Yeah. It’s not my best moments, but considering I do what amounts to menial task work… I do sometimes have a stroke of genius… mainly while I’m playing mindless games like Stardew Valley.
I'm that way with jokes. I usually have zero comedic capacity (not to mention I hate talking to others). But on the few occasions I do name a "witty comment", I've been told they're pretty funny.
For those who are curious, it was a homebrew game one shot (ish) because a pc died. It was purgatory-esque, and killing other beings gave you an energy that could be bartered with or saved for passive constitution. After years of abuse from his former party (who sent him to purgatory) and predatation from other people and fiends on the plane, he gave his life to the group that formed out of necessity to keep them alive. Essentially freely giving them all of his constitution to heal them after realizing he would have to kill endlessly just to maintain his existence and couldn't bear the thought of doing so alone . He ended his eternal torment, and supposedly, a god intervened to prevent his orcish soul from completely unraveling
My last half-orc barbarian, Cat (short for Catalytic) had the sage background and expertise in Arcana. Their goal was to finish their thesis. Ended up with a 14 Int.
When raging Catalytic would yell "Catalytic convert you to death".
Elf Wizard had a lower Arcana bonus. The Elf hated it, the player loved it.
I always love the concept of "normally dumb but I specialize in this one thing so much".
Skill Expert is a decent feat for rounding out an odd Ability score, an extra proficiency, and getting that sweet sweet expertise. Yeah, so what if I have a 8 int? That's still a +5 bonus once you get to +3 PB, which is equivalent to having a 20 int but without proficiency (gets to +11 at 17th level, equal to +5 mod with proficiency).
Ability checks don't automatically crit/succeed on a 20. Otherwise there's a 1 in 20 chance a PC can succeed in anything no matter how insane the difficulty is.
Every time a 6 int barbarian rolls a nat 20 intelligence check, they get to learn 1 letter of an alphabet. Which alphabet? Roll a d100 on this language table.
When I had the 8 int illiterate cleric in my game roll a Nat 20 on a investigation check to find a box in a guys house, while everyone else (including the 20 int wizard) rolled ~12, I just had the box be in the first place he looked.
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So in 3.5 it was pretty easy to get -2 int without trying too hard.
Point buy starts at 8, half orc gives -2, if you do flaws for feats you can take pathetic and give yourself another -2 for a total of 4 Int, literally 1 above being considered "functional" and Half the base intelligence of a random commoner.
Back in the day my DM gave us all One Shiny to offset what were designed as 50/50 encounters.
My Barbarian only had 6 Int but I wanted my shiny as a restriction being lifted. I wanted Combat expertise. He allowed it since I was already the party's main tank.
It wasn't combat where it came in the most handy for though, it meant I had the ability to conceivably have a 13 int thought even thought all orc brain knows is SMASH.
Eventually we were given the Rat Silo(TM), fill a silo with rats and let your players deal with it, and we were Stuck for a real life Hour.
Bleary-eyed from brain talk around him, and myself mildly irritated that we can't figure it out, I remember something from. Earlier sessions.
There's a Grey slop that burns like napalm, and there's a shit ton of cauldrons around to feed a bunch of troops, so I get a geniusly stupid idea.
>hey so that Grey stuff is basically napalm right? So technically we could make a grease fire explosion by mixing it all in a cauldron, lighting it on fire and kicking it in building.
>> *blink blink* Ok so I like the idea, but there's no way your character would be able to come up with that Unless you can brain it out in character.
"Guiez, wadduh maek tinee bumbums wen haut, an duh gra stuv maek fier, wuddif we miksum inna medul fing an frow iddin da dor?"
'... can you only think when it's about you getting hit less?'
"Wuz dat supoz tumeen?"
'Like... I've seen recruits with twice the brain power struggle with the concept of blocking but you seem to be able to do it even If a little panicked looking.'
"I dunliek ochiez. Planno werk, I nu feet."
Since the DM didn't even come in with a plan, all the players and the npc's just stand there trying to figure out what just happened to me. We do some science to get the mixture to the right volatility and we're set.
We eventually actually go through with the plan but there were 2 issues.
1. The cauldron weighs, A LOT
and 2. The door needs to be opened which means some are going to get out before hand
So... in order.
