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Generally yes, because the Arcane Trickster's strength is predictable and consistent. However, the Thief might give it a run for its money depending on how a particular DM treats improvised grenadelike weapons (there are something like half a dozen different possible interpretations), and how...

Correct. Or the target might move so that anyone shooting from around that pillar wouldn't have line of sight, or move to try to attack the Rogue in melee, or any other countermeasure. Of course, in a more complicated scenario where the target's knowledge of the Rogue's location is not...

Personally I separate what the target can detect from what the target knows (or think they know). Hiding at my table simply prevents the target from detecting the hider's current location, but doesn't make the target forget whatever they know about the Rogue's location. So, in the example with...

There are many different ways to round. For a fun chart showing ten of those methods, check out this Wikipedia page. The method taught to children might be standard in U.S. grade schools (although it's definitely not standard in various professional fields, even within the U.S.), but it would...

I allow repeatedly hiding in the same position, on the grounds that even though the targets (think they) know the rogue is there, the successful hide check means they can't hear the rogue start moving to give advance warning of an incoming shot. By contrast, someone not hidden in the same...

There is no limit on the number of spells that can be cast in one turn (other than the number of actions available), unless one of those spells requires a bonus action. So one can cast a spell with an action and then cast another spell with a reaction. However, if one casts a spell as a bonus...

I would also note that in 1500 posts it has not yet been discussed whether everyone is using the same definition of the word "rule". Arguing about whether or not something meets a definition without first establishing that definition seems doomed to be inherently unresolvable. From my...

Bold emphasis added. I agree that contracts get tested in court a lot. It does not follow that most boilerplate language is tested, nor does it follow that most boilerplate language is created in response to specific case law. Note that of all the contract cases filed, only a comparatively...

Emphasis added. We apparently have wildly different perceptions of how comprehensive extant case law is concerning contract language.

Courts deal with issues relating to boilerplate language on a daily basis, yes. But it doesn't follow that all boilerplate language is tested in court. Consider the fact that only a tiny fraction of contracts are ever subject to dispute, and only a tiny fraction of those disputes ever go to...

Only a tiny fraction of boilerplate language is ever tested in court. It's not boilerplate because it's been tested, it's boilerplate because it's common enough to have become standard.

Note that legal boilerplate (i.e. the same contractual terms in similar contracts across an industry) arises to protect the attorneys, rather than to protect the company. There are any number of ways contest terms might be structured to adequately protect the company's interest (and no, you...

We don't know their original intent, and even if the original intent was not nefarious, we (and even current employees/management at DDB) can't know whether DDB (or any future acquiring company or bankruptcy trustee) would stick to that original intent. All we know for sure is that DDB ran a...

For one thing, the existence of the license granted to D&D Beyond prevents the artist from later selling exclusive rights to anyone else. In other words, the artist does not retain full ownership of their work because they've permanently foregone their right to exclusivity.

I'm also fine with third person, so apparently I don't understand the definition of play-acting as you're using it. You're not using it in the demeaning put-down context with which I am familiar, and evidently you're not using it as a synonym for roleplaying as I came to think you were. Could...

Thanks for clarifying your intent! (For reference, to me the term "play-acting" comes across with an inherently demeaning context, especially when things that affect the "play-acting" level of the game are also described as "superficial".) To further clarify, do you think the "play-acting" level...

As applied to your example, my point is only that the "play-acting" of threatening to break necks is itself a goal of play at some tables, rather than merely superficial.

This is a great example of just how much goals of play can differ from table to table in 5e. What you dismiss as the superficial play-acting level is something I actively prioritize as both a player and a DM. Sure, D&D games play similarly to each other in comparison to the whole universe of...

I find readying comes up multiple times in most outdoors fights. Against a long-ranged combatant with access to full cover, Readying ranged attacks to hit them when they come out of cover to attack is often preferable to multiple rounds of dashing in the open to get in melee. And against...

What terminology would you use to distinguish between GM-driven games where the content is (to use your phrasing from an earlier post) "a story that [the GM] wants to tell" versus GM-driven games where the GM does not have a story in mind and instead "decides and curates content" in response to...