If it makes you feel any better, I eschewed chicken and had salmon for lunch.
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Donāt worry.
Weāre having pork chops for dinner tomorrow.
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Jesus Christ peopleā¦ Now I want to smoke, get laid, and eat an entire rotisserie chicken.
OH YES.
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Iām not actually sure what Iām eating tonightā¦ Steak maybe? Weāll see.
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Mmmm Wendyās. Havenāt been this way in a while. Gonna get a burger and a cheesy tater and a chicken sam for lunch later tonight.
My mom loves their baked potatoes as well.
She usually likes hers with cheese and bacon.
Bastards are out of taters! Damn!
It happens.
I remember this one time my family and I went to an Arbyās that was out of roast beef!
Alright, @TemetNosce , @Curmudge0n , and anyone else who wants to playā¦
My bard gained a level tonight and I legit donāt know what to do with it.
Some updates since our last conversation-
The dungeon has continued and taken itās toll on her available spellslots. hereās a link (THIS LINK DOESNT WORK ANYMORE CAUSE I R DUMB AND FORGOT IT HAD MY NAME) to her character sheet.
As of right now she has 3 first level slots still available, 1 second level slot, and 2 fourth level slots. Sheās at 52/68 hp with 2 hit dice left over to spend on self healing. Everyone was also issued a āfree level up fruitā that will restore everything if they eat it, but the shamans that gave it to us warned us that if we eat it, we will never be able to leave.
Weāve progressed through the second and effectively āfellā through two levels. We had a brief sidequest today looking for a place to try and get a long rest, and found itā¦ kind of.
Basically the only way for us to get a long rest is to drink from the ādecanter of lightā, which is in the realm of the dead. Thatās why we canāt sleep - the temple is built on some old juju that is really close to the realm of the dead. The party fell into it on a side quest today. I saw the decanter, but it was guarded by a shadowy figure and I was by myself. The rest of the group roamed in the deadlands for ā4 daysā to them, but only a few hours on our side. Weāre on the lookout for other ways back to get to the decanter for next session, but umā¦ yeah, good times.
I also got some pretty solid upgrades. I got a +1 Masterwork (but not magic) short sword. In this campaign the DM has house rules for these - I get nothing added to attack, but the weapons damage gets a full extra dice added to it. Itās a short sword, so I get to go all duelist on it - +7 for 2d6+6 damage aint bad for a song lady.
Additionally I got a wonderous new lute! It gives things Iām trying to charm a disadvantage on their saving throw and lets me cast once per day (not per long rest) each of the following - speak with animals, entangle (yessss), faerie fire (ā ā ā ā yes), and shilaliegh (boo).
Anyway - on to actually theorycrafting.
Iām going from level 7 to 8. This gives me an Ability Score Modifier and a new spell.
Hereās some concerns for both - Our paladin is out for the next few weeks due to IRL stuff. The DM said sheāll still be around to be used for lay on hands pick ups and a few other things, but our easiest pool of spell slots (she was DCād into warlock) and free healy juice is mostly out of the game.
Our Wizardās schedule changed and so he is no longer on the table.
Our cleric wasnāt there today, but we believe will be back later.
So today, I was the lone spellcaster and for sure, weāre down our spiker.
That sucks.
If I can make it to level 10 for ancient knowledge we should be fine. All our healers will be back and Iāll load o up on actual arcane damage spells - good times, great oldies.
In the interimā¦ Iāve got hard options.
Letās start with ASI because I think that will narrow the spell selection down. Here are the options as I see them.
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- 2 Dex maxes me in that skill. Iām wearing studded leather so it does a lot for me. Adds one to AC, one to attack, and one to damage, along with that oh so good dexterity save.
I also have my eye on a lot of feats -
- Ritual Caster is justā¦ really good for me. Opens me up for a lot of utility spells, and as long as I have time, I can cast them without burning spell slots. Iād be picking wizard here since they cover the largest amount of ground.
ā¦ Actually typing all this outā¦ ritual caster is pretty obviously the way to go. I was going to look at magic initiate and a few other feats, but ritual caster solves a lot of our utility problems plus I can probably pilfer spells out of the now NPC Wizardās spellbook.
For reference-
Ritual Caster
Prerequisite: Intelligence or Wisdom 13 or higher
You have learned a number of spells you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have on hand when casting one of them.
When you gain this feat, choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You acquire a ritual book holding two 1st level spells with the ritual tag, which must be on the list of the chosen class. Your casting ability for these rituals are the same as the chosen class (Charisma for bard, sorcerer, or warlock; Wisdom for cleric or druid; Intelligence for wizard).
