Customize YOUR OWN Domain with this SKILL TREE

[@Operr_Omuc]

imagine a character has the most destructive, heart shattering, mind crushing, impressive, sanguinare, hellish, diabolical, evil, wretched domain expansion in the campaign and he nevers gets to activate it but that one specific time he does every enemy knows what's coming

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hoohoohoo! I love this!

[@Gimbleson]

Guy: "Domain Expansion: You're so fucked" Toji: :/

[@vortex_all9055]

@@Gimbleson it's all fun and games until he jumps out of it using his heavenly restriction

[@InternetAddict069]

​@@vortex_all9055 depending on the abilities of the domain he wouldn't have to.

[@baitposter]

Domain Expansion: *_Testicular Torsion_* 🙏

[@Crusader327]

JJK: “The system is so cool, they feed off their negative emotions!” The Sith: “Bonjour”

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hahaha true xD

[@ierononyoutube8955]

Sith could theoretically utilise every emotion

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@ierononyoutube8955 oh ho 👀

[@huh325]

Star wars is boring though

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@huh325 hahaha xD kinda love this comment, not gonna lie

[@agamemnon7518]

I have a paladin who throughout the course of a few years went from a stoic, standard paladin, to a tree hugging halfwit, reminiscent of SpongeBob. I would love to drag enemies into some trippy owl bear themed domain for him, as he ended up as the god of forrests and owlbears

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that is so wholesome 🤣 I love this so much!

[@endaeye]

Domain expansion: forest of silent wings

[@alezacke2259]

Funnily enough, I implemented Domain Expansions (and a counterpart to domains, fitting in with the lore of my campaign) into my campaign not too long ago. Maybe a month or two after I first did so, your first video on DnD Domain Expansions popped up in my recommendations. You're doing great stuff man, keep up the good work!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that is so cool :3 I'd love yo know how it's going for you. Gosh thank you so much :3 so nice to see my videos are reaching the people that it should 😁 have a good one!

[@rednecromancer2579]

What’s the counterpart?

[@alezacke2259]

@@TheUglyGoblin It's been going great. All my players have their own unique domain, and it's been really fun having them use them as Uno reverse cards in difficult encounters.

[@alezacke2259]

@@rednecromancer2579 I call them "Domain Realization", and the idea is that instead of influencing the world around you, you instead influence and change yourself. Basically a transformation or super state.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@alezacke2259 aw hell yeh :D

[@luwaroshi]

It's funny that i played JRPGs and RPGs my whole life but never thought of adding a skill tree to DnD. Loved the concept and will certainly try.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw thank you :3 yeah right! Haha it fits the system suprisingly well!

[@dirkstiletto]

They did try to move towards this in late second edition. Look for "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Skills and Powers," but it was way over-complicated and wasn't as robust, still being stuck with the idea of classes. This is really tight.

[@zelithos]

Love the idea of Domain expansions in D&D. Since cursed energy originates from negative emotions, domain expansions have some great potential for RP if we design them to reflect the caster's innermost turmoil / trauma. Going to use the backstory of a friend's PC, black dragonborn paladin called Vapetiesh. Orphaned when an a catastrophe wrecks his village, the young Lizardfolk is pulled from the rubble and indoctrinated into a cult that venerates a "great serpent" trapped "deep beneath the tree". Spending years alongside other orphans "rescued" by the cult, he hunts, trains, feasts, and sleeps alongside his "brothers and sisters". Once this "batch of candidates" grow strong enough, they are brought to the culling chambers for their "communion". 30 days in a lightless tomb with no food or water, only one candidate emerges out of the group. He is presented with "the serpent's blood" changing his body from the inside and "one of its fangs" as a weapon. As for the domain expansion, one could design it as the culling chamber itself, trapping all targets within. Similar to compelled duel, it could enforce a wisdom save to attack the nearest target. Could also go with an anti-heal effect, where the only way to recover health would be to consume the flesh of an opponent trapped inside. Could give it a necromancy effect where any creatures killed in the domain can be called upon as ravenous undead. Could also go deeper into the devouring aspect and straight up make it rain acid in there. So many ways to make it gnarly and over the top. Edit: still haven't finished the video so I don't yet know what each node does. Just going off the vibes until I read into the docs.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Wow! Epic!

[@acrazyweeb7225]

I think my Domain Expansion would be related to my Warlock's Patron (Obviously using "Unlimited Void" as a basis.) Put simply, it drags those affected into the domain of the Great Old One, forcing the same experience that my Warlock had when he stared into the abyss. For an extra flair it will also do acid damage. Stylistically, I can visualize it being something like "Apocrypha" but in the Far Realm, with the GOO simply swimming through the ether above the domain, unaware of those who tresspassed into it's realm uninvited. Its name is "Court of the Winding Serpent."

[@impartialthrone2097]

The Culling Chamber could have the effect of damaging anyone who doesn't attack the creature nearest to them one each of their turns. Those trapped in the domain either kill each other or die themselves.

[@RamenBecauseCool]

I imagine a fighter just saying stuff like Domain Expansion: BOXING RING 🥊

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Simple and clean! I love it xD

[@Enemyguitar]

Itadori’s domain^

[@Thermascorch]

The fighter is just Yuji “left right goodnight” itadori

[@-F-N-]

There are domains in "A Practical Guide to Evil" and one character, Rafaella: The Valiant Champion, has a domain which is literally just a gladitorial style arena

[@gardenshedd]

“Domain Expansion, *CAGE FIGHT!* “

[@integrals.4677]

the curse energy is based on negative emotions. The most logical thing is to make your cursing technique an ironic aspect of your existence. Example. My life always falls into the reverse choice, as if I am always wrong. If we had to base it on anything, it would be a 50/50 chance where my first choice is always the wrong one. With that aspect in mind, I will say that my curse technique will be based on the inverse of probability. In simple terms, the inversion creates a logical scenario with a 50/50 probability where the one that its choose by the user will never happen. The scenario cannot be controlled at will since it can only be applied in 50/50 congruent situations. And the domain, would be call the Reverse Frog Temple, a place where every thought is reversed, making it extremely difficult for people within the domain to make congruent decisions. The maximun output of this technique is a simple domain where an aspect of reality can be altered by applying its reverse effect being active as long as the simple domain is and the effects of altered aspect would only be apply in the domain. Finally, the best part of this technique probably is the reverse curse technique because it just disables your cursing technique lol. The best use would be to faint if the user knows the curse technique well and you need to apply a more unpredictable strategy since it is a requirement that you have said out loud a 50/50 prediction for it to work. but with the reverse technique it is a random chance, which makes it useful. This cursing technique has a terrible side effect and that makes you lose all the bets you do even written or spoken. The only way to temporarily nullify the effects is with the reverse curse technique being active.

