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Regarding this, if I was using minions in 5e, I'd definitely adapt the 4e rule that minions never take damage on a miss to minions taking 0 damage on a successful save that would normally be half damage.

RAW, an improvised weapon must be wieldable in one or two hands. I'd say a piece of paper is too flimsy to be "wielded". A rolled up newspaper would qualify!

The confusing part of Flame Blade is how it describes the effect as a flaming scimitar, which makes it sound like something you'd use to make weapon attacks. If it had been called Flaming Touch or something, it would be far more obvious that the intent of the spell is to let the caster do a...

Is that really a problem? Someone who needs a "simple" class probably isn't going to notice a slight performance shortfall.

In other words, a desperate attempt to revive a dying franchise by upping the stakes, regardless of whether or not it makes sense.

In 9 years of playing D&D 5e on average once per fortnight, I've never seen any character cast or even prepare Flame Blade. So it does seem like an underpowered spell. Having it conjure an actual "weapon" that can be used for weapon attacks probably isn't game breaking. If you think it should...

But it's not actually a scimitar. A scimitar is solid, a flame isn't. Major difference.

Also, a spell effect is not an object. Neither is a non-magical flame, for that matter. RAW, I see no support for treating a Flame Blade as an improvised weapon, and plenty of reasons to disallow it. If the spell was meant to create an actual flaming weapon, it would have said so.

Happy Thanksgiving! The true meaning of Thanksgiving is giving thanks to the Giant Turkey for sparing us this year.

My house rule: If you fall unconscious from reaching 0HP, you do not automatically regain consciousness by being healed to 1HP or more. Instead, roll 1d4 at the start of your turn, if the result is equal to or higher than the number of turns since you lost consciousness, you wake up. If an...

It would be nice if D&D actually had some resonable rules for how both weapons and magic were limited against ultra-large enemies, and what tactics were effective instead, if any. But for the DM to try to come up with such rules on the fly during such an encounter is a Bad Idea.

I gotta say, "Natural Pengu" sounds like some "Male Enhancement" scam product.

Snake Kung Fu is a real style. That should work.

Followed by "Opportunity Attack... See Reaction, Opportunity Attack"

No, it's an opportunity attack with an added effect.

"I stab the monster deep in the ankle, making it pause while it figures out what happened."

If a DM pulled a stunt like that, it would be my last night at that table.

I couldn't disagree more. When an item lets you cast a spell, that means it can interact with every game feature that relates to spells. The caster can use metamagic, possibly add extra damage, the effect can be counterspelled, etc. Items that cast spells add a lot more depth to the game than...

Natural AC is often bad as well. Low DEX plus 3, 4 or 5 from the druid's WIS is usually better. Even seemingly armored beasts like the Giant Crab only has AC 15. But both of them have lower or equal CON than the +5 WIS we can expect from a high level druid. Beast DEX is the big limitation...

Monk unarmored defense seems like it's superior for wildshape in nearly every case, since it keys off the Druid's WIS, which should be consistently high, rather than the beast's CON, which is variable and often not that great even for big and tough beasts. The main limitation for getting the...