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Dungeons are about what you CAN do. Urban environments are about what you're ALLOWED TO do. There's a reason Conan didn't like them much. He punched a judge and had to flee for his life. In an urban environment, you should be navigating opinion, favor, factions and the like rather than making...

Sounds like a good framework to me! Go for it. :) -The Gneech :cool:

Is nobody going to mention the fireball the Wicked Witch of the West clearly fires at the group in the Wizard of Oz? -The Gneech :cool:

Same. ;) -TG :cool:

In my last game, it was all RAW, using the pregens from the Starter Set, and everybody was fine with it. This wasn't any kind of a formal group decision, it was just how things ended up. In my current game, a couple of the players wanted some pretty out-there stuff (3pp races, mostly), so we...

In my last game, it was all RAW, using the pregens from the Starter Set, and everybody was fine with it. This wasn't any kind of a formal group decision, it was just how things ended up. In my current game, a couple of the players wanted some pretty out-there stuff (3pp races, mostly), so we...

In my game they seem to be great "area denial" monsters. If my players know there's a dragon somewhere, they won't go near it! O.o -TG :cool:

The point of this edition as I understood it was "supports as many playstyles as possible." To that end, I'd say we've reached the point where "the past" is pretty well covered. I'd like to see some innovation, myself. Time for 5E to start making its own history! -The Gneech :cool:

Mechanically my favorite 5E character is very simple, a chaotic good half-elf berserker path barbarian wielding a greatsword taller than she is. Elskandi Hun-Ulfur ("Elsa"), formerly of the People of the Wolf, now wandering hero for hire. What makes her fun is her big grin, her enthusiasm for...

Awesome. :D Far and away best thing in this thread. -TG :cool:

Honestly, I'm with these guys. What you're describing is a toxic situation all around guaranteed to just cause drama. Either take the high road, or leave the group entirely. -The Gneech :cool:

I always pronounced it "tuh-RASK." Alas, never used or encountered it in a game. -The Gneech :cool:

The advice about 3.x/PF is kind of misleading anyway, because soooooo many of the magic items in there don't do anything but tweak the math. Really almost anything you get until 3rd level in those editions is a thing you already have +1, and not really "magic" at all. So my advice would be...

What Prakriti said! And with the combat itself moving faster, you can take the time to punch your combat scene a little by thinking up a few bits of interesting terrain or even just some monster/foe personality details to toss in. The fun and interest comes from the richer narrative, rather than...

I just picked it up and it looks mighty cool, but I won't be able to post a review until I've read it. That said, I'm watching threads like this looking for things to keep an eye on. -The Gneech :cool:

Yeah, I wouldn't mess with flanking. Its meaningful effects are pretty well rolled into sneak attack and/or the Help action already, and for everything else it's just another modifier grinding down play speed. -The Gneech :cool:

The 4E Neverwinter book is quite good and seems consistent with what's been published about Neverwinter in Lost Mine of Phandelver at least. -TG :cool:

Hero Lab works and is fairly complete with the community data set. 5E is simple enough to not really need it, but it can be fun to noodle around with if you want to try different things. -TG :cool:

Not everything in the DMG is intended to be used all at once and some of it is contradictory, so you'd probably want to give things a pass on a case-by-case basis. That said, the "Action Options" on pp 271-272 (Climb Onto a Bigger Creature, Disarm, Mark, Overrun, Shove Aside, and Tumble) are...

Reborn like a phoenix from his own ashes! -The Gneech :cool: