D&D 5E Official D&D Basic Discussion Thread

[Pallidore]

Random RPG hilarity - a STR 10 (average) character can bench 300lbs.

I wish I was average.

This is referring to how much weight a person can lift off the ground, not bench press. It would be a strain, no doubt, and couldn't be lifted very high or maintained for long, but it could be done.

I'm late to the party, so if someone has already replied on this, my apologies.

 

[Drudenfusz]

I would have like to have a comment in the basic rules about the skill list being open to add your own skills or that it is meant to be only those that are given. I mean I miss a social knowledge skill. Sure, I can understand that streetwise or Knowledge: Nobility might be a little to specific of choices for 5th Edition, but why couldn't they make up a broad social knowledge skill (maybe calling it Culture) or at least mention that the game is open to that (like they mention how customisable backgrounds are).