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Pet peeve is running into something like "Attack of Opportunity.... See Opportunity Attack" There's probably a good reason, just from a non-editor perspective it seems that simply putting the page number there is less ink lol.

oh nice, I didn't notice they got rid of the yellow on the blue dragon's wings. Good aesthetic change IMO. I tried to rationalize it as using the wings for camo while burrowing in sand, but then it would make more sense to have it on the top of the wings and ridge of their backs.

The real question is will halflings remain bobble headed grotesques or will our nightmare finally be over.

So you roll for murder victims? Did you roll to see if they snuck up on them? Or roll to see how they leveled up as an assassin? Or how the knife was made? Probably not, unless you're also JMISBEST (whose threads do amuse me). Most DM's just declare stuff.

Squirrels don't get rolls unless the DM chooses. I hate to keep pointing this out, but DM's breaking their own illusion then complaining about it really is a "Stop hitting yourself" moment, and not in the way bullies do it.,

No, it really can't. The DM is the one that calls for rolls. Why are you calling for rolls that you don't want? The Ogre minion never dies to a house cat unless you decide to let it die to one. It kills town guards without rolls, and gets to shrug off their attacks, just like you don't need to...

I've been DM'ing FAR too long to really pretend there isn't a man behind the curtain anymore. That dragon that lasts 3 rounds at 8th level is no more powerful than the large frog that lasts 3 rounds at 2nd. It's all an illusion. One shotting ogres adds a bit to the illusion without the hassle...

Hit points are a gamist and narrative construct. They exist as a function of game and story. They don't simulate anything, so why does it matter why this particular ogre whose game and story purpose is to get one shotted has 1 hp?

You don't use minion ogres unless you want them to be mowed down. Maybe you like tracking 15 orcs individual hit points, I have better stuff to do. However, even low level fighters took out ogres faster in 1/2E. A couple of hits and dead.

We had plenty of both. 1e/2e treasure tables and published adventures had massive amounts of magic items, despite the wierd modern notion that magic items were somehow rare and special. Like, our hireling's hirelings had more gear than most 5E PC's will ever see.

I mean,, it SHOULD be desired by old school players. 1E Ogres had about 19 HP and high level fighters using a 2 hander were hitting for 3d6+10 or so (gauntlets of ogre power, +2 sword, specialization). 5E fighters are chumps in comparison. Making them minions just reduces the busywork.

IMO in 5E tough things die too fast, chump things live too long. Boss monsters just get dogpiled with the PC's superior action economy while their minions are ignored unless they have some kind of gimmick that makes the 20hp spud with a sword somehow matter to a 10th level party. Swinging a...

This is a fantasy game. The fantasy of the martial arts class is beating people up with martial arts. If the right way to use the monk its to primarily use weapons, the monk needs to be reworked. Realism can check itself at the door.

Clerics are behind valor bards and bladesingers, so I'd rate them about White Mage tier heh. I really wish they got some weapon cantrips to better fulfill the archetype, because they're pretty bad at mace swinging currently.

Not really. It will still be ahead as EK's also get masteries. Champions will continue to be mediocre because WOTC designed them assuming anyone who picks them either doesn't care that they're weaker or won't notice.

If you needed the advantage, yes, the roofie made them do something they wouldn't have done otherwise. According to the spell, it makes them susceptible to your words. That's why the target is another person rather than self, and why it only works on one target.

Most but not all. Again. this is against the target's will. If someone orders a virgin drink and you spike it, particularly to manipulate them to doing something you want, I would hope we all agree that it's a bad guy move. IMO, mind reading is bad, but less bad, like comparing stealing...

Yes, let's blame those stupid monks for wanting to punch and kick stuff rather than playing the game right!

Most of those other schools have some non creepy use. For me, mind "assault", to use a less triggering word, is essentially always scummy. However, to the point, no one is suggesting that people hit with a Firebolt shouldn't be upset. This whole thing popped up because people put forth the...

I mean, it essentially is. It alters their perception of you much like slipping someone drugs and alcohol. Imagine I want you to sign a contract. Is there a difference between drugging you and getting you to sign in an impaired state rather than working to butter you up with a night on the town?