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The Greatsword-wielding barbarian in my group liberated an intelligent sun blade (longsword) from a long-lost dungeon, and now uses it two-handed exclusively. Unless he needs his other hand for something, like swinging across a chasm on vines and attacking his opponent mid-way, like some sort of...

I absolutely loved that story "Dark Mirror". It choked me up big time. It was originally in "Realms of Valor" anthology, and it was also in "The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories" anthology. I highly recommend the Collected Stories, especially the Audible version that is narrated by an...

OK, I'll ask a question. So with your logic, are you also saying that if you make an attack using the additional action of the Haste spell, that attack also bypasses nonmagical damage resistance/immunity? It's a spell that granted an attack.

Here’s the thing. It is actually quite clear to me that the liberal interpretation of the tactic works, and isn’t a problem. I will attempt to lay it out for everyone, and then show why it isn’t broken or bad. We all know that lightfoot halflings have a special ability that allows them to...

It is fine to me if the "Blackguard/Anti-paladin" and the Death domain for this edition are example "evil" options in the DMG to represent NPCs that wholly embrace and serve the nasty side of death on a spiritual level. They'd be examples for a variety of other reasons too, including encouraging...

I like the additive modularity style that Wizards is going with. It's more than any other "D&D Alternative" game has done. Keep in mind that as previous editions of D&D have evolved, Wizards has also included replacement modularity options (like in 4E where they add new options that replace...

Wow, Emerikol. There are so many wonderful advances in this edition (that other "D&D" makers are not doing) that make this edition stand head and shoulders over others (in my opinion). and you're going to dismiss it based on the existence of this one concept (that I feel you are overinflating)...

Wild Magic is an aspect of D&D. Many players like the random possibilities that *can* occur. They like rolling on random tables. Because you might cast a cantrip and get a fireball, or get a cool buff. Or you might pepper your enemy with butterflies. It is true that most people in a fantasy...

The Skills don't have specific rules inside them. They don't have built in DCs and requirements like "trained only". That is not their purpose. They reflect your increased ability in certain areas of ability application without the use of tools. There are many theoretical "skills" that...

In a fantasy world based on D&D, the majority of all people are not magic-using forces to be reckoned with. I believe they would follow the leaders that are strong enough to "protect" them, and actually love those leaders that they can actually understand or relate to. That is why I think most...

I would like to offer my apologies to the author of the research, Marty Walser. I can see that he has since scratched out the word "efficacy" in the article and replaced it with "progression" which now accurately reflects his research and is no longer accidentally claiming something else. I very...

I too believe that his conclusion is wrong. What set me off was calling the Fighter worse than all other fighters. It's dangerous to state a conclusion or opinion that something is worse than everything that came before. To me that's close to edition-warring, if it is intended. The added...

I love ya Morrus, but you seem to be taking his statement that the 5E fighter is less effective and efficient as a fact. That is what I'm concerned about. Misinformation. His research does not in any way prove that claim. The only thing his research shows is a variance in "BAB" between...

Please note that will all his research, this is the message that was pulled from it and quoted. "In the spreadsheet above you can see, the Fighter's combat efficacy... is adjusted significantly downward in 5th edition." "Efficacy" is effectiveness. "the ability to produce a desired or intended...

Umbran, I think what set Merric off is the fact that the author used his incomplete data to ultimately make what we believe to be an inaccurate conclusion, which comes off as purposefully misleading and harmful. Either he knows what he is doing, and is trying to paint 5E in a bad light with...

Here's how I see it. Backgrounds are exactly that.... "backgrounds". They need to represent the lowest common denominator for an archetype, that you can expand using story and RP. They are not written up so that they have to count as current classes, jobs, or professions. They need to be...

Sorry bro. I'm going to nuke some frozen lasagna. You should keep iron rations in a drawer for emergencies. Or some "Meat, chunk of" and "Cheese, hunk of." Mmmm... cheeeese. ... in my opinion.

Actually, ForeverSlayer, I believe your salt analogy is flawed. You are not forced to eat the salt. A better analogy would be you being a vegan in a family of omnivores. At the dinner table, you have a delectable vegan dish, but your family may be eating pot roast at the same table. You don't...

Here is the way I see it... Based on the number of races and classes provided in previous editions, in *different* books, the fact that the designers are including all those races and classes in one book makes me feel like I would be paying $50 for 1 and a half books worth of content. The 5E...

What? Where in the world do you get that assumption? Think about it. If there are 10 classes in a PHB, that does not mean 10% of all classed characters are Warlocks. Or Paladins. (Unless the DM wants that to be true.) Number of classes in a book =/= equal representation in a world. And if in...