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I definitely need to read that far, then. To see the circumstances. Because as I said, one of the noteworthy examples so far is when someone wants to know if the fire looks likely to spread to other buildings. The player narrates "Charname checks to see if the fire will spread to other...

Iserith, I'll read more later, but... Partway through play session one and I've seen several cases of you answering questions. At least one question was couched as an action (in the way I said above, this was purely cosmetic, and changed nothing.) But another was just an outright question, that...

"Adequately" doesn't mean ponderously long... Okay, but it also doesn't actually mean *anything.* How much is adequate? Who decides? ... You, presumably, since you don't want the players asking questions to fill in the gaps of your description. I've definitely seen players having question...

That's not actually an attribute of cold damage, though. Right? Chromatic sphere doesn't do that. Cone of cold? And these deal more cold damage than ray of frost, right? Does taking sudden intense frostbite actually make you *move* slower? Slower than being lit on fire or shocked or taking...

What do you mean by "accompanying effects of actually being cold" exactly? The reduced speed? Because if so... Well, I disagree, but I want to confirm your intended meaning first.

Sounds like it could either go really well or be really annoying. No offense intended; I'm sure in your case it's the former. :) This reminds me: Once ran a game for a friend who also DMs a lot. He wanted to help bring a new player out of their shell. So they made a pair of ex-bandits, and the...

I can relate some to your post, dakotahorn. And ExploderWizard's, too. I think my inclination is definitely towards taking action in the story, talking a lot, etc. When I'm playing with newer players I actively try to take a role more like Exploder is describing... But it's a specific effort on...

Yeah, I hear you. In the aforementioned game, the Bardlock and I are the two with extensive table experience. The DM has played a lot, never DMed, and the other two players are completely new to D&D (they mostly play Shadowrun.) The difference is stark. The Bardlock pulls multiple-duty as...

Athletics can be a fun skill in my view, so I'm not sure I'd consider that expensive necessarily. If you're doing it solely for grapple, yeah, that's probably overboard. Interesting that you mention those two spells, by the way. Anecdote time! The only 5e game I'm a player in, I'm a Hill...

Yeah, by "dedicated" I didn't mean a character that does nothing but grappling. More like... a Strength focused character who gets expertise in Athletics and nabs two attacks for the Grapple+Shove(Trip) combo. Such a character can easily excel in a wide variety of other scenarios...

I'm not so interested in Hemlock's point from a RAW perspective... For whatever it's worth I think he's probably right by RAW, but I also would point out that in general 5e is written in natural language to discourage overly nitpicky readings of RAW. As far as I'm concerned, RAI *is*RAW in 5e...

5e is a game that is designed to encourage people to try to do stuff and reach for the stars. Rolemaster is...not. Are you actually interested in discussing the Bard and the merits of your abilities? Or maybe how to get what you want out of your class? Or do you just want a place to complain...

Yep, well said. The way "templates" interface with the monster rules in 5e generally renders them unnecessary. Mildly convenient perhaps, but nothing major. It took me a day to realize that Shadow Dragons, for example, don't have a set CR increase. I was making a Shadow Adult Copper Dragon...

Oh man, so well said.

(If you're a stickler for historical accuracy you can also give him an extra 700 or so MM Guards or Thugs or something.)

Also on the subject of the 20th level fighter vs. the army... It's a fun thought exercise, and I'm definitely of the opinion that he really stands no chance. Bounded Accuracy in action. However, I want to be quick to add that I don't think this means the 20th level fighter is massively...

Yeah, I think this is a big point. As we sort of touched on in the conversation that spawned the "solo AC-min/maxed fighter vs. an army" scenario, due to Bounded Accuracy the relatively rapid level acceleration just doesn't feel that out of balance to me. High level characters are powerful...

Yeah, I like it. I usually don't play 0 HP as unconscious, and haven't in any edition; it breaks verisimilitude for me. Stunned and unable to act is usually the farthest I go.

That's why you need to start with Help (or kobolds) to negate the disadvantage ASAP. :)

For example if we have 1,000 men fire a volley at a single high level target, here's a DM adjudication that seems reasonable to me: treat half the shooters as Helping the other half. Therefore 500 viable shots have a 1/20 chance of success (advantage counteracting disadvantage from...