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I agree. In context of DPR and other factors, every so often I make some comparisons of the actual characters in the party's at-will DPR and virtual at-will DPR (including things like hex), and also find a way to include estimates for things like battle master maneuvers (since we have a battle...

I like to think of 2014 sleep in a high level slot as Power Word: Sleep.

I had a thought and wanted to share immediately in case anyone wants to make use of it before I get to it. What if it's just x1/3, since combat is expected to last 3 rounds? That might sound overly simple, but we know they oversimplify from the input form (they don't include initiative bonus...

I was never a fan of the 2e PHB cover. I do think the internal art is much better than the revised ones though.

Ah, well that explains both why I remember it very well and don't have it in my digital collection (they only sell the revised versions as PDFs as far as I know).

I know I used to have a 2e book with this piece in it, but I cannot remember which. Which ones are you guys familiar with that had it? https://slyflourish.com/images/dragon_slayers.jpg

Depends on the class. As a wizard--all of them. All spells I am aware of or comes across must be learned. Most spells should be tried out in the field at least once. Spells that are repulsive, like fiend summoning spells, must still be learned, even if I hope I never need them. Better to have...

I don't have much of a problem working with it. If the party is traveling in the dark, they make sure one or two of them has a light source. Usually one of those at least is the light spell cast on someone's weapon so we know it will be available if combat happens. If it seems they've forgotten...

Isn't this (or wasn't this at some point) basically canon? I'm not an expert, and I was pretty young when that ordeal happened, but from the comics my friend had that followed the story I definitely got the impression that the whole thing was 100% the gods fault--their punishment from an...

Doesn't have to be valid authority, but it can be. It can also be fear, or just seeming like you are more powerful and should be obeyed. After I had the idea, I texted a friend about it, then unpaused a show I was watching and immediately saw an example of a failed Intimidation attempt...

I stopped following this thread about 20 page ago, but I just had some thoughts on the Intimidation sub-discussion. Typically, we think of Intimidation in terms of fear, but what if, instead, it was reframed in terms of dominance? I was thinking about the Ghosts of Saltmarsh ship officer...

That's very useful stuff! tomedunn, I think I've finally figured out basically what's going on with the two main equations, even though your mathematical derivations are way above my skills. It's funny, because I got there from looking at my equations (the ones that just directly have the AC...

Sigh. There is a formula because the instructions they give to their business partners instruct them to use it to determine a monster's CR. I am more and more convinced that tge formula is exact = you fill in the fields in the spreadsheet and it says "This is the CR", and if you are working with...

Unfortunately until someone fully cracks the code to reverse engineer the actual formula the official 5.0e challenge rating calculator spreadsheet uses, we can't really see how the 5.5e version differs, and therefore can't see what the real numbers are. What we do know is that the input fields...

This is where I interpret ability scores a lot different than most people do. I spent a little bit of time a few years ago clearly defining what the numbers mean. Here's how I do it: 8-13 = Average range. People won't notice the difference with casual contact. If you spend a lot of time with...