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Devices can't be interrupted. Which goes against the idea of melee being a whole round of attacks and parries with your to-hit roll...

Individual initiative solves this - if the Bugbear's init is higher than the initiative of when the caster's spell resolves, the caster...

Good except the end bit needs clarification. In CaT survival is typically of very little concern because it is assumed the PCs will...

I see CaW as being completely rules-bound for both players and DM, while in CaS the DM can bend the rules in order to make sure the...

In some of the oldest D&D adventures (mostly pre-AD&D, I believe), there were instances where attacks or traps would do limb...

The general reason is that broader gaming culture (the type that plays primarily D&D and little else) has shifted into prioritizing...

From my perspective, smart CE, is someone who does his evil stuff without regard for other people, but recognizes that he has to cover...

"Chaotic = ignores cause and effect" is an extremely shallow interpretation.

It always bugs me when people automatically depict chaotic as stupid, undisciplined, unstable or uncontrolled while lawful is depicted...

Pro-wrestling, meaning WWE, is theater. It is scripted theater depicting a violent combat sport. Those people are athletes, but they...

There's a third factor to these: CaW - DM is completely neutral and impartial as to whether the players win or lose CaS - DM has a...

I don't mind immunities to things that don't come up very often, of which disease is one. I gave Cavaliers outright immunity to fear...

I don't think those mechanics are written out anywhere, or if they are I've yet to find them. Which means it's straight-up left in the...

Again with the caveat that this is just my personal interpretation: I think the intent is that a PC who starts the round already in...

The answer here is to simply rule that any spell cast while in melee will automatically be interrupted, even if the attacker's actual...