(Animated Spellbook) Mending!

An episode about the mending spell!
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MENDING:
This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch, such as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn cloak, or a leaking wineskin. As long as the break or tear is no larger than 1 foot in any dimension, you mend it, leaving no trace of the former damage.
This spell can physically repair a magic item or construct, but the spell can't restore magic to such an object.
ZEE
Also it takes 1 minute to cast so 10 rounds, not super useful in combat. Honestly I think that's a bit of a shame. If I were to adjust 1 thing about the spell it would be to change that to 1 action. Utility spells in combat are rad.
ZEE
Ok onto the questions:
CAN MENDING JOIN TWO UNRELATED OBJECTS?
No.
CAN A STEEL DEFENDER BE HEALED BY THE MENDING SPELL?
Yes, of course-
CAN MENDING HEAL A HOMUNCULUS?
I think so-
CAN MENDING HEAL A WARFORGED?
Ye- I mean No.
DOESN'T SEEM CONSISTENT.
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CAN MENDING REPAIR ACID DAMAGE?
No.
CAN MENDING BE USED ON PLANTS?
Uh, yeah sure?
CAN MENDING BE USED TO SECURE A BROKEN CHAIN LINK TO AN OBJECT IT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY ATTACHED TO?
Yeah definitely.
CAN MENDING BE USED MULTIPLE TIMES ON AN OBJECT WITH MULTIPLE SEPARATE BREAKS?
Yep.
CAN MENDING MEND MENDING?
Pass.
CAN MENDING BE USED TO DULL OR SHARPEN A SWORD?
Yep.
IS MAYONNAISE AN OBJECT?
Yep.
WHAT IF THOSE PLANTS ARE SENTIENT?
Umm.
IF YOU ARE MENDING A BRKEN OBJECT LESS THAN 2 FEET IN LENGTH COULD YOU MEND EACH SIDE TO CREATE 2 OBJECTS?
Probably not, I think mending reaffirms bonds, but doesn't create anything new, it probably I guess teleports the missing matter back into the fissure?
IN THAT CASE COULD MENDING BE USED TO SOMEHOW COMMUNICATE?
What?
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[@Fruckert]

"Is a corpse an object?" ~DM inhale~ "...yes."

[@expertionis794]

honestly same

[@JoeyTee420]

Gentle repose, mending, revivify

[@musingartisan]

As I DM I always hate these types of questions. You always have to think 100 steps ahead. These rules lawyers will get small concessions out of you, inch by inch, then before you know it his Paladin is morphing into a Tarrasque three times a day. And they will quite clearly lay out all the small bits of information you gave them. Seemingly unconnected questions, all those off handed "Yes" answers, which evolved into a Paladin with morhping abilities taking on the form and powers of such a mighty beast.

[@Reddotzebra]

If a corpse is an object, could mending just... Attach a head that's been, um, removed? Just asking for a friend who is going to owe me some gold if this works...

[@DragonfoxShadow]

@@Reddotzebra RAW yes, it can.

[@conorquinn2640]

"3 minutes of Zee Bashew on trial for crimes against wargamers"

[@anthonydavis5288]

I would watch such a video but until then I'll be here on this channel

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Hahaha d&d always has biased. Mainly because it's people's opinions. but it does make for some really interesting conversations

[@UltimaXReborn]

We all know wargamers don't have rights :v

[@nicholasstraw9800]

Poor dude

[@darwinxavier3516]

If wargamers wanna have their boring, inflexible, unimaginative campaigns, no one is stopping them from playing with other wargamers.

[@The19Scout97]

"I am actually a Millennial" "No you're not." Legit had me laughing out loud. xD

[@DrinkyBeery]

As a millennial right at the edge of gen X I feel that pain.

[@webbowser8834]

Yeah, the "millennials are actually in their 30s by now" trope trips up my relatives a lot.

[@maxmazza2987]

I'm on the older end of it myself, and my sister that turns 32 this year is right near the edge of Millenial and Gen-X, if I'm not mistaken.

[@dirgesheverish]

I am on the older side of millennials. 33 and counting. Lol

[@Comrade2261]

I did the same, laughed out loud actually xD. Also I'm 30 soo ya lol.

[@d.a.robinson6105]

"Eat, Pray, Love" should be replaced with "Gentle Repose, Mend, Revivify"

[@jennifercavenee7572]

I want this on a wall plaque now.

[@cj6498]

I'd put that over my kitchen entry

[@aurynvrvilo6683]

Sounds like a t-shirt waiting to be made

[@purevessle2641]

This would quote perfectly below a ceramic chicken

[@mailcs06]

I’d allow it. It’s creative use for two spells people don’t use super often. Ok mending I’m sure is used pretty often at some tables, but many tables rarely use it.

[@blastburnman]

Everyone Else: "Is a corpse an object?" Me: "The hell is a bwa?"

[@Wolfrover]

It's an understandable question, given that the first back-to-life spell to restore missing body parts is _resurrection_ at 7th level. Of course, most DMs are fairly forgiving on the point, ruling that the body part is "missing" only if you can't find it, rather than just being detached. After all, you're probably restoring a bunch of broken bones and torn muscles already, what's one more break into the bargain? (For the DM, this is much easier than running up house rules for sewing a detached limb back on. Of course, most DMs don't use limb severs anyway. Too complicated) Personally, I tend to rule that a corpse does not count as an object, based on traditional magical practices. Living, thinking beings are special in magical terms, which is why you also can't use _resurrection_ to turn a bone knife back into whatever the bone came from (again, my personal ruling). Basically, I rule that a corpse does not become an object until sufficiently modified, and then it counts as whatever it has been made into. Of course, I also rule that if all the pieces are in contact during _raise dead_ or _revivify_ , the pieces are healed back into place. I'm a pretty forgiving DM.

[@FallenInAcan]

@@Wolfrover Ok but what the fuck is a bwa?

[@Wolfrover]

@@FallenInAcan Well, the words leading up to it, the last time, are "Can the mended section be'. So we're looking for a term that can apply to only one portion of the mended item (but doesn't have to). Zee's answer is "I guess", so it should be one of the edge cases. It's hard to say, but I'm guessing "blob" or "ball", with the latter being more likely from context.

[@specific3600]

@@Wolfrover okay but what in gods’ name is bwa?

[@hannahgoldkamp8888]

Point but with french pronounciation

[@kajetanguch7675]

I feel like Zee took JoCrap's comment about being a rules lawyer, deep into his heart.

[@unintentionallydramatic]

What'd he do? Did he go the way of Puffin Forest and degrade into mere cringetertainment?

[@Tactician42]

@@unintentionallydramatic Quite the opposite my friend.

