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You can create the dirt trench using the mold earth spell fairly easily. Turf is placed on the outside of the dirt wall to make it slippery and hard to climb. By blasting limbs off of nearby dead trees and handing them off to the fighters, we would be able to create crude stakes to use for a...

In terms of natural fly speeds, highly overrated. The character bypasses some climb and jump checks, whereas flying during combat is a liability -> get shot and you might end up falling to your death. Especially if its a sleep spell. Plus, the flyer can easily end up isolating himself from his...

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And I was just starting to fancy the chance of rolling perception to overhear a thickly accented barovian voice cursing our building prowess in the middle of the night. Edit: But perhaps if I dig a hole and put a door on it... :heh: Vampire: May I enter your.... hole? Player Character...

I'm currently playing in a CoS game my friend is running, and we just left off with our characters entering the eastern gate to Barovia. With night quickly approaching as the game came to an end, there was much discussion about setting up camp. After researching Roman legionnaire campsites, I...

To be honest, though, the spells we did get from previous official content were a mixed bag. There were really good ones like mold earth, and then there were mechanically nonsensical ones like Gust and Immolation. Just because a particular choice helps balance a spell's power doesn't mean it...

Although it may appear that the Hellish Rebuke spell is the only one the tiefling gets that requires a saving throw, thaumaturgy can also require a save at the DM's discretion. For instance, the tiefling may try to slam a door in an opponent's face, or attempt to create an opening in a...

I really love the variant tiefling option: It lets players try different builds with tieflings using dexterity instead of charisma. However, it doesn't switch the primary casting stat for their spell-like abilities. Those spell-like abilities make up a bit chunk of the race and two of those...

I actually never realized they categorized languages as such. Thanks for letting me know! Any word on whether that applies to bonus languages related to race as well?

Something I've been debating internally for a while is whether the Hallow spell cast on Strahd's resting place with eternal rest would prevent him from resurrecting after being defeated by the player characters. The spell does allow a charisma saving throw, but only to those who are "entering...

After looking over the corrected Haunted One background, I noticed the background grants only one language as opposed to a combination of any two tool proficiencies and languages. Should a player taking the background choose an additional language or tool proficiency?

I think its important to realize that the development team for WoTC is not particularly large. D&D holds a special place in the RPG sphere, but not one that produces triple A figures. Our hobby is a niche one, which is why they work by contracting other companies to help produce D&D material...

After making about a dozen characters using AL rules, I would say any optimized race/class options. So anything that fulfills a D&D stereotype like elf wizard or dwarf fighter. The things that would be least played are those that actually defy the norm in a way that's actually interesting from...

Sometimes its not really cheating so much as the terrible idea of racial statistics perpetuated through every edition of D&D. It's pretty much impossible to not feel punished for trying to make a tiefling barbarian when none of its bonuses apply to the barbarian's key statistics. So to actually...

Some more so than others. Eberron and Ravenloft most definitely, but Greyhawk is really kept around due to reference. You need a Mordenkainen to have a Mordenkainen's magnificient mansion. We might see some Dark Sun or Dragonlance as well. The thing about Dragonlance, though... you can't really...

Yeah, I just think both sides have a point, and the best middle ground would probably be having some kind of "faith/devotion/magic" stat. I think diffusing responsibility would probably help players focus more on cool character concepts instead of "this race has +2 cha and therefore must always...

Plus, DMing is a higher pressure activity than being a player. This is why AL incentivizes playing as a DM. I think it is a positive and wonderful idea to try making DMing as attractive an activity as being a player, yet it is also highly experimental. They probably should have tacked that on as...

It was a third edition thing. Their turning ability in 3rd edition used charisma. That is because the lore is written specifically to support the game system. If they instead used charisma, you'd be saying the same thing about how the lore for cleric supports charisma as a casting stat.

I'd start with a hidden mentor type situation, and slowly ramp up over time to deadlier encounters, representing the way his predatory urges have warped his noble ambitions. So instead of encountering Strahd, they encounter a helpful "Von Holtz" who pleads with them for aid on the road. Should...

Clerics were originally wis and cha based. Cha was used for their supernatural abilities and wis specifically for their spells. I'm of the opinion it would be better to have a separate spell casting stat used for all divine casters and another for all arcane casters. Or just one magic power stat...