Search results

  1. F

    D&D 5E Can you get cover from area effects, like cone as in breath wepon?

    Surface tension is a result of the lopsided shape of the water molecule, not the strength of the molecular bond.
  2. F

    D&D 5E Storm King's Thunder - how do you get to the temple of Thrym?

    On the map of Svardborg, it doesn't look like you can get around from the south side to the north side on flat ice. It says at one point that 5 giants go around to check on area 4. How? I mean, I don't actually care how the giants do it. But apparently from that it's possible. So I want to know...
  3. F

    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: The ranger, revised... overcompensation?

    Or maybe I don't understand what you are saying. Is it comparing ranger to rogue abilities? Are you saying the abilities are redundant and don't stack?
  4. F

    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: The ranger, revised... overcompensation?

    From what I've read, 'giving up', wrt multiclassing, means at the max level end. So if you mc 1 level, you only give up capstone PvP 20 features. Mc only delays lower level abilities, and since you can mc any time, It's up to each player to choose their priorities.
  5. F

    Which Is Your Favourite Storyline - Tyranny, Princes, Abyss, or Strahd?

    The book covers have WotC's logo on them - not the wotc logo itself, but a logo belonging to them.
  6. F

    D&D General Strahd Castle Ravenloft in 3d glory!

    Right, our replies crossed. On the subject of era though. There's electrical wiring in the death house, and the clothing styles match I think eastern European styles of the 1800s. I prefer more 1300's fantasy, but to each his own.
  7. F

    D&D General Strahd Castle Ravenloft in 3d glory!

    Ok, 're-reading. You said 360'. Neuschwanstein 213'.
  8. F

    D&D General Strahd Castle Ravenloft in 3d glory!

    Ravenloftt is more Neuschwanstein aesthetic, and the heights of the towers are in the same range.
  9. F

    April Rules FAQ: Great Weapon Fighting, Pact of the Blade, Green-Flame Blade, Booming Blade, Moonbea

    Ok. I 're-read. The max possible would be 2/round. Hurled in and then if they are still there at the start of their turn. So hurled all the way through is damage once. Moved ontobis damage once (because it will be over them at the start of their turn). I guess legendary actions or reactions...
  10. F

    April Rules FAQ: Great Weapon Fighting, Pact of the Blade, Green-Flame Blade, Booming Blade, Moonbea

    Well, no. You move on your turn. So if it's cast above you, then you start your turn under it and take the damage. This says you don't take the damage both when it's cast and when you then start your turn under it. It also makes it so that you can't be pushed back and forth across it on the same...
  11. F

    D&D 5E What's Divine Smite Worth?

    In the old days of against the giants and keep on the borderlands, the premise was you'd poke your head in, do some clearing, then retreat to a safe spot, rest, rinse and repeat.
  12. F

    D&D 5E What's Divine Smite Worth?

    Right. So the logic breaks down goes like this. If the dungeon is big enough to need a long rest at all, so more than 6-8 encounters, which would be a small dungeon, then you need to provide an opportunity to get a long rest. So how do you design so that they get The right number of encounters...
  13. F

    D&D 5E What's Divine Smite Worth?

    The # combats/day thing is ridiculous. Leomunds is a 3rd level spell that can be cast as a ritual and completely breaks that. So you say it only lasts 8 hours, and you can only benefit from one rest every 24 hours? Just 're-cast it and sit back down. What about wandering monsters - just pile up...
  14. F

    D&D 5E What's Divine Smite Worth?

    Err, well, point buy can get you 15s in your primary stats, but then you fall behind in later levels when you have to balance your ability score improvements. Also have to make a painful choice about dex/wis for saves. Basically, cha is a crappy stat for a combat focused class.
  15. F

    D&D 5E What's Divine Smite Worth?

    One thing that helps balance ds is the paladin hybrid nature. That is, because paladins need to balance strength and charisma stats, and they must melee hit to ds, then they won't hit as often as a fighter would because of lower to hit bonus. This works well in a point buy campaign with low or...
  16. F

    Have we failed to discourage min-maxing?

    And there's a reason that the best stories use that model- it's because it resonates as true.
  17. F

    Have we failed to discourage min-maxing?

    Video game logic is based on our best fantasy literature and movies. Luke needed to level up fighting at Jaba's after he trained with Yoda. The Hobbits sparred with Boromir, but then leveled up in Moria.
  18. F

    Have we failed to discourage min-maxing?

    Mastery of a martial art makes you a level 1 monk. My proof point: UFC. Also, you'll find it easy to distinguish the one that's better at fighting when it's a fight to the death.
Top