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Let's see if I can use some personal anecdotes to get my point across better. Some time ago, I was a player in a Hoard of the Dragon...

You can, if the spell has both S,M components, as you can sign the somatic components with material component or spell casting focus in...

that seems completely inane and utterly backwards. that's how you know it's wotc

This is not correct by the rules as written. You can use your material focus in hand (e.g., holy symbol emblazoned on your shield) to...

War Caster does not permit someone using a weapon-and-shield or two-weapon fighting to use a material focus without sheathing or...

That does seem to be the logic, unfortunately. I have seen it enforced, yes. More than once, actually. Gotta love when the rules are...

Why, in the 5.24 PHB, does the Eldritch Knight not allow you to use your weapon as a spell focus? The Valor Bard and the Bladesinger...

Displacer Beast fooling an Adventurer Generated on CharGen: The Fantasy AI Image Generator & Session Summary Tool. Description: A...

thematically, I would go with ranger/monster hunter. mechanically, I would go with warlock as a basis to make the class, witcher skills...

Barbarian multi-classed with Hexblade Pact of the Blade Warlock for Geralt. But a BloodHunter Order of the Mutant is the obvious choice.

To pull an example of the opacity in how thing work - a lot of folks think of D&D Essentials as my baby, a project I created for reasons...

One of the new species in the Lorwyn book can take the Dash action as a reaction when rolling initiative. This makes no sense because...

D&D was built with the treadmill as a core element of play. PCs go on adventures to gain experience and treasure, allowing them to...

I'm currently at the tail end of a Greyhawk campaign I've been running for a year. As commonly happens, we reached a point many levels...

I think the original sin lies with 3.0 and how saves scale. 4E used the nuke it approach but threw the baby out with the bath water...