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I think you could get a lot of use of the Faction and Turf rules/advice from Blades in the Dark for this sort of the game to keep track of all the political going-ons in the city and how/when various NPCs factions and individuals might interact with the group - especially boil-over points that...

It has a "use this in place of this" for certain humanoids, but I think what is desired is a "Creatures of this CR increase HP and damage by X% or <fixed number>" One of the other threads around here was looking at the hp/damage across the new monsters - I think it was by @mearls .

On ancient elves, dwarves, vampires and the like. I've come to realize that the older you get, the more you forget. I am fine with a few-hundred year old elf only able (or more likely, willing) to remember the most recent past couple of score years, let alone decades and how I handle it in my...

"Let them Fight!"

Been playing some form of D&D for 45 years now, it's too much a part of my life not to have it around. It is nice though, every so often to play something else for a bit. Same 'ol, same 'ol gets stale after a while - but it's nice to come back to it when you've had your fill of some other...

make the user a rogue, add their sneak attack to the damage.

I'm not overly fond of the whole process for the Ranger Beast companion first of all. RAW, I don't think sacrificing an attack + bonus action will allow it to attack twice. Otherwise, you could sacrifice both attacks + bonus action to attack thrice with the companion, and the wording seems to...

Our game night is tonight actually. I'm playing in my wife's 5E 2014 game as a human Shadow Sorcerer. I think it's the 2nd time in 45 years I've played a human character. <Edit> If it was my choice to run, I'd be having everyone try out my FrankenD&D - or B/X and the Lost City.

I'm assuming since everyone only gets one Action, you can't make the beast attack twice as it would be taking "two actions" - not Attacks, but you're using your attack to let the beast do an Attack action.

There is a point of diminishing returns. It would be nice to have a customized stat block to account for each monster's nuances, but that becomes a nightmare for designers of giving you a broader spectrum vs. specialized stat blocks. I think a reasonable compromise would be to have the...

It's actually been like that since the 80's, just not a lot of uptake until recently. I mean, I have a D&D coloring book, trading cards, rub-on transfers, pencils, a cup and a handful of action figures - all from the 80's.

It should be noted on the PC side, the monk is already the poster child for damage increase output with a weapon. For all the other classes, and unarmed attack does 1 point; for a monk it does 1d4, increasing to 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 and finally 1d12. Something similar occurs with the rogue's sneak...

Which of the 20 versions?

My wife pointed it out at a Books-A-Million and I simply waved it away. I have Art & Arcana, and I think it would cover anything about D&D far better than some gloss-over might.

I'd always wondered if the Rakasta were somehow based on the Kzinti (by Larry Niven) and fantasied up. Anyway, in the game I ran, the Rakasta were a break-away faction from Ylaruam and traded between the Tanaroa and (secretly) the Kopru, as well as having a secret trade route back to the main...

Stealth combines the old Thief abilities Hide in Shadows and Move Silently, so you don't have to make separate rolls. Though, it should be noted in 1E/2E that using Hide in Shadows required you to be still. That got dropped in 3E when those abilities were turned into skills (separate skills...

Does allowing a paladin to Smite with a javelin break anything outright? I've not been too fond that you can't have the like of an Archer Paladin who smites to the point I created a custom Oath that could do such a thing.

I'm going to approach from the opposite end, with what I want to be able to accomplish while stealthed, or how I feel things should interact. - You need cover, dim light/darkness or a distraction to attempt to Stealth and roll the Stealth check when you start being Stealthy. A reroll may be...

Cat people being too far? That's a new one on me. When playing X1, some of the best interactions I had with PCs was with the Rakasta & Phanatons.

Oddly, Spelljammer has a section on fishing as well.