Recent content by UngeheuerLich

Ok. I take your word for it. As I said, during the game we probably would find an ad hoc ruling and then have a mature discussion which interpretation to use in future sessions. My compass usually is: how would players like it if I as a DM find such a way to circumvent a limitation from a...

Being technically correct is the best kind of correct. While this is a fun exercise, the DMG page about interpreting rules should be used here: While this is a little bit of lazy design in some places, I still appreciate this paragraph. This is what I will show the player if they try to...

It defaults to magic action because casting a spell uses the magic action.

The 2024 version of the staff just says you can cast the spell. Nothing about any action.

First: I appreciate you being open about how ADHD influences the work flow. I myself have written most of my exam papers (60 to100 pages) on the last weekend of a 3 month period and still face the problem of only being productive in short bursts of creativity, often very close to the deadlines...

As said above: turn ending is not an allowed trigger. You could always just trigger it yourself by whistling or whatever... but this is clearly not the intend of the ready action.

One thing to note is that the ready action tells us that the spell is cast as normal. Maybe the whole section about readied actions should be transferred to the magic actiom section. Because what you really do is casting the spell and just not releasing its energy. On a different note Ivd say...

I really disagree, actually you disagree with yourself. See below. I think this is why the 2nd and 3rd uses might have more impact than the 1st one. If you only have one auto save, you save it for the really important things. Moat days it won't do anything at all...

I am sure Treantmonk and Colby know what they are talking about. Even though they are looking through certain glasses. I don't know about Dungeon dudes.

I thought about some middle ground... Maybe half level bonus and an extra roll at the start of turn instead of end of turn.

I think that spells should have been changed to save every turn. Then we would not need such an ability.

Yeah. Tell me something new. Of course they were by far notnimmune to that. But a fighter comparably was better than most other characters. I was recently educated that in 1e, a fighter had a good chance to jever have the caster cast a spell. In 2e that was not the case anymore. But casting...

Ok. Your experience is really the opposite of mine. Of course fighters don't want to be dominated. A highly desireable ability. This is true for all the people I play with. Some of them, me included, started with AD&D, where high level fighter's identity was being highly resistant to many...

What really worries me is that you think that having a get out of jail free card is a bad thing for players. Yes, it sucks for the monsters... but that is the point. PCs are the protagonists. They should be winning in the end. A fighter that just gets dominated at the beginning of the fight...

I do see a difference there. It does not read: "...isn't restrained anymore." Those are two different things. Yes, odd. I checked: entangle and the like also does not explicitely say that. So I let it slide.