Recent content by Zoombaba

I thought they want Phandelver to be expandable by the DM.

Youtube instructional videos are a big part of kids' lives these days. A lot of my 17-18 year old students will use Khan Academy to make sense of their homework, especially math. My 12-year old son learned to play Back in Black on the ukelele. This is definitely a thing. This is meeting the...

Well, that was de-railing. Looks like thecasualoblivion gets his argument. (No it's not, that's just contradiction! :) ) Can we go back to examine the L&L article?

In the proficiencies side bar in Character Creation it specifically says you get disadvantage and no bonus if you're not proficient with the weapon. I don't think it's an oversight.

Mearls just said on twitter that they'll probably tweaks humans, but only after they get feedback on proficiencies. So there's that. I'm getting the impression they're gonna make minor updates to this packet.

I just made a Two-weapon fighting Ranger from the 4e Player's Handbook with my 11 year old son. His first character ever, straight out of the book, no CB. 2 1/2 hours. Furthermore, at the game table, he was on top of the rules much better than many of the kids we were playing with, and he was...

I think it's a bummer they can't get skills to work for both people who want them and people who don't. I don't mind skills, but I liked the idea of just asking for attribute checks. It seems very streamlined. On the other hand, I think a set of people really need that added customization for...

Should a fighter with a Strength 20, and magic weapons be the gold standard upon which the ACs rest though? Is a Rogue with Dex 20, but a Str 13 (or 14-15) going to hit as often? I'm not a math guy, so I really don't know.

Seems to be some confusion here -- The ranger's player wanted the cat to jump-attack when the ranger was conscious. No issues of "no jump attack while unconscious." When the ranger was unconscious, the player wanted the cat to run halfway across the room and make an attack. The confusing part...

Although I do appreciate the jump advice, I was hoping this thread focus more on the other issue -- the ranger's down, must the cat remain adjacent to the ranger or not? After 24 hours of thinking it over, I'm pretty firmly in the camp of, yes, the cat must remain by the ranger's side. Since...

You know that's kind of how I saw it at the time: no leaping power. At the time I was running Deathjump Spiders who have "Death from Above" -- shift 6 squares and knock target prone. I thought the cat should have a similar detail if the cat could do it. But now that I think about it, that's...

I got mixed answers at RPGnet, thought I'd try the more rigorous EnWorld (next stop, Wizards forums). So ... we just finished a session last tonight. The ranger just re-built her character as a beastmaster. She has a cat. Couple of questions came up. 1) She fell unconscious and was near...

I wonder what "proving they're good ideas" means? What's that process look like? Versus just, you know, playtesting stuff.

Cool. What he said. So, what have people done with that? If anything?

Let me get the FR Campaign Guide ... In the Year of Wild Magic (1372 DR) the Netherese returned to find their old empire in ruins ... they are ruled by the 12 Shade Princes from Shade Enclave ... Sembia is now a part of growing Empire of Netheril ... Shadovar of Netheril have attempted to...