brinzerdecalli
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Post by brinzerdecalli on Feb 26, 2020 5:45:11 GMT -5
Nerds assemble! I saw on a thread a blurb about D&D and as something I am really into, I'd love to hear stories about people's characters and adventures. Devs, are your characters devs too or do you play disabled characters by chance? PWDs are your characters ever disabled, and if so how do you work it into mechanics? Do you feel comfortable with the transparency and escapism of the super-crip syndrome? Does it empower or make you more self-conscious of your struggles? I'm currently playing as Drac http://instagr.am/p/B7pPNx0jwTX [You are welcome to follow; I have some photos of a custom printed/painted mini on its way!] Drac was born to a Spartan-like Dragonborn royalty in a floating kingdom where these evil dragon loyalists watch over dormant dragon eggs. Because of his disability he would have been euthanized to preserve the strength of his clan if his parents didn't disguise him and send him away to be raised by a gnomish inventor, who found the baby floating gingerly down from the sky. The gnome adopted the him and invented an exosuit to allow Drac to function in the ever so dangerous and judgmental world before him; a world that unknowingly needs him... Very Willow meets 300. My DM was cool letting me make a custom class mod to a sorcerer, that adds interesting mechanics to the exosuit! Kinda fuses barbarian and sorcerer together in a engaging and interesting way. So far does not seem broken!!! Hahaha |
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Post by IcarusFellOnce on Feb 26, 2020 9:43:41 GMT -5
Was in the Army with more nerds than I realized.... was only AFTER getting out that most of us started questing together. It's all the great parts of being in the military with camaraderie, dark humor, and strategizing (OFTEN to the chagrin of our DM... Swear he plans this in depth story thinking we will intelligently do a certain COA.. and we always fuck it up. LOL). We use an online platform.. and there are a couple of prior Army Rangers that play as.... wait for it.... as... Rangers. LOL And they crush it.
I am a female half elf assassin, named Eli.
In my work in politics there are actually a sizable amount of us that play. Most play in person.. BUT I've really enjoyed the online platform... REALLY more than anything else enjoy connecting with old service member brothers and see their creativity and personality come out in different way.
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Post by LaMara on Feb 27, 2020 16:07:14 GMT -5
Yaaaassss! D&D nerds unite!
I’ve never played a PWD PC but as a DM I created a bunch!
I tried avoiding the “supercrip” effect as much as possible because it annoys me, but that makes it also hard to create playable characters. I mean, they would literally die like flies at low levels...
Atm I have 2 main NPCs with disabilities:
a diviner wizard with spina bifida (in my homebrew congenital conditions can’t be magically healed) who’s a big nerd and has little to no combat experience but is willing to help. I made him a nice lil levitating wheelchair because, you know, fantasy worlds are pretty bad at accessibility.
The second one is actually one of the most powerful NPCs in my game and he’s a half dragon cleric who was born blind. Because of his ancestry I gave him 20ft blindsight but beyond that obviously he has all the disadvantages of the condition, so in combat he would still be effective but only in melee or short range. But his role is mostly a mentor and information point. Though he is freaking powerful so I hope to find an excuse to put him in combat before the end of the campaign. Also, ironically, I gave him the light domain and a lot of radiant spells so basically one of him classic moves would be to blind his enemies 😊
I’m actually very open to suggestions to create more NPCs with a disability! Hit me! It would be fun to create a D&D version of some of you guys!
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Post by IcarusFellOnce on Feb 27, 2020 22:01:32 GMT -5
Yeah.. only disability I could see working in fantasy worlds are deaf, blind, amp. If I was playing a Sci Fi D&D then I could see a chair user or quad amp being able to be created.
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Post by rlsak on Feb 27, 2020 22:50:41 GMT -5
 My own experience was not very interesting, so allow me to repost this comic. (I tried to translate but failed)
It's mainly about two people discussed another one who used disabled character to get more BONUS, which made this character so pathetic. The background is that the character was hit and crushed on legs by a carriage because of blindness, so they cannot walk anymore. At first, they thought the character is a ranger( I made a mistake when translate the picture), but actually they is cleric.
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Post by LaMara on Feb 28, 2020 4:53:16 GMT -5
Blind characters would have a couple of advantages: immunity to gaze effects (like that of a medusa or basilisk) and pretty much automatic success saving against illusions (if they are purely visual).
Some ideas about PC with disabilities:
Para or mobility impaired cleric (but needs upper mobility to cast spells) that just heals and gives bonus to everyone from a distance.
Blind caster who uses their familiar to see (they did it on Critical Role which by the way is an awesome D&D show).
Para or otherwise mobility impaired fighter (cavalier) or ranger (beastmaster): they just stay on their steed/animal and take a couple of feats (but if they fall off or the animal dies they’re pretty f**ed).
