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Tessarael reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) How is Bounding Strike combat maneuver supposed to work? with
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Tessarael replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?.I like the old 3E style approach in this regard. If you are not under duress and there are not dangerous consequences of note, you can...
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Tessarael replied to the thread Level Up (A5E) How is Bounding Strike combat maneuver supposed to work?.Strictly speaking, Bounding Strike doesn't specify the length of the jump, so it is not clear that a low Strength character would clear...
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Tessarael reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) How is Bounding Strike combat maneuver supposed to work? with Like.
The jump is part of the 15ft of movement. Your Strength Score is irrelevant to the distance traveled, as the combat maneuver replaces...
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Tessarael reacted to guachi's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) How is Bounding Strike combat maneuver supposed to work? with Like.
I've started a A5e campaign with people brand new to RPGs. I think they're having fun. Next session the Berserker will reach level 2 and...
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Tessarael reacted to touc's post in the thread D&D General What do you say when someone is thinking of quitting your game? with Like.
I just got a private message from a friend and gamer at my table that he's stepping away from our D&D/RPGs. It makes me sad to hear...
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Tessarael reacted to Doc_Klueless's post in the thread D&D General What do you say when someone is thinking of quitting your game? with Like.
Wish him the best and let him know there is always a chair for him at your table. For many people, hobbies have an expiration date...
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Tessarael reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use? with Like.
A lot depends on how you interpret the intelligence stat though. Earlier editions connected it to sentience, and so familiars had an int...
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Tessarael replied to the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use?.Agreed. Specifically in the 5E spell description: 1. "Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands."...
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Tessarael reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use? with Like.
It doesn’t modify stats, but creature type does affect some spells and abilities. In which case, the effect is discribed in the spell or...
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Tessarael reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Official News Heroic Companions Choose From An Array Of Heroic Features with Like.
In Pets & Sidekicks, while every heroic companion stat block contains a selection of unique heroic features which it gains as it levels...
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Tessarael reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Alpha Star Magazine What’s In Alpha Star Issue #1? with Like.
Alpha Star Magazine, the official quarterly for the Voidrunner’s Codex, is coming soon. It’s packed with new content for your A5E games...
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Tessarael reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use? with Like.
It changes their creature type. So a cat familiar is a fey or a fiend, not a beast.
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Tessarael reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use? with Like.
Unless the rules specify a part of anatomy that an animal doesn't have, they can use the item. Air bud logic: "ain't no rule says a dog...
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Tessarael replied to the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use?.I agree with the comment that most wands require attunement by a spellcaster. Regarding specifying that a familiar is a celestial, fey...