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    D&D 5E (2024) 2025 Monster Manual All You Need to Know video link is up.

    That's not a bad point. But I have an idea. Most of the complaints that I see about the monster creation rules in the 2014 DMG sure look to me like people didn't read them (or didn't remember what they read). Things like thinking the hit point values for the defensive CR are way too high, for...
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2025 Monster Manual All You Need to Know video link is up.

    I very much look forward to your reverse engineered rules.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2025 Monster Manual All You Need to Know video link is up.

    The thing is, if you make a monster from scratch with nothing like the 2014 DMG you have absolutely no idea what its CR is. The guess and check issue with the proficiency bonus you mention (a real irritation) aside, the primary function of the monster building rules was to tell you the CR of...
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    2025 Monster Manual to Introduce Male Versions of Hags, Medusas, and Dryads

    I still can't see how goblins can be fey but elves are humanoids. I mean, I'm okay with the goblin-fey connection, I really am. I just think they shouldn't be more fey than elves. So if you want them to be fey, make elves fey too. I think everyone should agree with me or you're just wrong. I...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Revised and expanded skill system

    Since people are currently talking about skills over on the Intimidate thread, I thought this would be a good time to share my home-brew skill revision. Use it for inspiration, adopt as-is, ignore, or use as fuel for arguments. :) This is based on 2014, but should more or less work with 2024...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Reducing Power Gaming

    It should help if you don't tell the players you want to run a D&D 5e game...and then manhandle the rules so they aren't getting what the book says they are. Instead tell them you have a homebrew D&D-like game you want to run that [fill in the blank with what you are going for]. Then if they...
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    D&D General How Do D&D Adventurers Dress?

    I will literally have my character commission and pay for clothing and armor with no mechanical benefit to fit his style. I dropped a lot of coin to have the hide of a black dragon turned into some cool scale armor by a dwarven smith, and I commissioned a satchel customized to fit his bag of...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Complete Champion : Fighter Tier List

    If green-flame blade and booming blade are allowed with 2024 Eldritch Knight, you are straight up adding to at-will damage. 1d8 at 7th-10th level, 2d8 at 11th-16th, and 3d8 at 17th+. That's reliable damage to your primary target, not even counting the extra potential damage/control from booming...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Put Some Sword World In Your D&D 2: Multi-Part Monsters

    What do you see as the benefit of adding these sorts of dramatic changes to D&D rather than just playing Sword World?
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    D&D 5E (2024) No more Cleric and Sorc dips!

    The phrasing in 2014 was open to interpretation. I always interpreted it the generous way because it made the feat more attractive.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Group Checks?

    The funny thing is that using group checks to help with party Stealth was the example the designers gave when they were talking about group checks way back in the 2014 play test. So 2024 is completely altering the intent. But that isn't the only place. Sometime someone should make a list of all...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [House Rule] Swap an action for a bonus action

    I would probably allow this if it came up. No one has ever expressed a desire to do so, probably because standard actions are typically superior to bonus actions. It would probably be kind of like a house rule I do have that prepared casters can prepare additional cantrips in place of other...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How many magical rings can a single character wear and use?

    The text is almost the same as in 2014. The only meaningful difference is that 2014 gives examples of possible exceptions allowing you to wear more than one of the categories it says you can usually only wear one, and 2024 just says the DM might make exceptions. There has never been a limit...
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    Kickstarter's 'U' Shaped Curve Is A Reverse 'J' And More Pronounced Than You Thought!

    Makes sense to me. As a consumer, Kickstarters are basically just a pre-order (I don't think I've backed anything risky, though I'm not completely opposed to doing so), and usually I'm aware of what it is I want to order ahead of time.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dragon Dilemma - Opinions? Advice? All are welcome!

    Sounds tricky! I think your assessment of the situation is sound. The question you are going to get is whether the PCs went after the dragon "stupidly" or whether it was just bad luck. Ie, did they know what they were getting into and risk bad odds, or was it a random wilderness encounter roll...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why 5e? Bringing Back the Cheesecake Factory!

    While I partly agree with the observation, 5e (2014) has been my favorite since it came out. The observation some made back then that it felt like it fit somewhere between 2e and 3e makes sense to me, because that's where my ideal D&D would fit. Also, I think there are likely quite a few other...
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    D&D General Rerolling Initiative each Round

    I've considered using it, but haven't tried it. I think it would probably end up feeling like the trade off isn't worth it at my table. What I would never consider though is going back to action declaration rounds and/or weapon/spell speeds. I was a bit skeptical when 3e got rid of that in...
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    When Do the 5E “Ride or Die” Folks Become Grogs Like The Rest of Us in “D&D Older Editions” And When Do We Get D&D 5E Flair for Posts?

    There are a similar or greater percentage of general rules changes. Almost certainly less in number since 5e has a lot less rules than 3e, but at least as high of a percentage. I also think they tend to be more impactful changes. For example, weapon mastery is a pretty big new thing that is...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Adjusting Difficulty

    That would seem an odd way of doing it, since the main issue preventing even Legendary creatures from being good solo challenges is that if they deal enough damage to put up a satisfying fight they have too few hit points to last through it, while if they have enough hp to last through such a...
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    D&D General Why ya gotta be so Basic? Understanding the Resurgence of Moldvay's Basic

    So apparently it's just OD&D and 1e AD&D that didn't have the rule in their core books? I believe it, but I don't know how I missed it. I never had those editions that didn't have the rule back then. I'm guessing it must be that I switched from the Mentzer box to the 2e books fairly soon, and I...
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