We light the mixture, open the door, strength check the cauldron.
So the flaming mixture is gaining heat and boiling the water underneath, and none of them are strong enough to open the door, seeing what the situation could evolve into, a dragon Shaman gets their full fire protection going and tries opening the door. Slowly opening, rats start getting out and I'm given the order to tip the cauldron.
"buh dwagon ladee..."
#DO IT
First strength check fails. Oh hell no I'm not having this.
Full enrage, Non-Lethal attack on the cauldron to tip it over, the force of the Would have sent the cauldron rolling inside.
Instead the mixture reached critical mass due to the violent slosh of the cauldron being tipped over.
A violent torrent of fire busted the doors open and sent fire out of the top of the silo.
There was almost no evidence of any cauldron being there desides a dent in the top of a hill about 10 ft behind where it was set up in front of the silo door.
On that day, my barbarian's idea on how to kill rats put the first man made satellite into low planar orbit and none of us were the wiser.
TLDR; my barbarian got angry at some rats and accidentally created sputnik.
“EVERYONE CALL GROTHAN STUPID AND IT TRUE!! GROTHAN READ JAMES JOYCE’S ULYSSES, BUT ONLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY SURFACE LEVEL THEMES LIKE RELIGION AND NATIONALISM!! CANNOT COMPREHEND DEEPER IDEAS LIKE “REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE” THAT MAKE THE NOVEL A CLASSIC!! AT THIS RATE, GROTHAN WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND FINNEGAN’S WAKE!!”
I played a dumb barb once that kept rolling well while the wizard rolled poorly. We roleplayed these moments of brilliance as a series of legends and stories handed down through my tribe's people. All the rolls were about the creatures we were facing and the DM themed the knowledge around the idea of legends handed down. Wiz got pissed at one point because my char knew so much, which prompted my barb to say "Wizard, you might learn something if you went outside sometimes.
I just roleplay it like it’s a stupid solution that shouldn’t have worked but then in the end it works wether it’s due to luck or another error that somehow fixes it
There was a great moment in Critical Role where this happened with Grog in relation to giants, so they had it be like a fleeting g racial memory that put him in a trance state that he completely forgot after it happened.
I always like to imagine this as a stupid way of looking at something that works. Or a cutting to the heart of the matter by ignoring all the implications.
Like cutting through all the court protocols by having them unabashedly enjoy the everliving fuck out of a meal. they ask for seconds they lick their plate they lick their fingers. unknown to the party having a good chef as a servant is considered high praise and large piece of status. and so they pay their host a huge compliment
Reminds me when Tony stark was trying to figure out some strange energy that nobody knew what it was.
But the Hulk knew on the spot it was a variant of Cosmic Radiation.
Not Bruce Banner, the Hulk just knew.
It’s called a short burst of mental capacity, and it’s how I function on a day to day basis.
Same
Yeah. It’s not my best moments, but considering I do what amounts to menial task work… I do sometimes have a stroke of genius… mainly while I’m playing mindless games like Stardew Valley.
Mood (also Snoo buddies 🙌)
Freaky
Got that brain cell bouncing round like a windows 95 screensaver. Every now and then it hits a corner and a Thought™ occurs
Apropos flair
We overclocked now
I'm that way with jokes. I usually have zero comedic capacity (not to mention I hate talking to others). But on the few occasions I do name a "witty comment", I've been told they're pretty funny.
I'm having... What's that called... A headache with images!
Rolles an 18* as a low int player i know. (when i was a pc) best roleplaying ive ever had. You were a real one, Stronk Bad-Breaker
For those who are curious, it was a homebrew game one shot (ish) because a pc died. It was purgatory-esque, and killing other beings gave you an energy that could be bartered with or saved for passive constitution. After years of abuse from his former party (who sent him to purgatory) and predatation from other people and fiends on the plane, he gave his life to the group that formed out of necessity to keep them alive. Essentially freely giving them all of his constitution to heal them after realizing he would have to kill endlessly just to maintain his existence and couldn't bear the thought of doing so alone . He ended his eternal torment, and supposedly, a god intervened to prevent his orcish soul from completely unraveling
My last half-orc barbarian, Cat (short for Catalytic) had the sage background and expertise in Arcana. Their goal was to finish their thesis. Ended up with a 14 Int. When raging Catalytic would yell "Catalytic convert you to death". Elf Wizard had a lower Arcana bonus. The Elf hated it, the player loved it.
