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Not really. By a strict interpretation of the rules, that text only applies when YOU (a creature) teleport, and does not specify...

Agree with this, BUT, you also need to ask why the player is moving it to a specific location around the corner which they cannot see...

A player wants to play a tortle . . . simply because they like the idea of playing a turtle-person, is a very reasonable reason. IMO. It...

In my opinion, absolutely not. It’s not the DM’s game, it’s everyone’s game. The DM’s personal tastes are no more important than any...

Yeah it's a shockingly shallow and rather unevidenced take from this blog. The idea that 5E14 was "internally consistent" but 5E24...

Is point buy balanced... Well, balance is compared to the other players, so since everyone has the same, by definition it is balanced...

In including the absolute ("totally balanced"), you make the answer simple: No.

How did the 5e vs 5.5e thread somehow randomly morph into the "Circus Troupe" thread about Setting Lore?

Point Buy is totally balanced, but the stats themselves are not. Depending on what class/subclass you're playing, there are always...

"AC and hp and saving throws -- grounded, simulationist, I feel connected to the game world, I love it." "Guard has 18 STR instead of...

I am this guy. Though I did read the DMG, multiple times. In my book, streamlining this kind of things is 100 % beneficial to the game...

Not to be overly flippant, but both are highly abstract mathematical models to use in a wargame scenario, that some flavor can be hung...

They mostly don't. That's stuff that rules nerds like us get all fussed about. Most players don't care that much. And how often do...

Oh I guess I thought we were just talking about people posting in this thread here, so I wasn't considering the original blog post...

I think it's more like they don't know the intricate details of either ruleset closely enough to notice the difference when their...