Recent content by Celebros

I'm very surprised Mike/Jeremy both went this direction regarding Polearm Master and War Caster, particularly in light of the way most 5E rules are interpreted (as simply/straightforward as possible). This forces me to retool a character I have made to join a fifth level campaign next month, as...

+1 Is the player actively leveraging information in-game his character wouldn't have? If not, I don't think there is an issue, but if he is I think a serious out-of-game diacussion is needed with the player.

I'm currently DMing a 5E campaign, but am working on some PC builds to have available for when I am able to get into a game as a player. I am not particularly concerned with achieving hitting a Max DPR type character, but I would like to have my character as optimized as possible given the...

The campaign I'm currently running doesn't feature a dedicated healer (Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Wizard), so allow my Ranger (Hermit background) who is proficient with her Herbalism Kit and the Medicine skill to attempt to produce a range of items to remedy various status effects or...

I've been using the average damage for monsters (or varying the average damage +/- 1) at levels 1-2 as a way of enabling more interesting/difficult combat encounters without running the risk of a few hot dice killing off a party member. Seems to work well and once the party gets their feet...