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Explain to me the difference between an "arcane" ritual and a "necromantic" ritual. Also, germane to the conversation: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/necromancy?s=t

Thanks for all the responses. I'm digesting a lot of this. Something is extra-appealing to me about the idea of an frigid, mountaintop mining colony beset by slaadi. It's basically "The Thing, but with wizards." Might have to check out Jacob's Well!

Fair enough! You're the OP and everything. Here are my contributions: The Redeemer Maybe you're naive, or maybe you come from a family or culture where there simply isn't a taboo on the use of necromancy. While it's true your spells spawn evil, soulless creatures, you take personal...

I like this idea, but the cognitive dissonance in this sentence makes my head hurt. I wish we could just give up the idea that "necromancy = evil." Creating a skeleton to drive a sword through somebody's gut is badwrongevil, but summoning an elemental (which, explicitly in the rules, can also go...

I get what you're saying, but this is hardly helpful advice. I'm asking for advice as a DM presenting slaads to players. How am I suppose to present that? DM: You see a toad thing hunched over a few yards away. Player1: What's it doing? DM: Something completely incomprehensible. Player1...

So I've never really understood the slaad. MM descriptions of them seem dominated by their weird, overly complex body-horrorish reproduction. Which is cool and all, but I'm wondering how to use them in an adventure, and what they act like in character. What motivates them? What do they act like...

No, I saw them. I just think it's a tad ridiculous that I have to edit a monster to get a basic elven scout, or a dwarven warrior or something like that. For example: I was personally disappointed that atropals weren't in the MM, because they're a personal favorite monster of mine. But you'll...

One of the first characters I made for 5e was a dwarf bard, too. Everhard Grimsinger, who sings traditional dwarven funeral dirges at the top of his lungs while he hacks up kobolds with a battleaxe. It's pretty fun. I'm also interested in a hill dwarf monk. He will be equal parts drunken master...

I really love the MM. I love 5e in general. That said... I did have some quibbles. Cross-posting this from the Order of the Stick forums: I understand there's another recent thread talking about the lack of templates. While I agree that we don't need more,the two they do have (spore servant...

Heh, I thought you might object to that. It's obviously not "canon" to show demons breaking bread with devils, but they're both beings capable of deception and I think it's conceivable that they might have diplomatic ties. You'll notice that the Blood War isn't mentioned once in the Monster...

Some random NPCs for you: -A Bone Devil that hits on one of the PCs relentlessly. He's polite but very clearly attracted to the PC, commenting endlessly about their attractiveness and especially their "perfect bone structure," and how much the devil would enjoy "undressing" him or her. The...

Awesome! I have an idea for a character who's equal parts "drunken master" and also "just plain drunk." A dwarf from a dishonored hill clan that charges opponents with a handaxe and a reckless disregard for his own safety and sobriety. If this little synergy didn't work, it wouldn't stop me...

I'm interested in creating a Figher 3/Monk 17 who takes the Champion Archetype. I'm wondering if his expanded crit range would apply to his unarmed attacks. The Monster Manual seems to use "weapon attack" to apply to a wide range of attacks, including things like claw attacks, but I'm not sure...

I'm actually in NoHo and don't have a car, so that's like a two hour public transit adventure for me. Appreciate the offer, though.

I'm brand new to the LA area and looking for a group to play with on the weekends. I played 4e for a few years, but I've currently made the jump to 5e and I'm only really interested in playing 5e. I'm also kind of a Shadowrun fan and I'm always willing to try out a new system, but for the most...

I'm building a character, a hybrid Swordmage/Wizard Tiefling with what I think is a pretty clever little defensive combo; using Flamewall Strike to trigger Phoenix Step. My only concern is that the trigger for Phoenix Step is "You take fire damage." Since he's a Tiefling and has Fire...

As a player, I'd love this. I'd load up on 3 uses of Wall of Fire a day and make my DM cry.

Searching through all 500 pages or errata so I can update whatever power/monster/item I plan on using? No thanks. Without DDi, I would personally find 4e unplayable. Hope they don't switch it off, though (at least keep it in a "frozen" state), because I'm actually a pretty big fan of 4e...

A big problem with the DM picking items for you is that, for the most part, DMs tend to pick lousy items because their attention is divided among five or six characters, and they're not always sure what a character's strategy is or what an individual player will find useful or cool. If I had a...

Personally, I don't think this sounds too powerful. On the contrary, losing up to 4 surges in exchange for a single move option sounds like a terrible trade. For many characters and classes, that's half their healing resources for the day. But then again, I play in a Dark Sun campaign with a...