Recent content by Thommy H-H

The spirit they're fixing the bowl for loses 1 HP per round, and has a maximum of 10 HP (but starts at 4). So they can heal it up to buy more time. It's three checks to succeed, and Mending counts as one success, but can only be used once. So, basically, they either just throw whatever checks...

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Yes. They appear only as a suggested method of action resolution in the DMG.

If you make the effort to set up a strategy like this, I rule you get the benefit against all of them in every scenario shown. In all cases, you can justify being out of sight, and that's sufficient for a game where the rules don't track facing or precise positioning with greater than 5-foot...

I had no interest in the deck or the other accessories, so I just bought the digital book on D&D Beyond, and I'd say it's paid for itself since. I've used many of the included stat blocks, magic items, feats etc. all over the place. One of the characters in a long-running campaign of mine is a...

My impression is that the lines on the table - assuming (and it's a big assumption!) they're using something that approximates that exact table still - have just had the base HP and DPR values shifted to fit the new scale. But there is a bit of variation in the higher CRs I checked, which...

I didn't, but I've been building monsters with the 2014 rules for the whole edition and I've reverse engineered a significant number of the previous MM entries at various times, so I'm happy they work (with a couple of caveats, exceptions, and minor tweaks). When I said the ones I chose were...

So, here's something I bodged together yesterday, basically for my own purposes, but it might be useful for others idk. Basically, I was curious about how the 2025 MM creatures would translate into the 2014 DMG creation rules, and whether their calculated CRs would be consistent enough to draw...

Nah, it's fine.

Their CR in 2014 was based on a DPR of 12. The DMG says you just add the damage bonus from Martial Advantage to the base DPR to give the total. It's assumed they always get it, basically. Now, we can argue about whether that's too high for a CR 1/2 creature, but it's been this way since 2014...

The 2014 hobgoblins did 5 damage base (1d8 + 1), with a 7 (2d6) bonus for Martial Advantage, which their CR calculation treated as always applying, for a DPR of 12, with AC 18. That's the same as the 2025 version, they just arrive at the numbers differently. Pack Tactics is new, yes, but it's a...

They're CR 1/2, not 2. Same as before. The extra damage is also exactly what they gained from Martial Advantage before, so the only meaningful change is the addition of Pack Tactics.

I think people are getting a bit hung up on Orc = Tough. That's literally for if you're playing an old adventure and an encounter says "5 orcs" or something, and you only have (or only want to use) the 2025 MM. In the case, use the Tough stat block, because it's the same CR and fights broadly...

Actually, using Steady Aim drops your Speed to 0 for the rest of the turn, so Withdraw has no effect - half of 0 is still 0!

I'm pretty sure plain old Guard is in the DMG somewhere though. Maybe in Greyhawk's city watch? Also iirc one of the mini adventures features an encounter with berserkers leading infantry warriors in a jungle, which I'd have expected to be tribal warriors in that context. Not a hill I'm going...