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I say no because this steps on the Fighter's Second Wind ability, especially at early levels.

So the video is wrong?

I've just seen this YouTube short which points out that medieval cavalry lances were supposed to shatter and be disposable whereas spears were not. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AgZZIMa0hfs I had, of course, seen the exploding balsa lances of A Knights Tale but assumed that was for dramatic...

I'm late to the game but I hope I can still play. Competition is not the way to go; cooperation is. The campaign is Oerth's Celestial Imperium. Playable races are Dragonborn, Lizardmen, Kobolds, and Tortles, with lizardmen as the norm. Humans etc are monsters. Base classes are Barbarian...

I've recently been bingeing on The Archive In Between videos on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@thearchiveinbetween/featured It's a multidimensional setup based around an interplanar metropolis, the Patchwork City, with some based on Earth. It seems to be hugely useful for monsters...

The irony is that a year or so after TSR UK stopped producing Imagine, White Dwarf went house-only so stopped covering D&D. Paul Cockburn & a few others tried to revive the UK D&D magazine with GameMaster Publications but that only lasted 5 issues. Do be aware that one or two of the covers are...

Paladin hits its stride at Tier 3 when you get to add bonus radiant damage.

Does anyone else remember the story of Sean Bean when filming LOTR refusing to take the helicopter and hiking up some mountain in full Boromir attire?

A sensible adventurer would have both spear and sword, surely?

A group walked up a hill, in and around various foliage with various swords, from a Viking sword to a montante to a katana. Educational and instructive. The easiest swords were the smaller ones and the katana because they could be left alone, and, curiously, the montante because the wielder...

And that folks, is how long-term enemies - the ones players love to hate - are made.

A key maxim is that you only roll when the result is in doubt. I gave this a lot of thought when trying to square how those fighters with modest mental stats became kings.

You guys are being insufficiently sneaky with Fireball, especially on the DM side. Consider the healing effect on an Iron Golem. Consider the BBEG using a fireball in a room to burn carpets and wall fabrics to uncover Glyphs of Warding or Symbols or both.

There's a YouTube video, The Knight of Hope, which argues otherwise.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. He demonstrates with visual examples. He even suggests improvements or alternatives like letting a whip trip people. But the thing's an hour long so I can't really summarise safe to say it is worth your time.