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Narrative: The Blue Dragon plummeted down from its globe of darkness, broke its fall with a spread of the wings, and unleashed a continuous stroke of lightning - smoking the Fighter, Bard and Paladin. Mechanics: Natural flier dropped prone (free downward vertical movement), stood up at altitude...

I don't plan specific outs with my encounters, I reckon that's up to the players to figure out. That's what I'd want if I were a player, open slather freedom to respond in character to whatever encountered. And sure, if I were playing a LG Paladin of Devotion in impossible circumstances (very...

As a DM I'd do very little. Get the player to check the oath I suppose. There could be reputation repercussions, but even then, a dragon is fearsome. The other characters and friendly NPCs might have an opinion, which some might air. The player might have their character feel conflicted...

PHB pg190 refers to speed as a measurement of a combination of walking, swimming, climbing and jumping. No reference to flying... I think we've hit a rule with legitimate arguments both ways. 1) Plain reading adds bonus speed on all modes. The omission of flight on pg190 simply reflects that no...

What if a second caster cast Haste on someone under the Fly spell? Would their fly speed double to 120'??

Good points all round. Thanks guys. I've ruled they stack, but the Fly spell is quite specific about the speed it grants.

Here's a simple question. Barbarian fast movement (BFM) increases speed by 10' while not heavily encumbered. Wizard casts Fly on Barbarian, giving him a 60' fly speed. Does BFM boost it to 70'?

I recently had an encounter in a glacial valley where manticores were swooping down from behind ledges and outcrops to within their optimal 100' spike range. The PCs with longbows were engaging immediately at starting ranges of 200-300'. Extra attack with 14+ Dex were scoring hits even at...

Am I the first to suggest making Dragons spellcasters (as from say 1E)? I routinely do so. The young adult red dragon my PCs may encounter has enlarge/reduce and locate object. It can maneuver through much of the dungeon chasing after any stolen treasure (it knows what it owns). Its lair is...

How about... A list of Liches, each with their own: - unique backstory and plans, - ways in which the PCs might stumble onto parts of these plans, - rumours and/or lore that can be discovered about each Lich, - ways the Lich can learn more about the PCs, - minions, allies and enemies of each...

Hi all, One of my players wants to play a Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin) Druid - either Circle of the Moon or Land. For Circle of the Moon the player would like his character to be able to wild shape into fungi and underdark creatures, rather than snakes and bears. Has anyone come across this? He'd...

Thanks all, glad to read similar opinions. The traps were well hidden btw - will give some foes the same traps next session and see how they feel about it on the other foot (pun intended har har).

Hi all. I ran a game the other day and the players used a bunch of traps - to good effect I thought. They set hunters traps and a line of unlit oil in a breach in a wall and later, their 2nd level PCs fought off a trio of bugbears there, taking minimal damage. Two bugbears were caught in the...

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I just ran a tactical 5E combat, some of the things that made it so were: - Elevation: slow river with deeper swimming holes, high river banks, steep shingle path, rock out cropping, trees, taller tree. - Spread out opening positions: the preceding wilderness chase resulted in the PCs not being...

Why are we fighting page 144 of the PHB if you want more realism (or to be less generous)? If need be the character pays 10-40% of the cost to resize the armour, 150-600gp. These gold values are nothing to sniff at at lower level.

Can't it short rest to spend HD on healing?

I think it's a bit of a luxury to assume the Tarrasque will show up at level 20, on cue, with plenty of warning. Although it could well enough I guess. Nope, I think if it showed up in my game it'd probably have something like a bunch of followers loving it's destructive power, baiting it...

Ok, but what about page 178? It looks like if you need to jump a ditch or the mount sees something spooky you'll be rolling you awesome animal handling skill??

I see the noble background doesn't give animal handling nor is it included in the Paladin skills. So what gives? Is the default Paladin going to have to buy a military saddle, strap in and otherwise bounce around the battlefield all Don Quixote?