Recent content by Spohedus

Dungeon Crawl Classics. Our group went through the same thing and made the switch. It’s been a lot of fun. It’s the antidote to 5e burnout imo.

Thank you for the prompt response and sharing the rules. I will report in the future instead of posting, which I simply wasn’t aware of. That said, since I am a follower of Abrahamic religion (as Tolkien was), which includes Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, I am one of the alienated people your...

Since when is sexuality and gender discussion acceptable for a thread on this message board? Some of this is quite offensive. Goodbye.

There’s basically two types of adventuring days. You’ll know your campaign and DM. In a very short adventuring day, you would use your higher level spell slots to upgrade your spiritual weapon and your spirit, guardians, etc. On the long adventuring day, level four or five aid and a heal, mass...

I’m surprised we are on page 4 of this thread without mention of Dungeon Crawl Classic (DCC). Our table has been thoroughly enjoying it over the last six months.

Abjuration 12 Conjuration 1 - 2 = FATALITY! Divination 6 + 1 = 7 Transmutation 10

It's not been plainly said, but I agree that simply removing the Smite feature, thereby leaving paladins to use their spell slots to (GASP) cast smite spells with their bonus action makes them balanced with other top classes. It's over the top as-is.

Going a different, but not wrong direction.....take a look at the Battle of Brindol design from Red Hand of Doom. I would argue that regardless of what you are trying to achieve, that design is a better experience for the players and easier to run for the DM. Win-Win, and Epic Sauce all around.

Opportunity attack? Yes, with +2 cover to AC. This is a logical way to rule it, but I agree it is ambiguous.

The drow culture is evil when it’s centered around the worship of a demon queen, not when they have dark skin. The whole think was whack fantasy from the start. They were kissed with dark skin because they were cursed to live in the dark. In the real world, subterranean creatures would be the...

Our table went from LMoP to a 5e conversion of Red Hand of Doom. It was awesome. Venom fang was the common thread, as he was the first dragon they encountered on Skull Gorge Bridge. Lots of great moments in that campaign. The conversion was interesting as a DM and not too hard. There is a lot of...

It’s not racist on the viewers point to despise this new genre of false period pieces. The show has the trappings of a historic film but is in fact not, which bothers some viewers. The same viewers would enjoy a proper period piece in sub Saharan Africa. But not if actors were inserted from Asia...

I don't even think it works in Odyssey (other than the joy of seeing big numbers at the cost of more loading screens). I got that same item this past week playing through the game, and the first time I accidentally caught fire.....loading screen! Same thing in D&D...you made your fireball...

Another thought... even to fire into a heavily obscured area, how do they know where to attack? Perhaps with an opposed Perception check? The obscured target may still be moving about a bit. At our table, there's two steps to try to hit something obscured. Determining which square you are...

I would much rather use barbarian humans, lizardmen, or even xenophobic wild elves before I employed the Bullywug (MM, p 35). Frogmen???? Really? Run for your life! The frogmen are coming! Give me a break. The artwork in the MM makes it worst.