a druid with a subclass of barbarian? Got the druid but fucking nailed. Sometimes I'm a temperamental little bitch, but not enough to translate to berserker rage.
Guess I'm just playing as Random Villager #12. 😮💨
No. you're Crewman #6.
Works for me, I already wanted to be a Death Metal Bard.
what are the requirements for blood hunter?
I'm going to blackjack my DM with the rules book and take his dice. If I wail on a guitar after (play, not play proficiently), can I start with three classes?