Druid with pretty much any disabilities (but again, casters need to use their hands), can just turn into animals. A blind druid could turn into something with Keen Sense and get awesome perception.
The only class I could think of for a high quad or someone with no upper mobility would be sorcerer because they can use Subtle Spell and no need for somatic components but still impractical.
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Post by cilantro on Mar 23, 2020 12:27:03 GMT -5
I just got invited to play D&D for the first time and I'm super nervous, but I did a quick sketch of my character and look how cute she turned out! Love her!  Ps. If you click the photo you can see it bigger. She's actually pretty high res. |
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brinzerdecalli
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Post by brinzerdecalli on Mar 26, 2020 0:40:50 GMT -5
Blind characters would have a couple of advantages: immunity to gaze effects (like that of a medusa or basilisk) and pretty much automatic success saving against illusions (if they are purely visual). Some ideas about PC with disabilities: Para or mobility impaired cleric (but needs upper mobility to cast spells) that just heals and gives bonus to everyone from a distance. Blind caster who uses their familiar to see (they did it on Critical Role which by the way is an awesome D&D show). Para or otherwise mobility impaired fighter (cavalier) or ranger (beastmaster): they just stay on their steed/animal and take a couple of feats (but if they fall off or the animal dies they’re pretty f**ed). Druid with pretty much any disabilities (but again, casters need to use their hands), can just turn into animals. A blind druid could turn into something with Keen Sense and get awesome perception. The only class I could think of for a high quad or someone with no upper mobility would be sorcerer because they can use Subtle Spell and no need for somatic components but still impractical. CR is amazing and I bet Matt could come up with an amazing way of having someone who is extremely weak and barely able to move any limbs be a very competent, intriguing, and powerful character. Actually I may try to tweet that suggestion! These ideas are not RAW, but minimal homebrew: Off the top of my head innate spellcasting changes the way gestures in somatic components work. Yes typical spellcasting requires hand motions but if creatures don't have hands they can still cast magic! No reason that couldn't be used for PCs with disabilities. On CR, Essek constantly glides, so why couldn't a PC who can't walk, and by floating different body parts different amounts the body is animated? Maybe a wizard uses a souped-up dual mage hand to do the somatic components and manipulate material components? Some charming specialist [like Obann from CR] could just command a servant or two to carry him on a litter, take care of his every need, and to fight for him! Just a few ideas of how someone with a more complete and severe physical disability could exist in that world. |
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Post by LaMara on Mar 27, 2020 12:07:08 GMT -5
Blind characters would have a couple of advantages: immunity to gaze effects (like that of a medusa or basilisk) and pretty much automatic success saving against illusions (if they are purely visual). Some ideas about PC with disabilities: Para or mobility impaired cleric (but needs upper mobility to cast spells) that just heals and gives bonus to everyone from a distance. Blind caster who uses their familiar to see (they did it on Critical Role which by the way is an awesome D&D show). Para or otherwise mobility impaired fighter (cavalier) or ranger (beastmaster): they just stay on their steed/animal and take a couple of feats (but if they fall off or the animal dies they’re pretty f**ed). Druid with pretty much any disabilities (but again, casters need to use their hands), can just turn into animals. A blind druid could turn into something with Keen Sense and get awesome perception. The only class I could think of for a high quad or someone with no upper mobility would be sorcerer because they can use Subtle Spell and no need for somatic components but still impractical. CR is amazing and I bet Matt could come up with an amazing way of having someone who is extremely weak and barely able to move any limbs be a very competent, intriguing, and powerful character. Actually I may try to tweet that suggestion! These ideas are not RAW, but minimal homebrew: Off the top of my head innate spellcasting changes the way gestures in somatic components work. Yes typical spellcasting requires hand motions but if creatures don't have hands they can still cast magic! No reason that couldn't be used for PCs with disabilities. On CR, Essek constantly glides, so why couldn't a PC who can't walk, and by floating different body parts different amounts the body is animated? Maybe a wizard uses a souped-up dual mage hand to do the somatic components and manipulate material components? Some charming specialist [like Obann from CR] could just command a servant or two to carry him on a litter, take care of his every need, and to fight for him! Just a few ideas of how someone with a more complete and severe physical disability could exist in that world. Every critter out there is a friend of mine! Unseen servant and mage hand can do so much for a caster with limited mobility! Honestly, I would have loved if the reason Essek was floating was because of disability, but hey, a dev can’t have everything... |
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brinzerdecalli
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I hope to encounter some interesting and uniquely minded people.
Posts: 217
Gender: Male
Dev Status: Disabled Male
Relationship Status: Single
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Post by brinzerdecalli on Mar 31, 2020 0:22:37 GMT -5
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Post by IcarusFellOnce on Apr 24, 2020 18:04:43 GMT -5
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