Recent content by pepticburrito

Theoretical max using multi-classing: Tiefling Rogue (Thief) 17/Fighter 2/Bard 1: On the first round you now can take two turns from being a thief. That's two bonus actions and two actions (4 total spells cast). Action surge gives you another spell. Tiefling at third level get's Hellish...

In 5e, having your concentration broken while maintaining Conjure Elemental will result in a 12HD elemental turning on you.

In 3.5/3.75 save DCs scaled with modifier. The modifier was expected by the game designers to progress rather nicely via magic items. Magic item progression were assumed in the stat blocks of NPCs. Effectively, save DC scaled with level in 3.5/3.75. The result of this is shown the PFSRD...

That was one of the first things I made when 5e came out. I created a 5e spell book database using Spellbook Master on OS X, bought the iOS app intended for 3.5/3.75, then transfered the database over.

There's no flavor in the fact that the action economy in 5e allows for more player agency in 5e than it does in 3.5/3.75. There's no mechanical equivalent in 3.5/3.75 to what I described, you'd just be told by the DM that it's impossible to do it. A second level 5e rogue can take it even...

5e doesn't have detailed rules telling you exactly what you can do and when exactly when you're allowed to do it. This allows for far more complex combat than 3.5/3.75 ever allowed. Imagine that you're on a raised part of a ship deck playing a pirates campaign. There is a rope loosely...

The rules for creating a level one character are completely missing from the SRD. A few very important rules found only in the introduction and the PHB chapter 1 are also not included. Technically, there isn't enough info in the SRD to actually make characters and run the game. I wish them...

In the description of material components it says that the same hand that is used for material components can be used for somatic. In the same section, it also says a focus can be used in place for material components (that aren't consumed or have a listed value). In the description for holy...

Adventuring is a dangerous occupation. Sometimes, the dice will kill you and that's okay. It's not like characters are hard to make.

Page 196 PHB: "When you score a critical hit, you get to roll extra dice for the attack's damage against the target." Incorrect. Mike Mearls clarified this on his twitter account, even though there should be no need to. Poison damage is determined by the save, not the attack roll. It's not...

These questions have campaign setting specific answers. In a pirate city, the punishment is a new "girlfriend". In a more respectable city, you might pay a fine. In a clearly evil city, you could be put to death. You could devote an entire chapter to the various legal systems and how they...

In 5e, it's quite often the only correct answer. There are some things the rules are unambiguous on, but the designers of 5e have intentionally left pretty much all fine details up to the GM. The correct answer to the question "Does dropping an object count as an object interaction?" is "ask...

Sneak attack requires a finesse or ranged weapon for a reason. Allowing attack spells to do sneak attack damage would make the rogue severely overpowered.

A hero, a.k.a mid leveled Cleric, has far more important things to do than hang out with kings and queens. Seriously, once you're looking at a guy who can cast 5th level spells, you're talking about the kind of guy that songs are being sung in his name. He's got grounds to hallow, demons to...

Yes, you are. It's a class feature that the arcane trickster revolves around. The player is passing up the ability to assassinate to use that ability, quite frankly it's not even a good trade. In practice, assassinate is far more powerful. The player is not your enemy. Some classes excell...