[@Danielle-fm2tj]

I would say Zee is a rules lawyer, but in the best way. He wants the rules to be read, interpreted, and applied in a way that is fair as presented by the books so that everyone is on the same playing field. That said there ARE two kinds of rules lawyer. One type is like Zee: If you play the game with a set of consistent rules, and make sure that you maintain correct precedence on rulings you'll have more fun and be better off. I'd honestly maybe call these rules Legalists? Puffinforest calls them rules Traditionalists. Of you could call them Rules prosecutors. The other type is the one doesn't REALLY care what the rules, precedent, or logic is, they have a stake to argue for, and so they're keep arguing until the Judge (DM) tells them to shut up. They'll argue that if they're tied up they're restrained, and thus can still make an attack of opportunity. Then if THERY tie someone up in the same way and walk away they'd claim that it makes no sense, that creature is incapacitated, etc. They care about getting something from the rules, not having a fair and level playing field. Puffin calls these people rules lawyers, you can call them the Defense lawyers, I just call them assholes. (BTW for that scenario I described before? They'd be restrained and so long as they are restrained they are also incapacitated. At least according to how I'd rule it. No actions, reactions, speed of 0, attacks against them at advantage, and they get disadvantage on dex saving throws)

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

@@unintentionallydramatic Jo made a video with a buncha people, Zee included, where Jo's Monster Hunter persona was explicitly and purposely written to be a very bad DM. Puffin also was part of it, reprising his role as Abserd.

[@IrvingIV]

@@Danielle-fm2tj I would rule the restraint/incapacitation in mechanically different ways depending on how you're tied up. If you're just bound up like a little person burrito worm, I would accept an attack of opportunity with disadvantage to hit, with the narration saying you (attempt) to headbutt them as they move away. But if you were restrained in a chair, there's no way you're making that attack.

[@ObeliskDemon]

I miss the wizard, but this "store" type video makes me feel like I'm visiting an old friend with the intro and outro, giving me something similar to a "Mr. Rodgers neighborhood" kind of feel that I like. keep up the great animation

[@7rhymes599]

Oh, it's a, magical day in the GM's world, magical day in the GM's, won't you be my, won't you be my... It's a GM's day in this magical world, a GM's day in this magical, won't you be my, won't you be my... Party?

[@jarodlalonde5545]

Deadass. If this is the new style of all the videos? Id be okay with that even if I would miss the wizard stories

[@vedritmathias9193]

At first, I thought this style was kinda odd, but I dig it now

[@Alizudo]

The wizard is still there in the actual descriptions part of the video, so I'm good.

[@davehedric1543]

Absolutely well said

[@rocktalon2]

Once used mending to repair a wall that someone was actively trying to cut through. Ended up getting his saw stuck in the wall.

[@HazySkies]

That's awesome

[@GumshoeClassic]

That's abother interesting question, what happens if the process of mending it is impossible due to an object that's in the way. I knew someone who ruled it as the two edges of the rift/tear press together with an increasing amount of force, up to a certain limit (it had something to do with the casters stats but I can't quite recall how she determined the limit). Said way of ruling resulted in a troll being choked to death by a drum...

[@water_type_warrior3177]

Tom and Jerry

[@ivaldi13]

@@GumshoeClassic Going by precedents, the process is slow and gradual enough (not that it takes the whole casting time, but it occurs over the whole round in which the spell completes, like many earth-moving spells that would otherwise be far too efficient at trapping foes) that any idiot/object would move out of the way instinctively or be harmlessly, magically shunted out of the way. Another precedent would state that the intrusion of another object would cause the spell to simply fail. Though, in defense of the DM of the stuck saw, the intruder could have been not just any idiot, but *the beeeg dumm*.

[@Karina-Loves-Andreas]

I think that's an awesome use!!!

[@RandomAnonamo]

"Is a corpse an object?" *eyes narrow* ....yes...

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

So you can reattach an arm with mending! Just get killed, put your arm back on and get resurrected or something. Simple!

[@DVZ000]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming Or you can just use a regeneration spell. Then you or the caster of wouldn't lose heaps of money, or exp in older editions, and not have to worry about being unable to do anything for the rest of the day.

[@pretentiousname01]

This is the look of a gm that knows that player fuckery is afoot

[@sandropazdg8106]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming If the DM rules that sentience is a form of magic your arm would be attached but you would still be unable to use it.

[@palikia3233]

@@DVZ000 That's a 7th level spell. Not as easy to get your hands on.

[@shadowwarrior2772]

"Can mending mend mending?" "Pass." That was hilarious!

[@AshenUndead]

Going off of the rules for their original setting (Eberron), you could not heal a Warforged with Mending because they have souls, and are thus no longer constructs, but humanoids made of metal and wood. This is also why Warforged can be healed with Cure Wounds and similar divine healing!

[@Zaprozhan]

Or, as someone mentioned above, it could patch the cosmetic damage so the warforged doesn't look damaged, but it doesn't restore HP.

[@TechnicalTactician]

Autognomes have entered the chat

[@ПётрКвилкин]

Any DM dreads these words: "Is X an Y" Because we know what comes next.

[@chrisc9526]

"Is mayonnaise an object" w h a t a r e y o u p l a n n i n g

[@giantflamingrabbitmonster8124]

"...we know what comes next." Powergaming. Powergaming comes next.

[@jonahfirth2777]

@@giantflamingrabbitmonster8124 no, what comes next is an amazing memory that the players will laugh at for months

[@runedoom]

If a corpse is an object, and your dm allows you to use mending to mend two objects together, what would happen if you revive one of the corpses?

[@BigJono21]

Is lava not stone?

[@bigalfromdtown8740]

“Im actually a millenni- no you’re not” Killin me with this one Zee

[@falsenames]

First time I've seen someone attempt to use their classification as a millennial as a defense! Also, I am a Gen Xer... we did ruin the game.

[@johncheshirsky8822]

Based on that ending, seems like Zee's and Larry's relationship needs some... mending. I'll see myself out.

[@vincentmuyo]

The relationship isn't small enough.

[@falsenames]

@@vincentmuyo What if you fold the relationship, like a map?

[@snipechan6573]

I think their relationship has bigger than a 1 foot tear in it, mending won't work...

[@krisp33bacon]

[Queues up The Who] YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

[@MyLittlePonyTheater]

Page 246 of the Dungeon Master's Guide reads: "an object is a discrete, inanimate item like a window, door, sword, book, table, chair, or stone, not a building or vehicle that is composed of many other objects." This entry is intended to define objects for the purpose of assigning AC and hit points to things the players might want to destroy that don't have stat blocks, but I use it for the purpose of the Mending spell.

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

but if a vehicle is composed of many objects, could you not mend those objects independantly? Like say a ship had a hole, could ya then mend the planks, but not the ship?

[@MyLittlePonyTheater]

@@Hanhan-fi1dr You can mend each object individually, yes.

[@zhangbill1194]

The only problem I have with this logic is that clothes and ropes wont be counted as objects because they're composed of smaller fabrics

[@TheGreyKami]

@@zhangbill1194 oh Lord, mending only repairs ONE thread, how long would a 1 inch hole in my sock take? Yeah, I would have a case by case basis.

[@GameGod77]

@@Hanhan-fi1dr If you mend the ship of Theseus, is it still the original ship?

[@pipchimpin3]

“Is mayonnaise an object” got me dude.

[@gloriousphantom7905]

“I’m not your dm” The people he DMs for: “wait but... but you.. and... huh?!”

[@ZaynahZihoa]

Schrodinger's DM.

[@SSthunderchild]

[puts on astronaut suit and pulls out a gun] Never was...

[@williamspeed9937]

I really liked how you morphed into your wizard self as you dove into the book, I thought that was nicely done

[@cadman02]

Critical role had this with shattered petrified people. Jester used mending on the small parts and then used control stone for the big parts. The person had two spinal columns fused but was alive when they used greater restore. They of course used healing spells as soon as they were depetrified. It was an awesome act of healing.