[@integrals.4677]

Trust me it's really easy to create a curse technique. Just base on a negative aspect of yourself and you'll have it. What I love of jjk is that you can take a negative thing about yourself and make it a powerful weapon it's really an amazing concept because it can be so unique because it can be anything but it can be clearly explained since it's something you know.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hahaha this is so much fun! Love that it's called reverse frog temple xD

[@integrals.4677]

@@TheUglyGoblin Thank you. You know the idea of the frog came up because when you do the frog face with your hands it looks normal face to face but when you show it straight to others it's upsidedown. It's literally a domain expansion lol

[@dusk2308]

yea where they have to have a domain of mirrors and reflection right? like domain expansion perfect reflection or infinite reflection where even if the mirrors crack that is just even more reflections.

[@rednecromancer2579]

One of my first DMs had a domain system before JJK even came out (very different, but had the same name and general idea). My character was a fallen lich named Mori (adventurer turned lich that got killed then brought back with missing memories), and his domain was called the Labyrinthian Library. Important to know beforehand, he gained blood manipulation abilities after a big character moment that was a huge part of his moveset moving forward. All of the information he had ever learned was somewhere in the pages of his library. If his blood is inside any book in a specific hallway, he can choose to start warping the space in his domain. Essentially, he can mark books to make infinite loops, shortcuts, or completely block off parts of his domain. He also had an ability that allowed him to, when using his spellbook and a sample of a mage’s blood, copy/steal their style of magic. He used this with a mummy to create a massive sandstorm, and with a phantom/illusionist to make phantom duplicates of himself all throughout the domain. I plan on running my own campaign soon, and I’m using his style of domain in it. I have a couple players that like JJK, and I told them that this would be very different than what they’re used to from domains.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

This sounds like the coolest freaking stuff ever!!! Daaaamn 😱

[@aidenbrown7458]

You could have an entire campaign in this guy’s domain

[@OrmylLP]

Id love to see how that worked mechanically

[@rednecromancer2579]

@@OrmylLP You had a unique action called a domain action you could take each turn. For him, he could use his domain action to create or move a point, it started with however many he wanted. A set of linked points would function as a portal, but in lore it was him twisting the geometry of the domain past 2 dimensions. He had a main room with a bunch of stairways and a long section in the middle that was hollow, only accessible via links that didn’t make sense physically. If someone got stuck in there, he could make them fall infinitely. For the ability steal, it was always on the fly, but it required a full turn to set up beforehand (no types of actions) and for him to have his spellbook out. Its effects were determined the moment he used it by the DM and/or me. For the sandstorm, it was 5d6 damage and a strength save or falling prone at the start of his turn, since when we fought the mummy it was 7d6.

[@rednecromancer2579]

@@aidenbrown7458 Sounds like it’d be a Backrooms-style thing, but I can definitely see it!

[@chadsouth4189]

I'm actually so glad someone out there is making the content you do.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Awww 🥺 yo wut!? Thank you!

[@somethingnasty4145]

One of the Divine artifacts within my world allows for the creature attuning to it to create a domain. This video is helpful in designing rules around it

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw incredible! I love that :D

[@AnonEcho98]

Bro really just called Gojo an antagonist. XD

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Haha I may have slipped there uwu buuuuht he does give the vibes ;P

[@Lh0000]

I mean he’s not in the series but he is to Gege

[@juniperjercial3211]

​@@Lh0000 This comment made my day. Thank you.

[@michaelfrey2437]

He was supposed to be in the original concept for the story

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@michaelfrey2437 Ah I think I've heard that! Makes sense why he has them evil vibes xD

[@snipsnip8785]

18:39 pov: warlock ancient one info

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hell yeah haha love that!

[@Z3roDub]

I would just invest all of my points into boundless and put 1 point into borderless so that my domain would basically envelop the entire world then put some points into environmental hazard so that everyone in the universe takes damage every turn

[@ivegonesickomode1610]

Domain Expansion: Emptied Ozone

[@nopainnogame7839]

What i love about these skill trees is that you alway's add your own touch to the tree itself. It would've been so much easier to just copy paste the effects of domains we've already seen, but instead you added your own custom ability's to the tree and i think it's so much better for that reason.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw thank you so much :3 Mmm my goal for them is to keep them broad and non specific so that players have more creative freedom to not only pick and mix abilities but also flavour them in whatever way they like. Thank you so much for noticing that by the way 🥰 means a lot

[@Thehellishbard]

"Soup? Female organs??"

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hahahaha xD thank you for being a part of this soup uwu

[@Brosnotdrawn]

"yeah"

[@Themanwhosoldtheworld-kt9cv]

My kind of night😭🙏. Mb😞

[@AgentSloth007]

Bard: “PICTURE IT IN YOUR HEAD… A DOMAIN WITHOUTA BOARDER” entire concert stage appears

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aaaaah hahaha loooove it

[@shootershinobi6414]

a video on my birthday you spoil me goblin

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw no way!! Happy Birthday :D Enjoy ;D

[@Quail_I_Guess]

happy birthday dude!

[@M0renex]

Happy birthday :D

[@epicsponge7934]

6:57 antagonist is crazy

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Slip of the tongue xD but he funnily enough was meant to be

[@christopherperez1252]

id make it ranks of exhaustion instead of HP, and have certain feats which allow you to have it open for a period of time before taking those ranks. or perhaps just have every round be a con save of increasing difficulty

[@TheUglyGoblin]

My problem with exhaustion in relatation to this is it ends up nullifying so many of the benefits you gain from using the domain expansion pretty quickly :P

[@aidenbrown7458]

@@TheUglyGoblin on this note, if your max reaches 0 do you just die?

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@aidenbrown7458 yeeeup! XD

[@aidenbrown7458]

@@TheUglyGoblin wait, true resurrection can’t fix that right? So just wish?

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@aidenbrown7458 I mean I'm sure a regular resurrection can bring you back

[@Jrobtheking]

I’ve been running a campaign since December 2023 and in it I have a bounty hunter named Mothman. legendary terrifying figure, and to make him very formidable, I gave him what I call a Hunters Domain and various cleave and dismantle techniques. He’s been a hit with the table. Thankfully no one there watches jjk 😅

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oooo that is so cool xD Love me a good Mothman xD

[@lucaswickmansound]

I don’t have any domains in my own JJK monk subclass, but has its own Black Flash/divergent fist mechanic. When landing a critical hit with an unarmed strike, the number of damage dice equals your wisdom modifier instead of just doubling, also your next attack(on the same turn) rolls with advantage(implying you reach 120%). If you’re rolling an attack with advantage, and BOTH d20s roll the same number, no matter what, multiply your damage dice by your wisdom mod, then multiply the damage by your proficiency bonus. Yes it’s broken, but rolling the same number twice is 1/400 chance.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Haha fun!

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

...rolling the same number on two d20s is a 1 in 20 chance

[@Distributer636]

Rolling let's say a nat 20 on both d20's would be 1/400 rolling any pair would be 1/20

[@zerozeroninesix]

Been implementing your domain system in a campaign I'm in, excited for this video

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw yoo whaaat!? That's Amazing to hear!

[@Potatoras]

Domain Expasion "These edibles ain't shit" summons multiple snacks within the area that could or could not be poison

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hahahaha xD wow

[@aidenbrown7458]

So, I’d like to try to explain what my character’s domain would be His name is pebble, he’s a scribes wizard There are two ways I’d imagine his domain would work Either it’s a labyrinth that is a large library, that is huge through the size node Or it’s an anti domain, but as a wizard I don’t know if the possibility of me not casting is worth it

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oooo this is so fun :D I love it! With the anti magic domain you Do have the ability to cast Some spells though you are limited :3

[@miantuu9077]

Haha love the comedic relief ability! I'm impressed with how well you merge dnd mechanics and jjk😍

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Awww thank you so much :D :,3

[@guilhermellemos]

bro called gojo an antagonist

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Yup haha xD freudian slip! But he had big antagonist energy xD

[@aidenbrown7458]

ITS HERE!!!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Thank you for your patience ;3 haha enjoy the meal ;P

[@DripGokualt]

Environmental hazard in force damage- labyrinth- boundless Crazy op because they take constant damage and can’t escape

[@TheUglyGoblin]

That is suuuper fun

[@toxictaro]

Genuinely interested in this process. Love how you made idle death gamble. Definitely want to give the judge domain to an NPC paladin

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh my god! I adore the idea of a paladin having the judged ability 😱 also- thank you 🥰

[@jerichospades8928]

Id love to see a revamp of this in the future because theres some rules you gonna wanna add. Because RCT, new pathways, and binding vows effect that proficiency system haha. Also -10hp for maximum is to costly for how little it stays around considering weve seen domains last for mutiple minutes, and a maintenance cost of -10hp as well is still to much. Other than that loved the video

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Haha the biggest issue is actually that 10hp is far too low xD but I do appreciate the comment :P I do plan to add this along with everthing else I've designed to one big book one day

[@jerichospades8928]

@TheUglyGoblin not when you consider it's -70hp(-10 from casting and 60 from 10 rounds(1 round is 6 seconds) from your maximum for 1 minute and if we go with the 3 minutes and nine seconds that makes it that would it -200hp from your maximum and this implies no other recasts

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@jerichospades8928 I mean most combat only lasts like 5 rounds more or less :P and for as powerful as it is it's definately worth the exchange :P and by the time you reach a level high enough to use domain expansions (lets just say 10) that's typically going to be about half of your hp

[@jerichospades8928]

@@TheUglyGoblin that implies no bad rolls of health haha, and maybe a feat or two to bolster yourself, and yes, I know the average is five rounds but just wanted point not all combat are equal and ive had game have upto 30 round combats (don't recommend but barbarian gonna barbarian (it didn't help the fighter was egging them on)

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@jerichospades8928 true true haha but come higher levels (when most characters in the anime would be casting domain expansions) 10 aint too bad in my own opinion :3 enough to make using an expansion a big gamble :3

[@AnUnknownPrescription]

I have the best idea for a todo domain expansion, it is an audience full of todos with todo and his allies/enemies on a stage, all the todos start clapping making todo able to move around enough to phase in and out of reality. Edit: I didn’t think my comment would get noticed by the goblin himself, I just started watching your content today and hope it will be useful in a campaign I am making, thank you so much just replying to this comment made my day. Continue the interesting content.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Ooooo boy xD

[@Boss-ks8vt]

this guy is working so hard for passion, i love it. this brings me more joy than you know to see and THEN I'm also a big JJK fan, this is great!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw this warms my heart :,3 thank you ❤️

[@averagehuman-gf3qc]

Im planning on starting to play dnd for the first time and getting it soon and im a huge jjk fan so when i saw this on my suggested page you know i gotta check it out

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that makes me so happy that it reached you 🥰

[@ReRoji]

Gotta love the effort put into this. If i had friends willing to learn dnd with me i would definitely use this system. Also love how you respond to every comment.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Haha doing my best to xD no one has noticed that yet XD Also I hope you find a group for that one day ;3 it'll happen (took me ages xD )

[@metalsonic5669]

My personal favorite is the Elemental one, also an idea for a domain. Domain Expansion: All as one. Within this Domain, the user can use a skill from any other class in the game as long as the spell or skill used has either It's damage or effect reduced to either half unless you pass a check for that spell or skill. However, they can only use the spells or skills as long as the domain is there, the domain would have less hp then most and most important of all, you lose hp if your skill or spell misses.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh neat! I like it

[@ZVoltSmells]

Never been into d and d but Your story telling and content in general is great

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw wow 🥺 thank you so much 😁

[@anthonyrivera5667]

This is amazing. I’m excited to see my own domain happen

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aaah thank you! Yes! Haha best of luck :D

[@captaintetra8945]

Dude! Skill trees for D&D is such a cool idea! And implementing domain expansions into such an interesting levelling system is so great! Easiest subscribe of my life!! Notifications on and everything!!!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Woah holy crap thank you so much!! 😭😱🤣 I hope I can continue to shovel out the good content ;3

[@captaintetra8945]

@@TheUglyGoblin I hope so too!! Will be sticking around :)

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

This domain pocket dimension idea showed up in the Chapter Black arc of YuYu Hakusho and in the Odyssey and Onslaught blocks of Magic the Gathering. In YuYu Hakusho, the domains were powers that human characters showed up with. Each power was different but ran off the same rules. The character projected their domain rules out into the world around them and the laws of physics were changed based on the domain's gimmick. One guy was just a telepath. Another could bind anyone by touching their shadow. Another could set up rules that everyone had to follow or be banished to the shadow realm. Another replaced the laws of physics with the mechanics from video games. Like with most of YuYu Hakusho all of these powers would later show up in Bleach. The Magic the Gathering domain use was actually really interesting. Six card sets were set on the continent of Otaria on the plane of Dominaria. One faction on Otaria had a sect of nightmare summoners whose madness created personalized nightmare pocket dimensions. They could overlay the physics of their nightmare space onto the world around them to supercharge the way they move in the real world and summon twisted nightmare copies of creatures they've hunted, dissected, or slain and stored in their nightmare space.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh this is brilliant stuff! Thanks for sharing :D Yeah haha the shonen line is just like one big evolutionary chain xD

[@barmanscat]

