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My group may be starting up a new campaign next month. We often start at Level 5, and I’m considering playing a Bard 4/Warlock 1. The character concept would be a musician who cut a deal with an otherworldly entity for more talent/power (think, blues musician Robert Johnson).

One of my DMs created a similar situation for our group. In a recent campaign, he made magic items fairly easy to purchase, so one of the players bought a Deck. This almost always had the effect of sidetracking the game whenever it was used: The character would suddenly go up multiple levels in...

I think a lot of people are over-estimating the difficulty of mixing and matching 5E and 1D&D. I mean… yes, there will certainly be competing rules in places, and individual tables/DMs will have to decide which version of a given rule they want to use. But I remember playing in groups where we...

I can’t speak to any of the other pet classes, but I am currently playing a 7th-level Battle Smith Artificer. When I first got access to the Steel Defender, I was intrigued to see how it would play out, and I’ve been very much underwhelmed. The 1d8 damage per attack is awfully anemic against...

I currently play in one campaign on Roll20. Another campaign is on a brief hiatus while the DM shifts it over from Roll20 to FoundryVTT. Both campaigns use Discord for voice chat and messaging.

One idea I’ve kicked around in my head would be to give characters one additional save proficiency whenever they would get a Feat/ASI—so, new proficiencies at levels 4, 8, 12, etc. (This would be in addition to the Feat/ASI, so I’d probably nuke Resilient altogether) All characters would...

“For a minute there, we didn’t think we’d be able to sweet-talk our way out that tavern brawl. But fortunately, the Halfling is proficient in Argentinian Tango…”

Keeping Up With The Kender

Since nobody reads the DMG… there’s no way to know.

To quote a recent episode of She-Hulk: “Henchmen believe in the cause. Goons [Hirelings] are just there for the paycheck.”

Hasbro is a profit-seeking entity. It currently generates profits by printing physical rulebooks. Hasbro will continue to print physical books as long as it is profitable to do so. Now, it is certainly possible that, as some future date, Hasbro’s market research will indicate that… let’s...

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In my headcanon, it comes down to a couple of things: 1. Actual rulership is way more boring than it looks on the brochure. Few high-level wizards want to spend their time mediating disputes between squabbling barons, sitting through budget meetings, or solving the capital city’s perennial...

Fixed it for you.

Among comics fans, this is known as the Liefeld Paradox. If we start with the two following theorems: 1. Liefeld cannot draw feet. 2. Liefeld always draws pouches. Then, the question is raised, “If a character has feet that are pouches, would Liefeld be able to draw them?” Debate over this...

Two thoughts upon reading through this thread: 1. There are some amazingly creative and evocative ideas in here. 2. I am absolutely NEVER going camping with some of you.

You, sir, are a braver adventurer than me. If I had told my then-fiancée about my D&D purchases while we were planning the wedding, she probably never would have married me.

For starters… 1d6 items from the random trinkets table 2d6 pieces of mundane adventuring gear and maybe one roll on the CR 0-4 Treasure Hoard table from the DMG.

About a year ago, I was rehearsing a play for a local community theater. After rehearsal one Friday, most of the cast and crew went out for a drink, and we learned that almost half of us were current or former D&D players, and one cast member had a husband who played (and I think only two people...