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  1. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) Spells: the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Orcish Grandmother

    I'm just trying to look Witch Bolt up in DND Beyond and can't find it... anyone know why?
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    [UPDATED] Here's Mike Mearls' New D&D 5E Initiative System

    I always like realism and dynamism in combat systems and so this has an appeal although I'm sure my players would hate it. But I don't think ti would speed things up - in fact I think it would make it worse. My players are old hands and they know from round to round what they want to do (more or...
  3. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) Mike Mearls' AMA Summary

    I know this wasn't a mainstream play style but in our 2e group Druids were the Priests and Rangers the Paladins (effectively) of the nature god who was probably the 2nd most important god in the campaign. That's always influenced how we've played them over 20 years now.
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    Mike Mearls' D&D AMA Summary: Rangers, Initiative, WotC Staff Levels, Fave Pizza

    I know this wasn't a mainstream play style but in our 2e group Druids were the Priests and Rangers the Paladins (effectively) of the nature god who was probably the 2nd most important god in the campaign. That's always influenced how we've played them over 20 years now.
  5. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) How do you interpret the Oath of Ancients?

    I am totally a Paladin of Vengeance...
  6. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) What Rules do you see people mistake or misapply?

    From this thread I thought it was relevant...
  7. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) Warlock of the Archfey CR 4???

    Ah - so it does... Well, regardless the point that it's not quite the same as fighting a CR monster on it's own remains.
  8. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) Warlock of the Archfey CR 4???

    Summoning a CR 6 monster isn't the same as fighting a straight up CR 6 monster - you kill the caster, disrupt the concentration spell or dispel the creature and it's gone.
  9. Olive

    "Dust" and "Midway" - Codenames for Upcoming D&D Hardcovers

    Usually a publisher buys a group of ISBNs and then registers them once the book i confirmed/more or less ready. I guess you could de-register an ISBN but it would seem wasteful...
  10. Olive

    Unearthed Arcana Your current use of Unearthed Arcana material

    I allow all of that stuff but we're only using a tiny part of it (revised ranger). Perhaps a more interesting question is how much people are using?
  11. Olive

    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana Explores Downtime Activities

    We used some of these in play last night. They worked fine and gave a framework to some activities that the PCs had wanted anyway. I'm not sure about the religious service idea but then again, I can sue that as a spur to do some work of my own. The other thing I'm not sure about it the magic...
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    [UPDATED] WotC & Goodman Games Partner To Reprint Classic Modules for 5E

    Yeah, it was probably like that but with a little more nuance like GG: Do you have any plans around B1 and B2? WotC: Well, maybe. Why do you ask? GG: I was wondering if we could pay you a license fee and we'd make them into a reprint with original stats and 5e stats and some historical info...
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    [UPDATED] WotC & Goodman Games Partner To Reprint Classic Modules for 5E

    This is slightly OT but I am a commissioning editor with a large international academic publisher in my day job. We regularly get requests from academics to publish translations into their own language and they usually get a fob off form response. The reason is that it's not just about being...
  14. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) New UE Classes

    What I'd like to see are not necessarily new classes (although they certainly could be which is why I'm posting here) but cultural variant arcane casters - wu jen, sha'ir and that sort of thing. Shamen for divine?
  15. Olive

    Al-Qadim: Land of Fate (5e conversion)

    Man, if you make posts like that with your second post, then you'll be a really great past of this community.
  16. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) Members of a King's Council?

    Lackhand makes good points. Also remember that because of political considerations or incompetence/emotions on the part of the king, some of the people on the council might be rubbish at their jobs.
  17. Olive

    D&D 5E (2014) Members of a King's Council?

    I don't think it's necessarily that clearly defined - a king who fancies himself a great military leader might not have a military adviser for example, but I think that you've got it more or less right. The Chancellor/financial role is crucial.
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    D&D 5E (2014) If you've ever left D&D, what made you come back?

    I leave D&D and always come back. I left D&D after a long running 3/3.5 campaign petered out for WFRP and came back (to PF) because we had a new player who was keen. Then I left it for CoC and Savage Worlds and a brief dip into Runequest and now back to 5e for the last few months. For my group...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What does your group look like?

    A bunch of dudes in their late 30s and early 40s with varying degrees of weight gain and facial hair (and hair loss)... I don't think anyone needs a photo! My groups used to be much more diverse...
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