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Using a basic spell that buffs stealth to sneak isn't exactly optimized...

We're discussing RAW. I'm explaining why the new surprise doesn't make 5e's combat even more of a joke than it is. You guys can ignore it, but there's a reason for it being the way it is. It preserves some very faint element of danger, and to tamps down on dull play loops that overly reward one...

Pass without trace lasts an hour and gives +10 to stealth to the whole party. Monsters have pathetic perception scores. It is trivially easy to get surprise in 5E.

Then why have rules at all? Why not let mages call down meteor swarms at 1st level, or let fighters just say "I cut his head off" and if the attack hits, you cut their head off? The game's rules are designed with balance in mind, and various mechanics support this. The game is firmly in combat...

Right, but the RAW does matter for game balance. And because everything is a 2 thump chump, the game doesnt want to hand out a free round.

Sure, double everything's HP and add CR to damage, 1/2 CR to AC, saves, etc. If you rebuild the entire MM's math it might prove a challenge or have something go beyond 2 rounds. Even at 3 rounds, a surprise round is too much. 5E is already a cakewalk in the player's favor.

All of you guys handing out surprise rounds might as well just declare the other side dead and save yourself some time lol. A full round of unloading straight up ends 5e's pathetic enemies. An at that point the campaign is now a series of auto win ambushes with Pass Without Trace's broken +10...

Have you SEEN the list of basic features "coming soon" since 2019? Again, you can't do basic customization, like making a custom weapon with different damage dice, masteries, etc.

Tons of money coming in and it's still run like one guy's side project he tinkers with on lunch breaks.

It's not mechanics first. In such a world, the body might be able to be knit back together but unless the spirit is there, the spell won't work. Its as much simulationist as anything else in D&D.

Not gonna lie, this looks dope. It's probably going to be expensive as well. Hoping you can share minis across a campaign like you share campaign assets/books.

They aren't "just" noncombatants. They're the children of the goons the group just killed, which is a real friggin buzzkill, particularly for new people and grinds the game to a halt both in and out of character for a moral and ethical debate rather than buttkicking for goodness. Unless they...

You don't think they won't unless they get to murder children?

You're free to add all the heroic baby murder you want.

I'm not sure if you're aware, but fire ants aren't sentient beings with the capacity to learn and change. Gygax's gross attitudes should remain buried in the past. A starter adventure should be a fun introduction to the mechanics, not crap that grinds the game to a halt with ethical debates...

Fortunately they're pretty easy to add if you want to engage in nobody's favorite activity "debating what to do with prisoners for a couple hours".

Not really. You can put a charge of the spell in there, but it doesn't properly hyperlink. It's a lot of effort that amounts to renaming a piece of equipement "Scroll of Acid Arrow" Compared to Foundry, which is simply dragging a spell from the compendium to your inventory and the scroll is...

That's because the site is more focused on selling content than delivering a quality product and experience. They want custom content to be difficult, because otherwise you could just create houserule copies of the 2-3 mechanical bits you actually use from any sourcebook. Same reason they...

My thanks for finally solving the 2d8 damage weapon, but all of that is absurdly more complicated than it needs to be. Foundry shows what a decent product looks like. D&D Beyond is trash in comparison. Actually the 2d8 weapon still doesnt work. You simply can't edit items, you can only rename...

One friend and I marked 35 years of gaming together this year, having started playing together in junior high. I think the rest of the adults are over 20 years now though, save for one new friend we made 2 - 3 years ago. Some of the parents bring some of their kids, but damn the rules of the...