Recent content by El Condoro

I had never considered that death could or would be off-limits in D&D but I think that I will change my approach somewhat. As others have said, I would gauge the players' opinions in a Session 0 to the idea of having no death until the average party level is 5 and Revivify becomes available...

I'm not sure anyone would do it that way but it could be. The wording 'whenever you take damage while you are concentrating on a spell' would seem to indicate that a separate roll is made for each hit (weapon or spell instance, although I would still argue that MM's simultaneous damage is one...

Yes. To me a cantrip (EB) and even a 2nd-level spell like SR are OP if they involve multiple concentration checks for a target. The benefit of casting the extra instances at the spellcaster is in the increased DC required to keep concentration (one roll). I know that Jeremy Crawford tweeted one...

[sorry double post]

I would rule that the damage source is not the missiles but the spell, so it is a single source. I wouldn't be able to argue that from RAW, though.

I'm sorry to be such a noob but this app looks great - if I could work out how to get monsters from D&DI into it (in RTF or any other format). Are there instructions somewhere on how to do it, please? I see the CB Load and Paste buttons in the StatBlock but can't work out how to get the info out...

This is my first post here, so please bear with me if I seem a bit green! I used to DM aa AD&D 2e campaign back in the 80s but haven't been in touch with D&D until the last couple of years. Things have changed a lot IMO. Anyway, my question relates to the rules, or lack thereof, for swimming...