Can I ask a question? How do I create unique and complex abilities without them being useless or game breaking? I have an idea for the character that the bloodline ability of his family and his humble village comes from the bond between the individual and his "soul musical instrument" (I have to think of a better name for that), and that bond occurs in a ceremony sacred, where the moment the individual makes the bond it can never be undone (this ceremony takes place when the individual is very young, like 2 to 3 years old). One day, when this character turned 3 years old, his parents went to a local store to buy the ingredients for the cake while the village was preparing the ritual. He was enchanted by a sound made up of powerful notes, at the moment his parents were distracted. he went in the direction of the sound, after a while, when his parents noticed his absence, they became desperate and began to search everywhere using their improved hearing and heard the sound of a child crying, their child. Arriving at the place they They found their baby in pain, as an old man was trying to remove his cassette player from the child's body, but now it was too late, as this object had already become part of the child's body and soul. (Now is the part I'm having difficulty with) The cassette player has become something different, special and unpredictable. It randomly plays 3 types of melodies, one being energizing and happy, one slow and melodic and one with a happy rhythm, but which brings a huge void. The character has 3 postures within a fight and he will have to make do with what he has, if he really needs it he can change to a posture he wants by force, but it will cause considerable damage to his mind, and the more levels he has the lower the be the damage of changing postures. In his energetic stance, I thought of him using a conductor's baton and using the ability to use the static energy around him to control the air, thus firing blasts of sound or increasing the air pressure in a specific location with the aim of crush someone against the ground or throw someone away for example. In the melodramatic stance the character would use a Lyre to heal his allies and at extremely high levels it would be possible to cause damage to enemies, like when the jjk angel used his final attack against the sukuna His last stance would be the violin, which would basically use its notes to scratch the enemy's soul, causing debuffs. Is this character a bad idea?

[@barmanscat]

I would be very grateful if you could help me. Since I have several ideas for characters that I can't put down on paper, like a character who has his powers derived from water. Who can create puddles of water and teleport between them or Create Cages/large whirlpools of water that trap enemies, like Juvia (Fairy Tail), Create large domes like Noelle (Black Clover), Be able to manipulate huge waves, pressurizing drops of water capable of piercing anything and manipulating tentacles like Katara (Avatar). I've also seen several D&D characters who use shadows for their attacks, but never THE SHADOWS THEMSELVES to attack, it would be cool to see a mix between pride (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) and Natch (Black Clove). Another idea that I would love to put into practice are characters that use a board to summon and control soldiers like Azir (League of Legends) and Princia Funnybunny (Black Clover),where the names of the skills would be chess strategies or some other board game

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I think a lot of you answers can ve solved through clever spell choices, and probably selecting the likes of a bard for the guy who has the bloodline technique. Choose healing spells and sound themed spells etc and then just reflavour things a bit. I don't think you need to come up with anything crazy new. Just be creative with your descriptions and reasonings

[@wowiebro7568]

Great video! but i feel as though an open domain and a closed domain should be their own separate skill trees as each would naturally manifest differently depending on the cursed technique. For example: Fushiguro's domain started as an open domain, and continued to stay open throughout his development. How did it get stronger? It grew in size, strength, and duration, so that would (mostly) be things that are more essential to getting a stronger domain. Gojo's domain on the other hand needs to be contained as to not cause immense causalities, and to keep his opponents from getting away, so he needs a closed domain. On the other hand, Sukuna doesn't care about civilian causalities so he can keep his open. But a bunch of the ideas that you had, especially for the cost of maintaining a domain, are great drawbacks to using a domain.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Yeah fair enough haha xD

[@shieldbuddies7171]

No lie great addition started dming homemade dnd games with my friends and took a lot of inspiration from anime since it’s something we all like and know a lot more about than standard dnd, and domains were one of the best additions making for some of the best moments we’ve had, if done right it can add a whole new element for the players to use as a last ditch effort of tactically used technique to overpowered an enemy while making some enemies a lot more fearsome and intriguing with it, it can also lead to moments where the group can gonna depend on it since they get overconfident making that moment when it fails or doesn’t go as planned feel truly fearful.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that's brilliant to hear :3 also thank you

[@Dragonthunder230]

alright i got a funny one Drill sargeants field 1 lvl borderless, a lot of boundless, then the sharing ability and environmental hazard, now this requires the enemy to move as much as they can in a straight line and take the dash bonus action, if they dont do this, they take increased forced dmg, the sharing is used to prevent this from affecting allies, and also works as a type of shield to spellcasters, after around turn 3 they may start making perception checks to discover this, and the discovery is forced after 7 rounds, the point is, will they waste their movement to not take extra dmg, but not deal it either unless they are lucky, or will they risk dealing dmg, but take some additional as well since its a drill sargeant, the environmental dmg will be thunder dmg cuz screams

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aaaah I love that final detail xD so fun

[@TheWooperDude]

Domain expansion: Shanty It would make all characters in range be pulled in, where they will be in a (seemingly) endless ocean, on a pirate ship. An immortal band will begin playing a song and if you attack to the beat you get more damage, depending on how many in a row

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aaah that's crazy good xD

[@TheWooperDude]

@@TheUglyGoblin thanks

[@grantpflum6844]

One thing I would note is that domains don't have a set size on the outside, only the inside. Gojo was able to shrink his to the size of a basketball and it was mentioned others have the ability as well but it was a very advanced skill. This should also be a perk.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I'm aware :P but I think for dnd mechanics, there is very little use for something like that

[@linkdrian]

​@@TheUglyGoblinmakes that domain to make an little health room un middle of a Dungeon or adventure You can give health and protects to your Friends but one person must charge the responsability of move It in his bag (for example) Can be cool see a support domain

[@themanysirs1814]

This is really cool, I just think it feel a bit... punishing? like yeah it's strong, but the reduced maximum HP feels like a bit much, it also means a barbarian or a fighter will be able to do domain expansion for longer then a wizard, which doesn't feel right. Honestly the once per short/long rest(or more with specific upgrades) is good enough limit for me, like dragon breath for dragonborns, it's a powerful ability that you have to save because you only get one shot at using it. if you wanted to add more difficulty? I'd say make it interruptible. The whole reason mahito's domain was able to be puled off, was because he had a way of using it that was super fast and stealthy. Make it have a one round activation price(if someone breaks your concentration, maybe then you lose max HP), maybe with some upgrades you could change that the the end of the enemies next turn, or have a quick activation(maybe a reaction instead of an action?) that then uses the max HP reduction setup.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Someone also suggested that you gain levels of exhaustion for each round of the domain being active but you only recieve them when you drop the domain :3 could do that

[@themanysirs1814]

@@TheUglyGoblin I did see that, and I think that's valid too! I mean ultimately, TTRPGs are all about fun and creativity, Whatever fits your group.

[@Maizu1411]

Been waiting for this one👍

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Happy to provide ;3 enjoy the meal haha

[@killerqueen721]

I have two dnd characters and the one I'm using right now if I were to make a domain for them (by my own way not the abilities of your skill tree) it would be a healish place that only he can survive in. The one I'm not using would probably judge the opponent or be something similar to how infinite void works.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Coool :D

[@timothyprichard1147]

YES! You added Idle Death Gamble!!! We were talking about it on your community post!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I listen ;3 Had so much fun designing it haha hope I did it justice ;3

[@timothyprichard1147]

@@TheUglyGoblin I think it turned out awesome! Seems like a super fun luck based mechanic. Lil OP but so is Hikari lol .

