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Ok, let's imagine three scenarios. And note, as per the DMG, Legendary actions can only be used by a creature at the END of another creature's turn. Scenario #1: The paladin is alone, and Moloch is alone. Curiously, this means that Moloch can only use one Legendary action per round (at the end...

Yeah, I did exactly the same. Took a look at his base numbers and thought: weaker than a pit fiend! But raw AC/HP/DPS only matters in white-room analysis. A mix of DC 21 stuns, 120' range teleports and 30' forced movement attacks on the player's turns is pretty scary. He's a melee character's...

Yeah, I did exactly the same. Took a look at his base numbers and thought: weaker than a pit fiend! But raw AC/HP/DPS only matters in white-room analysis. A mix of DC 21 stuns, 120' range teleports and 30' forced movement attacks on the player's turns is pretty scary. He's a melee character's...

Moloch's a nasty piece of business, if handled well by the DM. Enter combat with fly already active. Drop the DC 21 fear breath on the primary fighters. Then start splitting the party. Teleport 120' away from any un-frightened PCs at the end of the first player's turn using a Legendary action...

Moloch's a nasty piece of business, if handled well by the DM. Enter combat with fly already active. Drop the DC 21 fear breath on the primary fighters. Then start splitting the party. Teleport 120' away from any un-frightened PCs at the end of the first player's turn using a Legendary action...

Indifferent toward Drizzt, but voted "Love" given those were the only two options. It's better to be tolerant of something that isn't directly harmful, than to be intolerant of it. The Internet could use less "hate" in general. I guess I'm happy that some players have come to (or stayed in)...

Nah, I didn't include a dwarf - and that's probably an oversight. I was thinking Obmi (Against the Giants, Gary Gygax's Gord series of novels, etc) for the villains list, but ran out of slots. Although, in a later comment, I did suggest Durkon (dwarven cleric of Thor) from the Order of the Stick...

XP for mentioning these factors, because they're vastly more important than the battlefield implications. Unless wizards and dragons are being fielded in vast numbers, they're not significant on the battlefield. I know that footage from Game of Thrones looks awesome, but a dragon simply isn't...

I voted "other", and I'm with Rossbert above. I think scrolls are written is a single magical language. Anyone with a familiarity with the language can read it, but you might not understand the concepts written. For example, a wizard can tell that a cure wounds scroll is a healing magic, but...

Aleena is a good choice although, as you say, she's presumed dead in canon. That was one of the reasons I avoided Tanis, Laurana, etc from Dragonlance. I'm not up-to-date with my novels, but the folks on my list above were "alive" (or their fate was ambiguous) the last time I read about them. I...

...because the original question asked to pick 12 villains to serve as "foils" for the chosen heroes (and possibly the anti-heroes). Picking Asmodeus, the archlord of the Nine Hells... and Tiamat... and Orcus... and Demogorgon... to face off against Minsc and Tanis is a bit ridiculous, yeah? On...

Heroes: 1) Minsc and Boo (Baldur's Gate) - because they're the best 2) Drizzt (Forgotten Realms) - love him or hate him, he's too famous not to include 3) Alias (Forgotten Realms) - could be any female FR character, but as good a choice as any 4) Silvara (Dragonlance) - elf who is actually a...

About a dozen dragon fights in 5e, but my group plays frequently (1.5 sessions per week, averaging 5 hours each). To answer your questions... Circumstances vary, but I've listed some examples below. The fight is always tough, because I play most dragons as smart. They take out weakened...

My personal rulings: 1) Actions can't be readied outside combat. There is no way a PC can ready a spell such that it goes off before initiative is rolled. But that's already been noted above, so let's move on... 2) Yes, most readied actions are observable. The archer is aiming his bow at the...

At my table, dropping / sheathing / drawing are all object interactions. You get one for free each round, and after that it's a bonus action (or an action, if you've got not bonus action left). Hence, drawing a weapon and attacking at the start of combat is no problem. The draw is free, and you...

Like several of the commenters above, I almost never give out "plussed" armor or shields... unless it's not the top tier for the armor type. I'm fine with handing out +1 leather, for example, because it's not much better than non-magical studded leather. I've never handed out a +2 armor item...

EN World, RPG.net, and Kickstarter.

My three favorite "properties" are Conan, Judge Dredd and the Witcher. They all feature huge expansive worlds, moral complexity, and gritty action. I'd love to see a fast-paced, thematic and lightweight game for any of those. I'm aware that there is a Witcher RPG under development, but I have...

Torg Eternity for me. Particularly after reading through the Day One adventure pack from the kickstarter. 145 pages of adventures intended as a "gentle" (and not-so-gentle) introduction to the setting, filled with advice for new GMs. Tremendous production values, and really great theme to each...

Molzur's Marvelous Miniatures? I just got a call from a guy called Nordenkainen the Mage, who suggests you might have spelled that one wrong...