[@jackofspades32]

Jester tried to use mending, but it did not work because it repairs a "single" tear and the statues were splinters, so Jester had to cast Stone Shape.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

@@jackofspades32 It was a combination of the two. Corrin Clay (Caduceus' aunt) had been shattered in her petrified form during the fight with the Gorgon, and Jester was able to use Mending to piece her petrified form back together, but the final two breaks were too large to qualify, so then Stone Shape was used with a Medicine check to join those final breaks before using Greater Restoration to restore her to life.

[@snowboundwhale6860]

So of course the other question with horribly inconsistent answers depending on who you ask, Do petrified persons still have anatomy, or do they just become homogenous blocks of stone?

[@eric_moore-6126]

@@snowboundwhale6860 A petrified creature is still a creature.

[@rib_rob_personal]

For context, she is an artist. So it makes sense that she could mostly do it.

[@atomicash2475]

The whole gentle repose, then mending and revivfy is actually kinda smart

[@lucielm]

If I was a DM I'd give this as a response. You need to make 3 medicine rolls while casting mending. With a higher dc based on damage [especially with more nerves like putting a head back on] Either way once you mend it this way it'll always mend this way till the revive. - If you fail all 3 the mend is superficial and will allow the body part to die off later. - If you Pass 1 and fail 2 you succeed in putting it on but it doesn't mend the nerves. So the limb is paralyzed. - If you pass 2 and fail 1 that limb works but never quite up to the way it was. Something just always feels off with the occasional spasm or pinched nerve. - If you pass all 3 it's restored just how it was before. Either way a restored limb through mending loses it's ability to cast magic. Since it can't restore the magic in a broken item. This means if a wizard was beheaded and someone mended him perfectly. Only his head can still use magic the rest of his body is without magic.

[@tugboatyan]

Honestly? Balanced interaction RAW in my eyes. If someone wants to leave their ally at 1hp in the end and spend a Level 2 spell, a Level 3 spell, and 300gp to only partially replicate a Level 7 healing spell that costs no components, then that's more or less balanced mechanically in my opinion even if it doesn't make much in-character sense. It's a downright detrimental trade-off at my table since I run a mixture of Mercer / Kingsmill rules regarding death and revival. If my players really want to take that chance that the revival might not work, and they want to pin their soul to the Revivify caster, then that's just more narrative grist for the mill! Far less risky for them to scrounge up the gold or the favor to buy a Regenerate from the religious order.

[@dumbautisticmutt]

@@lucielm A wizards arms aren't inherently magical, it's the revivify that brings their magic potential back.

[@auronvi]

I was with you until the magic part because that's kind of an arbitrary fuck you to magic casters. I would never be like, "Yeah, you can revive Malakar that way." "Great!" Revives wizard. "BUT NOW HE CAN'T CAST ANYTHING ANYMORE CAUSE HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF! GOTCHA!" The rest of that sounds great though.

[@bones1162]

@@lucielm you know casting focuses aren't magical right? So why would a human arm have to be magical even though it already isn't by RAW ? Don't see why you'd homebrew all this to arbitrarily fuck up your players day.

[@blackoutsampler9993]

"Can Mending mend Mending?" The correct answer to that as a DM is: "No, the break is over 1 foot tall, and smells of nacho cheese".

[@gabrielrussell5531]

"Can mending join two unrelated objects?" No. It explicitly *repairs* a tear or break. It also means you can't put the puzzle piece in incorrectly.

[@qwertyman1511]

well, can you repair a sword back to a lump of metal? If stone that was in the crack is now dust on the otherside of the world, what filled the crack? can repairs be made using material not originally part of the shape? finally: Can you mend 2 unrelated objects?

[@MK-bn6un]

My answers, while you could turn a sword back into a lump of ore or metal, why would you, yeah, the dust just comes back via teleportation, it's mending, not welding, you can't attach two separate objects because they never were one object, for instance you can repair a individual gear, but not an entire clockwork

[@dumbautisticmutt]

@@qwertyman1511 Why the hell would Mending revert a sword back to a lump of metal?

[@jailoutafreecard4414]

@@dumbautisticmutt crazy diamond logic i guess

[@Keyce0013]

@@dumbautisticmutt Technically it can't because a sword is longer than 1 foot.

[@moodyfingers7301]

MOM! The beautiful bearded man is back!

[@rikospostmodernlife]

Have you seen Perry?

[@krokso519]

Gentle repose - mend - rivivify. That is genius! If my players would come up with that I would love it so much.

[@AvangionQ]

Revivify can only be cast on someone who's been dead for less than a minute. Mending casting time is one minute. Woops. PS, I'd totally let my players do this ... but they'd also need several cure wounds spells.

[@krokso519]

@@AvangionQ But that is why you have Gentle Repose right?

[@adrianke77]

@@AvangionQ literally why it starts with Gentle Repose.

[@piranhaplantX]

The issue being that a body doesn't become an object until after dead. So there is an argument that when you die, the condition of your body becomes the default for it as an "object" thus any significant damage sustained prior to death can't be mended. But damage sustained after can.

[@theratking3075]

My group did this. There was a baby chopped up by a cthulhu-esque cult and we did exactly this. A shame we ended up feeding the revived baby to the bbeg who was disguised as a merchant.

[@Ultracity6060]

"What I'm about to tell you is completely meaningless and won't apply to you." */me sits down to listen eagerly*

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Simple solution to that problem: Zee is now my DM. ☺️

[@AdmiralAwsm]

Mending is one of those cantrips that I almost always take. It's just so damn handy, and if I could have any cantrip in real life I'd go with it. I used it in one campaign to help repair a farmer's leaky barn by using small pieces of wood to fix the small holes in the roof.

[@captanblue]

Or my favorite use, brake some shackles, then mend them around someone so they can't escape since there was never a key. Or break a pot and hide something in it that no one will suspect.

[@rycftxdhfsdyftgdxuuhgjfgzx1925]

but prestidigitation in irl

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

@@rycftxdhfsdyftgdxuuhgjfgzx1925 honestly, if I had access to prestidigitation and mending my job would be cake. Edit: add Move Earth and my other job would be simpler too.

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@rycftxdhfsdyftgdxuuhgjfgzx1925 Prestidigitation has a ton of less useful uses, more the jack of all trades watch my cool magic trick thing. Mending on the other hand, that I can use to help in my career

[@Xsis_Vorok]

We had a situation where my Warforged fighter's butt went thru the side of a ship. DM would only allow mending to fix the damage if the Warforged's butt was less than one square foot in size. Despite all the math, it did not.

[@LeifMaelstrom]

As an old mechwarrior, these are exactly the kinds of conversations I live for.

[@Soulessdeeds]

Player: Is a corpse an object? DM: Yes Necromancers: Our time has come!!

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

I agree. A corpse is an object in the same way how bone jewelry and a slab of cooked meat is an object. However, like another comment mentioned above, the wound is that object's feature thus can't be mended if they were caused before dying. It helps to think of it like this - if your character accidentaly amputates their leg, the leg becomes a separate object made of meat, bone, and skin, while the rest of the character is still a living creature. Once this character dies, you have a corpse (object) AND a leg (another object) that ceased to be a living creature at different points of time. All the mending can do at this point is to fix its pants.