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@timothyprichard1147 haha my thoughts exactly haha tried it a few times actually and it was suprisingly difficult to get doubles xD

[@timothyprichard1147]

@@TheUglyGoblinI personally might lower the damage multipliers a bit but add something where if you get triple 777s you start healing a large amount at the beginning of each of your turns to mimic his “immortality” due to his reverse curse technique that he gets whenever he gets a jackpot. Would help offset the damage taken on failed rolls and to keep up the domain each round, since part of his abilities is being able to just keep rolling in his domain through a whole fight as long as he’s hitting jackpots.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@timothyprichard1147 love it!

[@ton9515]

Ngl, the whole -10 max hp feels too Martial character sided. Like I am DOWN for buffing martial characters at any chance mid-late game. But most full casters don't even reach 100 in HP at level 13. Meanwhile most martial characters can consistently reach 130-180 in max HP. This could create a redundancy problem for domains because why would a wizard/sorcerer character use a domain when it would make them more squishy then they already are? Like an alternative I reckon would be expending spell slots (like how domains cost lots of cursed energy. This also works even BETTER if you use the spell point system). And maybe for warlocks as a class feature have no round damage for some time since it would be their pact deity(?) sourcing this power. A presumed powerful being. (With maybe the same ruleset for Clerics.) And to make this also not a complete drain for rogues maybe letting uncanny dodge apply to the domain damage would make it so they're not made more squishy then what they already are.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Could always have the option of expending a 3rd level spell slot or higher and have the hp rediction equal 5 times a characters profieciency bonus

[@bagusamartya5325]

When I first know about Domain Expansions and what they do what come to my mind is the Lair system from Beast The Primordial. This is of course not a perfect 1 to 1 but I feel like its very similar (Not to mention the similarities between Curses and Horrors and that Sukuna can be considered as Yuji's Horrors)

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh I don't know about Beast the Primordial :o

[@gablack5672]

kinda funny makes me remember of something my old dm had in his game (before JJK) that he called domain, which was power that came from within someone, the way it worked is you would take one power you want and create a domain with it that you could activate, and with level and all you could decide what to upgrade in it, the ranges, number of targets, the strenght of it ETC. This is really cool might take this to upgrade the domain system we got since Im now a DM too and used that system of domain he created.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that's so cool :D

[@IdotGamin]

Hear me out... Malevolent shrine as a fighter while using action surge and using a quarterstaff as your weapon and the Polearm Master feat (idk if that combo is possible, but if it is it would make for some strange fights) Edit: The name could be final siege, and it could look like a castle in ruins but still somehow standing

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I- love this

[@IdotGamin]

@@TheUglyGoblin just a few attacks

[@kakashilover9231]

Awesome! Its finally here!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Heheh sorry for the wait ;3 enjoy!

[@kakashilover9231]

@@TheUglyGoblin oh it was worth it

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@kakashilover9231 aw 🥺❤️‍🔥

[@CaptainGeneralPeace]

I'm quite late unfortunately, but I have to say I really love this system! If I where running this id probably change the HP lose for exhaustion and probably add an ultimate node (like Infinite void or malevolent shrine) that allows the user to pick a spell they know and subject everyone inside the domain to its effects every turn, or something like that. Either way, great video!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw thank you so much :3 and yeah play with it however ya like :3 though having exhaustion levels removes a lot of the benefits you get from the domain features (if using traditional exhaustion)

[@Recleansed1]

This video was really helpful. I’ve been trying to make a domain system in D&D but it never truly worked but this is perfect. All my players and me included for the main antagonist got to make up their own cursed technique, the one i came up with is called raging curse: which in turn gives the user a constant output of cursed energy they constantly produce and leak cursed energy this basically makes it so every hit becomes a black flash and even the action of abruptly tensing the muscles is enough to trigger a black flash seeing as they will automatically leak cursed energy after the hit creating a black flash. It however also allows them to use black flash at a distance and even use a “white flash” using the reversal of his technique which disrupts someone elses cursed technique. The domain expansion with this technique basically allowed the user to make there domain and in it a counter would appear above everyones head, in the domain no damage could be given or recieved by anyone and no effect of any cursed techniques would happen. The only thing that could occur in the domain where black flashes giving him a massive advantage seeing as the most consecutive black flashes anyone else has landed in the campaign (every time the roll a nat 20) is 3 and he constantly lands them. The black flashes wont deal damage immediately instead the counter above the person that got hit will go up and then when the domain ends it all the counted black flashes on one counter would double and thats the amoun of dammage the person whose counter it is would recieve. This wasn’t very balanced though so this definitely helped with that

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that is so exciting to hear! Sounds like a very fun and action pact adventure :D

[@Recleansed1]

@@TheUglyGoblin wow didn’t expect you to reply. Big fan so this Made my day :)!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@Recleansed1 Awwww :3 I try my best to reply to everyone if I can 🥰 so far that's been pretty possible :3

[@veronwright1291]

I'm late to the video but watching this made me feel like I've been hit with Infinity by how excited this skill tree made me!! I hope in the near future this skill tree can be incorporated into DC20 as optional rules;D

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh my gosh what a time that would be! Aw this comment meant so much 🥰 thank you so so much!

[@veronwright1291]

@@TheUglyGoblin I truly feel like I am the honoured one 🥰 you really outdone yourself with how you were able to capture the feeling of a domain expansion in DnD and staying faithful to the source material. I'm sure even Gege would be impressed:D

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@veronwright1291 awww maaaan 🥺🥺🥺

[@turtrenold8532]

Literal crime, only 6.19K subs, you are HEAVILY underrated!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw you are so so kind :,3 thank you. Hopefully I can continue to grow quickly :3

[@kissieljp]

Hp is bad thing to take off I would punish the stats instead and only after domain expures as gojo said your domain gives you also a physical boost, so makes no sense to make you weaker constantly We even saw all negative effects hit you AFTER domain disperses Should also be more like long rest, Mahito said he is recovering for 10 days after domain expansion to FULLY recover

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh! Good to know!

