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  1. greg kaye

    D&D General Magic item traders, cursed items, and hapless buyers or shoplifters

    Perhaps, though, the shopkeep's opposition of crime might be the most lawful thing they could do. In fact, with the effort involved in making an item to oppose thievery, these actions might mainly be supported in the most lawful of places. Maybe "landmines" in extreme cases but, multiple...
  2. greg kaye

    D&D General Magic item traders, cursed items, and hapless buyers or shoplifters

    Wow, wow, wow, The trouble for the trader is, if the character finds out (and they normally will) that they've been duped, they'd likely seek retribution.
  3. greg kaye

    D&D General Magic item traders, cursed items, and hapless buyers or shoplifters

    I'm sure that works but, otherwise, a character might just try cuddling up to an item in case it's magical. Basic rules say that: "... a character can focus on one magic item during a short rest, while being in physical contact with the item. At the end of the rest, the character learns the...
  4. greg kaye

    D&D General Magic item traders, cursed items, and hapless buyers or shoplifters

    But, unless there's something against a later opting for an alternative item, the only difference between identify and attunement is a shorter time for the spell casting vs a longer time for the rest. Awesome story, but it illustrates both why NPC traders should be careful how they mess with...
  5. greg kaye

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Weapons

    Dagger 12 Greataxe 23 Greatsword 20 Halberd 30 Longbow 20 Longsword 24 Mace 22 Quarterstaff 19 Shortbow 13 Shortsword 20 Spear 25 Warhammer 23 The list is easier to manage now it's shorter. =D
  6. greg kaye

    D&D General Magic item traders, cursed items, and hapless buyers or shoplifters

    and regarding properties that can be empowered from items without attunement, you can get to know the specs over a short rest: In basic rules, part 4, DM's tools/chap 14: Magic Items/Using a magic item, also DMG, chap 7: Treasure, Magic Items/Identifying a magic item, it says: it says: ... The...
  7. greg kaye

    D&D General Magic item traders, cursed items, and hapless buyers or shoplifters

    Why would you take identify other than to check if items have curses? Why would others bother to make items with curses? In regard to the first case I think that, within a context like a session zero, it would be fair for a forming character to make an arcana check to evaluate the prevalence of...
  8. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    I guess the big question is whether a target can be targeted indirectly by means other than with an area of effect. My thoughts return to the likes of magic missile, feeblemind and healing word.
  9. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    (y) ... and a DM's call to use materials from previous rules editions for reference is also fine. It just wouldn't be 5ed RAW.
  10. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    From a search of site:dndbeyond.com/spells/ "Line of effect", it doesn't seem that the topic is mentioned directly in relation to spells in 5e at all. Perhaps, if a concept like line of effect still applies, may now relate more to spells like gust of wind, wall of X, and moonbeam. Arguably...
  11. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    Not against an effect that, during transit, would shatter the glass. Against spells like healing word and heat metal, 'apparently'.
  12. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    I was prompted to raise this topic when after watching a play stream where one of the characters was glued to the front of a vehicle and, as the character's head then couldn't turn sufficiently, there was no ability to cast healing word on passengers behind. If a mirror was used to see the...
  13. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    So are people who live in glass houses, immune to spell effects.
  14. greg kaye

    D&D 5E (2014) What Is the Iconic Artwork Of 5E?

    Most iconic core rulebook art is of a dragon in a dungeon.
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  16. greg kaye

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Weapons

    Battleaxe 10 Dagger 17 Greataxe 25 Greatsword 22 Halberd 29 Longbow 20 Longsword 25 Mace 24 Quarterstaff 18 Shortbow 18 Shortsword 24 Spear 25 Warhammer 21
  17. greg kaye

    D&D General "that you can see", "line of sight", glass, mirrors, ~clairvoyance, blindsight, and anything else.

    Locate object has a duration of concentration and upto ten minutes. If it doesn't work with pings then there'd be some other effect with a similar result. However, Locate Object talks of sense as in "You sense the direction to the object’s location, as long as that object is within 1,000 feet of...
  18. greg kaye

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Weapons

    Battleaxe 16 Dagger 18 Glaive 3 Greataxe 26 Greatsword 22 Halberd 28 Longbow 23 Longsword 24 Mace 23 Quarterstaff 18 Shortbow 22 Shortsword 24 Spear 26 Warhammer 23
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