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I am not sure what you might mean by "for more ‘verisimilitudinous’ play styles" However, if we are playing D&D 5e using monsters from the monster manual the highest monster AC is the Tarrasque at 25 (most ancient dragons are 20-22). At tier 4 level of play (levels 17-20), the proficiency is...

Unfortunately, your comments are incorrect which is why I posted the table in the first place. Would you agree that an AC20 would be a high AC for a level 1-4 character? A level 1-4 character typically has +5 to hit (+2 proficiency and +3 stat) resulting a 15+ being required to hit. If you READ...

Actually, elven accuracy doesn't have its greatest impact at 11 ... elven accuracy has a peak impact at 13 compared to the base target numbers and at 14 when compared to advantage (because advantage starts to fall off faster than trivantage). Elven accuracy has a bigger impact when trying to hit...

There seems to be a lot of misinformation about the effects of advantage, disadvantage and elven accuracy (or the lucky feat) on the chances to hit, skill checks and saving throws. Some folks seem to consider them equivalent to +/-3 ... others +/-5. However, the sources some of them seem to...

Just for interest sake ... here is the math for advantage and disadvantage as a function of the number you need to roll to hit. If the number you need to roll to hit is X ... e.g. X + to hit modifier = AC then the formulae are (X has a minimum value of 2 since a 1 always misses and a...

Honestly, I can easily see reasons why a DM might ban specific races from a campaign. Most often due to cultural issues. Groups like goblins, kobolds, orcs, bugbears, yuan-ti or drow may exist in the world but they may be so widely feared or detested that trying to play a character from one of...

AL DMs can completely ignore Sage Advice if they wish. From the DDAL FAQ "As a D&D Adventurers League Dungeon Master, you are empowered to adjudicate the rules as presented by the official materials (PHB, DMG, MM, etc.). Run the game according to those rules, but you are the final arbiter of...

I like the idea of a Yuan-ti Pureblood hexblade, sorcerer/hexblade, paladin/hexblade etc All of these combinations can be made a lot more powerful when based on a charisma SAD Yuan-ti purblood with magic resistance, poison immunity, extra cantrips ... some of these are possible already but the...

Several of these (Blackrazor, Wave, Whelm, Bookmark, Ring of Winter, Wand of Orcus) have never been legal for play in AL. The AL rules had specific guidance for most of these that if the character kept the item they would be retired from AL play. The other "problematic" items were just a bit...

It is completely up to the DM and the players to decide if particular content is "too" effective, doesn't have the right flavour for their campaign, offends their reality sensitivities or for any other reason whatsoever. That said, I can't say I've really come across any particular content up...

In general, DDAL rules are the same as those in the books. There are a few changes but the biggest difference is in the available content. 1) Character creation is limited to the PHB + one other source book. This means that some combinations are not permitted in DDAL. Characters can only be...

Umm ... In my opinion and experience, the only way that one character dominates and gets more "screen time" is if the DM allows it and caters to the player. A good DM can make almost any party composition work. I'd also add, that in most of the world, the LG Drow Paladin of the sun is far more...

In my opinion, multiclassing can be just as much a mechanism for character development as any other. It is up to the DM as to whether they allow multiclassing in general but disallowing it for certain classes based on some pre-conceived idea of how a particular class should be played seems...

I’m a bit confused by the OP comments. 1) As mentioned, the method of determining stats really doesn’t have an impact on character classes chosen 2) the OP seemed to be concerned about a lack of healing which I don’t understand. The party has a cleric and a bard and both can and should have...

You might want to keep in mind that advantage is equivalent to a +5 on the die roll on average so a "1" result in your table is better than a 2 or 3 which doesn't make much sense.

5e rules are intended to be simple to use, understand and run. They also usually represent the average. As a result, although help can vary from completely solving the problem to actually being a hindrance, on average, helping someone (assuming you know what you are doing ... which is where...

I'm not arguing but I don't understand your comment. A frog has an AC of 11. In order to require a 19+ to hit it you would need to have a -8 on the to hit roll and there isn't a single creature I can think of that is that bad (even factoring in 3/4 cover which is a +5 to hit). However, you...

Isn't this essentially what WOTC has done? They designate the PHB as Basic and allow the characters to use one exotic source of content that often includes races/spells/character archetypes. You are only allowed to use one exotic choice at a time. This avoids characters taking an exotic race...

Just a quick comment but it seems to me that you didn't get into a rules "debate" since the player was clearly correct. To cast a spell requiring concentration you have to drop any current spell with concentration which ends it immediately. This might actually be relevant since the Frog's saving...

The medusa is a relatively minor encounter in ToA though they are one of the creatures who know the location of Omu. However, I was wondering how a TPK happened unless everyone looked at the medusa and everyone failed their saving throws. In general, I've found that once the first character...