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Wow, Leomund's Tiny Hut should be named Leomund's War Bunker. This is a seriously nice spell. I don't remember it being this good in past editions, but maybe we just didn't use it often. That being said, it has one serious flaw: when your enemy knows your position, and it is immobile, they...

I agree GMing style plays a large factor in this. I would not put the party in a situation where they choose "yeah let's leave Arziel behind because we just can't wait for them to heal." You're putting forward a hypothetical problem that just doesn't happen in my games. Also, it's very rare...

1) Realism isn't important to me, but plausibility and internal consistency in a narrative are, and yes this can contribute to that. 2) Why would a player sit out sessions? That would be poor GMing, IMO. In my case, if one or more PCs were injured badly enough to rest for multiple days, it...

I agree it's not that stark visually, even in my mind. Bruises, cuts and bandages aren't the pain and suffering I'm referring to, though. Visual imagery quibbles aside, my point is that no injury lasts longer than 24 hours that is significant enough to cause the hero to adjust their plans. No...

Agreed; although this wasn't my claim. I said that in 5E, PCs don't suffer wounds that last longer than 24 hours. I'm not debating the merits or flaws of HP being abstract. For the record, I have no qualms with HP being abstract. In my OP I did mention that I'm aware that there are variant...

This being my first D&D adventure, I'm using the reported CR values to help me get my bearings on the impact of base stats (HP, AC, Hit, Damage) on their own and with the addition of special abilities. The main tweaks I will probably make to the formula is to include some encounters at much...

Yeah, in my post above, I was tempted under the Direct Damage optional rule to suggest using crits to take away Vitality, but it's just so apparent that it will result in many unavoidable deaths at any level, in a way that doesn't match with D&D's play (in any edition). Actually, the irony is...

Agreed.

I think Action Film is a much better description for the effect of 5E's healing rule than heroism. While one could argue that there are plenty of action films where the protagonists go "out of commision" over more than 24 hours, the idea behind action films is that they are paced quickly and...

This is what I'm disagreeing with. The reason this is a duality is because you apply it to a global scope. You speak for everyone, and I reject that specifically. If you rephrased it to: "In my experience, some people seem to have a preference (or aversion) to 5E healing based on [some...

I don't in agree that my OP requires us to go off on this tangent. I'm not saying that you make an un-interesting point, but if I reply to this directly, I'll be leaving the original discussion far behind. Sure, I agree it could be an interesting debate for another thread, but all I will say...

You're perceiving a false dichotomy. This is what happens when you see things dogmatically. It's not a binary "gritty" vs "heroic"; it's a sliding scale. How much grittiness do you want in your game? How much heroism? It's like making a soup, you don't have to have 0 salt or a pound of...

Frodo is wracked in pain, fever and is useless for days after taking the Nazgul blade. Gandalf takes weeks (or is it months?) to recover from his battle with the Balrog. Boromir is killed by orcs. There are many times where the heroes choose to flee rather than to fight monsters. These are...

Ugh, 11 pages before I was able to get back and reply to this. I may have to revisit this thread at a later time when I've had time to really digest it. But I want to respond to a recurring theme I see: This has me scratching my head. In what movie about heroes do the heroes heal all of...

In learning 5E for the group I'm running, occasionally I come across a rule that really blows me away for the effect it should have on the Setting (but doesn't). It's like the developers didn't care to think the implications all the way through in their goal to make things more comfortable for...

Quick add: By campaign I mean one set in the default D&D campaign, which would be either Greyhawk or Faerun depending on your edition (or a generic campaign foundation that is similar to those, from which a DM can build a similar setting).

Does anyone know of any articles, threads, videos or other resources that cover medieval - rennaisance level technology effect on a D&D campaign? This can be from any edition, it doesn't have to be recent or apply to 5E. I'm hoping someone will know of a fairly thorough treatment of this, as...

Skimming through this thread gave me idea. I own the 4X video game Stellaris, although I haven't played it much. In that game, you create an alien species. You define that species at the beginning with some scales for things like Xenophobia versus Xenophilia (Xenoism?), etc. It might be...

This isn't exactly an answer, but if you want to explore the philosophical (or rather, psychological) ramifications of Devil's Sight and Darkvision, consider this: You are someone who is immune to the dark. You don't know what darkness is because you can't even experience it unless you close...

I'm going to throw a bonus question in here, if anyone bites: What's the difference to you between Fantasy races and Sci-Fi races? (Answer can of course be "none".) I ask because I personally get a different vibe but haven't put my finger on it yet.