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Oh, is this what happens when that happens? I was disagreeing with the OP but politely, I thought. I'm kinda perturbed that a thread-starter can lock people out of the discussion entirely.

I am receiving XP on a thread that seems to have disappeared! http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?491430-Deceptive-Spellcasting When I click the links under my profile, I get: "Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Read more...

Eh, honestly I think that strips the game of potential drama for the very small cost of *slightly* reducing the Sorcerer's niche. Your reading of the spellcasting rules is reasonable, but not one by which I'd live or die.

Nah. Subtle spell gets the sorcerer out of a jail cell when he's bound and gagged. What I'm talking about is a risk/reward trade-off in difficult social situations (such as law enforcement frowning on public displays of magic, as you suggested).

Notwithstanding your snippets from the PHB, I'd have a hard time telling a bard that he couldn't weave magic into a song or limerick, but that's just a personal call. Otherwise, Stealth, Performance, and Sleight of Hand checks are all available for the DM in these circumstances, naturally with...

It's possible that such a tank's only weakness is the rest of the party. He can hold off a heavy-hitter all he likes, but unless he's plugging a corridor, he's going to watch the skirmishers slip by and start dismantling his friends.

What's the big deal with allowing each dart to force a roll against a duplicate? Every rock should have its paper.

It does for me!

The first flick through goes right for the juicy stuff. Maps of Castle Ravenloft, stats for the big bads, stopping to ooh and aah over encounters that look really interesting, especially with an eye to ripping stuff out for my other campaigns. This is my first impression of the product and can...

Sure I would. A fight in a cramped space (or in any restricted environment) would naturally be an important part of the encounter anyway. I'd be reluctant to say "You can't use that weapon", but I might say it can only be used one handed, and with disadvantage, or some-such.

This says "nascent necromancer" to me...weirdly sleeping in a coffin notwithstanding. I'm not sure it says "evil", but that's a matter of table opinion. Otherwise, I find myself in agreement with Iserith.

Translocation of people from modern Earth to D&D (although not necessarily with the meta elements you describe) is something I've mucked about with several times, but I have yet to find a group that wants to play! I also have a beautiful Ptolus hardback on the shelf that I've never managed to...

Can't wait for it (and still haven't caught up on Sunday's shenanigans).

Use CR in the way it is intended, i.e. as a high water-mark for what you should be sending against the PC's. Start with the XP guidelines but be prepared to tweak heavily on the fly based on your party and players. My personal experience is that the guidelines shoot too low; in other words, you...

My players are only now waking up to this fact. It has certainly changed the way they perceive 0 HP.

I think it would be pretty straightforward to say that the normal breath-holding rules apply, unless the PC is under duress (being attacked, being grappled, etc., at DM's discretion), at which point Con mod rounds comes into play, but I personally would allow a Con save to avoid ticking those...

I'm not sure I agree with your previous "done more than anything WotC has done", but in all other respects I'm in complete accord. It was a condition of these guys playing in front of the cameras that the game simply continued in the same way they had already been playing it. They strike me as...

I loved the SoB as soon as I read about them. I've put them right in the middle of things. :)

In agreement with the previous poster I did a couple of things to engage the party at Sloobludop. First, Shushar asked them to speak on his behalf, as I had written his backstory as being an exile (can't remember if that's in the text), and in returning home, he was effectively risking death...

trentonjoe I love your sig. :) I would require the attacker to be in a position where he would normally have advantage to attack. I would then require him to make a Dex-based attack with no proficiency bonus and at disadvantage. If successful, I would grant disadvantage to all the defender's...