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I suppose one thing the DM can do is ad hoc a monster ability into existence that modifies their performance- as long as the players don't have the actual stat block, of course. I rarely use any monster "as-is", and while I used to tell the players what they were up against, I stopped doing so...

Never mind, nothing to see here. EDIT: I was going to make a comment about Warforged and polymorph, then realized it wasn't relevant, and that my brain was tired and needed that mysterious thing called "rest".

I'm not saying he was correct, that's just what he said at the time. I have encountered several GM's like that, but that's not nearly enough data to work with.

For many years, I played with DM's who rolled secretly behind screens, and one DM who rolled openly. After a particularly harrowing encounter with pirates on the high seas, my roommate's character was left bleeding out. After the session, he was in a bad mood, and I asked him why. "I don't...

So here's the relevant information from the 2e PHB: It doesn't say anything about damage, which surprised me- the triggers are "struck by a weapon or fails to make a saving throw". I'm pretty sure I've always seen it ruled as "takes damage" (which is why magic missile was always so feared)...

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Spellcasters having access to a wide array of flashy, cool moves and non-casters can only swing a weapon a bunch of times and maybe push a guy or knock him prone. For example, I was looking over a third-party spell the Sorcerer in my game wanted to take, and all I could ask myself was, "why...

Between the ability to be red or blue, and being red and blue simultaneously? I suppose nothing, but at that point, why do deities have alignment at all, if it's more "I belong to the Lawful Good club, and I'm a charter member so they can't kick me out", lol.

I get that a god can act however they wish, not bound by the strictures of alignment, but the statement was that a deity need not match their own alignment, which is somewhat paradoxical: "I am Lawful Neutral but I can be Chaotic Evil if I want to" is a bit different than "I am Lawful Neutral...

That's not the right way to take out the Dreadful Flying Glove! Then again, not every party has a Bard I guess.

That's a good point. Seems like an oversight though. Then again, multiclassing for a level of Wizard isn't the worst thing an EK could do.

That begs another question though. How does anyone know what alignment a God has?* *Some of you old school players are likely screaming an answer at the screen. Bear with me a moment. Alignment is a game mechanic. Sure, it defines the multiverse, but it's not like anyone really knows what...

I'm confused. How could a Deity not match their own alignment?

The problem I always had with Eldritch Knight is, at every level, I'd wonder if you shouldn't multiclass into Wizard instead for more spells. Of course, then they went and made the Bladesinger which in many ways, is superior to such a multiclass. Which has me wondering if anything we can do...

Of course, you could weave a backstory where his character is an awakened hadrosaur from the Jungles of Chult, uplifted by a Druid driven mad by their experiences in the Tomb of Annihilation, later transformed against their will into a more humanoid form. With the scattered teachings of their...

Give them a Barbarian with an Intelligence of 1. They won't know the difference! In all seriousness, this desire of theirs raises more questions for me. Do they just really like dinosaurs? What kind of play pattern do they expect? As a dinosaur you can't speak, probably have difficulty...