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I couldn't disagree more. I'm not making any personal statement, I'm interpreting the rule as it is, by giving you a tangible explanation of why the rule is flawed while also providing you the means to help you understand my interpretation. I'm not filling the gap by my own invent or my own...

Not to curb your enthusiasm but I'd rather suggest you to run a pre generated adventure first, so you get the general idea of how to run things. I started DMing as you wanna do, and I ended up loosing focus on the adventure dragged by the players requests, until I couldn't keep up any more. I...

No I was not, thanks for the update :) What doesn't convince me is that he's speaking about classes which have spell slots that can "pile up" with the feat. Paladins can't do so because magic initiate doesn't allow them to pick their class (I'm assuming this is due the fact that paladins, as...

yes, of course, but it's a different thing :D Enlarge is a control spell which serve the purpose of imposing advantage/disadvantage on STR checks, saving throws *and* provide a damage manipulation effect too (however small as a d4 is) it has little to do to with "efficiency manipulation", that's...

I liked a lot how encounters ran in 4th edition: you had a bunch of cannon fodder who is directed/exploited by some "high profile" challengers, such as a second liner strategist/damage dealer. Use terrain to your advantage, especially if the party is raiding a camp or "non stupid" challenger(s)...

Join the debate freely but argue only by strict ruleset interpretation, NO DM overruling. Thanks. From the Player's Handbook: Magic Initiate (p.168) Choose a class: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class' spell list. In...

Unfortunately it's not that simple: a variation in size rewires a monster significantly! Standing on what the DMG suggests (p.275) size only matters when calculating the HP pool (by increasing or decreasing the HD) and the space a monster occupies. Problem is that HP pool has a direct bearing...

You retain the best between yours and the animal's, exception made by STR, DEX and CON "strict" values (it means that if you have an higher STR saving throw than the animal's, you use your STR bonus in that regard, but hit and deal damage applying the animal's STR bonus instead). Creatures...

The point of a monk bear has never been *only* about boosting your AC. You could gain 3 extra AC with a WIS of 18 thus dropping barkskin to cast a more useful concentration spell becomes more viable! (i.e. choose between 16AC and nothing else or 14AC and get some more control over the field)...

the main issue about beasts is about their "natural armor". It's not an armor per say (it's not something it dons) but it is still a "protective item" which counts as armor. technically you should be able to disregard your natural armor in order to benefit of better options, such as monk's and...

That's mostly up to the DM. if we're speaking about non intelligent beings, such as most animals and monstrosities, the "fairest" way to act is to hit the easier target, or the most desirable (bear flanks! om nom nom nom!) thus if one has to choose between a 5ft away ac 16 succulent bear, a 30ft...

well the best assets a moon druid could wish for are those which fix her flaws: - the lack of proper AC, especially while acting as the "bait" for the encounters' punishment, which isn't even *that* bad if your DM goes for the easiest target to hit rather than the most dangerous. - a proper way...

i'm sorry, i was under the impression we were speaking about moon druids only. well these two items could prove interesting to those who look for flavour items, but there is no substantial counterpart to other assets that a druid could use. For instance, there are items that boost class...

implying you have a wizard or a sorc in your group and she's going to share, but yes you could ask her to do so indeed :D

who said magic items don't work? page 140 of DMG: in most cases, a magic item that's meant to be worn can fit a creature regardless of size or build.[...] when a nonhumanoid tries to wear an item, use your discretion as to whether the item functions as intended. this means that if your DM hates...

Let's agree to disagree, I'm going to elaborate below. why shouldn't you allow them, then? natural armor implies thickness of your skin, not some kind of apparel you don. For instance the bear has 10 AC (as anybody) and 1 natural armor. There is nothing you could ever consider as armor, so why...

Honestly, I came here for the same reason that brought here the OP and I find your ideas (or opinions one could say) a bit odd. let me elaborate: an unarmed attack is a melee attack portrayed without a weapon, or a "tool" you might say. If you force yourself to consider a bear's claws the...