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    D&D 5E (2014) Witch Bolt and Elemental Affinity

    Not really. Unless battlefields in your DM's game are particularly uncluttered, Witch bolt's achilles heel is too great. The spell ending as soon as the target gains total cover means most times any other damage spell would have been better. And the spell certainly makes it look like it is a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thrown weapons and paradoxes.

    Seems fine to me, dropping fliers should not be easy IMHO. Mearls seems to agree...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rogue's Cunning action: Double dash, etc.

    In RL we call it Adrenalin. Also as pointed out, the chase rules cover excessive amounts of dashing.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Chaktcha and ready doubts

    The text of the Extra attack feature gives you extra attacks when you take the attack action on your turn . The text of ready show that the action you take is the Ready action on your turn to later trigger a reaction. Note, the Monster Manual's Multiattack definition has a similar wording to the...
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    this is what kids are watching?

    This season isn't so great.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Chaktcha and ready doubts

    Ready is very costly. It occurs after the trigger you specify you ready move or an attack. If you attack, you generally get only one attack even if you were entitled to more. You lose out on many effects that are triggerable on your turn. Taking the Ready uses up your reaction If you ready a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does progression rate slow down?

    Yeah, it really makes players SEEK OUT significant foes rather than just wander around killing orcs.
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    Does critical hit ignores damage reduction?

    http://www.d20srd.org Nearly all the 3.5 rules, free to use and abuse. Certain effects that ride on the attack do get negated if DR soaks all the damage. The rules for damage reduction cover this on the most part. So if a snake bites a Stone Skinned wizard and all the damage is resisted, it's...
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    Anyone else mark the monster population ON a copy of the dungeon map when preparing?

    Well, you'd still have to clean the map anyhow of number keys and secret doors.
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    Beetles, Centipedes, and Chickens: PATHFINDER Minis

    WARK! Anyone know the rarity on the terror bird? EDIT: Uncommon, sweeeeet.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Question about moving and attacking

    No, just like other times a caster is inconvenienced, saves don't flux from most circumstance as attack rolls can.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why such little content (books) for Dnd 5e?

    These feed into one another, groups force PCs to divide their focus and makes PCs decide to use stronger resources to get past the lesser foes faster or use up table time taking them out one at a time. Also fewer high XP foes accelerate advancement. If one used the assumption the bulk of PCs...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dual hand crossbows, poison and hex warlock

    I'm sure the imp's real bosses want you to think that way.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Are monks very samey?

    He also works alone. You see much like thing such as disease immunity or resistance to energy drain in 3E, if a monk is getting major use out of heightened mobility, the other players are likely in rough situations where they are boned. Yeah getting the other players to buy in on that might be a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Are monks very samey?

    Indeed. If most foes are damage sponges of HP, then wanting lots of damage is kinda pushed onto one's character.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why such little content (books) for Dnd 5e?

    That's why they've been licensing the minis out. They get the guaranteed profit of licensing out the property while the GF9 and Wizkids takes any risks.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why such little content (books) for Dnd 5e?

    TSR did it before internal politics and middle management types dragged it down to Hell :(. D&D had a Children's cartoon that lasted for three seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfif5DiGMYc A D&D toyline http://www.toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragons.html Gygax was trying to strike movie deal...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Question about moving and attacking

    Most medium characters are not a solid 5'x5' and I don't feel the rules text isn't so cut and dried. It says you can't end you move, which I think could be argued is not the same as breaking it up. Also if one goes with the notion you can't do this, then it's really easy for folks to get...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why such little content (books) for Dnd 5e?

    Then use you 1E manual of the planes. Book didn't burst into flames.
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