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Pretty much. And it wasn't like my character was being asked to do blatantly evil things. In the context of the game world he would have bitten his tongue and done what needed to be done. I just realized that it was bothering me much more than my character, and finally there was a situation...

And you would be incorrect. Jeremy isn't "the creator". He helped some other guys update and modify some existing rules. He's not infallible and he's not the one running the game you are playing. The one who makes the actual rules of the game you are actually playing is the actual Dungeon...

That's great...if Jeremy Crawford is your DM. If he's not, then you are playing the game the DM is running. If you don't like it, don't play. I prefer the DM be consistent - if they want to house rule certain things, that's fine - as long as it's stated up front and they stick to it...

If you are using feats, give the cleric Sharpshooter so they can throw the net at 10 and 15 feet without disadvantage. (Nets are ranged weapons). I have a character I made with this theme - they throw the net, and then bonus action (also from the war domain) throw a dart with the -5 att/+10...

Enemy cleric with War Domain and Nets. (Channel divinity for +10 attack helps a lot.) :p Opponents using Athletic checks to grapple and prone the high AC guy. Just ignoring the high AC guy to focus on softer targets.

Pac the Beholder, who dreamed of the ultimate in beholder perfection - a Ms. Pac Man video game. He worked to become the perfect Pac beholder so he would be worthy of her. He cultivated yellow mold on his body and used the warped magical energies of his lair to detach his eye stalks and have...

I think it depends a lot on how much you trust that particular DM. If you have a lot of trust their judgment and storytelling abilities, the rules don't matter much. If you lack that trust...then the rules can be a comforting "safety net", something you CAN trust to be consistent, even if...

Oops, good catch. That's a copy and paste error.

Consumables: Restorative Elixir (Potion, Common, Consumable): This restorative healing elixir allows you to spend 1 HD when you drink it, causing you to regain HD+Con modifier hit points. You may not benefit from another Restorative Elixir until you have completed a short or long rest. It has...

Boots of the Mistwalker (Wondrous Item, Rare): These grey leather boots can enhance the Misty Step spell. The boots have three charges that can be used when the wearer uses Misty Step (via spell, item, or innate ability). If the wearer is not attuned, they can only spend a single charge at a...

I'm not an economist by any stretch of the imagination. So I'm probably completely off-base, but I suspect that in many cases any sudden price increases are for a different type of realism - that of the locals fleecing the rich tourists who are flush with new money. :)

If you wanted to be "realistic" about it, yes. :) My current campaign uses a "World of Adventure" model, and there are few hordes to be found - usually in the possession of creatures capable of dealing with groups of adventures. Instead, treasure from non-sentient creatures usually...

I think the number of adventurer's in the world would matter. If the campaign works on the "Chosen Ones" model, where only the PC's are raiding tombs, looting dungeons, and killing dragons, then yeah their impact would be minimal. On the other hand if the campaign uses the "World of...

What nonsense is this? Coins in fantasy games aren't minted. They are naturally formed in the bodies of creatures as a side effect of processing the ambient magic in the world around them. (Much like pearls are formed by oysters.) That is why all coins are generic and universally accepted...

This is what my players had to deal with in the game I ran today. I was just posting it in case anyone else found it interesting. :) It was incredibly confusing but fun as the Orator kept layering on different control effects that contradicted each other. One guy had Confusion, Suggestion...

Orator Large Monstrosity, Chaotic Neutral This creature is the blasphemous result of experiments intended to create a sound based version of the beholder that could control and manipulate the local populace. While powerful, it is capricious and unpredictable. Ultimately the experiment was...

Because it is up to the DM, based on their sense of the situation and environmental conditions. Welcome to 5e.

Why should they have this ability? Should PC's have the ability to "bat away" thrown javelins and daggers? Maybe if you have a Giant Monk, this would make sense. But otherwise, I'm not seeing why they should have this extra ability.

Given how many years 5e has been out and this just now came up...maybe the designers were right and it's not a common enough situation to need a specific rule?

I believe this is the origin of the term: