Recent content by Ainulindalion

I ran a Priestess of Loviatar all the way through PotA, along with a number of modules in season 2 and the Tier 3 season 3 (she is currently 15th level: Fighter (Dueling, Battlemaster) 9, Warlock (Fiend, Tome) 5 (refluffed as divine powers with Loviatar as the 'fiend'), Cleric (Life) 1...

The madness tables in the DMG explicitly list a 'attack the nearest creature' option. So there's that.

One of the biggest changes that I think would help make whips effective would be to make them work the Polearm Master Feat so that you get an OA when the enemy enters your reach. I have a character that is a priestess of Loviatar and would take the feat in a heartbeat if it let her do that...

They are at the very end of the season. In Season 3, they are in the middle (and the very end).

Yeah, here's this awesome magic item that was sitting in my closet that would've really helped you out the last few months, aren't you glad I'm giving it to you now? I mean, the titles and the house makes sense to come at the end. The armor and such, not so much. I will remove the titles...

It's established that there will not be certs for the Curse of Strahd hardcover. Rerelease of older certs is on the list, apparently, but just where on the list is a good question. Apparently, you also had one of the DMs who believes that Bruenor's gifts come at the end of the story (there's...

Actually, I feel like that's exactly true. If you're playing a cooperative group game (taking up a seat at the table) and you aren't actually participating, you have no value in that setting, and you should probably leave. Obviously, that's the most extreme this situation gets to, and I don't...

Personally, I wouldn't consider someone questioning my story/character concept as 'bullying'. It's peer review. "Why did you make this choice?" "What was the logic flow here?" "Why do you feel this works with the rest of the story?" "How do you see this character fitting into the group?"...

There is a significant difference between DM: "Bob, it's your turn." Bob: "Joe does nothing because I don't like combat. Next turn." and DM: "Bob, it's your turn." Bob: "Joe hides in the corner and puts up minor illusion to disguise his hiding place because he's afraid." Now, hopefully Joe...

One thing to keep in mind, if you end up counting as an undead for the purposes of spells and effects, the majority of healing spells and effects no longer actually, you know, work.

That's not even difficult to justify from a good alignment.

I have a plan for a Halfling Divination Wizard with the Lucky feat just for purposes of screwing with DMs. But he/she also won't have a +3 INT at level 1. Or until level 8, actually.

If you're focusing on dealing damage, as a physical attacker, a +3 in that stat is needed ASAP. If you're a primary caster, a +3 in that stat is needed if you're going to focus on spells that need attack rolls or enemy saves. It is also important in the case of Cleric, Druid, Paladin (less...

I would guess, though I don't know for sure, you could use the chart on pg 282 of the DMG, making note of the instruction at the top of that page that any change to AC, HP, Attack bonus, and/or damage could potentially change the CR of the monster and being careful to NOT do that (or do, and...

Huh, my math was off. You actually get to pick 44 (not 40, 4 extra at 1st level) spells on leveling your wizard to 20. (45 if you take Magic Initiate: Wizard as a feat at some point.) Given the best you'll be able to have prepared at any time is 27 (28 with Magic Initiate), that should be...