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I’m not playing this game with you. D&D is a complex game that folks with decades of experience often forget. It can take years for...

And meanwhile most of us struggle not to have the martial players Leroy Jenkins and mess up the perfect fireball formation.

I realize I am stricter than average…I might handicap myself as player to an extent due to my anti cheese bias. But some online advice...

In 5e, level 20, in 4 it was 30, 3 was around 14 since the game became "wait for the wizards turn" because the encounter would be over...

Aside from better incorporating the new PHB species, what do you see that entailing?

It depends on what you value and what you want. As a very simple example a fighter with greatsword and great weapon fighting style is...

Pitchforks are the least of your worries! ;)

I find it’s usually about core assumptions. Either that or not factoring in all abilities. Sometimes it’s just from not properly...

Good thing this is 5th edition then and 1st is entirely irrelevant to the discussion

I think having different points of views is a good thing and that's something you get on a forum like this. For me, too often the "best"...

It's almost as though a forum designed for discussion produces more nuance than a platform that lives or dies by generating clicks. I...

After some years of making 5e characters in particular, I am struck by the usefulness of ENWorld vis a vis dedicated blogs and sites...

All the PHB Species have named NPCs in the Gazateer, and there isn't really any need explanation: dragons, Giants, fiends, and...

You could but there's nothing saying that you couldn't before. Having a cultural tendencies but they're just tendencies not dictates of...