[@skeegleweeglewomp]

domain idea for a semi-old character of mine that probably doesn't work with these rules, but here goes for a nomadic goblin sorcerer that uses mainly fire and lightning spells, hailing from the deserts of the world Domain Expansion: Scorching of Aket The domain appears as a barren, endless desert, and the immediate area holds a large pit of quicksand that can completely immobilize all stuck inside. A dragon charging a breath attack circles the area, which will be brought up in a moment. Everyone inside the large pit of quicksand has their speed set to 0, unless they can manage to move themselves by some means (a check, an ability, etc., but teleports are disabled inside). The Domain's user is able to escape far easier than anyone else stuck inside. Every turn the domain is up, the circling dragon opens its mouth wider and wider, making a larger and larger reserve of fire. It starts as 1d12 fire damage, but that amount doubles for every consecutive round the dragon is allowed to charge, going to 2d12, 4d12, 8d12, etc. The dragon releases the blast of fire once the user decides it should (any point for no action, even off of their own turn), hitting everyone trapped inside the quicksand. Might have it be a Dex save for half damage, might even make that at disadvantage, not sure. Immediately after the blast, the domain ends, even if they could theoretically keep it active. Still needs some work but that's the general idea of it

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Very cool :D

[@Agweldwust]

Imagine being in a plasmoids domain, being stunned while getting constant sneak damage that hits everyone in the domain while being confused and getting hit by constant crits

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Fun fun fun xD

[@Agweldwust]

I changed it so that it also makes you 40ft slower

[@Agweldwust]

Wait I have a question

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@Agweldwust sure!

[@Agweldwust]

If I were to put 1 point into space then 1 point into boundless, would it be 30ft on the outside and 600ft on the inside?

[@themageasdeth]

THIS IS SICK im gona go for a necormanser domain with bordless and summons unded... btw necromansers at level 10 "your hit point maximum can't be reduced" so i think il have to ignore that or swich to your no class ruls

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Mmmm that's true! Been brought up by a few people. An alternative is that you accumulate levels of exhaustion instead, which you only gain when you end your domain

[@themageasdeth]

@TheUglyGoblin yea that makes sense

[@mmpMultiversalMagicPolice]

My oc's Domain: Outer atmosphere: It looks as if they we're on earth atmosphere and makes everyone fall down the place is covered with colorfull lights (relates to My oc's cursed technique) and also makes anyone who isnt touching the user unable to attack Edit: it can be used as a boundless one too

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Very cool :D kinda reminds me of that scene from Howl's moving Castle 😍

[@lost_to_time.]

So imagine a human male who's so sick of being belittled and treated as lesser...so he throws 3 points (at least) into Enviroment, and the rest of his points into Mental. An now he's finally had enough, and clashes against a powerful enemy's domain with let's say...9 points in Mental. What this does is create a domain that restrains everybody if they lack movement speed, and gives him a Domain DC of (8 + Chosen ability modifer [+5], and proficency bonus [+6 max]) 19...but adding on the Mental Points, that's 28. The big bad, super poweful domain gets canceled out, and the human male gets to wail on his restrained foe for the duration.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oooof! Scary combo! I love it

[@aaronpapke9763]

I don't mean to spam your videos with long comments LOL please forgive me. Just wanted to say I've been playing a commoner Homebrew class. Mostly focuses on support and buffs. Had him take the Eldritch horror transformation from Grimm hollow to try and boost his survivability. My goal was to make him the party chef end quest giver, being the he used to own a tavern.... This just fits so perfectly with his theme... Domain Expansion- Banquet of Ouroboros

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aaaah that's so awesome 😍 You should check out my cooking video if you haven't already :D I think you'll like it

[@aaronpapke9763]

@@TheUglyGoblin oh I'm definitely about to then! Aside from the chef feet I found another homebrew feat that tied into it well. ( The commoner class I found caps all of your ability scores at 10, so feats are your only options. Your weapon of choice is your tool set, so I'ma let him cook.)

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@aaronpapke9763 hell yeh

[@akindatallmidget6508]

Didn’t design this with DnD in mind but I’ve got a domain I’ve been itching to share, needs a name too so if anyone’s got any ideas lmk. It takes the form of an amorphous chamber with a central panopticon tower. At the top of the tower is a large human eye where the torchlight would be. It is always looking at you, this applies to everyone in the domain even if they’re on opposite ends. You can try and get closer to the tower or walk away but it’ll stay the same distance away. The effect is that it connects the mind of everyone inside the domain to the one who created it, and he can decide if it’s a one way (he knows what you think but you don’t know what he thinks) or two-way connection. This gives him perfect knowledge of every technique you use, exactly how you’ll use it, weaknesses, plans, everything and anything. If you think anything, he also thinks it. The two way function can also be used to teach allies concepts like RCT by beaming the thought process directly into their heads so it’s good for training too.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Ooooo verrrry fun :D

[@0live_highscore]

I once accidentally made an improv domain expansion for a warlock, by a combination of abjuration and necromancy

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh fun :D

[@raccoon_lord9430]

I like the idea of making a warlock build with a custom subclass that focuses on physical combat with this. Why probably because of yuji and sukuna kinda being a pact anyways you would do more damage unarmed and if you so chose to you can add spells that count as unarmed damage as long as they are close enough to you but if they aren't you can deal damage with your spell casting modifers

[@Ace-it7es]

Once had a homebrew enemy that could place a domain that restrained players who moved away from the creature. Made the encounter pretty fun considering how strong its melee attacks were

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh interesting! Very scary!

[@disguisedzoroark]

I actually have a JJK oc, who ive made a custom domain for, but luckily for me, it perfectly pairs with another one of my characters, cause he has similar powers, and got stuck in a demiplane that for just like how i made this domain The domain, used by Chronurgy Wizard Therion Arcadon, is called The Shifting Sands of Time. It is a vast desert, stretching for miles upon miles, would probably make it boundless in this system. A large concentric metal ring wraps around all creatures in the domain, and begins to slowly tick, as an hourglass behind the user begins to run. Any creature within the domain begins to slow down, time gradually slowing to a crawl, with any loose objects (maybe projectiles or even ranged spells cause thatd be fun, though itd have to be like custom perks later on) stopping completely in place. This would start as a sure hit slow spell, but eventually, would fully stun/paralyze creatures (if possible, would do a thing where if the domain is active for 2 full rounds, on the 3rd round it gains the effects of infinite void, or would just have a aoe hold person, but it needs to be built up to, and doesnt automatically activate) The only unnafected creature is, of course, the caster, who is then able to attack creatures who slowly become less and less able to fight back. And those who try to flee will find that escaping the passage of time is a futile endeavor

[@TheUglyGoblin]

This is honestly really really fun! So cool! I love it

[@abeljarman-dg3be]

I was just scrolling and found this finally KZbin showed me something. I actually am interested in because I love DND and jujutsu Kaisen.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that is so so cool to hear :D thank you so much for checkingnit out 😁

[@Glitch-TMF]

My domain, "They took my organs!" It's a sketchy doctors office.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Hahahaha xD oh nooooo

[@saintsolatus]

Instead of taking max HP for each turn, another option could be giving the User Exhaustion. Because if it was HP based then Casters would be severally disadvantaged in comparison to Melee classes, while Exhaustion would affect both equally

