Dungeon Court: Stolen Wish Spells

That email case was low key operation slippery puppet

I realize this episode is from years ago but I think the justices didnt realize that druids get medium armor proficiency. So without noticing the metal thing the player probably picked scale armor or smth and not having access to that fundamentally changes the character.

I DM a game where the druid PC really didn’t like his stats, and regretted the way he balanced them. As they were searching through a cultists hoard, the Druid found a scroll in Sylvan that only he could read, which was a treatise on nature that he could study during a long rest to do a one time re-roll of his stats. The table pretty much agreed that it was a non-game breaking way to deal with it.

@ last case: I have a house rule that I've used for decades: Magical clothing resides to fit a new wearer, unless its description explicitly mentions it's size or immutability.

Devrix and chuffey sound like kiki and bouba thematically

the PBH literally says Druids won’t wear armour or use shields made of metal though 😩

I do not think Druids need more armor choices! Flavor as Bones sure but no mechanical bonus. Because holy crap Moon Druids are soo sturdy! Ac and hp of a wildshape, then another wildshape at a higher level, and then their own actual ac hp? Geeze!! They are so cool

The other thing I like to keep in mind about strategizing away from the table mid-combat is that the characters are way more skilled at fighting than any of the players, and ostensibly they have spent more time together on the road than what is actively roleplayed out. So figuratively, the characters could have discussed possible battle strategies at other times anyway.

I'm just constantly begging people to play the characters not the alignments the alignment is characterization using it as anything else is limiting and boring

Remember that druids also have the barkskin spell. Makes your AC 16 no matter what armor you are wearing.

During the final case, they failed to take into account the “Puss in Boots” defense. He was a normal sized cat in human sized boots. The bear barbarian could have totally fit in the boots.

Amazing set of hearings, as always! I just wanted to say how fantastic Jeremy Cobb was as a guest. I wasn't familiar with him before these court sessions, but he was a gem!

on the topic of the naddpod crew being in people’s dreams, i cannot count the amount of times that i have met murph and emily while dreaming. One time I met them at a shopping mall and emily told me to look up this really cute animal. Then a few months later (in real life) on a patreon episode, jake presented a slideshow that a fan sent in of the animals at the place they worked at and one of them looked exactly like the animal emily told me to look up.

Yall being too mean about alignment

why was emily so hung up on the phrasing of that one question? it seemed pretty obvious that they were being facetious with the “druids don’t like metal thing” and that they really meant “part of the druid’s class features is that they cannot wear metal armor”. meanwhile, for 5/6 of the case emily thought it was a matter of opinion. i guess the case was phrased weird but still

"It's a fairytale campaign so things get grim(grimm)" I don't know if Caldwell intentionally said it but was *chefs kiss*👌🏾

Love the druid question discussion. My druid multiclassed with cleric after we lost a party member in a battle and he was forced (because of action economy) to retreat while wild shaped as a war horse and carrying another party member. The lack of ability to heal effectively was the impetus to seeking a deity for that power, so my little commune Earth genasi sought the favor of Apollo and is now a level 5 druid/level 2 cleric. The WIS and hit die are the same so it meshes really well.

Columbus live show soon??😭

I haven't seen anyone comment to clarify yet, but Fairy Tail is an manga/anime that is what the last court case was based on. That's why the tabaxi was small, like Happy who is a talking cat in the series. At least that's what it sounded like, but I can't find the comment on the previous post.

i may have misunderstood, but it sounded to me like the druid’s armor was from the starting equipment they received in lieu of 100 (1000?) gp, which to me sounds like it was medium armor that they were fine to have but since it was metal it felt wrong to use, no?

Since listening to Naddpod, I have realized that I am hanging with the wrong friends. There are Final Fantasy references, which most people irl don't make, but I have had a few. But, the best is the Animorphs references. I don't thin I have ever met another person that can talk about these books. I literally have the entire set of books from when I was a child. I feel like a huge nerd for typing this online, but this is a safe environment. RIGHT!? Ok you can make fun of me.

The Metal thing is fully just holdover from older editions that has no reason to be present anymore.

I had a similar situation with a Druid player. They were concerned about the lack of armor choices and asked if there was anything else they could wear aside from RAW. So I looked into previous versions of D&D and Pathfinder and found Leafweave Armor. Leaves with the durability of metal woven together. Perfect for Druids.

"Spellcasters don't feel overpowered" - Emily Axford, who played both Moonshine Cybin and Saccharina Frostwhip XD

Fyi Druids get medium armor and some of those are metal based so they aren't cheating for extra proficiency.

Speaking of Alignments. I actually prefer my players chose a ethics policy to follow instead (utilitarian, ethics of care, egoism). It doesn't bind them to one set of actions but forces them to ask how their characters would approach a problem and justify their actions.

Why doesn’t the Druid just get scale mail? It’s 1 AC worse than a breastplate and costs 700 gold less.

I do agree with some of what was brought up in my case about others having fun in their own way. I probably didn't clarify my point as well as I should have concerning everything that was emailed but, alas, judgement has been ruled and I accept with grace. Also, it's very exciting to be picked! Love you all and can't wait to see you in SF!

One of the players in my party started off the campaign as the most lawful good paladin ever. It got to the point that some of us were getting frustrated and snarky with them, especially after they made a couple of unilateral decisions for the entire party. Two things happened. First, the DM chewed us out because the player said in private that they didn’t feel welcome at the table anymore. Then the DM presented the player with a powerful temptation, and they became an Oathbreaker. They got handed a new character sheet midsession—such drama. They’re more fun to play with now that they aren’t so hidebound by their alignment.

Who are we to say a lawful person is playing their character wrong? Some characters are truly lawful then it can make some very fun scenarios. I personally applaud this player for playing the roll and offering to find his own way so that he creates a character flaw (that can change) and not necessarily interfering in the party plan

Oh please do more Jeremy cobbford sage advice. This should also be a new Patreon feed segment. The 2 crew asks for sage advice and mostly the advice is misty step does not work that way. Or you knows a sustainable bit version of that

On my way to the Chicago live show!