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Part of it probably has to do with general ignorance. The difference between the types of mages is completely lost on the average person not trained in arcana. I imagine a great old one is just another type of god to most people.

I would put barbarian at low and sorcerer as average, but otherwise this seems pretty accurate. Probably a pretty good idea to include for new players to get an idea of what class they might want to play.

IME it's pretty rare. If using proper material components, casters are often too busy with their own stuff to help out. Most barbarians tend to buy higher grade medium armor, so they'll be saving too. Not to mention the general purchase of healing potions taking up a chunk of cash. The only ones...

Generally speaking, it usually happens around level 5. It can happen sooner if the party decides to pool their funds.

In my first 5E campaign, the players eventually faced Lolth in the Demonwebs. Using a magical Lanthorne artifact, they forced her to flee, severely crippling her power. In my latest 5E campaign, we're running Vecna: Eve of Ruin, where they'll face off against the God of Secrets himself.

In my Greyhawk, the average person is typically dedicated to a religion/church, but there are quite a few who give worship to whomever fits their current needs. Given that some priests can actually channel divine energy, particularly the healing kind, it only makes sense that most people would...

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Similar to the old D&D Next playtest, which I was a big fan of. I would suggest the fighter learn different options, rather than simply having all of them available. In addition, I would suggest the following modifications: Accuracy: you may add half the die result, rounded up, to an attack...

While I don't have an issue with LR, a simple fix would be to require it to be used before the saving throw is rolled, rather than after. This then requires the DM to decide how important each effect is, choosing to save them for key effects (e.g. stun). Another option would be to have it take...

Sort of, but not really. When 5E came out, they deliberately made certain rules ambiguous to encourage "rulings, not rules." This was largely due to a massive divide from the playtest on how to handle things like stealth (mostly 3E players vs. 4E players). This is why you had Mike Mearls and...

My group runs Perception by the book and it's never been a problem. There's always at least 1 PC without darkvision, so the party always has a light source. Even in a recent campaign when we had everyone with it, we still kept using a light source normally. Technically the bolded part isn't...

I'm holding off my DM concerns until we see the DMG. They're supposed to be reworking the CR system to actually work, and with the PC improvements, this is a necessity. I don't expect the lethality to actually be high, since modern gaming doesn't employ a lot of character death, but I don't...

Currently running Vecna, and I figure at least the DMG will be out by the time I finish. I've got a Greyhawk campaign in mind, so I want the new Greyhawk stuff they put in it. It'll also depend on Roll20, bur I'm pretty sure they'll have the new character sheets and such added by then.

Because those decades of lore were already controversial. Greyhawk was largely static during 1E, with the "story" being advanced by the published adventures and a small handful of articles by Gygax. He originally intended it this way, for everyone to start at CY 576. The Realms has always...

Greyhawk is a great example to use in the DMG of how to build a setting. It gives just enough to spark the DM's imagination without burying the DM in excessive lore. I'm really happy with the map and the decisions we've seen so far. Hopefully this enjoyment will continue throughout the release...

I've been using 5E Revised or 5E24, but 5.24E fits the same mold. Honestly, a year or so after release it'll just be 5E...

The Knights of Holy Shielding lost about 80% of their land to the Greyhawk Wars. As of the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, they had reclaimed most/all of their lost territory. I believe the Crusade was done in late 2E, but I don't know the specifics.

Agreed. The baklunish are also looked upon with suspicion in a lot of places as well, so it's not just orcs. My issue is below. I really don't want a Kingdom of Many Arrows in Greyhawk. Even if you sympathize with the humanoids of the Pomarj because they were displaced from the Lortmil...

It's actually easy to include the odd races as pre-existing. There's just not enough of them to have a significant impact on society. Similar to Halflings and Gnomes, they don't have their own nation anywhere, instead living either in small communities or among humans. I've been doing this for a...

I have a "Standard Actions" listed like monster stat blocks, since they don't change very often. I include cantrips and weapon attacks, but I seldom bother with other spells.