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  1. The Grassy Gnoll

    Mirror Image and Druid

    AC for mirror images is always 10+PCs Dex mod. They’re just baffles. Barrage balloons. Visually, I’d say they would mimic his wild shape form.
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    Curse of Strahd: What is Straud von Zarovich's Title? [SPOILERS ALERT]

    Ultimately, whisper it, but it’s just possible that Americans mistook the European/British ranking system...
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    Curse of Strahd: What is Straud von Zarovich's Title? [SPOILERS ALERT]

    Meh. Barovia is a County, not a country. It has been ripped from the prime material plane as is. Nothing to say he is any kind of heir to whatever country his County belonged to. As for King’s this and King’s that - maybe guest rooms originally? As for King’s Accountant, perhaps every county...
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    D&D Action Economy - Alternative

    How about lifting a rule from the glorious Dragon Warriors? Shields: don’t add to your AC but if you’re hit, roll a d6. On a 6, no damage. Maybe give different quality of shields different amounts of hits (number of) or HP (worth of damage). Just a thought. Would it bust the game?
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    Keep These Tools in Your Real-Life Bag of Holding

    I must admit that I cheat. I use Photoshop to make little card minis (with the rear a greyed out silhouette), just like BloodBowl used to do. I then use my original BloodBowl bases to stand them up in. In a pinch, I suppose I could just use BloodBowl card minis as monsters but I’m too much of a...
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    What happened to Morale?

    It failed its Morale check and ran away? /hides
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    Multi classing Objections: Rules vs. Fluff?

    Totally agree. It's just now how *I* like to play. Others here play differently. Both sides are right, both sides are wrong. IRL, the two styles would result in different groups each playing their way. But on discusison boards and forums we are all sat metaphorically at the same table as...
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    Multi classing Objections: Rules vs. Fluff?

    That was kind of my point. Sorcerers can be rationalised as a MC at any point, without necessarily any anchors to the character's previous history or encounters. In your case, if the PC is already a sorcerer and wants to MC into a Fighter, say, to me that's fine (assuming there is a reasonablly...
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    what songs do monsters sing.

    Tenor: Killing in the name of Percussion: De-da-dum Bass: Gruumsh! Tenor: Now you do what Gruumsh taught ya Bass: Now you die like a troll Tenor: Now you do what Gruumsh taught ya Bass: Now you die like a troll Tenor: Now you do what Gruumsh taught ya Bass: Now you die like a troll Tenor: Now...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Storm giants and levitate

    I’d say they use it to levitate objects nearer to them. For all that their homes will be built to their scale, the rest of the world isn’t. I’d say it was an ability they learned to help them negotiate their way around the Lilliputian scale of everything else.
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    I hate death saves. Propose your solution.

    Ok, so, how about adapting my fast and loose HP narrative that I use in a more mechanical way. Narratively, when describing damage, I say that the player receives an injury (“the orc slashes your leg, take 4 Damage”), rather than attritional damage (“the orc slams his shoulder into you...
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    Rogues and rolling all the dice

    I use Max Weapon Damage + (normal Damage roll + modifiers) for Crits. But it goes both ways so I always have to check the players are ok with that. So that might cut down on the amount of actual die rolling for you!
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    Multi classing Objections: Rules vs. Fluff?

    Wow, you guys just dodged a lengthy bullet. I spent 20 minutes writing a really long post and when I hit submit I had been logged out and it has now, alas, been lost to the ether. Damnit. Anyway, main points (sans carefully worked beautiful turns of phrase): - To me: character development is...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Derro Derivatives?

    Not wanting to sound derro-gatory, but shouldn’t they be derro-vatives? No, no, it’s fine, I’ll see myself out, I’ve already got my coat.
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    New Spell: Skin Suit

    Am I the only one who’s first thought was, “It puts the lotion on its body”?
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    [5e] Newbie DM Questions about Information Given

    I’d say that it’s be quite easy to spot the zombies as their bodies would be much further along in decomposition than the other corpses on the battlefield. You could simply describe the dead bodies and leave it up to them to work it out. If they feel rewarded for investigation then by all means...
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    New Campaign Setting Hint Is Eberron?

    Ah, thanks Charlaquin, I wasn’t aware of that. The plot thickens!
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    Player asked for a favour: MC Barbarian-Warlock

    Personally, CHA seems to be a ‘willpower’ thing, and Rage is the antithesis of that. It’s a complete lack of willpower. Unrestrained fury and instinct with the physical blotting out the mental. Any UK people of a certain age might remember when Kevin Keegan was manager of Newcastle Utd. He would...
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    New Campaign Setting Hint Is Eberron?

    Definitely looks like ‘campaign setting’ from the blurred letters but the last 2 on the top line seem out of whack with the rest of the characters on that line. He is famous for trolling though, isn’t he?
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    Do cantrips level with Magic Initiate?

    Cantrips scale with level, regardless of multiclassing, racial source (eg High Elf), or Feat such as MI. Your Hex would always be L1 though.
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