Lanefan's latest activity

A sad and sorry change. That said, I'm surprised somethng like "Yell" or "Scream" isn't on the allowed list. There's many a situation...

Well, Sleep plus coup-de-grace or double-tap has been very efficiently killing things since 1974, so I think the precedent is solidly...

This is a reasonable argument for why a creature under the spell's compulsion might not go through the lava, assuming faster means of...

But you do have to move away. If the only way to do that is through a wall of fire or off of a cliff then you would move through the...

It depends whether the fleeing is considered controlled, as in the person fleeing still has some sense of self-preservation, or whether...

Worries about control spells being "unfun" is why the game has turned into nothing but hit point attrition.

My barbarian literally ran into lava after being commanded to flee by an ancient red dragon. Why wouldn’t he?

I'm all about paper sheets, but while I used to handwrite everything I now find typing the info into some Excel forms I made up (one for...

Now that’s D&D! Digital tools are nice, but nothing beats the tactility of pencil and paper, nor the DIY patina of a well-used...

Maybe the fifth "wing" somehow acts as a rudder, or stabilizer? 🤷

It's rare, but it happens, that a character gets killed twice by the same opponent; and one of my own characters has been killed twice...

Depending on the game version, chain vs plate was medium vs heavy. Also encumbrance, if important, there is a small weight difference...

Practice? Unintentional enchantment (e.g. from a wild magic surge)? Built to order for someone who for whatever reason can't weart...

I'm 110% positive that your experience isn't representative of most modern D&D games. If you expect magic won't be able to be easily...

This mindset explains a whole whole lot. I'm sure it bleeds over into other aspects of the game as well. Kind of a self fulfilling...