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LOL! So the options are: Use ~half your spell power Use one of (if you're lucky) eight lifetime boons from your patron Spend 45 GP And he says, "well armor is uncomfortable." Where's the button to grant the player Inspiration for that post? :)

"I'm kind of like a banana," I guess. I have points at which I want the party to level, and I'm giving out incremental XP at the end of each session as progress toward those points. It's for exactly the reasons stated: to give the feel of progress, and emphasize that XP can be won for things...

Not just more distinct, but why spend half your spell power on something you could have all the time for a few gold pieces?

1.5 hours. But that's because I'm running for kids right now, and their attention span just doesn't go any farther. It really makes you think about what's important, and how to keep things moving along. :) Edit: adult games have been more irregular, but usually 7-10:30 on a weeknight, and at...

I wouldn't consider the "lean" and the "attack" to be two different things. It's not like you stick your bow out, wink twice, yawn, and then draw the sucker and fire. I'd say you "make an attack from hiding", namely, lean out and fire as a single, smooth, stealthy, action. Without enough...

I agree that that's RAW. And it's a reasonable interpretation, but to me it's more situation-dependent. If a normal person walks into a normal, lit room with 4 or 5 pillars and thunk, a crossbow bolt lands in his shield, I have a hard time believing he wouldn't notice someone who fired from...

How's it going to work in practice if this person is a member of a party, only they're riding a Griffon? Or, what do they do when nearing or entering town and they're riding a wolf/bear? I guess what I'm getting at is, is this really supposed to be a continuous thing? And does it need to be...

I guess it's now clear that the rules can be read either way. :) I would grant advantage when firing from behind hard cover. The "realism" justification being, you're revealing yourself and attacking all in short order, and it is quick enough that the opponent hasn't had time to become aware...

I'd also like to see a "Dungeon Master's Guide" that has actual concrete advice about running games. Not lots of random tables, but how to construct a campaign, an adventure, side treks, and encounters; how to run NPCs, how to balance the "three pillars", how to handle initiative, when to end a...

I also have a player who just wants to kick butt. His first reaction to any NPC is to say "I kill him/her" (whether or not that's in his power -- it's just his gut reaction). I can guide him ("you understand your head comes up to the kneecap of that Giant, right?"), but I think if I made him...

I just struggle with what sort of adventure construction really works with the 6-8 encounter/2 short rest recommendation. Long-distance travel with occasional encounters is right out, so let's look at a dungeon. Let's say the industrious adventurers spend 8 hours adventuring in a day, of which...

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

You lost me there, based on the examples you've been discussing. If you enter a room with a rogue hidden behind a pillar, I think (hope?) we all agree that the rogue is hidden. But if you walk around the pillar such that the rogue is in plain sight? I wouldn't call for a Search check. Or the...

Here are the last two sessions I've run, neither of which worked well with the SR/LR mechanic: Out of the Abyss: full of long travel stretches with few encounters per day (even, sometimes, days per encounter). As a player, there's no reason not to throw your all at a travel encounter, because...