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Mmmm I considered exhaustion but only after a few rounds all the benefits you gain from the domain are kinda nullified 🥲

[@hy_nano7114]

Gonna disagree with casters getting screwed over, since generally martials also take more damage in combat, offsetting their high HP

[@PALACEWALLS]

just added this system into a session and somebody thought it would be a good idea to choose domains for each other to be as chaotic as possible, so what ended up happening is one of the most broken mage character that can almost guarantee killing someone near instantly got a domain that has to do a three minute stand up comedy show and impress "the audience" if their jokes are funnier than the person trapped inside. And the best part is the moment they pop it out they mostly lose and take a crap load of damage for no reason.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh my god xD what a brilliant idea

[@waffler-yz3gw]

domain expansioms are such a cool concept man, i love it

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw thank you so much :D

[@peterhousen7974]

Genuinely neat and well-thought-out system, super flavorful and I love every bit of it. Gold Rush is definitely overpowered, though. Creatures need to have a CR of at least 1, and make it a max of 100 damage instead of 1000. 1000 damage "for free" is insane, lol. Even 100 is crazy considering whatever you murder just turns into another pile of 100 damage.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh sugar I thought I did max it out at 100! Haha my bad xD

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Also thank you so so much :3

[@joseandrespineda479]

So cool in my world we made something simalar yet different based on domains and reality marbes from fate. Your domain is not crafted by your choices but by your soul. Mecánicamente you craft it based on your characters most used abilitys and personality

[@majestic8274]

I think you should look into Mutants and Masterminds 3e. I think Domain Expansions would work great in that system. It’s DnD but superheroes

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh fuuun :D

[@Snakeninja38]

I actually made a new magic class that had a domain like spell as the 9th level spell.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oh fun!

[@luo0o723]

My character see fighting as a dance, and her domain would be link to this. The domain would be borderless and a large construction made of multiple instrument would appear making us hear a rythmique battle music. Every turn every creature caught in the domain (me included) would have to spend a bonus action to make a "dance move" (Saving throw of dexterity or charisma with disadventage), if they fail or dont roll, they will have disadventage to all action in this turn. My character would have the same rules but with adventage and if she succed she'll get back her bonus action (she's a monk and wothout bonus action a monk is pretty sad) all actions this turn will have adventage (and maybe bonus damage why not).

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that is so so fun 🤩

[@Aqua_Duck]

no joke I am rn making my own custom jjk dnd campaign and i just so happen to come across this video

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw deadly 😍 best of luck with it

[@bigpotatocat1_]

The first thing I thought of for the toll that domains inflict on the user was the exhaustion system that already exists. I feel like most people forget about it or just ignore it.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Nah i had considered it but it just imposes so many negative effects on you that it just nullifies nearly all of the benefits you get from the domin itself eventually

[@jameson-gr7vo]

This is perfect for my campaign!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw hell yeah :D makes me happy to hear :3

[@Omar-Azimi]

My Harenhon Chronurgy wizard spent decades in a small Demi plane and has read numerous books because that’s all he could do there beside studying arcana so his domain is probably the Library of Babel

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Fuuuuuun 😍

[@Omar-Azimi]

Now he has the Eye Of Vecna…I guess his domain is Malevolent Shrine now

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@Omar-Azimi cooool :D

[@jasonbest6755]

What would happen if i had 2 specific nodes, like judged and labyrinth, do they both trigger or do i just pick one, or do i pick one each time i use the domain. Either way i love this system!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw thank you! :D mmm they both go off at the same time. Though I would allow people to choose what goes off and what doesn't each time they make the domain :P just like the characters alter their domains in the series.

[@jasonbest6755]

@@TheUglyGoblin Thanks so much, that makes sense!

[@GiftOfKnowledge-np9vg]

I think I mentioned this in your last Domain video: but I think one additional cost and associated benefit I’d add to Domains is to have them exhaust all Spell slots and any other ‘X times per short/long rest’ abilities the Domain caster has. In exchange, the Domain allows you to use all of those abilities without limit inside of it. (Well, maybe a few limits on the higher end stuff. Even at as high a level you’d need to be for it, casting Wish every turn is probably too much under any circumstances.) Would this be remotely balanced? Idk, I’m just throwing ideas out. But it would be generally accurate to how Domains and their side effects work in JJK. [Manga spoilers below.] It would also recontextualize that thing Gojo did fighting Sukuna to seem extra absurd when applied to DnD mechanics. Because he figured out a way to take a long rest in just a few rounds…Mid-combat…as a bonus action. He is the most broken man to ever live.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Mmmm feel free to add it to your games!

[@gamemastersdomain]

Great video man! I might pitch this to my players here soon, see if they are interested in adding it!

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oooo hell yeah :O would be so excited to hear how that goes!

[@Alucard6506]

This is a certified "nah id binding vow" moment

[@FishtheSandwich]

I have a character called human the human fighter (hes a monk) and his domain is king of the ring, basically powering either him or his opponent up, and his domain only pulls in one person said person doesnt have to be within the radius of the domain, they just have to be in his sight.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

That's kinda funky xD love their name xD

[@FishtheSandwich]

Im not the greatest at naming characters or attacks so i just went with what he is

[@monkewarcriminal]

I’d love a domain that’s just called “judgement day”, it’s an open area, looking a lot like a courtroom but without the chairs and stands, just the walls and pillars, where the only thing in the room is a giant scale in the center, which during my turn I would be able to choose two people or spirits to “weigh their heart”, which is basically just a game of chance but influenced on wether or not one of the creatures is a spirit

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Oooo very Anubis! :D

[@jogosengracados1923]

Hey, could you do something related to Mahito from Jujutsu Kaisen? I really like the concept of his abilities.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I mean I see him as like- a transmutation mage- or even a moon druid? With a loooot of polymorph :P

[@jogosengracados1923]

@TheUglyGoblin I was reffering to homebrew, but this also seems pretty cool

[@RoseDuWolfe]

My uncle Matt’s ran a campaign where the group is a bunch of clearly anime protagonist inspired characters where the item they were searching for was Sukuna’s final finger, only for the person who sent them after the finger to turn into sukuna (which yes, he did a cosplay for) so the party had to fight sukuna.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw that sounds so god damn cool! What a legend!

