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Well, I imagine if the goal is to entice the players, the archdevil wouldn't try to make the banquet too... exotic for a typical humanoid. No unicorn flank or anything. They'd want their guests to feel comfortable and at home, so the banquet would probably resemble a mortal's grand feast, but...

I try to compare Int scores to monsters' to figure out how a character would act. A person with an Intelligence of 3 has a level of cognition on par with a very clever animal, such as a dog.

Ah, OK, I agree with you, then. If you know another PC is going to loathe your character on sight, it's a good idea to make sure that player is alright with it, and prepared to role play this in a way that won't ruin everything. I admit I sorta... skimmed some of the past exchanges when they...

I think a player looking for ways to not make their character attack a new PC is a minor bit of metagaming I can live with. Perhaps the fact that the gnoll is dressed like an adventurer would be reason enough to hold one's fire? Treating the PC with suspicion is perfectly fine, but in general...

OK, yeah, I guess I meant to say interesting synergies are ONE reason to multiclass. I hope your character concept turns out fun!

In the equipment section, an unarmed strike is classified as a simple weapon. I'd say it works. Plus, interesting synergies are the reason people multiclass in the first place. Might as well make it fun!

There was this one guy in an AL group who was always trying to play other peoples' characters for them. I'd say, "my character does X-" and then he'd interrupt me with this... stuttering, nascent voice to inform me that if he were me he'd do Y, or that he wasn't sure RAW allowed X when...

Argh. I type really slowly. Nobody had answered these questions when I started, sorry!

Well, I don't have all the answers, but I think I can answer these ones. I've been a wizard and a sorcerer, and my brother is a warlock. How strong are wizards? Well, their biggest strength is the amount of spells they access, even if they can't use them all at the same time. They're also the...

Remember, you only need to be in the dark to turn invisible. It never said you reappear if the darkness goes away! Imagine all the awesome ambushes and espionage you could pull off just by hiding in a dark room before the target comes in and turns the lights on! This invocation sounds pretty...

Ah, but there is an upside to stirges' deadliness. They're one of the few fictional monsters still classified as beasts! With the right magic, you can make these ugly little mosquito-bats fight FOR YOU! You can even take one as an animal companion if you're a ranger!

I've read some very good campaign journals where there was significant rivalry between some characters, but the person recounting these stories was always quick to point out that it was only the characters that fought. The players were all good friends who had great chemistry and respected each...

I do agree the MM's choice of templates was very strange. Half-dragon I could see myself using, Spore Servant less so, but Shadow Dragon... It's a very specific template that, mechanically, only applies to one monster, and narratively, is only applicable to interplanar campaigns in which the...

Huh. For whatever reason, I still can't edit the doc. Clicking "edit" just gives me a blank screen. Until I figure this out (I think I need to change browsers or use a non-mobile device), could someone else make those changes I mentioned for the Additional Alchemical Items section?

Well, the books are hard to find. Even with an indefinite lifespan, there's still a limited number of books. Probably not all lichens are lucky enough to find them.

How do you know some ancient lich hasn't used the tomes to boost its stats multiple times? It's a great idea! The MM does say lichens like to accumulate magic items. Sounds like a good choice for someone immortal.

Hey, sorry to inconvenience you, but I just made several important adjustments throughout the "Additional Alchemical Items" section after some recalculating. Could you update the document when you get the chance? Thanks!

I've randomly generated a map before. It turned out OK. The trick is to know when to stop rolling once you've got an interesting, general layout and just finish the rest yourself. There was one story I read about an adventuring party whose DM, for the final dungeon before the finale, decided to...

I still laugh to myself every now and then imagining what it would look like to be so good at sword swallowing, you can use it on your enemies' swords while they swing at you.

What if you simply adapted the DMG procedure used to find buyers for magical items to work for finding people to buy art objects? Then most of the work is done for you.