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Does that include him using his action to Dash reach round? Not sure if it makes a difference, but it would double his "safe" range. Is this adventure okay for a group of 3 PCs of the expected level range? I figure I might need to reduce the size of some later encounters (or not (evil grin))...

In my limited experience putting this into practice, I think using either the flanking or facing rules in the DMG help with this issue not by penalizing ranged fighting, but providing incentives to go into melee. With facing, the rogue can get free advantage on any enemy whose back is turned to...

What if you added a feature to every creature meant to be faced as a solo encounter like: "On Guard: This creature is ferociously alert in combat and is a worthy opponent against even multiple attackers: it does not grant advantage for being flanked."

Shadows of Esteren has had several very successful Kickstarters for successive books, and to my delight, I've seen some of the books on the shelf at my FLGS (in addition to being on the shelves at conventions).

I happen to be running a singleplayer campaign for my wife, so I feel qualified to offer some input. First of all, I don't think every class is equally equipped to be a fun singleplayer PC, or at best each class requires a different type of gameplay focus to be enjoyable. A Fighter would...

Very fine product. Can't wait to download it and distribute it freely among everyone I know. Of course the woman in the picture doesn't have agency: she's a drawing. No actual women were coerced into dressing that way and posing for a photograph in order to produce that image. She should look...

To expand on this, the optional rule "Climb onto a bigger creature" on DMG page 271 says, "After making any ability checks necessary to get into position and onto the larger creature, the smaller creature uses its action to make a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If it wins...

Not sure how significant it is, but the writeup for the Purple Dragon Knight subclass actually uses the word "warlord." It says: "Restriction: Knighthood Purple Dragon knights are tied to a specific order of Cormyrean knighthood. Banneret (emphasis original) serves as the generic name for...

Shifters (not the bland UA version) Fey (dryads, satyrs) And my all time favorite, shadar-kai

Whenever I do this, I always crit another PC and kill him outright :-\

The rules are written in plain English, not mechanically precise terms like the 4e rules tended to be. Consequentially, they will be a little ambiguous when similar but different wording is used. Either way you phrase it, the rules are clear: each creature involved in combat has a turn that is...

I'll be going for the first time this year, after several years of failed attempts. We had to get a hotel near the airport, but we'll not be relying on public transportation, so it shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience. How is parking at the convention center? Anyone have recommendations...

Currently playing a paladin, I have a tendency to just say "I attack," but I try to fancy it up by saying things like "I strike at him with my longsword." ;) If an enemy misses me, I'll try to narrate that, too, sometimes, like if two enemies attack and miss me, I'll say something like, "I...

I ran a two-player one-shot session recently. I started them at level 2 for extra survivability and flexibility, and I also used average damage instead of rolling for monster damage to further reduce swinginess. I highly recommend the latter, especially since it speeds up combat. You can always...

I think it's weird, too. In our campaign, the Rogue has the pirate background, and we thought it was weird for a pirate to be able to use rapiers and two-handed longswords but not any sword with a curved blade, so we reflavored the rapier into a saber that does 1d8 slashing damage, and the short...

At first I thought that the Swashbuckler was a little underwhelming, but then I realized that it was only because I was comparing to the Arcane Trickster archetype. Swashbuckler seems to swap out utility for extra combat enhancements. Some other points: 1) Swashbuckler is the only Rogue...

By tomorrow afternoon, this thread will have ballooned up to 60 pages, the last 30 of which consisting entirely of arguments regarding what "hit points" represent and about non-magical healing.

Not to beat a dead horse, but since you bring it up, I thought it would be helpful to spell out what the two interpretations of the maneuver seem to be: A) The "generous" interpretation: After using this maneuver, the character rolls his Superiority Die and adds the result to his AC for the...

7th Sea is another one where you get XP when your background is resolved, and you then pick another (e.g New rival, new lost lover, etc).

We have a couple of threads about best group size or maximum number of players, but I'm interested specifically in people's experiences with groups of 3, just because it always seemed unfeasible to me to play with so few PCs. Now, it seems like we're going to be doing just that. I think the...