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Wait, you mean like the Ritual Caster Feat? The Feat does exactly what you just detailed above. I understand you love the Sorcerer and seem to feel, any questioning of the class is akin to a personal attack. I respect your passion, I really do. Since, however, some people like to play...

J Crawford, in some small part, has facilitated this type of thinking. Crawford’s Twitter ruling about a pane of ordinary glass interrupting Line of Effect for spells, is in some ways, a precursor to Romulan Phase Shifting Dragon Breath. I wonder how much the genesis of an overly RAW based...

To be fair Mistwell, there is no ‘evil’ detector in 5e. The Ol’ Paladin Paradigm of: “ If it glows, kill it” of prior editions, and the Detect Evil spell is gone. Some Cleric spells have riders, that state, the appearance of a spell, like Spirit Guardians, is determined by the Alignment of the...

The ‘swingy-ness’ of spell saves, often perturbs me in 5e. The escalating Proficiency bonus helps this, quite a bit. Magic, feels a bit more reliable at higher level, (baring going against a monster’s ‘good’ saves). At mid- levels, I feel for the PC casters, when I am rolling on a hot...

Note I said “ Use” in reference to Vampiric Touch, NOT, use on unconscious opponents, as it seems, you are presuming. I, substantially agree, personally, with the moral positions, you have advocated, in this thread. If, however, I was fighting a Darth Sidious type villain, and knocked the...

This tickles me. Not only can the characters use lethal violence, proactively, if you kill what the DM determines to be an undesirable, in an approved way, you get a cookie. Yes, this is not in dispute. I am not sure what others are misreading in my words. I stated a character can use...

Which, I tend to agree with. I apologize, if the nuance of my point got lost in the verbiage. We don’t know what the player in question was thinking. We, EN World, know absolutely the Lathanderites were a non threat, because akr71, the DM, told us. Akr71, also indicated that the party as a...

If the player in question returns to the game, I think a conversation with them is the best solution. Given this is a new player, and one I presume you don’t know very well akr71, this seems to be a misunderstanding. It is literally self evident, in that it might appear to be obvious to you...

Honestly, city adventures have about as many variables as a wilderness trek. If your players decide to go bounding off to the horizon, the DM is going to have to either repurpose what they have already planned or come up with something new. The city adventuring life seems scary, but the skills...

How new is the player to D&D? If the player thought they were extinguishing the life force of an evil thing, and replenishing their own life force so they can continue their crusade against evil...that falls under the bailiwick of Chaotic Good/ Neutral Good. It is egotistical, but...

As for encounter CR, it is fine. Thematically I wonder is it appropriate? Revenants are typically moved by a hate that will not be denied. From the description provided, it sounded as if something else had brought the acolytes low, rather than the party. How does the NG God of Light/Life...

To be fair, all iterations of of Undermountain have suffered from this issue, in my view. DotMM, has my respect for being the most comprehensive presentation of the Underhalls, in a single product. Mordenkainens Fantastic Adventure, I think could be converted to 15th level play for 5e. It will...

I have one campaign at 15th level...so no 9th level spells yet. It is fun. I think High Level is easier to run, in general, because balance concerns are no longer such paramount concerns. I think I actually liked 3e High Levels a little more than 5e...only because while this: could be...

Actually, in contravention of my prior jocular post, this is a brilliant idea. Especially as robus, has already indicated this campaign is intended to be a limited run. Disregard what I said before...Wipe the party out in the last session. 😀 Better yet, try to get some intra-party tension, to...

My friends and I refer to this as “The Flood Option”. I personally, am not a fan of being a Palpatine DM: Wait, so the players approach a game scenario in an unexpected manner....so kill Them? I know I have taken some Flak, for advocating ‘not giving up on games’. Even with rough...

Fair enough. The quatloos are yours...well played. 😀 Just having ‘Physical’ damage is a bit vague for my tastes. Regardless...the point of having to specify damage is the same. Wether you are saying “3 slashing damage and 6 fire damage” or “3 Physical damage and 6 fire damage”seems to be a...

I myself love urban adventures. The best player investment comes with a sense of place by the players. Being in the same locale helps a lot with this. That said, turning to allies for help is a logical choice. If you don’t want the city watch to be that ally, (despite a PC being an ex-member...

I would not call the change in verbiage in Elemental Attunement to be a ‘nerf’. What is the definition of ‘nearby’ in 5e? 5 feet? 10 feet? 1 mile? 30 feet is concrete. Besides Elemental Attunement is typically retrained at the earliest opportunity. Ruin Explorer, your reaction is priceless...

Which is what people say about viruses now, and pinocchio as a sentient construct. I will acknowledge, yours is a technically correct answer. Undead are technically not alive, nor are undead exactly dead. Neither are Demons and Angels. If one destroys every angel on the material plane, is...

d8 HPs, is great and Ashrym, not sure if you are looking for a fight, but the praise of Bards was in the context of Narrative Flexibility. A Bard represents Talent and Training.