On Magic Missile
D&D 5e is the 1st edition to make magic missile a misnomer. In previous editions, it created one (1) missile. ONE. As in missile, singular. The spell created multiple missiles at higher levels, BUT STILL.
In contrast, 5e’s magic missile creates three (3) missiles. THREE. As in missiles, plural. It should be renamed magic missiles, but to do so would be sacrilege. It’s possibly the most iconic spell IN THE GAME.
“Why the change,” you query? I’ll tell you. Cantrips. In previous editions, cantrips dealt little-to-no damage. Like, 1d3 damage—tops—without scaling. 5e changed that. Now they deal like 3x that AND scale. Consequently, a 1st-level spell dealing 1d4 + 1 damage—automatic or no—does not befit its lofty perch in the annals of arcane spellcraft.
Nomenclature aside, I quite like the change. Sniping your enemies with three (3) unerring darts is a cinematic image. That it creates a plurality of missiles at the jump, rather than at some future level one may never attain, is also more satisfying. Besides, goodberry has always affected multiple fruits, so it's not without precedent.
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Goodberry
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Swordtember 2022
Day 5 - edible
Goodberry Edge now belongs to @Kootooloo_tube on twtr
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Little Brother gets a job. Goodberry is the ultimate junkfood, even when it's been in his grubby little mitts. What do you want, a fucking tray? Just eat it off the table, you disgusting pig.
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Everyone and their mother knows about Varians blue hairstreak, and you pointed Lady Caines red hairstreak, but nobody ever pointed out (the minor announcer from the eye of pinacosta) Goodberrys grey streak. The grey is definitely natural compared to Varians decidedly unnatural blue and Lady Caines ambiguously natural red, but I haven't seen anyone point his streak out, especially since it's not like Varians brown highlights or Cassandra's grey highlights, it's a single streak in his pompadour and goatee.
I think no one pointed it out because it's so obviously natural, and the conversation is always about unnaturally-colored streaks. It doesn't really apply to the conversation.
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My partner’s druid character in a Curse of Strahd campaign🌱
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goodberry - v, s, m
“Up to ten berries appear in your hand and are infused with magic for the duration.”
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An unchecked Chef feat can be very scary so don't blame Matt for trying to pretend it isn't real.
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So my homebrew career started with this subclass. I made it while playing my first character, a lizardfolk druid name Kevin Goodberry. He was an eccentric follower of the Great Goodberry, and carried a sapling of it in a backpack full of dirt. So here’s the most recently revised version of such an esteemed piece of history. Hope you enjoy!
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I started the sketch of this during my Pride Month art stream but I can finally call it done.
My bugbear druid Jerry Goodberry and Burly floating above the Witchlight Carnival in a bubble.
Yes, this happened in-session! <3
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I am unexpectedly emo about the idea of pre-historical Exandria having Goodberries growing naturally.
Emerging from a cataclysm on the scale of God War, every atom of the world was permanently altered. The Gods used to walk the surface among mortals, entire civilizations were lost to time… and Goodberries used to grow
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Anyone else find they way they implemented Halsin kind of irritating? You save the man's life, save the grove, potentially out a traitor in his midst, and his response is to unhelpfully loiter in your camp until you do yet another favor for him. He insists on coming with you, only to chill in your camp gormlessly while you go fight the shadow curse. And if you don't do his special little errand, at the end of act 2 he just fucks off forever. It kind of makes him seem like a selfish dickhead.
Like Minthara may be a stone cold bitch in many ways, but you rescue her and she's fucking ride or die basically immediately. You saved her, you have common goals (or at least common enemies), and the world is at stake, so she rightly decides that helping you is her best bet. Meanwhile Bear Meatslab, the ostensible "good" option between the two, will not only let his allies and rescuers rot in the shadow while he kicks up his heels at *their* camp but also abandon them to face a world ending threat. Just because you didn't prioritize his needs.
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