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I can't recall the name of it, but when AL finally decided to have a higher level adventure for the first time, it apparently involved...

So if a character doesn't wear armor, like say, a Monk, do you feel using Strength to hit them makes sense?

I agree. It's hard to envision anyone else as Genghis Khan after John Wayne's stellar performance in The Conqueror. As a general...

But it all starts with, as you say "if my PC knew about it". Often, you don't have that information to begin with. And even if you do...

It comes down to "gotcha moments". Nobody really likes these. There's no fundamental difference between "oh the woman is a...

I think part of the problem is that media has trained us to think of super geniuses as either absent minded autists or smarmy jackasses...

Nor did I, I simply pointed out that's why we didn't have damage on a miss in 2014. But again, Acid Arrow also ignores all those...

Honestly, if I told my players that "the BBEG in the next adventure has a weapon that kills you at 0 hit points)" I wonder if they'd...

I really liked Norton's Banner. But it has been said he's notorious to work with, despite being able to turn out some stellar...

This is a consequence of the game over the decades changing how it describes combat. In a six-second combat round, you are actually...

The Fighter: Weapon Master (the ToV Battle Master). Sword + Board. High AC, good hit points. Has an ability similar to protection...

You're not wrong, and I've occasionally done this in the past, but in the moment, I don't always realize that this is when I should...

Or, you know, if you're on a hot streak with the dice and a player is paying a brutal price for it... ease off. Ignore the crit results...

I was playing in my wife's game recently and my paladin rushed to the defense of an innocent. The enemies then proceeded to focus fire...

He won initiative and so was the first to act in the encounter, before the enemies. He had no way of knowing how dangerous the...