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Peter Buxtun, the U.S. government whistleblower who exposed the Tuskegee syphilis study, has died at 86.

Right, you don't have to be able to see the target. It could be dark, for example, even though there's a clear path. Yes, I think calling it a day is the correct response to that podcast. He's just incorrect on a number of points I've already gone over, but there's really no contradiction in...

My preference is for religion to be mostly invisible, like it is in Tolkien's legendarium in which, for example, there are presumably people who believe in Eru, but there are almost no churches or temples to speak of, and you hardly ever see anyone worshipping him. In practice, I let the...

First, I don't think the rules of D&D are made to handle the existence of a mundane wall of bulletproof glass. Anything like that (i.e. something magical) is going to have its own rules attached to it that spell out any exceptions it has from the normal rules for the ways objects interact with...

What discussion is that, though? The tweet you posted is a straight up rules-clarification question. Crawford's response says nothing about intent. He just gets the rules (according to me) wrong. I also listened to the discussion you posted about having a clear path to the target. The part at...

I misinterpreted you then because, while I understood that you agreed a transparent pane of glass does not conceal a target, you also seemed to be saying it was "clear" from context that concealment is not required for total cover according to the rules, which of course is false. It wasn't clear...

I appreciated the tweets he made early on to clarify RAI when the published rules fell short of that, but once the errata were published, he switched to giving RAW interpretations only which I have found lacking to say the least.

With all due respect to Jeremy Crawford, his rulings aren't the greatest. A pane of glass won't stop an arrow or a sword blow, so it is neither an "obstacle" on the order of the examples given (i.e. walls, trees, creatures) in the rules for cover, nor does it offer concealment.

Or maybe the use of the word concealed was intentional which would explain why no erratum has been issued to change the text according to your preference, which could have easily been accomplished by substituting a word with a different meaning.

I agree about misty step, but disagree that a transparent window constitutes total cover. Yes, bold text added: Total Cover A target with total cover can't be targeted directly by an attack or a spell, although some spells can reach such a target by including it in an area of effect. A target...

I’m not familiar with sheet play as a term. From context, I would assume it means something like the oft-cited "pushing buttons on a character sheet", but could someone maybe define the term or confirm if my intuition is correct? I don't get the difference. Who is doing the assuming here if...

No, it would not be a turn off for me, and I would pick the same fantasy race for my character as is my usual practice when playing D&D, which is whichever one results from rolling on this table (as long as the race is an available option in the game in which I'm playing): d100 Race 01...

Jane McAlevey, longtime labor organizer and scholar, has died at the age of 59 of multiple myeloma.

Bible takes another swing with Waythe at the staggering giant. Waythe: 1D20+10 = [5]+10 = 15 "Hold still, will ya?" she admonishes the giant in frustration as her blade deflects from its armor.

It's also the farthest point on the tetrahedron away from the Plane of Fire.

Here's a sketched map to illustrate the concept: . I'm imagining this is on the inside of the tetrahedron.

From this trailer, it has a lot of the look of one of my favorite movies, Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), up to the color pallet and the actor playing the victim pictured at the beginning of the trailer strongly resembling Isabelle Adjani, but with a modern horror movie feel.

@FitzTheRuke, I think you missed Bible's movement last round to AP-29. Bible steps up to the giant between Valda and Cordit and lunges forward with Waythe. Bible moves to AO-28. Waythe: 1D20+10 = [12]+10 = 22 Slashing damage: 4D6+6 = [5, 4, 3, 5]+6 = 23 The giant must make a DC 15 Strength...

The this in my statement, that I'm saying the OSR eschews, is a focus on progressive fair challenge, not "not having the BBEG attack the PCs at low level". It's a very strange thing to imagine I'm saying the OSR supports.