Comment on Roll for initiative

NJSpradlin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• micka190@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Alchemist’s Fire is basically the Molotov Cocktail of 5e, so I’d just use that.

  1d4 Fire damage per round unless they take an action to put the fire out seems pretty reasonable to me. Puts it on par with a shortsword at the very least.

  Fireball’s damage is insane (the designers intentionally made it deal more damage than spells of the same level “because it’s an iconic spell”), so I wouldn’t really use it as a baseline for balancing anything, personally.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alchemist’s Fire also exists in 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 3.5. I dunno about WoW with dice 4th edition.

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• explodicle@local106.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d treat it as a thrown flask of oil. If they’re not proficient with improvised weapons and roll a natural 1 on the attack, they hit themselves.

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Crit fumbles are anti-fun

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    • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Depends on the group. Some people love them.

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        True, some people are casters

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    • NJSpradlin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure, but the question was “how you you as a DM rule this?” Unless you’re running a game where the players are all commoners, it’s safe to assume there’s a less than 1 in 20 chance of hitting yourself with a thrown weapon

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    • explodicle@local106.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then don’t do that part

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You should take your own advice, the people who play martials will have a lot more fun if they aren’t dealing damage to themselves one in every twenty hits

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