Recent content by giore

well, you're right. I might have taken it a bit too far. The original intent was a hard-worded but actually friendly peace offer... But now that Iook at it, it came out way harsher than I intended. So, enough hard worded stuff from me. Just nerdy and lenghty rants about game mechanics.

Oh the irony! It all started with Mr yak fiercely accusing yours truly of making up rules just for the sake of it. But now, after this passionate discourse spreaded like wildfire, it became even the more apparent, that yes, someone was indeed making up rules and advocating its own malicious...

Nope, my friend. didn't invent anything. I am well aware of how surprise works. It took me a lot to get it, because I was too used to old school surprise rounds. The rules never treat it as a status, of course. They just make a distinction between being surprised and no longer being surprised...

i think the mania for builds is not inherently a bad thing. It can become a powerful mean to enhance player immersion. I recently tried some super cool ttrpg with amazing atmosphere and setting that were etremely light on rules (like Morkborg) and, to my surprise, i felt like they were way too...

I don't mean to be rude but: 5 of these are powerful and extremely costly magic items, some of which are not directly available to rogues without further investment in feats or multiclassing. other 6 entries are from other classes and some of these features require a significant investment in...

That makes a lot of sense. I just recently found out we were playing it all wrong.... Well at least not how we were "supposed" to. We all come from 3.5 and we all took for granted that surpise meant "surprise rounds". It is functionally pretty much the same thing, a mechanic that rewards...

reviving dead post because I find this issue especially interesting. The real issue is in how the assassin subclass is worded, which is a total mess. The exact ruling for surprise in 5e is counterintuitive and a bit weird, but once you understand how it works it actually makes sense. The...