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I have used Bestow Curse to great effect using an owl familiar, but if you are a single class wizard there are not many. (I was rather hoping for an errata to Find Familiar to allow one to use it in conjunction with spells that allow melee touch attacks...so pretty much add Vampiric Touch to the...

To be fair, he later posted an update suggesting that was *not* the case here:

This is a bad week for me to be crushed. Perhaps I can pencil you in for a date later in the month.

In agree with Aaron of Barbaria with one clarification on question 5). Rather than have the familiar be next to the target on its master's turn, the master can "ready his action" to cast the spell when the familiar is in position. An Owl could then swoop in, triggering its master's casting the...

Agree to disagree, I suppose. I don't recall anything about the PC making a very high Int check to value the armor, although perhaps I missed that (in a subsequent post??). If he did that at the time, I'd certainly be more forgiving...although I'd still be inclined to say "You begin to remove...

I would never retcon a situation like this. First, I am not sure that this was an unfair gotcha. I might have called for a wisdom check or something, but the players were told that the armor, gauntlets and ring were an integrated set. I am uncertain why they thought they could sell the armor...

Come up with a list of ten to 20 names and professions/titles for each that you can claim to be. Bonus points for sneaking in modern allusions that would have no meaning to the characters, like if town guards are arresting someone "My name is Tailor Swift, attorney at law...also a tailor, and...

I notice you say that the spell Silence helps with stealth. As written, Silence is not cast on an object but emanates from a point chosen within range. I think it is an immobile 20'-radius sphere.

Yet another UA article has posted on 1/4, this time with fighter and bard options based on the old class kits. This makes the additional Unearthed Arcana articles, not yet listed in post #1: Light, Dark and Underdark (11/2/15), http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/light-dark-underdark...

I think the reason they did not is that it's hard. The "magic items are rare" motif (which implies there being no regular trade in them) means there are a lot fewer variables to account for in balancing the game. No "wealth-by-level" standards (and greater freedom to spend character wealth on...

I agree and don't think they even need a lot of "at the table" material. I really like the backstories on the demon lords and other atmospheric material that can inspire adventure and setting details for me as a DM (or that I can incorporate into character backstory or mindset as a player). It...

It's basically free so I have no complaints about it, but I haven't found it useful. For those running the official WOTC campaigns, it looks like it includes some useful background material. The reason I am so fond of TSR's Dragon magazine, though was its mix of a little mechanical material...

There have been two more since the last update: Light, Dark and Underdark (11/2/15), http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/light-dark-underdark, and That Old Black Magic (12/7/15), http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/old-black-magic Both by Mike Mearls.

That, right there, is inspired.

Bardic Inspiration allows one to use "stirring words or music" to inspire allies as a bonus action. In what ways have you (or other people in your game) described this for role playing purposes? As a round is just 6 seconds long, even if the bonus action runs concurrently, it seems hard to be...

I am living in Knoxville and have recently lost my existing gaming group due to the DM's having received a kickass job offer in another city. I am looking for a new group of 5th edition gamers. I am currently looking to be a player, due to an often hectic schedule). I have also DMed and as...

I think the disconnect is that under some reading you are allowing a character to take two actions: an attack and an ability (Investigate) check as one unified action. Typically using a skill requires an action, and here you are in effect allowing for a "passive" Investigation check (yet...

I am in the same boat as you. New to Knoxville, I have not yet found a group. I have been paying since the days of AD&D (early 80s), with a long break from 1992 until around 2005. I am willing to learn new systems, having played Mutants & Masterminds, Mouseguard, Godlike, Star Wars Saga...