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Hi, I have composed a new spell for 5e and would like to get some feedback. It is based on thunderous smite. It uses an unusual mechanic in the way it consumes spell slots, but i don't think this should a problem. What you think? Delayed Thunderous Smite: 1st-level evocation Level: Paladin 1...

This is a continuation of a discussion which granted on another thread. I would like to ask this question of 5e experts. I have an idea for a scene. The area is flooded under 4 feet of water with some sections subject to fast flowing. I am trying to make sure I stay as close to the rules as...

I'm thinking something like this... The area is flooded under 4 feet of water. It is Difficult Terrain: medium sized creatures move at half speed, small creatures must swim to move. Creatures of up to medium size may swim, if they wish. While swimming, each foot of movement costs 1 extra...

Yeah, we discussed all that. The whole point was that the RAW don't allow the full breadth of rich possibilities that disarming offers in fiction or cinema. You can't specify that the weapon is driven into the inn ceiling and out of reach. Or flip it away into the lava pool. I was trying to work...

Wouldn't an intelligence based bard be very powerful indeed?

Yeah, there's an increasing number of things he has said in a tweet that I have totally disagreed with. Going back on RAW and really complicating things in the process is not cool. In those cases, people quoting it on this forum with a 'so that's the end of it!' sort of tone is getting really...

I would charge for ASIs. Either an amount of gold chosen to give pause for thought, to ' cover training costs', or XP, or some other resource. Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

I'm curious. How did you get your players to feel comfortable that they could indulge in feats? Less punishing fights? (in my experience, players panic that they will end up boringly weak compared to the fighter who chooses optimally, or that they risk getting killed if they don't choose...

I have put some ideas for house rules in my original post. Would love to get feedback. One thing in particular, Should disarm be a contest of Attack roll vs Attack roll (to represent that weapon skill is required to avoid being disarmed, which makes sense to me)? At the moment, RAW, its weapon...

Assuming the weapon is dropped in the targets space, you can't move into the square to do that though. Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

Yes. I think this is a crucial issue. Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

I was thinking I might reserve that for the battle master version. What do you think? I am wary of making disarm too powerful too. If disarming means a chance that the weapon can get wedged in the ground/ceiling, as you say, it would be really hard to recover. Feels like going from one extreme...

Yes, it leads me to think that that is where the weapon should land. Some repliers have said that the weapon should fly off and land elsewhere. I'm thinking I would reserve that extra effect for battle masters. Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

Hi Pdzoch, so you rule that picking up the weapon would count as an action? That's what I would have said. But most repliers seem to disagree. Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

I like this idea. Krachek, above, might be interested, too. Did you rule that a player or character could pick up the dropped Weapon as part of their movement? Or did sobbed so take up an action? Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

It sounds like you have had a bad experience with the rule? I quite like this idea. I think I will try it out. Thanks. Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

The optional rule for disarming (DMG p271) is as follows: A creature can use a weapon attack to knock a weapon or another item from a target's grasp. The attacker makes an attack roll contested by the target's Strength (Athletics) check or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If the attacker wins the...

I had a player who was particularly reckless. I realised he was meta gaming: daring me to kill his character, thinking I wouldn't. If your players are effectively pushing you around, then stand firm and let the story happen. (Maybe add in a bit where there mistake becomes revealed just before...

"to see something fun, a Raiders romp inside that world, I feel is something the audience has not seen before." Erm...did any one see Pirates of the Caribbean? The "Ernestness" of LOTR wasn't massive, was it? I mean Legalos slid down some stairs on a shield whilst firing a bow. If this film is...

You can absolutely do pure horror with D&D 5E. You just have to start with fairly low level characters who have not "seen everything, done everything." limit availability of magic and spell casting. If everybody is capable of the strange and uncanny (i.e. powerful magic) then you're setting...