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If anyone cares, the chance out of 400 (rolling 2d20 yields 400 possibilities) of getting a 20 with advantage (or 1 with disadvantage) is 39/400. It then decreases by 2 for each number lower (or higher) until you get to 1/400 chance at 1 (or 20). So 37/400 for a 19 with advantage, and so on...

Forgettable Realms is the default.

It looks fun and interesting. I actually wish I could have them every other month. So maybe just get six months and then cancel. Thanks for the shout out.

I've had this situation actually happen. The PC got engulfed because she had nowhere to go. They defeated the gelatinous cube. She got her gelatinous cube sample she desperately wanted (it was a Ranger with "Oozes" as her favored enemy. We had more fun than is legal with that choice). No...

I applaud the existence of the UA. It's a breath of fresh air to get some new rules like this. Reminds me of the downtime activities UA that I liked so much (and said so in the feedback I gave). Basically, anything that's DM centered that allows and facilitates new ways of playing the game with...

Most of us here did the math four years ago. So, no, you won't be hearing from the math-aware that this can't be true. 2d6 reroll 1s and 2s give four possible results that grant rerolls. If you do the same for 1d10 or 1d12 weapons (that is, reroll on a 1-4), the damage boost is similar. The...

I made a Word doc of all the classes and subclasses from the available books (PHB, SCAG, Xanathar's) plus content I liked from UA in a format as close to the 5e format as possible (minus pictures) and then printed that out. It's exceptionally useful, especially with each class given its own...

I don't think I've ever seen Dodge used in any game I've played or DMed, even in situations where it might be helpful. I think it's mostly because players completely forget it's an available option. EDIT: I've used it as a DM when I had goblins charge the enemy with their wolf allies backed up...

No, I don't see your point. It's a stupid point. A first level Fighter in 1e has the same chance to hit as a 1st level Wizard (or it's only off by one). A 1st level Fighter hasn't spent years in training. A 1st level Fighter is likely to have a higher Strength or Dexterity than a Wizard. A...

No. Because the Wizard often died without getting to attack in trials the Fighter got to go first. Barring a critical hit, it's impossible for the Wizard to drop the Fighter in the first round. So the Fighter always gets to counterattack. The best the Wizard can do is 11 points of damage...

Levels 1-4 in my last game I DMed took exactly 2x as long as your list for levels 1-3. Each session was about four hours. Level 4 took six sessions. Personally, I thought it was a good pace to the game.

Re: a Wizard having the same to-hit bonus as a 1st level fighter. I ran 50 trials pitting an unarmored 1st level Fighter vs. an unarmored 1st level Wizard. Each was dual wielding. Each had a 16 Dexterity. Each had a 14 Constitution. The Fighter had two-weapon fighting style and wielded two...

I do. I spend most of my time DMing so this is literally the only PC I've played. I made him more of a melee fightery type with levels in Fighter and Ranger, but not at the same time. I've tried both a Fighter/Rogue and Ranger/Rogue on the same PC. The DM let me switch between the two so I...

I wonder if you could add that long range is disadvantage AND no dexterity to damage and that might be enough.

That's 6-8 medium difficulty poops. Also, I voted high magic.

The something for me was the free online Basic Rules. In 2014 I was looking to get back into gaming and was looking for discussion forums (like this one!) to read up on 4e. It so happened that 5e was upcoming and the Basic Rules had either been released or would soon be released. That was good...

I'd go with your interpretation. It's like a super disguise/read thoughts ability combined into one. Heck, you don't even need to use the disguise. The read thoughts ability is useful all by itself.

"Trolling" was the word I was looking for. Wizard's marketing is not entirely dissimilar to trolling.

Maybe I'm the only one, but I find this teasing and hinting Wizards does to be irritating and terrible marketing. In fact, I find most of their marketing execrable, like their videos. It's mostly bad, cloying marketing that takes a lot of words to say very little. As opposed to their UA...

I added Slow, Natural Healing and Gritty Realism. I also abolished short rests and multiplied short rest abilities x3 and had them recharge on a long rest. Though, obviously, that's not an actual variant rule. The Healing and Realism changes definitely upped the danger the PCs faced. It...