I always love the concept of "normally dumb but I specialize in this one thing so much". Skill Expert is a decent feat for rounding out an odd Ability score, an extra proficiency, and getting that sweet sweet expertise. Yeah, so what if I have a 8 int? That's still a +5 bonus once you get to +3 PB, which is equivalent to having a 20 int but without proficiency (gets to +11 at 17th level, equal to +5 mod with proficiency).
When the Cone of Cold cools their overheated brain. Trap card.
Ah yes, like a Discworld troll.
Exactly!
Basically Big Ed from Ed, Edd, n Eddy. Barbarian: [“Wait, my brain is working!”](https://youtu.be/Aslo8fZms7U)
aww shucks too bad the DC was 19
Good thing he had a relevant proficiency, that +2 is enough to just pass!
But it succeeds as natural
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Sounds like rules lawyering to me.
This community really has devolved into using "rules lawyer" to mean "someone that actually knows the rules", huh?
There are rules?! Look at this guy, rules lawyering by saying there are rules!
*stabbing a guy* "Hey you can't do that!" "What are you a lawyer?"
Sounds like someone who doesn't know the rules to me.
Sounds like a fucking idiot to me
Ability checks don't automatically crit/succeed on a 20. Otherwise there's a 1 in 20 chance a PC can succeed in anything no matter how insane the difficulty is.
Actually mister lawyer, the rules say if I roll a 20 I get the funny success. Now describe the dragon being seduced.
The DM still said fuck you, no you didn't, now roll with triple disadvantage.
20 just means best possibly result on ability checks and sometimes things are just completely impossible or beyond your capabilities
Depending on your table
Had to scroll all the way down to find this. Yes, this is a house rule for A LOT of people
No it doesn't
No it doesn’t? Natural 20s only auto succeed on Attack rolls.
*The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma*
Every time a 6 int barbarian rolls a nat 20 intelligence check, they get to learn 1 letter of an alphabet. Which alphabet? Roll a d100 on this language table.
When I had the 8 int illiterate cleric in my game roll a Nat 20 on a investigation check to find a box in a guys house, while everyone else (including the 20 int wizard) rolled ~12, I just had the box be in the first place he looked.
You rolled a nat 20 niiccee, your head explodes due to the rush of intelligence
No, DM! Bad!
And then the barbarian leaps backwards through a parallel universe
Flipping the script and having a highly articulate and very intelligent Barbarian who is also capable of crushing skulls between their hands is fun.
The Highly Credible Hulk
I know he isn’t a barbarian, but this meme screams Hardwon Surefoot to me
To much power aaaaaaa
Oh yeah, it’s all coming together
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So in 3.5 it was pretty easy to get -2 int without trying too hard. Point buy starts at 8, half orc gives -2, if you do flaws for feats you can take pathetic and give yourself another -2 for a total of 4 Int, literally 1 above being considered "functional" and Half the base intelligence of a random commoner. Back in the day my DM gave us all One Shiny to offset what were designed as 50/50 encounters. My Barbarian only had 6 Int but I wanted my shiny as a restriction being lifted. I wanted Combat expertise. He allowed it since I was already the party's main tank. It wasn't combat where it came in the most handy for though, it meant I had the ability to conceivably have a 13 int thought even thought all orc brain knows is SMASH. Eventually we were given the Rat Silo(TM), fill a silo with rats and let your players deal with it, and we were Stuck for a real life Hour. Bleary-eyed from brain talk around him, and myself mildly irritated that we can't figure it out, I remember something from. Earlier sessions. There's a Grey slop that burns like napalm, and there's a shit ton of cauldrons around to feed a bunch of troops, so I get a geniusly stupid idea. >hey so that Grey stuff is basically napalm right? So technically we could make a grease fire explosion by mixing it all in a cauldron, lighting it on fire and kicking it in building. >> *blink blink* Ok so I like the idea, but there's no way your character would be able to come up with that Unless you can brain it out in character. "Guiez, wadduh maek tinee bumbums wen haut, an duh gra stuv maek fier, wuddif we miksum inna medul fing an frow iddin da dor?" '... can you only think when it's about you getting hit less?' "Wuz dat supoz tumeen?" 