• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
    62·
    2 months ago

    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…

  • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
    40·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      27·
      2 months ago

      Depends on how they express the anger and who else is in the group, I suppose. One of my friends gets angry at games quite easily, but he doesn’t take it out on anyone else and can accept a ribbing from the rest of us about it, so while it’s a little annoying it doesn’t ruin the time spent with him

    • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      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.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    2 months ago

    “Play an Instrument”

    RAW v RAI

    I can play any and every instrument, badly. Rules never said play well.

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgBanned from community
      14·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • JesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I think bards who use an instrument should be able to cast spells with verbal components while gagged

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
    23·
    2 months ago

    Could you be a sorcerer if you’re related to the DM?

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
    21·
    2 months ago

    “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!”

  • notthebees@reddthat.com
    16·
    2 months ago

    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

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    13·
    2 months ago

    Hmm, some of these work. My DM does enjoy that good grass so there are some sessions where I could steal his entire box of dice without him noticing. Rogue it is, then!

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
    11·
    2 months ago

    I don’t know how a GPA would translate from american to the rest if the world.

    • bran_buckler@lemmy.world
      17·
      2 months ago

      First you have to subtract 32 freedom units, then divide by 1.8 bald eagles.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      15·
      2 months ago

      Ehhh I think we can happily just swap it out for “good grades and haven’t left education early”

    • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
      9·
      2 months ago

      I’m just glad it’s not gpa AND a degree.

      Though it’s an engineering degree, and I’d be an artificer.

    • Caveman@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • TAG@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      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+.

  • Mechanismatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • medgremlin@midwest.social
    9·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
    8·
    2 months ago

    If FOSS counts, there’s going to be a ton of Paladins in this party.

  • Sas [she/her]@beehaw.org
    7·
    2 months ago

    Damn I qualify for a lot of those:

    • Bard (guitar, keyboard, drums)
    • Druid (vegan and interested in volunteering in an animal sanctuary if i find one)
    • Fighter (years of historical longsword training + a few weeks viking style + a few sessions rapier and a course in dagger fighting)
    • Monk (Judo as a kid)
    • Ranger (archery as a teen)
    • Wizard (bachelor’s degree in IT)

    Rogue i might be able to pull off but idk if i still got it. I can move quietly but I’m also big

    • notthebees@reddthat.com
      3·
      2 months ago

      HEMA is still a martial art. But that probably helps.

      Also the big sneaky guys are always scary.

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
    7·
    2 months ago

    I could be an Artificer, Warlock or Ranger.

    Industrial mechanic, working for the government, have passed proficiency tests for weapons handling in the CAF.