D&D 5E [+] Ways to fix the caster / non-caster gap

[MuhVerisimilitude]

and yet Earth produced these

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So I am ok with Giants and Dragons...

I mean on the subject of realism I think a bunch of level 20 rogues could kill a diplodocus with just daggers.

We should nerf casters then.

I'm 100% fine with that.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I'm aware that using the 3.0 DMG "How many chickens in a given city?" was a question that could not only be asked but answered. D&D has been more about worldbuilding - but has never been any better at it and the more it tries the worse it gets. (Which is entirely different from setting building - which is largely done only with limited reference to the rules)

Agree to disagree. TSR was better at it then WotC, in any edition.

 

[overgeeked]

Where is that in 5e?

“And as a referee, the DM interprets the rules and decides when to abide by them and when to change them.” —DMG, p4.

 

[TwoSix]

show me the rules for either

Either what?

 

[Eric V]

“And as a referee, the DM interprets the rules and decides when to abide by them and when to change them.” —DMG, p4.

Ah. I was looking for the specific term.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Noted humanoid: the diplodocus.

 

[Raiztt]

Where is that in 5e?

That would be page 4 of the DMG.

 

[Vaalingrade]

“And as a referee, the DM interprets the rules and decides when to abide by them and when to change them.” —DMG, p4.

It's fun when people use this as an excuse for Calvinball with themselves as Calvin.

 

[Raiztt]

It's fun when people use this as an excuse for Calvinball with themselves as Calvin.

Who's the DM that hurt you?

 

[W'rkncacnter]

In my 1e AD&D game world, the answer was that the apple, being composed primarily of elemental earth (and obviously, some water), naturally seeks it's metaphysical proper place in a geocentric universe, thus instantly begins falling at a constant speed, with the time/distance it falls 'accustoming' it to that speed, so that the further it falls, the more damage it takes.

Because I was a total nerd, into the history of science, and that was as well as I could understand Aristotle's explanation.

...i'm bookmarking this to steal it for something. i don't know for what, and i don't know for when, but i have a feeling i'll want it.

Right. But often mythical heroes can do things RL humans cannot.

BEOWULF.