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Risk of damage, risk of death....sure that's exciting! Risk of leaving the table for an hour because I have nothing to contribute...not so great. Part of this is simply the length of dnd combat. A round of combat can take 30 min or even an hour if its an involved one. Even an effect that takes...

I will note that the suggestion spell in the OP didn't impact the dragon, just his associate. I mean...its that where we want the save or sucks to actually work? We are focusing a lot on boss protections...but in this case it wasn't the boss, but the minion of the boss that got the whammy. If...

By the book, encumbrance works the same whether you are walking or flying. A character normally carry 15 x strength score, so for a basic 10 strength I would say that could carry most standard PC races IF they basically have no gear. For a more general "hey pick me up and take...

Yeah I think its fitting for the rakshasa who is in dnd lore a highly notable magic resistant creature. I could also see it on some golems, as again historically golems were immune to the vast majority of spells. But I wouldn't make it a thing you just give to a number of bosses.

I will say no mechanic will save you from bad dice at the end of the day. I mean if the dragon hadn't been stalled out by a spell but whiffed on every attack due to cold dice, it still would have been a lackluster experience. I will say I am not a fan of young dragons. I mean I'm not a huge fan...

My current campaign the PCs are a mercenary group, hired to do everything from assassination to body guard duty. As a DM I am a big fan of "mission" type campaigns (aka where the PCs are assigned missions as the basis of their adventurers), as it allows you to include a wide range of adventure...

There are two reasons for this: Thematically: In lore, modrons only communicate with modrons one rank higher or lower than themselves. So this mechanic reinforces that flavor. Mechanically: It creates a pyramid structure of power, where 3 tiers of modron in a fight can't all just make the one...

their point (which is true) is that dependent on the scenario you get into one of two states with a given modron: 1) The modron or party lands all attacks and makes all saves. 2) The modron or party fails all attack and fails all saves. So while most combats each round tends to be a mix of...

A while ago, a did a take on what I considered "True Slaad", aka an enemy that is actually chaotic enough to represent the described paragons of chaos: D&D 5E - 5e Updates: Monstrous Compendium I have also run an altered version of Modron. While I generally like the modron, they still are not...

So VII is dealing with the same problem the last two civs have....its basically only half baked on release. Effectively we will need 2-3 DLCs before the polish is added and the game can actually be compared to its predecessors and it would truely worth looking how it ranks on this list, but its...

Yeah I think this was one of the biggest misses of the movie. Now lets be honest, Marvel has become notorious for cookie cutter villains, but at least the villains are normally powerful...they are just bland and one note. But when your super power is hyper intelligence....and your plot is...

Part of the answer here depends on whether you envision ever using the particular world/characters again for a next campaign, as if you do the epilogue needs to be more "subdued" than if you aren't. I would start with asking the players, "so where would you want character X to wind up?" and...

Oh wow, so they took the OG character and turned him into a traitor? I wonder how the OG watchers of the tv show felt about that one.

TLDR: If you haven't read Dungeon Crawler Carl..... read Dungeon Crawler Carl! (and actually even better....listen to the audiobook). I recently completed book 7 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and it has very quickly become one of my favorite fantasy/sci-fi series. And so here are some...

Other problem is, who is going to do the stunts like Tom Cruise does? Part of the crazy appeal of the MI series if your like "holy crap Tom Cruise is ACTUALLY do that thing on screen, its not fake, he's literally hanging on to that airplane!" Without that, loses a lot of its appeal.

Rereading Nystul's Magic Aura after a while I had forgotten just how incredibly powerful it is. It is no illusionary trick, it actually allows you to change your type for spell interactions. Remove your humanoid type and gain immunity to spells like charm person. Make your undead pet capable of...

SPOILERS FOR the new MI movie. My overall thoughts. Awesome new action scenes, in a day of big CGI battles, just watching Tom Cruise do Tom Cruise things in high action packed scenes is great, and the scenes do not disappoint. It also did a cool job of referencing the older movies to tie...

To clarify for everyone. I am referring to the monster ability "Change Shape", not the shapechange spell. I appreciate the discussion so far though:)

So if a fiend uses change shape to (the monster ability, not the spell shapechange) become a humanoid. Are they still a fiend for all purposes (including a Paladin's divine sense) or do they become a humanoid type?

Its true, but if your incentive system encourages player to do things that are directly against the spirit of the system you are trying to make....that might mean you have a poor incentive system. That's remains my biggest concern with the game. It tries to set itself as this freeflow narrative...