Recent content by professorDM

Doh! Thanks for the clarification!

As limited as the warlock's spellcasting is, having a Pixie familiar whose spellcasting ability you can call on whenever you like is quite nice. At 3rd level, not only can you cast two 2nd level spells yourself, but you also can utilize the Pxie's 1/day each confusion, detect thoughts, dispel...

I'm curious how the Warlock's Pact Magic combines with other casting classes. Let's say I have a 4th level Warlock/2nd level Sorcerer. As I understand the PHB's rules on spellcasters, I would be a 6th level caster with a 4/3/3 slot spread. Since I'm a 4th level WL, I'd know five WL spells...

If you're stupid enough to have your 1st level character try to fight a dragon, then you deserve to die. You don't get to blame the game designers or the DM. You get to learn your lesson and try again. Sure, it's up to the DM to let new players to the game know that such a creature is FAR too...

I want my players to feel like they're playing uniquely gifted characters with tons of potential, should they be lucky enough to survive. I let players roll 4d6 and choose the highest three rolls, and if a player rolls something truly off the wall and out of balance with the rest of the group...

It probably is overkill, lol. But that's what these boards are for, I suppose. :) And the main problem to me is that INT does seem so woefully underrated, and I don't think it should be. But whateves. The game as a whole is wonderful. I haven't played since the 2nd edition AD&D days, 15...

There's no way a 7' or 10' halberd or glaive is "extremely effective at close range." Sure, maybe you can still get off some modicum of an attack, but it's nowhere near peak efficiency. Granted I think it's ideal range and AoO make it a very useful and viable weapon, but I do think its use can...

I don't think feats break the game; I understand if a DM doesn't want to use them, but on the whole I think such wet blankets kill what ought to be a fun, flexible game. I also don't think polearm master + sentinel breaks anything. As Mouseferatu points out, it's advantages are situationally...

Maybe that's the problem, Trippy. I just can't imagine the mentally handicapped 4 INT is going react to the cobra with precisely the same quickness as the genius with the 20 INT, DEX being equal. Having an agile mind oughta count for something, it seems to me. (But maybe I'm just no fan of...

It seems to me like intelligence is severely undervalued in the game. There are precious few calls for intelligence checks. Unless you're a wizard, there's little reason to use it as anything other than a dump stat, save for a few for the most part meaningless skills. This disparity doesn't...

Has anyone else experienced this? I just bought my Player's Handbook a few months ago and already the spine has broken---I've got a good 75 broken, loose pages right in the middle of the book. I expect these books to last through years, if not decades, of play, and I'm sure the manufacturers...

Yeah, I'm not sure I'd call it rule-exploiting. At least not with any real negative connotation. Sure, such finagling can seem trite or cheesy or manipulative, but it can also be indicative of good role-playing. Whatever character you're playing exists in some world, a world of the 5th...

Just out of curiosity, why is it that you all think Mearls got it wrong? I don't have my PHB in front of me, but I seem to remember the spell functioning as he points out. That is, it can be transferred to a new target, and can be held up with "concentration" for an inordinately long time...

Yeah, I'd say the goal is to be surrounded. She's also given a progressive set of defensive abilities versus crowds as well. That said, you don't have to leap into the middle of 5 or 6 guys if you don't think you've got a good chance at 1) picking them off or 2) avoiding their counter...

Oh yeah. Thanks!