[@SenhorAlien]

@@sillyjellyfish2421 ... and at what point does it cease to be recognized as a corpse? How many cuts do I have to make? Sever arms and legs, what is the corpse now? If I have a torso and a head, which is the "corpse"? Answer: it's the whole thing. All parts make the corpse, which is one object, which might be cut into pieces, but that's just damage.

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

@@SenhorAlien i would say, that for the necromancy purpose, you need more than half of the body reasonably attached to each other through muscles or bones. Although it would be fun to have a "pet arm" aka raised hand or leg or any other body part. They wouldn't be able to do shit in combat since a hand or a leg anone can't really do anything, but if you set those as let's say a guardian for something, you could attach reanimated arms to walls to grapple people or something.

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

@@SenhorAlien so it probably depends on the creativity of the caster

[@jaxryz_380]

@@sillyjellyfish2421 my party's wizard has a spell that's essentially killer queen but with stamps, so we've had arms and such covered in stamps suicide bomb an enemy's face before

[@nickcody7257]

My favorite use of mending is for manacles or unpickable "locks". Take a chain, break a link and wrap it around someone tightly using the broken link as a clip to hold it, mend link. Or just put a broken chainlink through the hasp of a chest and mend it into an unpickable lock.

[@dragonmaster613]

My brain exploded!

[@al-trujillo]

Except manacles and chests can just as easily be broken just if you think going to the lengths to break the chains to refuse it together for that trick you mentioned will do anything more then a setback. It just gives the Barbarian another excuse to smash things...

[@seigeengine]

@@al-trujillo I'm now imagining a world where thieves are just barbarians that badly sneak into houses, smash everything apart, and then badly sneak back into the night.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@seigeengine AKA the world of 2002's Neverwinter Nights.

[@pingaspwnspiness]

@@seigeengine My group believes in Russian stealth. It doesn't count as being spotted if you murder them before they can alert the others.

[@axelrewop3692]

This reminds me of the time our rangers animal companion died and she said "I a completely heart broken" And I said "Is it less then a foot"

[@zeebashew]

Oh and this is my twitch if you wanna watch process: www.twitch.tv/zeebashew OH also 4:24 "This is not meant to be an episode calling out wargamers or OSR players" I just wanted to feel like I was in a card shop and part of that fantasy is two grown ass adults getting into an argument about something stupid.

[@xenoexe4954]

Is... Is it a call out to someone?

[@seraphimbaker2291]

Sweet thanks!

[@Darthnova-rd9nk]

Man your videos are always great and if you just made a video narrating different dnd things i would watch it because your voice is that soothing

[@CrazyFlyingMonk]

@Zee Bashew About the casting time my understanding is that it doesn't take one minute to mend any object but rather the spell can be sustained for up to a minute before it stops with one minute being when the repairing effect has stretched across a one foot area. so with multiple castings you could repair a section larger than one foot just one minute per foot. ( I think this because in Hoard Of the Dragon Queen there is an encounter when the players hole up in a castle that says enemies have taken a battering ram to the doors and have destroyed it to the point of it not working as an adequate barrier to entry and the pc's have to drive back the enemies and while an npc casts mending for a combined total of 5 castings taking 5 minutes) I could have just misunderstood the meaning but it seems to me to be an adequate argument to dm's who want to follow the official rules with as little deviation as possible that mending can be used multiple times to repair a larger than one foot break Also love your content

[@seraphimbaker2291]

@@CrazyFlyingMonk This is how I rule it at my table. Although I have my players describe what process they take when they use mending for different objects. Doing this early on let’s them create restrictions for the spell in their own way. That way when they want to do something ridiculous I can point to how they used the spell earlier and make the magic of the settings feel more consistent.

[@capy-karma186]

DM: "The Chieftain snaps your shield in half with his axe." Player: "I cast Mending!" DM: "But, it's a minute to cast." Player: _Proceeds to spend 10 rounds, 67hp, and 8 concentration saves just to have a shield._ DM: _Screams internally._

[@99sonder]

On top of the fact that he's concentrating on casting it, meaning he needs to save on each hit ._.

[@DutchBlackMantha]

@@99sonder "Drat, lost concentration. Ok, next round, I start mending again."

[@vincentmuyo]

Knock yourself out, player. You certainly seem to be trying to.

[@OhNoTheFace]

What crappy shield snaps in half?

[@hobosorcerer]

You've mended the spell-shaped hole in my heart today. Thank you~

[@harperreese264]

why is your username McHitler

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@harperreese264 Surely his profile picture explains that, no?

[@hobosorcerer]

@@harperreese264 Ninja sums it up pretty well.

[@JintiGoat]

I've listened to this video no less than a dozen times and I still have no Idea what "could the break be a bwom" could POSSIBLY mean

[@worthasandwich]

One of the best parts of being a DM is having to, on the fly, figure out how to rule some crazy creative thing your player comes up with. One of my favorite things to when my players want to try something and I have no idea how it will go.

[@joshuahitchins1897]

As the general rule, the DM should TRY to answer "Yes, and/but/however..." to anything the PCs try to do. "Can I use mending to repair this broken table?" "Yes, but it will take an Intelligence check (to reassemble it correctly) and several hours." Even if the players decide to not do this action, it gives them the OPTION to do it rather than straight up saying "No."

[@crgrier]

@@joshuahitchins1897 There are two types of DMs. The storyteller type looks for a way the character could do that and walks the player through the process. The war gamer type knows the answer but treats it like a puzzle to be solved by the player; correct answers only. I've played with, or been, both kinds. Know your audience expectations. Some people enjoy the puzzle, some just want to do something crreative and get on with the story.

[@joshuahitchins1897]

​@@crgrier I do think there's an aspect of the puzzle aspect of DnD that TTRPGs can take advantage of that video games or similar can't, creative applications of the puzzle's mechanics. Your phrase "correct answers only" is obfuscating the wiggle room the DM has. For instance, "Can mending be used to repair a table?" can be answered yes or no by a wargamer-type DM. I would argue as a DM, even a wargaming DM, you should lean towards "Yes, and..." approaches whenever possible, as it gives your players more satisfaction in solving a puzzle in a creative way. Obviously there are limits and you have to tell your PCs "no" at some points (absurd example, "Can I use Mending to resurrect this corpse?"), but if you rely on "No" as your default, you run the risk of railroading into specific answers rather than giving your players opportunities to find alternative solutions you didn't think of.

[@l.o.b.2433]

Roughly pixel measuring the wizard in a frame where he's falling down next to the tear reveals that he is at most 58.62 cm tall (without the hat) which is almost 2 feet. Assuming that the tear is a foot wide, of course

[@bluefootwalking]

"Is a corpse an object?" (long inhale) He knows where this is going...lol

[@maxharden1814]

0:10 read that as war crimes, the bad part is I didn't even bat an eye

[@koboldfan3238]

Of course mayonnaise is a object, it is a instrument after all.

[@knightofeee]

Just like Horse Radish.

[@timothyventura2231]

I like how Zee has four fingers but the muttonchops has five fingers

[@ChipCheerio]

I’m still trying to figure out what was repeated three times. My best guess is he’s asking if it could be a bomb.