If you come across a spell in written from, such as a magical scroll or a wizardās spellbook, you might be able to add it to your ritual book. The spell must be on the spell list for the class you chose, the spellās level must not be higher than half your level (rounded up), and it must have the ritual tag. The process of copying the spell into your ritual books takes 2 hours per level of the spells, and costs 50 gp per level of the spell. This cost represents material components spent on practicing the spell, as well as the fine inks you must use to record it.
Just taking that and getting Comprehend Languages and Detect Magic are going to save a lot of time for us in this ancient tomb where we only have one NPC who can read the book getting us through.
The list of wizard spells with the ritual tag is stupid too.
1st Level
Alarm.
Comprehend languages.
Detect magic.
Find familiar.
Identify.
Illusory script. Magic Mouth
Tenserās floating disk.
Unseen servant.2nd Level
Gentle repose.3rd Level
Feign death.
Leomundās tiny hut.
Phantom Steed.
Water breathing.5th Level
Contact other planes.
Raryās telepathic bond.6th Level
Drawmijās instant summons.
I mean, Iāll spend some time playing around, but thatās a lot of āooooh, maybeā for one feat, and a lot of utility without spending spell slots.
Edit: Well, the spells section went easier than I thought after that. Picked up charm monster since I think it works with my new lute. Donāt think itās worth doing any other changes unless my DM allows me to swap cantrips.
All I have now is the debate about my starting ritual spells, and Iām thinking about burning a plot point card with the DM to see if my book spawns with more of them.
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Yeah, wasnāt entirely sure what you were asking for advice on here. Sounds like you already basically know what youāre doing.
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Itās more I typed out everything since you guys were interested last time. I had no idea which way I was going to go until I got to ritual caster and was like āohā¦ this solves literally all my ā ā ā ā ā ā ā problemsā.
This is why people journal.
I thought about deleting the post but I thought you guys would like the update at least 
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Nah, totally understandable. Yeah though, I do the same thing about talking things out. Definitely works.
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Iād been stressing about this for a while too! There are a lot of good reasons to take that +2 to dex to round that stat outā¦
They all seem kind of wimpy compared to āDoes my group have 10 minutes? Then I cast detect magic for free.ā or āI can suddenly read all the crazy ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā here that we literally brought an NPC to do as long as I have 10 minutes.ā
Like every room weāve gone through has had some crazy dead text or glyph written on the walls.
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Update appreciated.
Elder gods graffiti?
But since youāve had enough trap trouble already, being able to read the hints may go a long way.
Same.
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Yeah our cleric is knowledge domain so he knows it, but he wasnāt here today and Iām tired of the game of telephone already going on in our party because of the orc we picked up.
Plus, seems like itād be real helpful to have two people that can read the NPCās book if he bites it, because itās a pretty helpful guide through the third and fourth levels.
Edit: Plus, the DM has already said that the ādivineā magic would attract undead from the realm of the dead to get us, so weāve been keeping the cleric in minty condition. I think heās still the only one with all spell slots - the most we use him for is the light cantrip to save time on torches.
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Oh.
Huh.
Holy ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā my DM rolledā¦ a thing.
This is the musical instrument we found today.
I think he missed the part where itās one of the āInstruments of the Bardsā and has-
All instruments of the bards can be used to cast the following spells: fly, invisibility, levitate, and protection from evil and good.
On top of the aforementioned
In addition, the Fochlucan bandore can be used to cast entangle, faerie fire, shillelagh, and speak with animals.
All of those are once per day, long rest be damned.
Itās like stapling a half caster class on top of my main caster classā¦
Jesus christ I really have to PM him in the morning.
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That isā¦ oh wow!
Lots of utility is a vast understatement here, to say the least.
Behold the bard:
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Yeah I decided to look it up since my notes on it were bleak. Iām gonna make sure its the same thing and that heās cool with it tomorrow.
That plus ritual caster = loooots of problem solving.
Heās always been my go to bard guy.
Well, him and Doof Warrior.
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You should know that I use any excuse to post Doctor Who pics 
Items, even powerful ones just have one problem: they can be lost, stolen, damaged and so on. So better be carefulā¦
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Pfft, Iām college of swords. Careful is that thing in the middle of the face you aim for right?
My favorite part is that it kind of solves my weapon problem too where we might be fighting something thatās resistant or immune to nonmagical items. Shillelagh is awesome in this edition - it turns a staff or club into a D8 weapon, you use your spellcasting ability instead of strength on it for attack and damage bonuses (cough20charismacough) and it becomes magical. My character got a ābelaying pinā (club) for being a pirate-
So thatās going on her hip. Iām trying to imagine what she even looks like now. 5ā8", tan, red hair, green eyes with a billy club on one hip, a masterwork sword on the other, and the worldās greatest goddamn guitar strapped to her back.
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