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Wait, what? I don't know about the spiders where you live, but the ones I find in my house are capable of truly terrifying speeds, especially once they realize that you're trying to smash them with your shoe. ;)

Yes, it can.

I just got my DMG today, and it's awesome. I was a bit surprised to find cursed items mixed in among the normal magic items. I was also surprised to discover that the identify spell can't reveal curses on magic items. Now that they've made this rule, what is the point of the identify spell? It...

Yes, you are. Traps are just one of the many threats that players face in the game. By taking the arcane trickster subclass, a rogue gets to be particularly good at facing that type of threat. Every class is good at overcoming some types of threats more easily than others. When the party...

There was a spell in the FR setting called cloak of dark power that protected drow from sunlight. Here's my 5e conversion of the spell, in case you're interested: Cloak of Dark Power 1st-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 action Components: V, S Range: Touch Duration: Concentration, up to 10...

I see your point. It would be disappointing to find a +1 shield and not get any benefit from it because you already had +1 armor. That said, not all magic items are useful for all characters. A 20 Str barbarian doesn't get any benefit from wearing gauntlets of ogre power, for example. It is...

All of this could have been easily avoided if they had just included a rule that magic item bonuses to the same stat don't stack with each other.

The first use I thought of was putting it on your spellbook so you could recall it if it's stolen. Then I read the spell and realized that you can't recall it while it is in someone else's possession. So, yeah, I too am having a hard time of thinking of any good uses for this very expensive spell.

I'm pretty sure its over 9,000!

If clerics, a divine class, can't lose their powers for turning against their gods, then warlocks, an arcane class, most certainly shouldn't lose their powers for turning on their patrons, IMO.

Battlefields aren't always open fields. The snipers might not have anywhere else to move where they have a clear shot at the players. I wasn't aware that the DM could only attack the wizard 3 times per day. D&D isn't an MMO. Fighters can't force the monsters to go after them and ignore the...

Fog cloud is more useful than you give it credit for. Getting sniped by enemy archers? Throw fog cloud over them, blocking their line of sight. Need to escape from a fight that's turned bad? Throw fog cloud and retreat in safety. Etc. Since anyone can identify magic items during a short rest...

I wouldn't take away any of the warlock's powers. I think roleplaying consequences are more appropriate than lost class features and much more fun. Here are a few ideas: - The fiend that was the warlock's patron becomes his nemesis. It might make repeated attempts to tempt him back into its...

I love it too. It's already my favorite edition of the game, and it's only just beginning.

If you're using point buy, you can't even start with a 16 unless you have a racial bonus. You're only going to have that bonus on the things that you're character is pretty good at. Guidance is only available to two classes by default. Spending a feat to get it is an enormous expense. Bards can...

So even with a 16 score (which is a pretty high score in this edition), proficiency, guidance and aid another, you still fail 1/3 of the time. Sounds pretty hard to me!

Oh, I didn't realize the DM rules had been updated. Thanks. That's unfortunate. I liked it when people could attempt to use scrolls with Arcana checks. It made Int a bit less of a dump stat.

I thought that characters of the wrong class can use spell scrolls by making an Arcana check. Has that changed?

I don't think these should have been put in the DMG instead of the PHB. There's nothing about the Death domain (or gods of death in general) that is inherently evil. None of the othbreaker's powers are necessarily evil, either. Take out all of the blackguard-like fluff and they could easily just...

I think it would be best if epic play worked kind of like e6. By that I mean that characters wouldn't gain any levels after 20 but could gain additional skills, feats, etc. over time, growing more versatile and well rounded without growing too much in power.