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You do have a good point. The consistent damage from the higher sneak attack would probably make up for the rarer occasional burst from a crit. Haha, I'm at 5th level with my rogue now and you have me second guessing my future lol. Bravo!

I was bored last week and decided to search online for innovative and "award-winning" rpg systems and came across Star Wars: Edge of the Empire. I was very impressed to say the least. At first I was confused with all the custom dice and dice pools but when I actually dove into it, downloaded the...

I don't see why anyone wouldn't take 4 levels of Fighter if you're a Rogue anyways. You'd get Second Wind, Action Surge, the ability to use medium armor and shields, get your 6th ability score advancement/feat and be able to crit on a 19-20. Crits on rogues with sneak attacks are pretty nasty...

Just curious, why are you all using the Deception Skill for forgery? Deception is a social skill. Shouldn't Forgery be an Int (Forgery Kit Tool Proficiency) roll? It states in the PHB under the Intelligence skills description - Forge a document. It takes a Intelligence to know what a document's...

You espouse of immersion but none of the logic and analogies really support that. The story comes first. As someone mentioned earlier, the enemies you face aren't sacks of exp or treasure for you to kill and level up. They're a part of the world you're playing in and if they're in your DM...

To gain surprise you need to be stealthed otherwise, everyone sees each other and initiative happens normally. If unity are stealthed to gain surprise, you have the benefit of the unseen attacker which is advantage on attack rolls. This means that if you have surprise, you have a full round of...

Hmmm...I see HPs as an abstract reflection of stamina, damage, morale/fighting spirit. It's a combination of near hits, hits and just wear and tear physically and mentally. It's the only way to explain things like the Bard's Song of Rest lifting spirits to "heal", the feat that provides...

I actually think that was a great crew that played with the exception of the paladin, who is a DM and should know better than to cause in-party conflict. Everybody really played up their characters and it was a very entertaining watch. I think this is the the game should be played with the story...

I think what they are trying ton so is leave it in the DMs control on how much magic items will cost. That's why there is no mention of how much gold should be received per encounter or any mention of treasure in the monster stat blocks. There is no mention of it because it's up to the DM I...

It's funny though. People complained that 4e was MMO D&D and now you have 5e but you want to play it like an MMO. Clear raid dungeon, find loots, sell loots to upgrade gear to look for another dungeon to loots lol. Honestly, a game like that would be extremely boring for me as a DM. But hey...

Nice! I really dig the overall campaign trait idea. I'm going to steal that one!

I love this new edition and one of my favorite things are the Backgrounds, Personality Traits,mIdeals, Bonds and Flaws and how you gain award PCs for their roleplaying. I think being able to use the Inspiration for advantage on a roll is great. One thing I have also allowed in my home games is...

I love the adventure and I think for a starter set, it's one of the best adventures to showcase the game. I do, however, think that in trying to show new players the fun of finding magical items that affect your character, they included too many and it sets an unrealistic expectation that...

You guys already mentioned the main things so I'll just add that I love that they were able to keep some of the elements that made martial classes interesting in 4e without giving martial powers. In that aspect, they were able to appease both older edition players and 4e players. Allowing...

As a DM, I would say that attacks against Blinded creatures only gain Advantage if the attacker can see themselves. If both of you are in a Fog Cloud and neither could see, you're both at Disadvantage on attacks in my game. For me, it's pretty clear that that was the intention of the Blinded...