Recent content by Milieu

No, what I was saying is a combination of the literal meaning of whitewash and the metaphorical one: to gloss over or cover up. Making your sword appear like a shiny new +1 sword, when it's actually a plain old sword.

This is a myth. Glass does not flow. The reason the panels are thicker at the bottom is that medieval techniques for making glass made them a bit uneven. They placed the glass with the thicker part at the bottom because that's more stable than putting the thicker part at the top. Anyway, I...

Tell me about it! I only learned a few years ago that elevenses was a meal real British people ate, not just Hobbits.

In 2034, Wizards of the Coast releases 5e 3rd edition. The biggest new feature is that in addition to feats, characters now get a head, soldiers, needs, and tows, needs and tows. For classes, there is a yet another new arcane spell caster class alongside the Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard...

In 3e, number of attacks was like this, and I think there are good reasons for reverting that. I think there's something to be said for simplifying those things, like having flat speed increases instead of having a bunch of slightly different bespoke free movement class abilities, but for some...

Single studies certainly should be taken with a grain of salt, but a related anecdote: my grandmother used to read books by reading the first few chapters, then skipping ahead to see how it ends. If she liked the ending, she would go back and read the middle. There are dozens of us! Dozens...

OR... they just keep adding dice. When you have advantage and disadvantage, you roll 3d20 and take the middle roll. :p "Okay, you have 3 advantage and 2 disadvantage, so roll 6d20, and use the third highest die."

Not in 2024. The rules tell you who your enemies and allies are. https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/rules-glossary#Enemy https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/rules-glossary#Ally

Detailed differences between the dndbeyond article and UA: The UA says players get bastions at level 5, period. Talk about the narrative justification with the group. The article says, we assume you get them at level 5, but you could do it later if you want, or give it as a quest reward or...

As far as I can tell, every single detail mentioned in the video is identical to the playtest, except: James Wyatt says that the bastion does the Maintain order when the player isn't there and can't communicate with their hirelings. The playtest simply said it happens if the player isn't there...

Sure, but examples are examples, not the absolute outer bounds. The spell doesn't say anything like "if the DM determines the command is more powerful than the examples, the spell ends". The definition of the spell doesn't say "the target can only move toward or away from the caster or just not...

Not quite: it's the "Material Realms". These are the Material Plane (singular), Feywild, and Shadowfell. Correct. By the way, the Inner Planes do include the para-elemental planes. It also says the DMG will have more info on these and "other planes, like the Far Realm, Negative Plane, and...

Instead of affecting a certain number of HP worth of creatures, Color Spray affects all creatures in the cone, but they get a Con save to avoid being blinded.

Human Elf Dwarf Ling Sprite Goblin Myconid Blink dog Half-elf Half-ling

You say that, but that's exactly how we got iconic D&D monsters like the Bulette, Rust Monster, Owl Bear, and Umber Hulk. Turns out they're knockoff Ultraman monsters!