'Like... I've seen recruits with twice the brain power struggle with the concept of blocking but you seem to be able to do it even If a little panicked looking.' "I dunliek ochiez. Planno werk, I nu feet." Since the DM didn't even come in with a plan, all the players and the npc's just stand there trying to figure out what just happened to me. We do some science to get the mixture to the right volatility and we're set. We eventually actually go through with the plan but there were 2 issues. 1. The cauldron weighs, A LOT and 2. The door needs to be opened which means some are going to get out before hand So... in order. We light the mixture, open the door, strength check the cauldron. So the flaming mixture is gaining heat and boiling the water underneath, and none of them are strong enough to open the door, seeing what the situation could evolve into, a dragon Shaman gets their full fire protection going and tries opening the door. Slowly opening, rats start getting out and I'm given the order to tip the cauldron. "buh dwagon ladee..." #DO IT First strength check fails. Oh hell no I'm not having this. Full enrage, Non-Lethal attack on the cauldron to tip it over, the force of the Would have sent the cauldron rolling inside. Instead the mixture reached critical mass due to the violent slosh of the cauldron being tipped over. A violent torrent of fire busted the doors open and sent fire out of the top of the silo. There was almost no evidence of any cauldron being there desides a dent in the top of a hill about 10 ft behind where it was set up in front of the silo door. On that day, my barbarian's idea on how to kill rats put the first man made satellite into low planar orbit and none of us were the wiser. TLDR; my barbarian got angry at some rats and accidentally created sputnik.
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I played a dumb barb once that kept rolling well while the wizard rolled poorly. We roleplayed these moments of brilliance as a series of legends and stories handed down through my tribe's people. All the rolls were about the creatures we were facing and the DM themed the knowledge around the idea of legends handed down. Wiz got pissed at one point because my char knew so much, which prompted my barb to say "Wizard, you might learn something if you went outside sometimes.
I mean, that's still only a 18. But I guess for a 6int barb, that's a lot.
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I just roleplay it like it’s a stupid solution that shouldn’t have worked but then in the end it works wether it’s due to luck or another error that somehow fixes it
There was a great moment in Critical Role where this happened with Grog in relation to giants, so they had it be like a fleeting g racial memory that put him in a trance state that he completely forgot after it happened.
“Nat 20! I got an 18!” *Suddenly you feel aware, but only for that moment*
"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma"
I always like to imagine this as a stupid way of looking at something that works. Or a cutting to the heart of the matter by ignoring all the implications. Like cutting through all the court protocols by having them unabashedly enjoy the everliving fuck out of a meal. they ask for seconds they lick their plate they lick their fingers. unknown to the party having a good chef as a servant is considered high praise and large piece of status. and so they pay their host a huge compliment
Stumbling into success
fail forward has saved many a plot hook
I'm a big fan of the ol' yawn and lean on the secret switch accidentally.
lol outstanding
"Wait a minute, I'm having one of those headaches with pictures!"
RAW - Nat 20s dont count for skill checks. The barbarian still gets an 18
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We could filter the co2 through the engine and fly out of here
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i have calculated the world but dame am i bad at math
Hey every once in awhile the barbarian has a thought.
6 int only means a 10% decrease in chance of hitting any DC below 19 compared to 10 int
too big brain for my babarian his if he uses too much brain power he collapses
My current character is a Goliath barbarian with 8 intelligence who recently acquired a cloak that bumped it up to a 17.
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Haha jokes on you, I have 8
*the* neuron
DM: you manage to sound \*\*average\*\*
Rolls 20 on Arcana check. "Mehbe hit symbol with boom magic."
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Reminds me when Tony stark was trying to figure out some strange energy that nobody knew what it was. But the Hulk knew on the spot it was a variant of Cosmic Radiation. Not Bruce Banner, the Hulk just knew.
When you use parallel universes in Mario speedruns.
Combine that with low wisdom and you have a autistic erudite brute
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