[@AegixDrakan]

As a quebecer, I heard "a bois". Basically "a piece of wood". Which I'm POSITIVE is not right. XD

[@MusicalMethuselah]

Haha me too. "Can the mended section be a ... bois?" I hear French bois as well

[@morgansearle3912]

almost certain it was 'bomb'. As in, explode, repair, explode again, ad infinitum.

[@MusicalMethuselah]

@@morgansearle3912 ahhh good call. Can you repair a bomb? That's actually very clever haha

[@AegixDrakan]

@@morgansearle3912 After putting the speaker DIRECTLY next to my ear, yeah, I'm positive he meant "bomb" XD

[@athatcher9367]

I wanted to try and seal a door shut with mending once, The Dm said no, and I agree with that ruling... but now I want a spell that can just like mesh stuff together (even if it is a ritual or something)

[@supsendchapal4679]

Gonna look if there's a spell like this in Pathfinder brb Edit: my extended research found: - Stone shape/wood shape - the obvious ones, I'm sure we can find funnier ones - Glue seal - It only last a couple minutes, but if someone wants to open the door or separate the parts, they have a chance to also stuck themselves to the part... Still way too short. - Liquefy - What I looked for, but it would need extended discussion with the DM, basically you transform an item into a liquid form, but it reforms itself at the end of the duration, so if you pour it on the lock, it will be a lot of fun!

[@jimmystyles670]

id allow it if you upcasted to a higher level, and this was not abused constantly. probably have to be a 3rd of fourth level spell slot though

[@dr.ickydoesstuff7743]

My group had a good amount of homebrew spells one if them did just that. It was called weld and I think you got like 1 foot of weld. It didn't have to be metal but it did have to be the same material.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

My Cleric once used Stone Shape to seal a trio of Vampires into a room by molding the doorframe so it was airtight to the door after Turning them to keep them at bay.

[@ettinakitten5047]

Fabricate?

[@TacoCannon]

my favorite time I used mending was while we were escaping a core worm and I had to constantly mend the wagon that was falling apart rapidly. DM definitely overlooked some of the actual text, and let it slide that the wheels were likely to have not been able to be repaired(realistically would've lost some material), but it was still a really cool scene.

[@benchehebar2833]

Can you mend a hole (in a ship or cloth for instance) that has a diameter of less than a foot? What happens to the hole you cut out of the cloth; does it disappear or does it stay? Is this infinite matter? Can you make a sheet of gold, punch out holes of gold less than a foot in diameter, and then mend the holes for infinite money? Does my DM hate me? yes

[@alicesteel]

Mending requires all the parts to be present.

[@Janoha17]

The description did specify "less than a foot in any direction", which I assume would include diameter.

[@JJRodriguez]

I'd rule that you can mend the holes you punch, but the overall object gets thinner; the material has to come from somewhere, and there would be consequences for player's greed, like the object breaking to the point mending no longer recognizes the original object and the materials sold ending up being worth less than if they'd just mended the object.

[@benchehebar2833]

@@alicesteel you right

[@123lovac]

The object thins out to accommodate the shift in mass

[@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788]

The speed Larry asked questions gave me acute anxiety -!!!!

[@vigilantsycamore8750]

It was more pre-combat than actually *in* combat, but one time in my group's Grim Hollow campaign, we were trying to stop an army of undead from getting through a town's gates. Things were going badly at first, and the gates took a lot of damage (the undead army had siege weapons), but then I had the idea to use mending to repair and reinforce the gates - I wasn't sure if it would work, but our DM decided to let me do that, and had me roll a d8 to see how well I'd repair the gates. I rolled an 8. I did the same trick a few more times and managed to buy everyone else some valuable time before the undead army rolled a crit and the gates basically disintegrated. One of two awesome moments for my character in that session.

[@kazineverwind5267]

"My rulings can't hurt you." Oh YEAH?! Well your rulings mugged me in a dark alley for my last 20 gp. What do you think about that?

[@Tide11511]

Once saw a Doctor themed character perform surgery on another. Cut a leg open and cast mending on a broken bone since he was able to touch it. Then used mending to repair the incision he made. 10/10 for creativity and we all loved it.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

I think if one spell from DnD could be used irl, Mending would be a great pick. Being able to cut open any part of a person and put them back together, good as new, as long as the cut was less than a square foot in area? Huge.

[@OriginalAkivara]

I don't think mending can be used for healing because it specifies an "object". I guess that gets into "what is an object" in D&D, but you shouldn't use spells to get the effects of other spells (especially higher-level spells) unless that's actually in the spell description (like wish and such).

[@Tide11511]

@@OriginalAkivara I should specify that he fixed the broken bone, but no hitpoints were gained or anything like that. The mended wasn't good as new. They just didn't have a broken leg anymore.

[@redxmerc]

I have had these fucking arguments. I feel this whole episode.

[@danger_design]

I think this is my favourite video that you've ever made. I watch it a lot. I generally like your videos when they have interactions with Larry, but this is definitely his best showing. But of course I'm glad that it ends with you disagreeing with his shtick. You're one of my favourite creators on YT, and literally my only complaint is that you don't do more stuff. I really liked the cold road campaign diaries btw, and I like your storytelling in general. I wouldn't be horrified if you did more things like that. I've been playing for about 25 years at this point, and it's nice to see the game get so much love. But it's also nice to know that there are other old-heads out there who appreciate the old school of thought - without getting wrapped up in it.

[@theCreamyCrusher]

This has to be your second best episode right next to rope trick. It just has so much story to be told and yet leaves me wanting more however with a longer episode i think we would lose the magic

[@smansam]

This is the funniest interrogation I’ve ever witnessed 🤣🤣🤣 “What you’re saying is nothing”

[@justsomeloserlol]

personally, i would argue that mending can repair the outer plating of a warforged but not the inner root system that are effectively the muscles, as the roots are what make it count as a living construct. also, would you be able to mend a broken bone of a living creature, if you need contact with the item in question than what if you exposed the bone via surgery?

[@MrShukaku1991]

I totally allow mending to be used to fix a bone if you can touch both ends of it. Lets you have weird battlefield clerics with the magic initiate feat and the Healer feat to allow anyone to fix broken bones and shit.

[@DracoMagnius]

but then comes the question how would one repair or heal the inner root system?

[@garret1930]

@@DracoMagnius normal healing magic.

[@justsomeloserlol]

@@DracoMagnius healing word/touch for small cuts and the like, regeneration for things total severance

[@adakahless]

This is why my battlefield medic marine (cleric with marine background) has mending and healing spells. Sure you can heal the wounds of the person and any broken bones, but you'll need to mend their armor/weapons to get them back in the fight.

[@gunner4002]

At the end the "no, you know what fuck you" really gets me. top notch!

[@TheSkullivan12]

I get the feeling that Larry finds himself needing to find a new group more often than not.

[@The2ndnothing]

He's got a group of old guard die hards that all play the game like a dungeon crawling hack and slash, and there's nothing wrong with that.

[@liamwhite3522]

Gentle Repose, Mending, Revivify is just modern medicine to reattach a limb, working around the fact that Mending has to be used on an object. Now, Mending, Raise Undead...

