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Oh look. There's a link in here. To email the editor. By god, people. I think I might just email the editor. I feel like a goddamn activist. I am CHANGING THE WORLD. /s

Dude. This. 100% this. And on paper it makes sense. In fact, I was all aboard with the strategy when I first heard about it for the simple reason that as a business, publishing paper books, especially in the RPG niche, is a very low margin operation. The ROI on things like a well-done video game...

What bugs me is that the articles that are there are well-written. They're just on topics that I can't imagine anybody who downloaded Dragon+ is actually interested in reading. I think Halfling Rogue is correct in that it's the way that they're appropriating the Dragon legacy, which brings...

I was willing to give them a free pass on the first issue... They need to do better. As a marketer, this isn't a particularly effective strategy. They're trying to hit all of their demographics and customers of all their different products with one magazine. I don't give two :):):):):) about an...

The Vision and Light change is interesting. If I'm reading it correctly, this means a creature attacking someone heavily obscured now has disadvantage, instead of advantage for attacking a blinded creature and disadvantage (canceling each other out), is that correct? If a creature inside of a...

31. A lone man dragging a massive coffin behind him approaches the party with bloodshot eyes 32. An incredibly well-dressed half-orc female with impeccable manners shows the PCs a picture of a PC's relative, apparently wanted for murder. 33. A one-armed ogre with an unconscious woman over his...

This depends on your DM and the frequency with which your mage comes under attack. I very frequently target the party's casters, even if he's behind the front lines, I usually have a few enemies break off and maneuver for a pincer attack and flank the squishy back line, send flyers over the...

I'll make this as short as possible. Illusions have often occupied an area that depends heavily on DM-Player cooperation. I'm running a campaign where one of the BBEG's is an illusionist. In trying to figure out what to do with him, I've come up with some questions about wording in the...

It's funny you mention the "abstract" away space. I've actually considered doing exactly the same thing. I'll need to figure out a good way to handle what happens when someone approaches the "away" space (melee combatants closing in on a distant archer for instance). I'll be experimenting with...

You can even do this in a hexcrawl game as well. I've hexed out a map of Icewind Dale that my group will be running through in a few weeks. What I'm doing isn't necessarily focusing too much on exploration so much as keeping track of the passage of time. Different things occur at different...

The DA on enemy saving throws to resist getting charmed is what got me to raise an eyebrow. I just (reluctantly) awarded the party's bard with a Doss Lute and am hoping I don't regret it. I agree that, in spite of the limitations, the uncommon bardic instruments seem a bit skewed in power...

I'm with Celtavian on this one. The legendary action appears to contain two separate effects, neither of which require targets, the first one is an AOE that hits no one if there's no one nearby. The fact that some other creatures (I'm looking at you, Vampire) have legendary actions that provide...

Absolutely, yes. I spend a lot of time doing the same sort of exercises, but I haven't run too many different creatures (considering the total available selection in the MM).

I'm the same way. I think a major difference between you and I is simply experience with the game itself. I get the feel that you and your group are a bit further along in system mastery than me and mine, so I'm not quite as confident of the conclusions you draw, preferring to draw my own...

Gahhh, this is a DMG variant? How did I miss it! I am definitely implementing this immediately.

My bad. I checked again, it was just the bardic inspiration, players re-rolling with their own inspiration, and pass without trace. Edit: Scratch that, the Bard had taken the guidance cantrip as a loremaster feature and was using that to bolster her own check. I mixed them up. Thanks for...

Right. PCs don't know that. They just see a wall of ice. Even so, at that level, with hunter's mark and sharpshooter, they're still going to have to waste their round to get through the wall of ice since their average damage output isn't high enough to take it down with a single arrow. The...

Dude. You're preaching things as being absolute truth, throwing around words like undisputable, no empirical evidence, and DPR when you're failing to account for all tactics available to enemies and party members. Whenever someone calls you on this and presents you with evidence to the contrary...

Exacerbating the situation here is how the rules that DO exist for stealth are scattered across so many different sections in the PHB! Stealth is something I've been thinking a lot about lately, and I've found myself going back and forth on it. On the one hand, you have people arguing that...

Yeah. This might be a good idea. Relevant experience: I often chat with my players between sessions to get a feel for where they're at. My most skilled player (the party sorc) and I were discussing the Loremaster Bard (who functions, along with the paladin, as the party healer) and her decision...