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I'd say you're doing it wrong but it is not your fault. What it comes down to is class selection, campaign and personal play style. If you are running a campaign that is mostly combat and skill checks some classes such as the battle master and wizard are going to shine and every rogue is going...

Pay big $ to mod or craft it with a pointy end, stab dragon foot, activate. At the start of a rickshaw race set it 1' off the ground of the inside exit lane of a steep turn. Challenge a yokel braggart to a strength match, get the farmer's daughter. Seduce the farmer's daughter, bar the barn...

Just broke the game with one of my players (warlock) an hour ago... Warlock tome pact with great old one (i think). Allows you to speak to creatures that can speak any language, in essence "conveying thought". Combine with mage hand, prestidigitation, or minor illusion. 1. Convey "I wish this...

I gave my guys (Party of 7, level 2) a Javelin of Lightning two weeks ago and it has yet to be used! *facepalm* It really depends on your play style. I'm also running Princes right now with a (different) group of 6 and there's various magical baubles in the first bit of the game. Despite that...

I'd allow it. Keeping shield AC makes sense to me. If I bash someone with a massive shield they are going to have their angles taken away making the attack more difficult. Is it OP? There's enough sharp shooter / TWF arguments out there and this effectively makes styles other than TWF an "I Win"...

This is definitely a great thing to have in your game. The player doesn't have to know the artifact is evil or if he finds out he could still be addicted to it. When he rests he wakes up and the halberd is lying next to him. Think "The One Ring" type of whispers and addictive properties. The...

At will powers, turned into cantrips in 5e. They add more flavor to the magical classes right from the get go.

Kender require a special kind of play for the DM. I am playing with an inexperienced player who knows nothing of dragonlance and is a kender. He doesn't play it like kender from the books but Taladas is much different so I can link his origins there. The problem with most games, especially...

On roll20 I do because it is calculated. We generally agree the economy in D&D is retarded, like when they found 3600cp on Tuesday. I even touched on the fact that counting that out would mean an automatic short rest. Yesterday an 8 str halfling wanted to jack a 40lb empty wooden chest. I...

I try not to because I go through the trouble of rolling them. Sometimes though (last night) 3/8 players made it to my roll20 game. Likewise my encounters may fluctuate since 6pm is ridiculously early to start for anyone who works a normal job. People show up late and pop up into a fight that is...

Remember that you know your monster's max hp and can scale the encounter on that alone. It is an easy mechanic to exploit when running your made up encounter or a pre-gen. I love the idea about pushing players into traps. I would go so far as to have active traps NPCs and monsters can trigger...

I counter "kill everything" mentality by awarding the encounter xp for encounters surpassed by non-combat means. I let the players know and I also a small bonus (also told) to the individual(s) who determined the solution. In this way players are encouraged to think a little harder. In sessions...

I plan based on how much I want the highest level (slowest progression) to level in a dungeon. Let's say 85% for a level 3 character. This is 1600*.85 or 1360xp. I multiply this by "X" players and that is my experience pool to start establishing challenges. I can still have an Adult Black Dragon...

One of my players is a rules lawyer which is useful at times since I can ask for a page number and it'll get served right up. Last night was kind of an opposite experience. One of the characters rolled a [1] on the damage die for a spell that is AoE. Several Stirges (also at 1hp) saved. I...

Everybody hates giving a person who is never suprised a cool birthday gift.

I hate skill challenges like 4e. Do your players a favor and ditch them. Rolling dice to see if you succeed "in entirety" at something is just gambling on your stats. Roll means either of two things: success or failure. It just isn't engaging. Combat is technically gambling but players influence...

Lore with a splash of rogue, paladin, cleric, and even fighter for an action surge is amazing. Valor not so much. You'll never be a front line fighter but you get some great control and healing. Better for archer heavy groups with a tank if you want to mix things up imo. Lore also has such...

RAW You spend the Ki point immediately, but do not expend the bonus action immediately. So you couldn't attack, move and see if you draw AoO so you can decide dodge or attack, and if lucky attack. Makes sense with the monk to keep it from gaming the system.

Most players think to small. Imagine getting to a town with a small arena where there is slave trade going on. Then you build the ultimate sports bar complete with crystal balls to scry the battle from fixed points at each table for four. On several large shards you're running big screen games...

Class comparisons always feel like comparing apples to ham, lasers, an Audi A3, bizarre pornography of the 1920's and Chinese New Year in Laos. I'm not interested in playing a Warlock during any campaign with a healthy amount of combat because they look dreadfully boring. What am I going to do...