I'm now able to relate to the woes of my #coding friends at least a little bit. After I decided that #dnd5e's armor system was too simple, I decided to make a modular armor system... Which then led to my attempts at creating a logical and robust random armor piece generator on #microsoftexcel.

It's working leagues better than I'd hoped for, but everything behind the output sheet is terrifying.

Having a network of other #dnd5e #dungeonmasters is a wonderful thing. I'm rather shoddy at balancing things right off the hat. They're either way too powerful, or so incredibly niche they're useless.

Like an ability that triggers only when your creature type is referenced by a spell. I dug through the SRD and found there were maybe... Four or five harmful spells that could cause this sub-class ability to trigger. Sure, some of them are more common spells, but not common enough for that.

Sometimes I think it's overlooked, but a #sessionzero can really be a blast with a small group.

To combat the blues of the times, I decided to start running a small #dnd5e custom campaign with the same ruleset as a larger campaign I'm currently #dungeonmastering that hasn't been able to meet lately. A couple players are the same, but I'm bringing a new person on board, and it is a joy to talk an excited player through the changes.

Today in #DnD #5e #homebrew:

Power Words are possibly some of my favorite things. They're more of a word study than anything else. You're just writing clauses so you don't accidentally make something that's 10th level and illegal.

Context: Been making a low-magic, higher fatality version of 5e dnd, with ways to gain more powerful magic at the cost of sanity and well-being. I've been in this mind space for months now, as I'm running a campaign with friends testing this. I have a working system, really, I do.

Me trying to sleep at one in the morning: But what if I used hit dice like absorption dice instead of healing dice, and just said screw it to more health?

Also me: I really just want to sleep.