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    D&D 5E (2014) Mapping Software Input [What's in your wallet?]

    It partly depends on what your target display is. If it's a monitor/TV, any old pixel/bitmap/raster editor will be fine. If you want to print it at all, then either you need to create a massive bitmap at very high rez (which is certainly possible given modern machine image processing...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Bard's Inspiration Die...

    Correct, Inspiration instead eats a bonus action every time I want to use the bloody thing! At least Bless is fire and forget. You mean I get to keep my one-use 1d6? Awesome. I'm not saying it's not useful but I have yet to see Inspiration turn the tide of an battle, whereas Bless does this...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Bard's Inspiration Die...

    I hear what you're saying in terms of the die being relatively powerful compared to the level you gain it. It's not that I think Inspiration is bad but compared to Bless, Inspiration is only "ok". Having been both the recipient and giver of both Bless and Inspiration, only Bless has the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Bard's Inspiration Die...

    1d6 to one attack, ability check or save that you can grant once a round? How is that overpowered?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ok I have to ask..... what's with the Paladin hate on here?

    That's the guy. I remember him being an interesting character, y'know, for a paladin. ;)
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ok I have to ask..... what's with the Paladin hate on here?

    Aren't paladins always doomed in Warcraft? I never played in the setting but I remember there was that dude who goes nuts and kills a bunch of people in a town for some reason?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ok I have to ask..... what's with the Paladin hate on here?

    Plus, Paladins tend to attract sanctimonious, dogmatic trolls - "But I have to play him that way. My alignment says so! Hue hue hue"
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ok I have to ask..... what's with the Paladin hate on here?

    Paladins are fine, I just wouldn't let my daughter marry one.
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    D&D 5E (2014) "My Character Is Always..." and related topics.

    Personally, I use the characters class, background, the players roleplaying and a lesser extent character race, to determine what they're "always doing". People are creatures of habit and habits are formed by what you've learned and grown up with. For example, a Druid with the Scholar background...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Advice on dealing with high level characters.

    My advice is: know what the spells do, familiarise yourself with the make-up of your party and have an response appropriate for your adventure ready, but don't automatically negate their actions. For example: you could put a forbiddance spell around the dungeon blocking interplanar travel but...
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    So, Seeking Help on Help in 5e

    My house rule is that you must have a non-zero skill/ability modifier to use the aid other action. This reflects the fact a character may have some natural ability with a skill, even if he/she hasn't been trained in it.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the WORST party composition possibly with 4 or 5 characters?

    5 monks built with non-optimal races for flavor, who roleplay as pacifists.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is there beef between Mearls and Cook?

    Cook hates Mearls over a bungled assassination and tried to have him whacked, but Mearls was onto him and got out in time, staying off the grid by moving to Goa, India. But then a russian assassin found him and his girlfriend so he went on the offensive taking the fight to Cook and his...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is infinite diversity in infinite combinations .... a terrible thing in D&D?

    I don't see why its a bad thing. The races tend towards certain classes because of their stat bonuses and those tend to mirror the classic tropes anyway; elves are wizards, halflings are rogues, humans are anything. But if someone wants to play a non-optimal race/class combination like a gnome...
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    D&D 5E (2014) "when circumstances are appropriate for hiding"

    Hidden means creatures may not be aware of your exact location, not that it's impossible to locate you. Creatures may even know you're there somewhere, they just can't see you, for now...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5e EPIC MONSTER UPDATES

    This is really awesome stuff OP! I like how each monster feels unique and you've nailed it with their abilities and the flavor. I'll read through the list in a bit more detail over the next week and give you some feedback but one thing I noticed immediately - some of the monsters, Tiamat for...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What to do about flakes?!

    I understand your frustration OP but sometimes life stuff takes precedence over DnD (I know I know, sacrilege :) ). You just have to accept it might happen, cancel if you need to and reschedule. If it keeps happening and its the same people, it might be worth checking in with them to see whats...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Undermountain as a Skill Challenge

    Oh, I was hoping for a single DC to defeat the Undermountain skill challenge. Something like "You roll a 20, you won Undermountain!" :)
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    D&D 5E (2014) "Why don't you just shoot it?"

    Meh. Personally I think the best response to this question is "Cos that's not how I roll bro". You don't need to justify it!
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    D&D 5E (2014) War

    Sure, but this is a speedbump that could potentially move an entire city to another plane of existence or animate the entire city to defend itself or enclose the city in an impenetrable shield. And thats just defense. Do the invaders have magic on that scale? If not, forget it. In fact, the...
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