D&D and Tabletops RPGs V7: Yes you can talk about tabletops other than D&D

[Glent]

Just to expand a bit because saving throws worked differently in 2e, everyone has 5 types of saving throws which progress based on your class and get bonuses based on your race or items in some cases. For example a level 4 fighter has a saving throw vs. paralyzation/poison/deathmagic of 13. You have to roll at or above your saving throw value so a lower saving throw value is better (the number is the target on your roll), while things that give bonuses like high Con for dwarves give you a bonus to your roll (e.g. you might roll 1d20+4 vs a target of 13). The other saving throw types are rod/staff/wand, petrification/polymorph, breath weapon and spells.
It's more inspired by 4e. It uses the terminology but none of the mechanics really relate to 4e.

[Glent]

https://youtu.be/OcP0WdH7rTs

[Waffle boxes]

Hey dudes I'm requesting some quick creative help. I'm running a homebrew 5e oneshot this weekend set in a kinda sorta Cyberpunk/Shadowrun setting and I can't come up with a good/funny/ironic/whatever corporation name. The players are hired by a corporation that is essentially the twisted WWE of this dystopian future to go and investigate and stop the source of a new illegal combat stim/steroid thing that's starting to find its way into the combat ring. It's getting the "performers" all jacked up and they're just killing each other at this point instead of just putting on a brutal show.

I just can't think of a good corporation name/acronym for this dystopian WWE. Best I could think up was WWMD: (World/Wild/Weekly/Whack) Wrestling - (subtitle) Mass Destruction
Any ideas would be super appreciated. If anyone wants I'll give out my notes when I'm done too

[DiscoInferno]

The Rock but an actual Golem

[Purple Magpie]

Just go full satire with it. "Your mission is to infiltrate the WWEFGHIJKLMONP" "What does that stand for?" "It stands for none of your fucking business, you want to get paid or not?"

And then if they try and look up what it stands for, it's not actually listed anywhere and nobody's actually been able to figure it out despite a ton of underground research. It's just one of the great corp mysteries.

[Patrick]

played d&d for the first time today as a dumb as fuck half-orc. pissed on some chained wolves which broke free and killed our healer.

[_maverick_]

SFC - Solar Fighting Championships
GCT - Gladiator Combat Tournament
SWCX - Spartan Warrior combat Xtreme
VOD - Victory Or Death
WUC - Warlord Ultimate Combat

[Zernbrog]

I'm trying to get back into playing tabletop games, what online sites or games do you recommend? All I really have in experience is just AD&D, pathfinder, and a tiny bit of 5E.

[Ruby_Axe]

Well for character creation I'd recommend D&D Beyond if you're doing a physical group, otherwise use Roll20's inbuilt one for online groups (although tbh I still prefer Beyond's interface)