Recent content by Warskull

Impossible ability checks should exist. If your team's barbarian proposes that he wants to lift a whole castle and throw it into ocean that would fall into the impossible category. The knowledge check you describe does not, it was just a poor DM call. Sure, the Elf has never been to the...

It sounds like you stonewalled him. The player wanted to sell a magical item, it is a reasonable request. He was asking what he had to do and assumed the rules from the DMG were being used. In absence of any other option, that is a reasonable assumption. You told him it didn't work that way...

Remember the OGL was great until the end of 3.5E when Wizards decided to launch a new product without the OGL and without bringing major third parties on board. Paizo what put in a situation where they had to create something like Pathfinder or they would cease to exist. The fact that many...

I disagree here. This is one of those things that sounds great when you say it and a ton of people will chime in and agree with you. However, in practice is had problems. Strong RAW give you a foundation for your game. Playing RAI means things are murky. It can lead to inconsistent calls...

I think Valor Bard may be your best option for a caster/attacker. They get two attacks without multiclassing, access to a variety of spells, and they can steal a few spells from other classes. A second option is Paladin/Bard if you want to pick up that second attack earlier. Have the bard go...

It does absolutely suck when there is a large power gap between players. If one player rolls a double 18 ubermensch and another player is stuck with no stat higher than 14 he will have a hard time finding a chance to shine. Mr 18 will dominate combat and be able to shine a disproportionate...

Evil characters get a bad reputation because a lot of players look at them as a license to be a dick and break rules that are not meant to be broken. They use it as an opportunity to troll the party and cause grief. If you want an evil campaign I would lay out some ground rules. Let players...

You don't have to buy updated PHBs with Basic edition. If they handle things correctly, they can just update the basic edition rules to feature any rules clarifications and system changes. The real meat and potatoes of the PHB are the extra classes, races, feats, and spells.

A lot of players would consider this statement sacrilege, but I feel point buy is a far superior system to the other options. The only thing rolling has that point buy doesn't is randomness for the sake of randomness. However, that randomness doesn't add to the game, in fact it takes away some...

Not much, asking for pirated materials isn't really illegal. They would have to figure out who he is, track him down, and provide evidence that he is pirating their materials. Due to the misbehavior of the RIAA and their frequent fishing expeditions the courts probably wouldn't look to kindly...

So is the license up in the air now, or do Cryptic/Perfect World have it? Cryptic/Perfect World having an exclusive license would be very bad. Cryptic really is a lousy developer, they released two failed MMOs (Champions Online and Star Trek Online) before releasing Neverwinter. Neverwinter...

Well, I wouldn't worry about the whole hiding in dim light thing, because it sounded like they were getting rid of "dim light vision." We may see the whole dim light mechanic disappear.

Really, it is a lot simpler than sneaking. 1) Choose assassin archetype, at level 3 you get an ability that gives you advantage in the first round against any creature who has not yet taken an action. Basically, you get advantage against anyone you beat in initiative. 2) You may sneak attack...

This is a good point. I feel that games such as Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Night 1 (and to a lesser degree NWN2) really helped expand the brand. A few good D&D games could help grow the brand. However, Wizards may not be to blame for Neverwinter. Atari (aka infogrammes)...

I am not sure this panel amounts to much when it comes to D&D Next. While Mike Mearls may not be concerned with topping the charts he is ultimately beholden to forces higher up in the company than him. If the suits demand the first spot in the chart, he has to try and go for it. Mearls is a...