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Those are some good ideas. It may be that it takes creativity on both the DM and player's part to really bring out the use of the acrobatics skill. Actually, that may be the real culprit here: Most encounters are in places where the acrobatics skill is generally not that useful. Even when there...

The acrobatics skill as it is right now probably qualifies. Flips are essentially a form of jumping, but jumping is supposed to be handled by athletics. So the rules are kind of saying "yeah, you can jump with acrobatics, but officially you can only jump with athletics." The combat rules make...

I've found that as time progresses, I am doing more and more online games. With an increasing amount of my time going towards life stuff, Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 help by cutting out the commute time. Edit: But nothing really beats the traditional meeting up around a table.

I've sent you all the information I have.

The message was just weird. The email was definitely worse/overtly hostile. I'd rather not talk about the contents.

Yesterday, I came to the forums after having played a wonderful AL game with a father and his daughter to seek some help working through a few confusingly jumbled issues. I was a bit confused on how to present that information, as there were several subtle nuances to the subject that I didn't...

Forum mods, please close this thread down. I didn't intend for my statements to be inflammatory, and apologize to anyone who may have been offended by my posts. To Kalani: The game in question was enjoyable, and I didn't complain or fight with the DM over rules. The entire reason I even made...

The problems emphasized at the start go above and beyond simple table variation and becomes particularly problematic in the case of the third part. It is entirely possible a player character's story and background can only be represented by a particular interpretation of a skill or rule. In my...

Now that I've had some time to drop into a few AL games, my impression is... people play a bit of everything! I think these threads tend to get started due to the randomness of AL groups rather than any true deficiency in diversity. The safest character to play seems to be a party face-- if you...

That is not entirely correct. If the DM accepts the player into the game, hears in the character's introduction that he is a wizard with formal defensive training, and even was warned ahead of time he was going to show up with this particular character, it is unfair of the DM to reject the...

That kind of thinking just reduces acrobatics to a reflex saving throw. Skills are meant to be active, not purely reactive, which is all it would be if it cannot be used to some benefit. Aka, it has no reward to accompany its risk of failure. Moreover, it really doesn't deal with the subject...

Due to confusion, I'm restating the questions and the answers I've received off forum. The original post is preserved below the line. I have encountered the following problems and felt unsure of whether it was worth stopping the DM to address them. 1. DM deciding that a creature doesn't need...

Occult themed archetypes for current classes would be good as well, although we'd need a completely new arcane spellcasting class to make an occult mage. I'm thinking about stuff like transmuting a person's flesh to old-one flesh to gain fast healing, or other spells that attempt to mimic the...

It's also a great season to play batman. :)

It sounds like you want a system that lets a single character cover all the bases to some degree. In such a case, D&D will not satisfy you, because even though you could try to cover all bases, you'd be a master of none. Each of your actions would be less potent than a single specialist. I've...

My personal opinion is it would be great if we had hit points done more like they were in 4th edition mixed with a return of save-or-die mechanics. The only real issue with save-or-die critters was DM's treating them like any other monster and just throwing them into a dungeon. If a dungeon...

I'm sure she is referring to the simple fact that it is impossible to share spells with a wizard who is not physically present. There is also the issue of chronology, given how players can jump to different AL adventures.