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Can animal companions, familiars, mounts, spend HD on short rest to recover HP?
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Only thing worse is when all the constrictor Wizard familiars organize to form the Union Of The Snake, as Duran Duran warned us about.
Mar 2, 2026
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That’s how it starts. Then, the next thing you know, all the mounts are banding together to form a union.
Mar 2, 2026
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Paul Hughes newest MCDM employee
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Wouldn't be surprised if he's taking on more of the responsibilities that James Introcaso had been in charge of before moving off of...
Mar 1, 2026
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Can animal companions, familiars, mounts, spend HD on short rest to recover HP?
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The big thing to remember though is when you see your Mount using their short rest to read... you know something bad is probably going...
Mar 1, 2026
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No. The game as cooperative storytelling. with an expectation that every combat (or at least most) will be challenging and interesting.
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Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice
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It takes a play perspective, which applies to both the DM and the players. If the DM has an alternate rule they are wondering about...
Feb 27, 2026
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Your point takes a PC's perspective. But PCs don't implement alternative rules; DMs do. So I'm not sure how your point applies to the...
Feb 27, 2026
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:rolleyes: I have an idea... rather than argue the semantics, why not argue the actual point?
Feb 26, 2026
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I would imagine how useful the ability is would be dependent on the type of DM they have and whether those DMs tend to attack downed...
Feb 26, 2026
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It at least makes a little more sense why the DDB folks would call it 5.5, even though the book developers never did... because decimal...
Feb 21, 2026
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So… psionic powers are no longer purely mental?
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Well, that's because any time the game has tried to introduce "new things" that aren't a part of the core gameplay, barely anyone...
Feb 20, 2026
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The Revised Monster Manual was released 1 year ago today! How have you liked facing down and using the new monsters?
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I like a lot of 2024 MM material and use it. I also still like a lot of 2014 MM material and still use that too. I also like a lot of...
Feb 19, 2026
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I find it ironic that people still complain about WotC and their treatment of the OGL... a system meant to allow anyone and everyone to...
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