[@jamescanjuggle]

I like the idea that mending doesn't fix function. Kinda like it mends using the materials around it and spews stuff out like a 3D printer. It doesn't know how to make an organ, or veins, or intricate details in machinery but it sure can fill in the space of a stab wound with a weird tumour , pure block of skin tissue or steel.

[@parmesanzero7678]

I love spells that aren’t directly related to combat but in general spells like Mending really need more built-in consideration. It’s a cantrip. A lot of players and DMs let people get away with crazy things with cantrips, which would be fine if non-casters had similar crazy options, but they don’t.

[@just_jays_life]

Just had a character today try to use mending on a mimic... "it does nothing and now do a strength check to see if you are not stuck to the mimic"

[@verytallowl2022]

Being able to use mending in combat could be lead to some crazy situations

[@goblincleric4130]

My favorite use of mending was repairing coinpurses id recently emptied while the bard distracted a crowd.

[@zarthemad8386]

... but that served no actual purpose.

[@LenKagaminePika]

My general ruling when it comes to spells like mending is that it doesn't work if you're using it on something which has a soul. That would be restoring life and is outside the confines of its power. So, killing your friend to mend a limb on and then returning the soul to their corpse would work even though it is a bit silly and you'd need a lot of prep to make it work instead of just using the spell that reattaches limbs.

[@DutchAndGamer]

His animations gotten a LOT better

[@grimreefer9324]

"Can mending be used to dull or sharpen a sword" is actually a pretty damn good question Edit: To clarify my thinking: If a sword is dull that means that some of the material has been shaved off or bent. Therefore, does repairing that damage sharpen it again? Similarly, sharpening a sword is just a matter of shaving a _really really_ tiny amount off the edges, so does 'repairing' that 'damage' dull the sword?

[@Wolfrover]

I'd rule no. Whether blunt or sharp, the sword is still intact. To rule otherwise is to say that a healing spell should take your hair and nails to terminal length, and that's just silly.

[@godofzombi]

@@Wolfrover Agreed. Altough If the blade had notches in its edge, then mending would repair that. But straight up sharpening a blade? No.

[@elijahmelton2660]

@@godofzombi I like too think mending repairs things too how they were built so if a sword was built rather dull and then sharpened by a player then mending would auto dull it and same for sharpness of it

[@hannahgoldkamp8888]

Is a dull sword a break or tear? I would argue no.

[@mattkennedy9308]

It wouldn't work on swords as the edge is longer than a foot. Daggers, Axes or Spear points maybe

[@SuperVegetaAF]

Depending on its uses. For the purposes of the revive spell. I would rule that if the corpse (since it’s an object) is missing a limb, mending can be used to reattatch a detached limb. Then revivify can be used immediately afterwords. Giving no extra time to cast or use other abilities before the target cannot be revived with the 3rd level spell. So if the target is missing multiple limbs, the only chance in which it has to get those limbs back is if multiple people have mending and use it to attach a limb back each. Granted this is assuming everything else is fine and no vital organs are damaged or destroyed as it will bring them back to life with those organs damaged still. Which will result in another death. Eventually. As a forgiving dm would assume I don’t go by the “limbs” mentality. I’m not going to say yea he cut of both your arms and legs after that final attack. That’s absurd, maybe at a hardcore and unforgiving table. Yea he as gruesome as you want but that means spells like revive will be completely useless as they won’t be able to hold their own weight as a viable spell.

[@Gam3Junkie7]

"Is mayonnaise an object?" It better be, or I just got an Alchemical Jug for nothing.

[@syncringe1885]

"They hold no ruling at any table other than my own." Me making notes to use them if I am forced to be a dm

[@corinkenyon3801]

"No you're not." I've had someone pull that one me before, im not sure how i was supposed to respond to that.

[@DerpyLaron]

2:39 Can the break be a what? I don't understand.

[@SteamPunkChewie95]

Not a fucking clue. I'm also interested in deciphering this mystical language

[@eric_moore-6126]

Idk either. I was going to try watching with captions, but there are none.

[@MatRavven]

I think he's saying "can the break be a bar?" but with an added wuh sound just to sound silly. Because he was just talking about to 3 broken pieces of bar mended together, and I think the 3 questions leading up to the "buah" are a set, similar to the following "mend arm/dead body object/repose+mend+revivify" set of questions are all related

[@collegestuff2511]

Bomb, he said bomb, accent makes it impossible to understand lol

[@Dumbhare]

We all know a Larry, the real question is whether or not they are still in the group

[@onnayoung7699]

RE: Warforge healing. I have ruled before that it can be used like spare the dyeing (catnip level healing for fleshly folk), and if you have it you can dump spell slots in to to heal as cure wounds, and so long as there is no warforge in the party (i wound not do it to PCs unless they are into it) you have to have it to heal them at all. . I tend to let player dump slots in to non combat cantrips for bigger things, with in limit of course. Character can really come from cantip so giving them the chance to grow can really help bridge the sheet and the story.

[@StonyBroke-Money]

when the DM flips the table and it breaks in half "can you mend that?"

[@skynyrdjesus]

My personal opinion on Mending is it's a really really cool spell that really should be the foundation cantrip of a larger branch of leveled spells. Fixing things, magical welding and restoring objects to a previous state are incredibly useful things and both players and characters in the world will and should be interested in them. There should be transmutation spells that can do this on a grand scale, but it feels like they stopped with mending because it's simple and works well enough for enough things that it probably didn't make sense to devote RnD to it. Fair enough. If your player wants to do something more elaborate and interesting with Mending and you don't want to make a cantrip too powerful, allow them to do it by spending a spell slot appropriate to the task. Fireball is, in principle, just a firebolt with more magical force behind it. Don't be afraid to allow simple spells to be more effective by channeling more magic, that's basically what people in universe are already doing. Its not as good or as consistent as actual spells, but it works. And if you're not very comfortable with improvising on the fly, just remember, the consequences for being wrong are incredibly low in this case. If they want to heal, inflict a status, or do damage, there's almost certainly an appropriate spell for that, this really only comes up with the nebulous abstract expressions of magic

[@swordhunter12]

Nobody: Larry: "ORBject."

[@NikovK]

Mending could totally reattach a severed limb, if only so you don't wind up in the gentle repose / mend / revivify nonsense. Freshly severed limb, no problem. Just reattach the hand with a full minute of effort. Roll con and will saves. Have fun. Have the character perform dexterity checks with disadvantage if it involves the hand for a few days while the fibers all settle out. Turn it into a side quest to find a powerful healer to restore the hand entirely. Hell, when your rogue gets beheaded for grand theft? Yoink the basket with a head and grab the body in a daring rescue.

[@Chemist_Tea]

One of my fellow party members wanted to look through a package my character had recieved without her knowledge, but the package had a seal, so in order to look through it, he'd need to break the seal. The DM asked if he had mending, but he didn't. But guess who did have mending: me! So after my character looked through the package, she used mending to fix the seal, so the other character still can't look through the package without my character knowing

[@OgenB]

This video made me realize something. Mending is a MUST have cantrip for people who use poison. I am now thinking about cracking open a bottle of wine, filling it with holy water, and then mending it back up and trying to trick a vampire or two into indulging with me. But I think this effect would be best suited on my eloquence bard I am planning to make on as my next character. Much better at lying. "Is this wine poisoned?" "Um... hmm.... no."

