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Best save in game to target. Then charisma. Even wisdoms weak on a lot of monsters. Got a huge amount of push back on saying...

Synaptic Static is nasty, sure, but has your DM encountered Tasha's Mind Whip? A second level INT-save spell that will render encounters...

It's bad when it only gives you a +2 save against a fairly mean spell though! I was expecting a higher Con and/or save proficiency to...

I don't like anyone being stunlocked out of a combat unless they're an unimportant mook or bodyguard. Having the boss unable to act...

Yes, this is the situation we find ourselves in. But my players get sad when I point out the difficulties. So I cave in, and give them...

I have allowed flying characters to carry others but we use encumbrance. In most cases this'll result in reducing their speed to 5ft due...

I use the encumbrance rules also. It's easy to do on a VTT, where the weights are calculated by the software. But even on a tabletop...

I like crafting. I love Minecraft and like crafting sidequests in other videogames. But for pen and paper tabletop, I'm not so sure I...

I should add that this also depends on your own preference as far as magic items (and setting magic) goes... DnD is often...

The thing about crafting in many of these examples, is that it also requires gathering. Gathering materials is very satisfying in...

Not to mention the broken skill curve. Agrar spent her whole life training to be an armorsmith, and the forge is basically everything...

I dislike the idea that crafting has to be inserted into everything, and that if you're not doing it you're falling behind (as per...

"When downtime existed . . ." If I recall, 5e's rules have been "revised," not removed. Or maybe Alphastream also doesn't buy that...

I forget if Veins of the Earth has a generator in it, but they made this'un. OSR: the Veinscrawl

I can’t say I’m sad that the polearm+sentinel combo was nerfed. Did they also pick bugbear as their species?