[@RoseDuWolfe]

@@TheUglyGoblin he is a screenwriter and novelist who has worked on some cool projects (which seems DnD is a consistent thing in common) but he ran this campaign back home where we’re from so I got to play (their DnD space is in my grandparents basement) when he started bringing stuff in…truly hilarious. My Palestinian grandmother watching him drag stuff in: “Habibi…why do you need a gong?” (The entire room of people turns around) “Purely musical reasons…” he lied.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@RoseDuWolfe hahahaha xD oh my god! What a riot XD

[@Ryan-nn3cf]

Nothing to do with this one, but its your most recent post. A suggestion for your upcoming live. Maybe make multiple starting points for bass "jobs" for the classless skill tree. May be against the whole point of it. But having like 4 or so starting points can set up an early character but still have they chain together to make an interesting customization.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I got plans ;3

[@wamuu7108]

Mine is called frozen casino. It spawns the target in the middle of a roulette wheel and the DM has to guess either black red or green if they guess correctly on black every creature on the field that’s not dead gets their stamina. Reset if aliens on red it’s the same thing except it’s for health if they guess green and it’s correct then every creature on the field gets revived and is reset back to full health and stamina, but if Vegas wrong and it lands on black, it’s surrounds a certain creature in a ice prison until they’re the last remaining on the field if it starts doing ship damage with ice magic and if it lands on green and they’re wrong, I get infinite manna for four minutes and 11 seconds

[@TheUglyGoblin]

This is Great 😍😍😍 I love it

[@theultimategodofgaming3200]

My only problem with this specific skill tree is that it seems to focus on recreating abilities from JJK instead of allowing players to actually customize the characteristics of their own domain. I would suggest reworking the skill tree to allow for the possibility of recreating those abilities, but not forcing them to take that route.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I get that, but I intentionally tried to make the vague enough so that thay can be renamed and reflavoured in many different ways to feel more personal. Whenever I make homebrew related to a show or game etc, I try to make it as generic/vague as possible so it can also keep its relevance in other stories

[@theultimategodofgaming3200]

​@@TheUglyGoblin This makes sense, but I still think it suffers from a lack of customization possibilities outside of pure flavor. I feel like a way to remedy this would be to follow the rules of how a domain's sure hit effect works in the anime. (Bit of a warning, this is going to be quite long, and also I am not very knowledgeable in DnD, so forgive me if I get things wrong) It's a bit confusing, because they say that every cursed technique in a domain is guaranteed to hit, but they also say that the sure hit effect is based on a certain cursed technique embedded within the barrier, meaning only a single, dedicated sure-hit attack. The latter is what we see demonstrated more often, so I'll just go with that. Some domains don't actually possess an auto-hit effect, and instead force targets to obey the rules of the domain. An example of this is Higuruma's domain, the one you based the ability "The Judged" on. There are also domains that have both an auto-hit effect and their own set of rules, an example being Hakari's domain, the one you based the "777" ability on. His domain has both a sure-hit effect (An infodump explaining the domain to any targets) and certain rules to his domain (The whole gambling gimmick) Using all this information, here's how I would have domains work: The Domain Expansion node at the center of the Binding Vows skill tree can be upgraded, this represents the domain's barrier. Instead of automatically being able to use Pact Points in the Domain Expansion skill tree, you instead gain special Domain Points by upgrading the barrier with Pact Points. The Domain Expansion skill tree has two paths that can be spec'd into, the Auto Hit path, and the Rules path. When you first purchase the Auto Hit ability, you gain the ability to slot in a certain technique, probably a spell, but perhaps also one of the active abilities on the Binding Vows skill tree. This will become the sure-hit effect of your domain, and can be customized as you progress down the path. You could slot the Fireball spell in and have it constantly active throughout the environment, creating something like Jogo's domain, or you could slot in something like Polymorph to replicate Mahito's domain. The Rules path will allow you to select certain "rules"; passive effects that either you, your targets, or both are subject to. To make this balanced, you may be required to balance your rules so that you aren't too ridiculously overpowered within your domain. There could be three types of rules; Buff Rules, Nerf Rules, and Neutral Rules. Buff Rules either buff the caster or nerf the targets, Nerf Rules either nerf the caster or buff the targets, and Neutral Rules affect both the caster and targets equally, or in ways that balance each other out. As the caster, you are given 2 free Buff Rules (subject to change and/or DM's discretion) but after that you must balance Buff Rules with Nerf Rules. Neutral Rules do not need to be balanced in this way, as they are already "balanced" by their very nature. Upgrading your Auto Hit effect counts as using up a Buff Rule, and once you run out of free Buff Rules, you can only select Nerf Rules until you reach a balance once again. Wow that was long, sorry, that's just my idea on how this system could become more customizable.

[@Hotmamasausage]

I adore this channel, you’re so very helpful❤

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Aw my gosh 🥺 what a compliment! Thank you ❤️‍🔥

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Thinking of reworking the -10 to maintain a domain to instead being: - (5 x your prof mod) OR Expending a 3rd level spell slot or higher

[@kewlwizard]

Some questions about how this works: For the Boundless domain ability, it says that each point you put into multiplies the radius by 10. Does this mean if you put two points into it, the radius is multiplied by 20 or by 100? Once you take more than like, 5 points in Elemental Transformation, there are no longer more size categories. What exactly happens at that point? And finally, did you intend for Gambler + Auto Hit to be that overpowered when you put several points in gambler?

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Yes so say your radius starts at 20ft and then you tske the boundless domain, it would go to 200ft. Take it again and it would go to 2000ft :3 (wanted to emulate Sukuna consuming a huge portion of tokyo). As for elemental transformation, yeah 5 points would be the max, if you can even make it to that? All in all you'll only gain access to domain expansions around level 13 if you're also using my Cursed Pact tree alongside this. And so that would mean you only get to put 7 points into domain expansion abilities before you hit level 20. And so you're probably never going to get bigger than the biggest size category anyway? And yes haha gambler and autohit were definately intended to combo- I mean a lot of the points here are. As for gambler and 777 there are a lot of nodes here that can make them more effective, essentially emulating you "inventing your own luck" :3

[@kewlwizard]

​@@TheUglyGoblinAh, okay, thanks for the info. I was basing my comment on your initial suggestion in the video that one pact point be equal to three domain points, allowing you to get up to 21 domain points if you focus on your domain expansion. I can see why the domains could be a little more sensible if you don't do that though.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@kewlwizard oh true haha xD honestly forgot about that rule xD but yes- totally depends on the kinda of game you wanna run in the wnd of the day :P

[@twisvis5531]

I would have applied a once per long rest effect and exhaustion effects after domain end depending on how many rounds the domain was active, up to 5.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

The problem with exhaustion is it nullifies almost all of the benefits of the domain after only a few rounds. Kinda making the whole process useless

[@twisvis5531]

@@TheUglyGoblin thus why exhaustion is applied after the domain drops. It makes the gamble a vital one, as failing to stop your opponent means putting yourself in lethal as opposed to tough feat/barb focus and/or dip facetanking the detrimental effects. A wizard/sorc using a max health loss mechanic like this might outright die using it to begin with, especially if rolling for health and if unlucky. Another alternative is consuming actual hitdice to persist, kind of like a ki point system, so short rests don't provide as much respite and making long rests a necessity.

[@TheUglyGoblin]

@@twisvis5531 Oh shoot thats actually a really fun idea! Missed that detail!