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Neat trick with Bella tricking an "Attack of Opportunity" out the Beholder. Even though it didn't pay off, it's still fun to learn little tidbits of mechanics trivia like this. Thanks!

The game calls them gryphons in the "attack" screen, but the in-battle text refers to them as griffons.

Awesome thread, I came across it a couple weeks ago and have been trying to catch up 2-3 pages a night. I played a couple of these way back in the day - I think it was Gateway to the Savage Frontier and maybe Dark Queen of Krynn. This was over 30 years ago so my memory may be hazy. I...

It looks like the math supports FB over CO in most regards, but what about situationally (and I don't only mean going up against known fire resistant opponents)? If you know tonight's session involves smashing your way through the city's Thieves Guild and expect it to be lousy with level 7+...

I'm building a level 1 Monk to start in a new campaign next week using the updated 2024 PHB. The party is very light on front row tanks, just one Barbarian to hold the line, so I was looking at ways to make a Monk as something of a light/off-tank to help out. I had originally started with what...

He's DM'd before, just a very long time ago. I ended up taking over for ~12 years, then the group went on hiatus for about 14, cuz... Life. He's not some weak-willed puppet who's strings I can manipulate. We've collaborated on several creative projects over the years and have nothing but...

One of the women at our table is really interested in the idea of a Barbarian/Druid combo. She's one of the nicest, kindest-hearted people and loves all animals, but she also has some MMA training and I wouldn't want to see what she could do to someone that threatened her husband, daughter, or...

Ah, thank you. I thought A5E was the updated 2024 version of 5E. I guess I've been out of the loop for awhile.

Hi all, My group hasn't played D&D since 2010, and the last edition any of us have experience with is 3/3.5. Traditionally I've always been the DM, but recently a friend decided he wanted to give it a try, so we all went out and bought the 2024 PHB. We're having a Session Zero next week and I...

Great suggestions all. I probably should've said Constructs instead of Golems to cast a wider net. I can't believe I almost forgot about my all-time favorite construct - the Marut Inevitable, which has chain lightning attacks, and/or a chest beam from the variant type. Though I can't think of...

Don't worry about the scenario, let's just say there's a wizard obsessed with protecting his tower and likes to amass as many unthinkingly loyal automatons as possible. He'll put the tanky types at the gates, but what kind of constructs would work well up on the ramparts, firing down on...

Necroing this thread, as I was ruminating today on golems with ranged attacks. I don't have a CR requirement, so the entire bestiary is open for consideration. I like the Maug with the stone-spitter box quite a bit. Arcane ballista doesn't quite fit what I'm looking for. Iron Golems have the...

Yeah I found an official ruling shortly after I posted that. It seems like every time I think I've stumbled on to a fun, small dip into another class it gets squashed. Do monks ever mix with other classes or do the majority of them play single-classed? Gloomstalker Ranger shows a tiny bit of...

^ Or would the Dragon Hide feat negate a monk's wisdom bonus to AC, counting as armor of a sort?

I'm leaning towards a Dragonborn monk/ Way of the Ascendant Dragon. I still haven't given up totally on the small dip into a caster just yet. Would it be completely silly to take 1 level of Sorcerer/Draconic Bloodline? Right off the start I'd get a +3 AC boost from the scales (which works...