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Well, I find that by finding the pact item at level 1 and the subclass at level 3... it suggests a story. The item is a "lure" a "first time it's free" device. A would be warrior finds a strange magic sword, which grants them power. So instead of, I don't know, practicing their action...

I concur that a dragon would not engage without really stacking the deck in its favor. The dragon has learned that with a bit of luck, the PCs could win. I've seen 2 battles this year alone where the PCs won when they shouldn't have. 2 weeks ago, in a battle vs a powerful gnoll lord (the...

I'm not sure your analysis quite holds to be honest. The reason why is because low level spells work better in 5.X than they do in 3.x. In 3.X, a spell DC is dependent on the spell level and on the competence of the spell caster. So low level spells are easier to resist! But in 5e, spell...

I almost have to wonder... what's the point/utility of publishing more campaign settings at this point? The market seems beyond saturated

You said you're using the 2014 rules... is the monk going to be using the 2014 version of the subclass?

I fully agree I noted that one of the gishes build in 5.5 (the bladelock) is a total glass cannon. It doesn't really "work" if you go single class, it's just too fragile. But if you take a single dip in fighter, you solve so many problems. Your armor class is now decent, and you have a...

@kigmatzomat I love these! However, I already had an idea for the "guidance" granting item. Something... better... I think. PERSONAL GOD Also known as "pocket gods", this is a statuette of a god - a very minor, tiny god. By praying to it, you are granted divine guidance in your tasks...

So, in the new DMG, there is a new type of items, called enspelled armor, enspelled weapons and enspelled staves. The staves can have any spell, the armor and weapons are more restricted. They require attunement. All of them are very basic 6 charges, 1d6 recharge per day, with the staves...

So I've noted in another thread that uncommon items, given the fairly generous item creation rules, are going to be kinda common (head to that thread if you want to talk about that). In particular, I've been very interested in pondering enspelled items, armor, weapons or staves which have 6...

I am amused how the idea of "D&D is not an economic simulator!" is going around (I agree with this idea btw)... and at the same time some are asking fundamental economic questions, perhaps even without realizing it! What your asking about essentially is, "what is money". "50g is 50g is 50g"...

DMing is a craft you will never stop learning about - there is no point in "I shouldn't do this because I need to perfect it" kind of thinking. I will never perfect it. Even if I did, I am changing as a person, so I have to change how I GM!

Also after playing SKT's tactically giants are a huge challenge. Their ranged attack capability completely changes the dynamic of a "boss" monster. However, some care has to be taken, as a level 5 party can defeat a hill giant in a single round with a good control spell.

After playing Storm King's Thunder, my thinking on giants has evolved. Giants are humanoids touched a bit of a divine - a giant is not a "mortal" per say, but they are not gods either - although, in some cases, they have contested with the gods. I see the roll of giants to be a...

As an experienced DM, I "expect myself, and think others should do" that I will add, fix, tweak, homebrew, houserule, hack, borrow etc etc. For example, I already have a ruling in mind for this problem. What I will do is that I will consider the pricing list as the "average" price for a...

You know, this is a pretty darn good ruling, and it's simpler than tracking which portion is on fire etc. "how did they do it in older editions" is a valid source of outlook.

The sentence structure is clear. "each cube" is the subject of the verb "burns" and is also the subject of the verb "dealing". Fire is not the subject of the verb dealing . If that was the intention, the sentence is not written properly. But let's use logic, and not grammar. If the fire...

And see, this does bother me a bit because "the land is free for the taking" is the central lie behind colonialism... I'm starting a campaign soon in Yoon Suin and there will be none of that. History has shown us that any inhabitable land will be inhabited.

There is indeed some vagueness on that section of the sentence, but to me, the key to reading the sentence is the word "dealing" "Any 5-foot Cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 Fire damage to any creature that starts its turn in the fire" Whom is dealing the damage...

You know, this is a good point. The giant has a very decent chance of breaking out of the web, but doing so cost an action. A level 2 spell to cause 1-2 giants to lose a turn getting free? that's a great result! Giants hit hard. As an aside for my entertainment, I looked to see how tough...

indeed... but that can lead to a confrontational style of DMing, which many people do not like.