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Is it just me, or do more people play fighters than any other class? In all of the games I've played in and DMd, we always have one or more fighters. Sometimes we don't have wizards or clerics or druids or warlocks or sorcerers, but we always have fighters. We always have rogues too. This...

If you play the Bladesinger, you'll feel how vulnerable it is. It is not tanky at all. It feels different than a fighter and a wizard. To be a Bladesinger means sacrificing a number of spells prepared and even spell slots for Mage Armor and some contingency spells like shield, absorb...

Two for the price of one. It will save a lot of money too! Favored Soul - the discount healer. Lol.

As soon as the DM has creatures attack unconscious PCs the entire mood of the game changes so if a DM (and players) want a more serious and fatal feel that's definitely one way to make it happen. In those kinds of games, after PCs are level 3 or higher you won't see wack-a-mole so often. As...

pukunui is so polite. I feel like a valued guest!

Sure, but a Heal spell twinned would be pretty awesome. I guess Mass Heal would out perform it, but still. It is a pretty good gig for the Favored Soul.

I like the change. There are already a few versions of a melee cleric who gains power from a deity (War Cleric, Tempest Cleric, etc.). The Favored Soul gives another way to be a healing warrior that is less dependent on direct connection with Gods. The only thing I'm slightly worried about is...

Yes...make sure you make them seem sentient and purposefully ignoring the Dwarf. I think all of those will work. I think it would be awesome if the Dwarf and another PC step on the rug and the rug flexes creating a bump that knocks the Dwarf off of it as it swirls up and tries to engulf the...

For the animated weapons and Dwarves, if the weapons swirl around and attack everyone but the Dwarf, the Dwarf player might get some ideas. You could even describe the weapons flying around towards their intended targets...one of them flies near the Dwarf, but then it stops and swerves to...

Those fiery buggers can grapple and damage at the same time...great action for them to use, especially against the less armored foes - wizards be warned.

Back in the day I played Boot Hill, Gamma World and Top Secret. D&D always beat them out for time and creative investment. I'd like to see both Top Secret and Gamma World again. Boot Hill I can do without...never had the itch to strap on my spurs and six guns (and I think Deadlands/Savage...

Lenora will limp back to Phandalin and meet up with some new adventurers. We'll see how we progress. Most of the players are rolling up new characters and one is joining the group. I think the new person is going to be playing a noble's daughter who has some hired companions (the other...

Check with your DM (or keep it to yourself if you like), with the favored soul sorcerer, our group found some possible exploits that make them way more powerful than clerics. Use twin spell with healing spells. Imagine a sorcerer who can cast the "Heal" spell on two wounded foes instead of...

I really like this, and I'll go one step further... I'm finding that in a lot of the sessions I run and play in, players who traditionally like playing fighters tend to see the spellcasters as more powerful. On the other hand, players that traditionally like playing spellcasters are seeing...

I've used minor illusion to create a boulder or a small shrub to hide behind.

When I was a teenager playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, we had a rule that we made up about rolling a 20 to hit. If we rolled a 20 to hit, we did double damage and we could roll again. If we rolled another 20, we tripled the damage and rolled again. If we rolled a third 20, the target...

I like the simplicity of death saves and the excitement they generate when a 1 or a 20 is rolled, or a pc approaches the 3rd failure. If a DM/gaming group wants a more deadly game encounters can be made accordingly and foes can go for the jugular. Personally, when I DM, I'm a little softer on...

The DM has a lot of control over when PCs live and die. That's basically the crux of it. 5e is certainly designed to allow for a deathless experience if PCs act with caution and heed warnings. PC Death happens when PCs are either forced to adventure when they are already compromised/resource...

I'll add to what Nevvur wrote too. Ultimately you should just play what you think would be fun for you. Don't worry about filling out the party. 5e is very flexible when it comes to party configuration and PC roles.

4. The air is warm and still. Clouds build in the sky above and heat lightning dances through the clouds. All of a sudden, the lightning surges from the cloud to the ground only 50' from you. You hear the loud thunder burst and a tree splits, falls and begins to catch fire. The fire begins...