Good question. If one is playing a scholar than it seems IC to have a
reference book on hand, or perhaps one that your character is creating.
I'm afraid I'm not provided with any guidance in the 5e ruleset or the DMG
about what should go in such a book. What would you like to see in it?
With slings, I've got no guidance to keep the game RAW, so I'd propose
that, looking at wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon) that
sling bullets are most likely lead. However, if you come across a river
and spend a couple of hours there you would be able to find stones of the
correct size and weight. Does that seem like a reasonable take on the
matter?
On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 2:35 PM Tim Cornish <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
So the book of lore that comes in the Scholar’s pack will have no use
whatsoever, and I should just sell it, if only to save bulk? To be fair,
the players handbook doesn’t say it does anything, but I’m uncertain why
anyone would spend 25gp on it if that’s the case. It’s also 166% of the
weight of a spell book, so it’s a substantial old book (although both would
be 1 L for the purposes of the game).
As for sling bullets, It doesn’t say anything other than you can buy 20
bullets for 4cp. The sling itself has the ammunition property, meaning you
can recover half expended ammunition after combat, time allowing.
On 17 Aug 2019, at 17:15, Peter Coffey <peter.coffey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Tim,
Answers to your questions below:
On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, 14:20 Tim Cornish, <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Peter (I assume it’s you who will be answering these),
If bringing a character over from Adventurer’s league, what are the rules
in terms of unspent treasure points? Are we able to convert them into GP
and buy whatever we require before heading to fools landing, with the
unspent remaining as cash? If so, is it 50GP per tier one treasure point?
PC- yes to all of the above
Are we still bound by the PHB+1 rule?
PC- after you arrive, no.
You say medium sized creatures require a gallon of water a day.
PC- the DMG says that.
A waterskin according to the PHB holds 4 pints (which google tells me is
half a gallon, assuming imperial measurements), so 2 water skins is one
days worth of water for a medium sized creature?
PC- yes. Ive converted water found into waterskins found for ease in play.
The Scholars kit includes a book of lore; would there be any existing
lore on the new world? If so, or even if not, what kinds of lore might be
available?
PC- Lore is as per the website. Part of the setting is maniacs (well
they just survived a mage apocalypse) destroyed most lore: see the leveller
heresy.
Clothes when worn, do they count towards bulk? Presumably clothes for a
small creature weigh less than the standard weight listed in the PHB?
PC- clothes do count, but check how much they weigh. Under a lb is
negligible.
Sling bullets, do I need to buy them, or can they be foraged?
PC- Good question. What's the description in the PHB? Sling stones may be
an important resource!
That’s all (for now). Thanks,
Tim
