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Thanks for the comments everyone. @5ekyu: the intended payoff is increased movement over the battlemap; and increased tactics. Indeed, it seems like it would be advantageous to move around an opponent to: 1) try to force a reaction by facing change 2) get to the rear arc or side arc of the...

How about: 1) using the facing rule RAW, except: 2) you can use a reaction to BOTH change facing AND make an OA (this is pretty much only useable when a creature wishes to run by you, I believe) 3) removing the rule that says that you can break up your move, EXCEPT if you do away with your...

Ancillary questions to using the facing rule: 1) Since 5E allows movement around a creature without provoking an OA, how do you handle a creature with multiple attacks first moving to the rear arc for a first attack, drawing a facing change as a reaction by the opponent; then moving to the new...

Has anyone tried using the DMG's option Facing rule (DMG p. 252)? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

We have a no ASI's, only Feats rule. We like it. The reason is that Feats are fun, while ASI's bring little to the game storywise. They are closer to a Feat tax that force players to increase ASI's instead of picking up something that grants nifty moves or defining powers, IMO anyway. Feats...

I'm sorry to, like some others before me, digress from your original question, but humbly, may I suggest that you reconsider your approach? RPG's, including D&D, are fun when the story is interesting and engaging for everyone. Trying to make sense of stuff that is randomly assembled into a...

No I did not raise the dead wizard; however the players are now planning to bring the dead wizard back to the lord of the tower. Since I have time in front of me, I'm thinking about what it is I'll do. The wizard is one o the two that sealed a pact with the Death Knight, and he got a...

Thanks for replies, funny and serious :) The game session was played tonight. I opted for something very close to what @Tony Vargas suggested in post #2. The lord of the tower, I made into a Death Knight. He introduced himself, then said: "the conversation we are going to have right now will...

Hello, I'm looking for inspiration for tonight's game session in a game I DM where the storyline writes itself as we go, based on a well-defined set premise. We're 8 sessions into the game, and I hope to have it last about 15, so I don't want to side-track the main plot in any significant way...

Pretty tough not to believe in gods, when their clerics cast down pillars of flame, bring back the dead, cure open wound in front of your very eyes, paralyse people, and burn undead to dust. I guess the PC could say, I swear no allegiance to a particular faith or god. But to not believe in...

You forgot about BTUs. You know, for fireballs and stuff.

Comments (I've only read half this thread, some of this may have been covered): 1) I love 5E, but it fumbled on a couple of things IMHO, and giving most monsters and most PC classes darkvision is one of them. It ends up that having darkvision is the default condition, and not having it is a...

I think you just nailed it there and found the answer to your dilemna.

Nothing in there really appealed to me. I'm kind of expecting to be excited like I was when the AD&D Unearthed Arcana hit the shelves in the '80s, but we're not there yet IMO. Lack of creativity? Lack of some story to enhance the crunch? Volo's Guide to Monsters is great in content, but the UA...

I like the idea behind your approach. Elegant and simple indeed. I agree with the above comments from @Hemlock. Here are a few additional details, don't hesitate to correct me if I'm misinterpreting or missing something. 1) The Brawler essentially has a single option at any time. If you are...

Not sure that Volo's is limited to an official setting. I have it and love the lore and the content, but I DM exclusively in my homebrew. Rare minor tweaks are required, for example a god's name.

Story-wise, the question is whether the Tree god allows for the cleric to also be a faithful clerci of another god. If so, then you need to find the mechanic that fits your story. Multiclassing cleric-cleric, magic initiate, domains have all been proposed. Or, you could have the cleric have a...

I understand the intellectual hoops you're making everyone hop through here to get the cats to the desired pedestals (and I appreciate the exercise and find it interesting enough to have made the jumps myself), but this is simply too far out of the natural habitat of the beast. There is nothing...

Thanks to all for all the replies and the intelligent discussion. After having read everything here, I'll opt for proposing to my table that we use a +1 tactical attack bonus that will be awarded for gaining any type of favorable conditions: flanking will be one, but also higher ground, and...

Good stuff. Thanks for all the replies. I'm now down to thinking about perhaps granting a simple +1 bonus for flanking or other tactical advantage (stepping up on a table, upper ground, opponent near a pit or other threat). Just a little something to push creatures to move about the battlefield...