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  1. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) The Most Meta Party to Make the DM Cry?

    Bards of the College of Dance have Unarmored Defense (10 + Dexterity + Charisma). Warlocks of the Celestial have Cleric spells and Lay-On-Hands in-all-but-name.
  2. ProfessorDetective

    A Second Ghost in the Shell TTRPG Is On Its Way

    Oh, this one is pulling dirctly from the manga? Nice! Most adaptations tend to follow up the way-more-serious film from 1995. The manga was much more of a comedy. The upcoming anime from Science Saru is also directly adapting the manga. Hmm, I can see why this game is coming out THIS year...
  3. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) The Most Meta Party to Make the DM Cry?

    Oh, I got another one. Going into Out of the Abyss with a Monk, a Druid, a Sorcerer, a Barbarian with Unarmed Fighting Style, and a Bard of the College of Dance. All casters happen to have spell lists that avoid material components. "Oh, no! Those Drow slavers stripped us naked before...
  4. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) The Most Meta Party to Make the DM Cry?

    All Bard or Warlock parties are also very strong. Both can cover all possible roles, from blaster, to healer, to tank, to face.
  5. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2024) The Most Meta Party to Make the DM Cry?

    Rocking up to a Rime of the Frostmaiden game with a Silver Dragonborn, a White Dragonborn, a Goliath, and a Tiefling with the Infernal Constitution feat. One of them is a Druid, another is a Scout Rogue, a third is a Ranger with everything set to Arctic, and the Goliath is a Barbarian because...
  6. ProfessorDetective

    Dungeons & Dragons Will Announce New Products at Gen Con, Modules Returning to Game

    Yeah, "digital-first, one-to-three-shots, that get curated into print anthologies later" feels like the most likely set-up for this. Maybe trying to take over Paizo's now-vacant "serialized campaigns" niche? Split the old-style books up for digital then recombind them again for print?
  7. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2014) Best spells with no components? Or, spells for the naked spellcaster.

    Yeah, that's how I compiled mine. https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells?filter-class=8&filter-search=&filter-verbal=&filter-somatic=&filter-material=t&filter-concentration=&filter-ritual=&filter-partnered-content=f&sort=level
  8. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2014) Best spells with no components? Or, spells for the naked spellcaster.

    Offensively? Specc into psychic damage. Many spells that deal psy are also non-material (Mind Sliver, Viscous Mockery, Dissonant Whispers, Mind Spike, Shadow Blade, Mind Whip, Psychic Lance, Synaptic Static, Psychic Scream). Defensively? Gust, Shield, Misty Step.
  9. ProfessorDetective

    D&D 5E (2014) Spells for a dancing girl? Or, spells with concealable components

    Going to necro this to mention that 2024 actually added a dancing caster. The catch: It's a Bard subclass. The College of Dance, to be specific. The concept: a Monk-ish Bard, with Unarmored Defense scaling on Cha, Unarmed Attack scaling off of Dex and your Inspiration die, a boost to Dex saves...
  10. ProfessorDetective

    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Pinball Crawl Classics!, Trainted Grail, Circe's Guide to Aeaea, and more

    I know the first instinct for indie filmmakers is going to be sticking her in a horror scenario (Nancy Drew hunting a slasher killer, for example). But now I kind of want someone to turn her into a stereotypical hard-boiled dick in the Tracer Bullet mold. Also, the creators of the RPG seem to...
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  12. ProfessorDetective

    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Pinball Crawl Classics!, Trainted Grail, Circe's Guide to Aeaea, and more

    Yeah, Nancy, Blondie/Dagwood, Betty Boop, Ms. Marple. A nice slate, this year.
  13. ProfessorDetective

    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Pinball Crawl Classics!, Trainted Grail, Circe's Guide to Aeaea, and more

    Another one currently running: The Nancy Drew RPG. A solo TTRPG based on the perennial teen gumshoe (whose very early titles just lapsed out of copyright). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sixpencegames/the-nancy-drew-rpg
  14. ProfessorDetective

    Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book

    There are also supplements like The Sisters of Rapture from Fantastic Gallery or Miss Mycelia's Lewd Handbook, if you want something outright pornographic.
  15. ProfessorDetective

    Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book

    Bringing the Vow of Chastity back, I see, This reminds me of an old homebrew subclass I found I still want to play. Literally "Wedding Vows as Warlock Pact". Wanted to pair it with another one that was very on-theme, to the point that I was surprised they were from different authors. Literally...
  16. ProfessorDetective

    Vagabond TTRPG, opinions?

    Yeah, I'm just going to apply that to ALL Performance checks, including for non-Bards. You have Harmonic Resonance? You can now also sing-cast.
  17. ProfessorDetective

    Vagabond TTRPG, opinions?

    Update: disregard my above posts. Apparently the Singer perk got removed from the game in a recent revision. This is something I am NOT a fan of, by-the-way. A game getting drastic revisions like this, post-release doesn't sit right with me. If it was so against the game's vision that it...
  18. ProfessorDetective

    Daggerheart To Release Official Hope & Fear Expansion

    Ooh, Brawler. Every combat-heavy game needs a practitioner of good old fisticuffs/kung-fu. I must get around to buying the core book, eventually
  19. ProfessorDetective

    Vagabond TTRPG, opinions?

    They call them "luminaries" here and they don't get the Preform skill, which is a prerequisite for both perks. You'd have to run a human for the free training.
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