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I was able to scroll back in DDB to the non-boss battle ending the prior session. Iirc, we were down familiars and had the steeds guarding a the back trail so I decreased the allies. This is what I would consider a moderately easy encounter for us. The sorcerer had cone of cold & the priest...

No one is idle for 30m. Keep in mind, lots of AoE mean lots of need to roll saves plus being attacked in melee. People may not be doing things but their character is being impacted. Saves can also be a point of jeers & cheers. "Augh! I failed the save & took 72 damage!" Then "you are within...

And it changes at level. In my game (above), the fighter, monk, and paladin get 3 attacks and the Warlock gets 3 eldritch blasts. The cleric/paladin effectively gets two due to spiritual weapon. Crits often trigger conditionals as it is prime time to use Smite or Bardic Inspiration plus...

I totally want an all bard game. the strong one (valor bard) the smart one (lore bard) the dreamy one (glamour bard) the quick one (sword bard) the spokesman (eloquence bard) the artist (creation bard) the sly one (whisper bard)

Time & round count came from DDB history, starting with first action to the final blow. I added a few extra bits as our group is 6 players and we have a number of familiars, animal companions & steeds that have their own actions that have to be tracked. (I am NOT counting summons/animated...

I think that comes from mystical attribution of natural phenomena around large rivers, particularly weather. I have seen a low altitude storm "bounce" off a river. The thermal updraft caused the storm to stay on one side and spread out laterally, ultimately following the river rather than...

In a world where you have a 700yro elf ranger with an animal companion that is only in its prime for 5 or 6 years, you could wind up with Fluffy CXXVI. Horses get maybe a decade* in their prime post training. Since pretty much all cavalry have multiple horses per rider (You might ride the...

Moon Knight is another Warlock example. For something lighter, Greater American Hero. Person gets super suit from ineffable aliens but brain has blanked it all out and has lost the manual.

Meh. Totally different balancing techniques between editions. 5e increase hit points on all monsters by 100-300%. spell power scaling only happens with up-casting Fewer spell slots after Class Level 8 Never get more than a single 8th or 9th level spell slots Repeat saves for spells...

Try produce flame/create bonfire to melt the snow, then shape water to animate the liquid water to a spot off the path. Bonus points for using the "simple shape" plus "freeze" option to make it something useful, like a hitching post. (The freeze will "melt" in an hour except its below freezing...

I think the reason it jumped out at me is breaks the spherical-ness of the cow. Skilled workers earn 2x their daily expenses. That lets you round off a lot of pointy bits. Family, illness, holidays, etc can be weathered except by spend-thrifts, who can be plot points. If unskilled got, say...

What you write sounds like excusing poorly thought out material on the basis that either "no one can do perfect economic models so none need to be consistent" or "because it makes no sense when applied to NPCs it must not apply to NPCs". The PHB & DMG say that PC classes, Monsters, and NPCs...

PHB has unskilled as "Untrained hirelings are hired for menial work that requires no particular skill and can include laborers, porters, maids, and similar workers." Given that a valet is essentially a man's maid, that ought to be unskilled. Meaning aside from the cook and the chamberlain...

Pretty sure when the economic elements are "income/day" and "expenses/day" we have made the spherical cow of economic systems. Not sure it gets any less detailed. And if you read, my issue is not with the economic accuracy but the in-game implications and how the rules conflict with the...

Yes, silly me, looking to the rule book for information on how my character should interact with the world as written and drawing the most fundamental conclusions from what it contains. What a fool I am! I think it gets to the idea of "ordinary". Which are the "ordinary people" that get to...

Hello all, So has anyone else looked at the cost hirelings vs lifestyle expenses? In 5e I almost never used hirelings but the GM gave us a decrepit estate as a reward. And now I am of the opinion that 5e should be a world constantly on the edge of peasant revolt. Why? Income: Hireling -...

My GM threw a wild mage Barbarian at us. It was an interesting and worrying fight. Definitely worth considering. Some of these are odd ideas but something might gel. Fighter-cavalier. I see no reason a Barbarian can't be a horse nomad (Mongols, huns, many north American people, etc)...

Any class can be a leader or a planner, assuming they are able/willing to solicit information from others. The Bard isn't inherently a better leader. A "leader" bard does have it easier than other classes as it needs fewer competent advisors. Between unrestricted skill access, expertise and...

To me the essence of a "real world" bard was that they were historians who kept oral histories. One of the Norse who memorized the Eddas or a Jewish rabbi who could recite the Talmud could both be bards. Depending on the tales, exceptional individuals of both those traditions could do magic...

That's only applies in some situations, which makes it campaign dependent. Do you search for traps in a city? In the main halls of a castle? A battlefield? The deck of a ship? Plus it induces its own gaming behavior. "Jeff, we can't rest, we've only made it in like a quarter mile and its...