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I *love* the treasure system in 5E. I love the fact that there is no 'obligatory' gold amount a PC must have at level X (as in Pathfinder), forcing me to either have an NPC reward the PCs with 1000 gold pieces for killing a pack of wolves, or have the wolves themselves somehow have access to...

Awesome - I bet they'll announce the next book in 2-4 weeks (since it's supposed to come out in June). But Ravenloft getting some love and much deserved sales can only mean good things for the other settings and the game in general.

I recently started playing D&D 5th with my brother, him controlling an entire party and me being the DM. From the first two sessions I got the impression that while he created Lawful Good characters, their attitudes and ambitions hinted more at a Lawful Evil party. So he switched and has them...

This is something I never really understood. Lycanthropy, as well as vampirism (sometimes even zombification via viruses), is a disease / curse. The character who is underway of becoming a creature of the night should have 'signs' that something is wrong with him - something to alert the...

Here's hoping.

A mixed message, at best. On one hand, it sends the message that people don't simply want Forgotten Realms and would like to play on other settings as well. On the other hand, it also sends the 'don't make gazeteers or supplementary rule books, keep making adventure paths' message which I can't...

When I was 13 years old, I played the D&D Rules Cyclopedia with my big brother as the DM. I created 12 characters and divided them in two parties of six (one human based party and one demihuman based party). Since we were kids it was easier to roleplay and goof around, so we had no problems. I...

I'd like some clarification on your players' wants. When they mean 'goblins' and not 'Gods' what do they mean? For example, do they want goblins and not Gods because a goblin is, more or less, a melee attack each round, while a god is ability damage, massive spell pandemonium and generally, an...

I basically imagined the 'shove' action being a kick to the crocodile's leg which would cause the animal to open its jaws and -- ah, forget it, you're right. It makes little sense in realism. What you say makes sense - if I'm grabbing on to you, shoving me will just move you with me (unless your...

I think the shove is valid. Since the shove replaces an attack action and the grapple escape is *not* an attack action, the restrained grappler has two choices: Choice A) Use ONE ability roll to escape the grapple as his action or Choice B) Use MULTIPLE attack rolls *with disadvantage because...

Thanks! Man, I LOVE 5th edition!!

Right! :D Last questions ... when the restrained status says 'you don't benefit from bonuses to speed' does this mean 'bye bye dex bonus'? Also, if the croc's victim was grappled and not restrained, couldn't the croc still be able to move him against his will?

But the croc's bite description says that the victim once grappled is restrained.

Wait ... doesn't being restrained gives advantage on the croc's attacks? Also, can't he move his victim against the victim's will without knocking him prone if the victim is grappled? Why knock him prone then?

So there isn't automatic damage of any kind, correct?

I would like some clarification in this. Once a crocodile successfully bites a huge or smaller creature, it automatically grapples it, right? So, in the next rounds, as long as the character fails to break the grapple, does the crocodile get free damage bite rolls? Or he attack rolls normally...

I am not saying it was a bad move, I'm just saying that fast-forwarding the leveling up makes it possible to take a party to 20th level with 1-2 super adventures and call it a day.

My opinion is that (from the 3rd edition and beyond) the XP tables have gone ridiculously small. In 3rd edition, most PCs are supposed to level up with about 7-10 encounters of their appropriate CR. In the 1st (Rules Cyclopedia 1991) version, PCs were supposed to level up after five...

Nononono ... Nothing vital for any d&d campaign should only be released as a pdf file, imo. Campaign setting player guides should be released as hardcover books, imo. They are the core material for a campaign, besides the three books. Unless you're talking about quick guidelines that are posted...

Yay!! Dark Sun won!! :D :D :D :D :D :D That said, I *so* don't want to see 'just a module' for Dark Sun. It's a very different Campaign Setting, and the adventure *must* be released alongside an Athas Player Handbook or something. The way I see it, if it's one book, it must cover the following...