[@Ironfrenzy217]

We need more of Larry.

[@vaporhtrail4350]

Me who's a utility player: *A fine addition to my collection*

[@atonomusxul9897]

Proceeds to repair our pirate ship with mending constantly

[@oxylepy2]

I appreciate you declaring your sponsor at the very beginning. I wish people with RAID: Shadow Legends sponsorships would do that so I could skip the video

[@King_Sad_Boy]

I never thought you could make a video about mending so good, well done.

[@princesidon6606]

Once I was a wizard/fighter multiclass and the only frontliner, so I asked the DM if I could use a ruling I made which was just mending could give a certain number of temporary HP (it was like 5 or 6) so long as it didn't exceed half of my missing HP. It never broke the game and I think it was a fun way to rule it.

[@thecreatorofthedark]

The main use for mending in my opinion is at the end of an encounter to upkeep my equipment.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

I use my help action to boost engagement.

[@papersage69]

Now you have the power of god and anime on your side.

[@BigLeafyTree]

Well done

[@claydragonet139]

I give him double advantage with my help action

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

@@claydragonet139 I cast guidance to make that a **dice rolling sounds** double advantage _and_ a +3!

[@Reluxthelegend]

Oh hey the obscure anime guy plays D&D

[@daveh7720]

"Where grown-ass people get into arguments about dumb shit." Hey, it's a darned sight cheaper than a courtroom!

[@Spiceodog]

American politics

[@samurguy9906]

Hello, is this the right room for an argument?

[@rustopholis1667]

its a "game of pretend.... with rules"

[@koopaking6148]

@@Spiceodog politics in general... It's just that americans are not discouraged from talking about certain aspects of politics like in some county's...

[@Spiceodog]

@@koopaking6148 also America is hyper partisan, and it’s probably gonna be the downfall of the nation some day

[@RowinMarkov]

"Can it reattach a limb?" "No" "Is a corpse an object?" Oh i see where this is going

[@PaulGaither]

Kill me, repose, mend, revivify.

[@ecliptic_equinox]

I mean, are you going to say no?

[@poisonouslead85]

@@PaulGaither The Akiko Yosano School of Medicine.

[@hyper_lynx]

"A single break or tear" I feel like to reattach all the nerves, blood vessels, and such it would need more than one casting. Mending could just naively reattach the arm but I doubt it would repair the entire interface between the arm to the rest of the body. Still works to cover up evidence at a crime scene or something

[@timothymclean]

@@ecliptic_equinox I tend to object to any medical treatment reliant on killing me.

[@madeofmandrake1748]

For the warforged ruling, I'd rule that mending could reattach limbs and reseal damage, but wouldn't restore any hit points, and any reattached limb would be limp and unusable until you're back to 100% HP. Cosmetically healed, not mechanically. Kinda ties into the "does not restore magical properties to the object" ruling.

[@kendromeda42]

Exactly, that's a perfect ruling

[@KalonOrdona2]

At least it would be attached! that's not nothing

[@djdrew11]

Warforged are specifically "Living Constructs," which are RAW to be effected by healing spells. There really isn't a NEED for mending on a Warforged, except in the case of cosmetic damage or lost limbs.

[@hvoltage1524]

Ah, but if the limb is reattached and is severed again, does this result in more loss of hit points?

[@kendromeda42]

@@hvoltage1524 If it was fully attached and mobile again, then yes. Remember that hit points also double as your morale and fighting ability, if you've had 2 brutal amputations on the same arm, regardless of if you gained the ability to use it again, you'd be pretty weakened and mentally scarred. Edit:spelling

[@johartman9309]

Wizard to Barbarian: “GIVE HIM THE CHAIR!!” Barbarian: *smashes chair over enemy* Wizard: “GIVE HIM THE CHAIR!!!” *mends chair*

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Slowest combat ever.

[@supersmily5811]

This is perhaps the best argument for "Mending should be an action" I've ever seen.

[@Transformers2Fan1]

That... Would make for interesting piercings.

[@Mhroczniak]

@@benjaminoechsli1941 Bladesinger Wizard can cast any cantrip as part of an attack action from 6th level onwards. RAW this includes Mending.

[@xxcoolkid69xx67]

Conjuration wizard could do this faster, unless your dm rules disappearing when it does damage as the instant it does damage (meaning only 1 damage)

[@karimtharwat6662]

"But I'm not your DM" he says in the tone of a father abandoning his bastard son.

[@anoneamose4866]

Holy fucking shit yes lolllllllll

[@clangauss4155]

I wonder how his players feel watching the video

[@meep2k]

i miss my dad

[@karimtharwat6662]

@@meep2k I miss your dad too bud

[@karimtharwat6662]

@@clangauss4155 His players: "Well actually..."

[@animerlzs85]

"You fucked the game, and now your teaching other people to fuck the game." -nothing describes my party better

[@Dewani90]

"and that is bad because"... sorry as a part-time-GM/DM I know sometimes the game has to be fucked because otherwise how can I make it entertaining, I'm not going to rules lawyer my players to death unless they deserve it.

[@Jognt]

@@Dewani90 rules lawyering is what fucked the game.

[@robertrosenthal7264]

You want "F'd up the game"? How about a group of good aligned heros, that blow off OVER A DOZEN different and obvious adventure hooks, including large sums of money and obvious social ranks for over a week of game time and instead just went shopping, then whined that there was nothing to do. But wait, it gets better... Several of those hooks would actually lead into the same mission, the local rulers daughter had been kidnapped, and it was being kept discreet, son only a few power broker types outside the rulers knew about it. So yes, some were currying favor by hoping to be the ones to rescue her, even if via proxy. So there were a few more hooks, then the news broke about her being kidnapped a bit over a week ago. They still didn't do anything but go shopping and whine that nothing was going on. A couple of days later, a group of adventurers (not the players) rescued the daughter and became the new talk of the town. The PC group were completely incensed by this and started plotting revenge for the other group "stealing" the PCs glory/treasure/adventure by rescuing her... So how's that for somebody F'ing the game?

[@ArmoredChocoboLPs]

I'd say that's more on Dungeon Dudes, they gave me the Animate Coins trick, the Microwave, the Prismatic Doom...

[@GeoCrusherGaming]

I'm the only non multiclasser in my party, and all my power is in me roleplaying to boost my party and NPCs with blacksmithing and forge cleric stuff

[@_Junker]

" you fucked the game, and now you're teaching other people how to fuck the game " had me dead laughing for minutes xD

[@4saken404]

Yeah I literally laughed out loud at that one. :D

[@delero1]

Same. This was the funniest video.

[@snickerdoooodle]

Can mending un-fuck the game?

[@Dragonian05]

How snobbish do you have to be to make a list for the sole purpose of making an agenda against new players? I don’t mind war gamers but that guy was annoying, lol. Thank goodness this is all made in good fun.

[@Synastershadow]

We all just lost The Game...

[@fops]

Every time I don't take this spell there's always a time that I wish that I had.

[@joshuamartin1877]

That's nearly every cantrip.... Except maybe bonfire?

[@nekoali2]

True Strike. But that's been covered before.

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@joshuamartin1877 But bonfires keep my party warm

[@gav7497]

@@patchmoulton5438 just use like literally any other fire cantrip.

