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5e lacks specifics for unarmed fighting, so I'd be inclined to allow PCs/NPCs to describe what they are attempting. If someone wants to give up attacks to wrestle and hold a person so that he prevents the person from using his hands/arms, I think there should be a way to do it. For me...

Here's a short dungeon adventure for 3 or 4 1st level PCs. The group has to explore an abandoned excavation site to try to find some archaeologists who were killed or taken prisoner. They get 150 xp for finding each of the 3 archeologists (even the dead one). I tried to make this one that the...

I think that's why the player should specify very clearly what his intentions are when he grapples and pins. If he attempts to hold the hands/arms to prevent movement of the arms, I think that could be a DM ruling. The result of the checks can help DM adjudicate the outcome. Wow...grappling...

Yeah...I don't like that rule either. I think it is fine to give up one attack for a chance to grapple. Better fighters should not be penalized by RAW. Grapple is limited in nature anyway since a PC can really only grapple one (maybe two if they are adjacent because it would be cool if you...

Here's a real life (in game) grapple experience that just happened in my PotA campaign (spoilers). The party was facing off against Aerisi and a bunch of the Howling Hatred cultists. The fighter saw that she was lithe so he rushed her and grappled her. He succeeded in grabbing her and she...

Session 14 – Time with Aerisi, the Refugees and Mayhem at Goldenfields The party secured their rooms at the Swinging Sword Inn and took their bound captive, Queen Aerisi up to their rooms. They slept the night and in the morning while the others were in the other room, Pate spent some time...

I can go either way, but I do agree that without darkvision it is much easier to get the spooky vibe and it makes the PCs much more careful. Darkvision must really mess up the new adventure path, Curse of Strahd. It doesn't seem to play well with gothic horror. I bet that's one explanation...

Me too. I'm playing a Human Variant tempest cleric in Hoard of Dragon Queen who has 18 dex and 16 wis. (We rolled 4d6 drop in order to make characters). He started with Defensive Duelist (because he was raised by Elves), and at 4th level he took Healer Feat. Those feats are paying off more...

Like you, I'd do what I could to give the PC a chance to see in dark especially if it made him so miserable. I might even create a special background that would grant limited darkvision (20' or something). Even humans and halflings have variation, and I'm sure if we spent more time in the...

Leugren, I kind of agree with you. I've played half elf and elf rogues instead of human or halflings just to have darkvision. I'd like to see an option that lets non-humans take a feat instead of one of their ability bonuses at 1st level so that rogues that don't have darkvision can take the...

I think one reason search is not a bonus action is to speed up play. If it were a bonus action every PC would be using it every turn when they didn't have another bonus action that was more advantageous. Also, as others have said, there needs to be some chance for monsters/npcs and other...

You say tomato, I say tomato. Interpretation - "rulings" not "rules" I ran a game a few weeks ago where the party was fighting an invisible stalker. They knew it was close, but they were not sure where it was. One of the players had a pretty cool idea. He wanted to take out an oil flask and...

Yes! I remember how my grandmother used to play cards with the other ladies in her retirement community. I always pictured myself doing that with D&D. Hey, Plaguescarred, when we get older you and I should start a retirement D&D community - but you may have to move down south. I don't know...

Then, you'll definitely need your rubbers.

Session 13 – Escape from the Air Cult After Zeed, the Aarakocra, saw that Namfoo, the Gnome, had doubled back to go towards Knifepoint Gully, he flew overhead and shadowed the little Gnome. Losing Foo for a bit, Zeed decided to just fly toward the gully and wait. Eventually, he saw that...

Oh, yeah..Giants. I forgot about them. In one of our Hoard of the Dragon Queen sessions, we were only 3rd level I think (maybe 4th) and we were chased by a hill giant that threw rocks at us. The Eldritch Knight in our group, was targeted and would have been hit twice, but he used all of his...

In Lost Mines of Phandelver, my wizard (level1) who climbed up the chimney to check out the room above (not very stealthfully I might add) was surprised by the Bugbear baddie who would have smashed me with a 1 shot kill, but I let go of the walls and used shield to protect myself...

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I really like playing clerics in 5e. I've played a light cleric, a war cleric and a tempest cleric (all at low to mid levels). I never feel like a healbot and I can contribute in a number of ways throughout a campaign or game session. I've always been a fan of wizards because they had so...

I just had a thought inspired by Barovia. Travel and the time it takes to travel can be used as a source of tension/limit that keeps the PCs on the move. For example, if they PCs know that they need to find a safe place to rest each day, but there is no such place unless they travel at top...