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While I discourage PvP fighting, I do use opposed skill checks between players for 2 reasons. 1: One of my jobs as DM is to arbitrate conflict. 2: Skill checks keep the interaction abstract and do the most to reduce real world disagreement. No skill check completely removes player agency, but...

His plan actually makes slightly more sense if you take the position that he new about the main plot point from Eternals.

Phylactery (from Ancient Greek φυλακτήριον (phylakterion) 'protectant') originally referred to tefillin, leather boxes containing Torah verses worn by some Jews when praying. That said. this wasn't really my point. The term Amulet for example is not used in a negative or overtly offensive way...

A few thoughts. Neither druid nor shaman are terms used in specific real world religions. These were terms used by others to label them, not things they called themselves. Much like the various Native American tribes did not generally call themselves many of the names that were used to refer to...

My usual response to these types of questions is why care? If the players are having fun you are doing your job. Full stop. Everything sounds like a group of people having fun.

I always find these questions, and many of the resulting comments, a bit confusing. Do I think combat in 5E is deadly enough? Yes, because I decide how deadly or tense I want combat to be based on the scene. If it is proving too much or not enough for player enjoyment I just add or subtract...

I can't think of any that are so complicated as to require an aerospace engineering degree, but both Champions and RIFTS did stand out for how ponderous they were do to the number of basic math operations needed during character creation and gameplay.

As the player base has gotten older and perhaps more critical in their thinking, the question emerged "what exactly defines a monster race, and why are the PC races not?"

Have you watched The Gamers? An excellent series of movies in my opinion that does just that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamers_(film)

1st: Cover. Keep a wall of things between them. 2nd: Arcanist's Magic Aura (or Nystul's Magic Aura), a 2nd lvl basic spell. 3rd: Technically an amulet of proof against detection and location wont help, because Divine sense isn't technically divination magic, though a Ring of Mind Shielding may...

I would recommend the Falling Star Sailing Ship from Wizkids over a mat. It is a little more expensive (or a lot depending on the quality of mat you are used to), but it is more versatile and brings with it a wow factor.

I mean, it made sense to me. Can't really kill them so why have a detailed stat block for them? They are story driven antagonists. That said, I'm glad dave2008 was nice enough to add this for those who want it. Labors of love are often the best!

Most of my groups do not find book keeping to be fun, so we just use the dimensions of the bag to determine if something is able to fit inside. The actual contents are not tracked meticulously with regard to exact weight size, just for egregious items. Generally, so long as they don't try to put...

I think a lot of the discussion and debate melt away with specific framing of the intent behind Ancestry instead of race. For example, I think the intent is not to remove common tropes entirely but instead to differentiate player characters from those tropes. There is also a desire to move away...

By the rules, if you are using the disarm option, then a Wizard could have their spell focus disarmed (according to Sage Advice: Do you have to hold an arcane focus in your hand to use it? · D&D Sage Advice). This is just a danger they face. Note that Clerics (or other divine casters) do not...

That doesn't make any sense, unless I am just misunderstanding you. Just because there are 50 novels and 30 game supplements about Elminster that may or may not be consulted when a new novel gets written, that doesn't mean that those previous products cease to exist. Maybe they were false...

Not really. D&D 5E started a new design trend of building out from the players point of view. A bottom up instead of top down perspective. Instead of lumping 50 years of lore, world features and non-character knowledge on top of the players, we start in the town or city where the adventure is...

Caveat emptor! Seriously though, codes of ethics are likely to vary greatly in such a diverse and mutable world. One thing that is more straight forward, at least in this circumstance, may be the law. The initial book is sold in the markets of Baldur’s Gate, a city known for having particularly...

I guess it depends on how you break it down. If were talking about Dwarven Forge as a whole it would be a 6, but for a single item it would be the considerably less (more like a 3).

That's entirely fine, but in my opinion not worth being concerned with. D&D is not competitive, it is cooperative. The idea of balance is not that important between races in my opinion, especially with regard to dark vision range.