Recent content by SheckyS

So I play on a square grid using the 5/10 rules. That is, the first diagonal move costs 5 feet and the second costs an additional 10 feet. But what happens if the second diagonal move is into a square that is rough terrain and therefore already would have cost 10 feet? Does it double to 20? Or...

Lots of people on this thread seem to be saying that in 5e, the players just don't get a lot of magic items. But I find that really hard to swallow. Players love loot and the DM's guide is packed with cool stuff. What's the point of all that if you don't expect the players to accumulate some of...

Even so, it doesn't seem right. I mean... a Level 10 NPC would roll on a table that makes it very unlikely that they will be carrying, for example, a +1 weapon. There has to be some appropriate guidelines somewhere for creating realistic NPCs with realistic magical equipment like armor and...

I'm creating some NPC villains for my players to fight. Does anyone know of any rules or guidelines on magic items for NPCs? If you go by the treasure rules in the DMG, no monster will NEVER be carrying a magic item unless it's in it's lair. This doesn't make a lot of sense for intelligent...

All good points. It just so happens that my first adventure is Kobold-heavy, though. And the PCs are gonna mop the floor with them. :-P

So I'm kinda new to 5e and I am about to DM my first game (via FantasyGrounds). I've got 5 PCs, one of which is a Wizard with the Sleep spell. According to all of the encounter difficult calculators I can find, 4 Kobolds will be Easy for this group and 5-7 will be medium difficult. But...

I'm a little confused about Reactions, and so I thought I ask for some opinions here. My understanding is that on each round of combat, each characters gets to do each of the following: Move (which may be broken up around the action) Action Bonus Action Reaction The most common Reaction is...

I need some advice. I am in the process of creating my own fantasy world for my D&D games. I have a good mapping app (Fractal Mapper 8) and I have a vague idea of what I want the world to look like. In the DMG it talks about different scales of maps (province, kingdom, and continent). But...

In a fantasy story, the villains are very often one-dimensional characters bent on destruction for the sake of destruction and no other reason. In real life and any decently realistic literature, no person thinks of himself as evil. Good, believable, multi-dimensional villains ALWAYS believe...

This is a good idea and it also reveals something interesting about the new Inspiration system 5e. A non-stereotypical character probably has a better chance of earning inspirations in the long run, as well, just from being a creative player who is likely to do more role-playing and thus earn...

This is a very good point, and I think there are two sides to it. First, I don't think it's always true. Personally, I try to think hard to find a way to create interesting combinations without gimping myself. I think if you are a creative player, you can find ways to make unusual combinations...

You're taking an extremely literal version of the rules. I study martial arts and it's a common practice in the martial arts to refer to your fists as a weapons, as well as referring to the floor or the wall as a weapon. So by that rationale, I would assume that a lycanthrope cannot take...

Ha! I never thought of that, but yes, you are exactly right. :)

Yeah, I get all that. My point is that Halfling Rogues are common and they are common for a reason and the fact that they are common means that you can make your character more interesting by creating a rogue that is NOT a halfling. If you take away the fact that halfling rogues are common, then...

Okay, I went ahead and created the group. I called it "The Dead Adventurer's Society" for now, since no one seemed all that interested in voting on a name. We can always change it later. I sent out invites to everyone who replied to this thread. Here's the link to the group page. And I posted...