Recent content by Cap'n Kobold

Its bad form to shut down features "just because", but if its a very established world and the group tends to run off DM fiat more than collaborative contribution, then there may be areas that have already been established as completely isolated, or antimagic, or whatever situation will disable...

While this is correct, I think that the underlying issue is that when the DM is specifically telling the player "your character cannot use that feature of theirs because I have placed them in a situation where they cannot use that feature", the player can't just insist that they can (unless they...

I am very specifically avoiding that term, although I have seen you use it before. Supernatural also had a fairly specific definition in earlier editions of D&D, different to the way that you are using it. (It was explicitly magical, and would not work in anti-magic, although it could not be...

Its a nerf compared to their current system, but it might be better-received by some of the people who traditionally oppose limitations on the wizard class because it was how they used to work. It also emphasises the methodical nature of the class and the need for preparedness in a way that...

Ooof. OK. let's have a think: Most of my objection to the wizard as compared to martial classes can be summed up in a couple of examples: Bladesinger and Steel Wind Strike. Comparing the Bladesinger with the Eldritch Knight, the Bladesinger gets (a better!) version of the fighter's archetypal...

I think maybe part of the issue with the discussion here is that "magical" is an explicitly defined term in 5e and other editions. However it is being thrown around as everything between this definition to just "beyond what a guy at my gym could achieve". Many people who would like to see...

I think that the average may be misleading. There are a few people who are at the "meh" level of interest in the new edition. However it should come as no surprise on this forum when discussing levels of interest in 5e, that there are a sizeable demographic that are dragging it down. There are...

Many of the beginning DMs that I've seen start by running an official adventure of some sort, whether a hardcover campaign book, or individual modules like AL ones. It can take several years to play through a hardcover module, however, so most do not buy many of them.

Is there a check to see if a creature is affected by the ability or not?

I'm assuming honesty. Not liking something is not the same as being unable to come up with new flavour.

4e made a thing of abilities being able to be reflavoured. But not everyone took notice and/or was able to come up with that on the fly.

The DM is always capable of putting a player's character into a position where they cannot use one of their features, whether class, racial or background. I don't believe the person you are arguing with has ever stated that they can always use a feature, no matter what the situation.

IIRC from when he was posting on the WotC message boards, Keith Baker did not "change his mind" about Warforged souls. There was the assumption by the people in Eberron that Warforged did not have souls, even though they did by the by the rules that he wrote for them. It was simply the case that...

By the wording, having shields in both hands shouldn't cancel the feat. Are you sure your DM wasn't talking about Material components?