[@cordthomas97]

same

[@douglasmarshall6661]

It's such an archetypal example of a spell where you need a good healthy relationship with your DM to have fun playing it. Quite a good acid test for that actually

[@Tinkering4Time]

In the case of repairing acid damage, literally.

[@gauracappelletti3893]

Like how they rule phantasmal force

[@empoleonmaster6709]

@@gauracappelletti3893 I have not been in a campaign where someone uses it, please educate me as to how DM fiat plays into it.

[@gauracappelletti3893]

@@empoleonmaster6709 the description of the spell says that if you make an illusion of something dangerous it can cause like d6 psychic damage per turn, and more power gamer type dms treat it like that's all it can do. The spell can actually be really useful though considering how it says that the target will rationalize any evidence to show it's an illusion (such as falling through a bridge, but assuming they fell off instead of automatically realizing it's in their mind). The target is allowed to make an investigation check every turn, but it's kind of up to the dm if something like attacking it counts as inspecting it, or if the target has to have some reason to spend their action investigating. Like a lot of illusion spells it can be really fun and useful in the hands of a creative player, but certain dms will shoot down fun ideas with "ok so the monster just touches it and now it knows it's an illusion"

[@harperna3938]

@@gauracappelletti3893 my primary GM has had exclusively reductive, punishing rulings that always make using it for anything more than just the damage outright detrimental. the most notorious example is using it on a bulette to incapacitate it (basically a bargain bin hold monster with a tougher save) without dealing damage by suspending it in a cube of molten metal. the bulette's first instinct is to jump directly onto the caster, breaking concentration and wasting the spell slot. (for reference i was not the caster here, i was too busy killing the drow who ambushed us to deal with the bulette)

[@zoroearc2582]

Seeing wizard Zee explaining the rules was oddly nostalgic. I just realised he hasn’t appeared in a while

[@AMPMASTER10]

I miss him too. Wish he would be used more.

[@P1gdude]

I clicked on the video thinking "I really do like the 'just a cashier at the local game store' direction he's been going in but man miss his wizard costume." I was so pleased when he turned back into a wizard to jump into the rule book.

[@ArmoredChocoboLPs]

@@P1gdude I think it's implied he is the owner of the game store, but since it's a small store he's also the cashier so yes. I guess he is.

[@enixxe]

Yeah, I miss him. Not a big fan of Blockbeard.

[@AMPMASTER10]

@@enixxe "blockhead" is Zee himself in animated form. That's like saying someone is ugly IRL. I get that your not a fan of the new way the spells are explained (I'm not the biggest fan either though it is still informative and can be funny sometimes) but lets be careful n not insult the guy.

[@allanroberts7129]

I love a good argument. Fun known uses of mending: Break an object in two, each character takes half. Identity can then be verified via mending. After verification, break the item again. This can also be used to create a 'key' such that only that exact key can be used. Break the key inside the lock so that only with the other half can you connect the pieces together. Also, great secret pockets. Cut a small slit, put something inside, cast mending. You can use it on clothes, wood planks, or even hollowed out rocks.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

You may not know this, but in the old days people used to use snapped sticks to verify business deals and other transactions. They were called "tally sticks", and perhaps the most notable use was proving that you've paid your taxes. You'd keep one end of the stick and the government would take the other end and store it somewhere safe as a form of record keeping. In England the exchequer operated this system until as late as 1826, and in 1834 the store of tally sticks was ordered to be burned, representing the records of 6 centuries. The resulting blaze burned down both Parliament buildings.

[@the-letter_s]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem why were they burned?

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@the-letter_s Because by that time no one was still using them, and in many cases they were unusable either from decay or from the other end having been long since destroyed. Not to mention that they took up huge amounts of space.

[@the-letter_s]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem fair enough. you'd think they would make a bonfire outside rather than burn down both buildings though.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@the-letter_s They didn't intend to burn down the buildings. They burnt them in a central furnace too that was intended for burning things. I don't know how it got out of control though.

[@CptOriginal]

Players: Is a corpse an object? DM: ...yes Every person in the comments section: *Its free real estate.*

[@temporaryalien5573]

My warlock that wants to be necromancer: Hmmm that sounds like a deal to me

[@karnewarrior]

That's where I'd get a bit genie about the wording. Mend repairs an *object*. Is a corpse an object? Yes! Is a person an object? No! What the spell doesn't mention is that it doesn't have arcane inertia, so if you mend someone's arm back on and cast Rivivify, yeah they come back to life... But their arm is going to promptly fall off again. After all, it only mends objects, not people. Now, that might seem unfair, so I'd also have them roll an arcana check before hand to see if they half-recall an old forgotten rumor about it being a bad idea - if the roll is even reasonably high I'd probably notify the caster before they cast that they have a bad feeling about what they're about to do. If they want to continue, then fine. Heck, I love seeing magic being used in unpredictable and innovative ways. But that doesn't mean every attempt to do something new with magic is successful. You're a wizard, not God of Magic - you only know what you know about magic. To learn more you need to either study from people more learned than you, or experiment, and experiments can be dangerous.

[@BrenGamerYT]

I saw a game where they used mending to reattach a severed tongue. The argument was that the tongue was no longer alive and therefore and object. To be fair the whole group (DM included) is pretty new to tabletop rpgs overall so they rule a lot of spells and features a little weird, but it's fun to watch.

[@Kryptnyt]

Are beards and hair objects? Can I cut off my beard and mend it to my hair!?!?

[@CleopatraKing]

@@Kryptnyt yeah, become the mountain man

[@joegaylord87]

"Is mayonnaise an object?" These are the questions we're here for.

[@TaylorWeston]

His laughing reply to that made my heart sing for a moment.

[@tanith117]

Ah alchemy jug, Proving that mayo is common enough in the world of DND to have rules for it.

[@thomasruffo2819]

A mayo jar is my phylactery

[@bskec2177]

@@thomasruffo2819 Keep it away from Grog.

[@punkdigerati]

So if I'm making mayonnaise from scratch and the emulsion breaks, can I mend it?

[@dorianredding9011]

Can I use mending on my emotional state

[@UncoveredTruths]

no 🥺

[@floofyproofy9374]

😪no no it cannot

[@shinykitsunelive]

Is your emotional state an object? And is the tear less than a foot?

[@camdendortzbach7981]

Just watch tofuchan the dog

[@planetplanet4201]

If you're a construct, then yes! Otherwise, you might want to use Regeneration, Heal, or one of the 2 Restoration spells.

[@theartistswings9810]

I once convinced a dm to let me do the mending-raise dead trick on a disintegrated player. It should *NOT* have worked. I had ten days to do the mending night and day and if I couldn't finish in time he'd be dead for good. It all came down to convincing other players to help, a high-low d100 roll to see if it would even work, a d20 to see if I could even do it in time, and the dead player deciding if his character would even want to return to life after plot things happened. Miracle of miracles, it worked and my Death Cleric Necromancer was able to revive her dumbass Barbarian fiance. The celebration at that table was wild we were all cheering so loud XD

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

"Eet has been diseentegrated. By defineetion, it cannot be fixed." - Felonious Gru, adoptive father of three, and a _liar_ apparently

[@positivelink6961]

This is wholesome