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I never want to see that New Posts page or that Forum List page. If I see either, it's because I misclicked. When I come to the site, I first look at one of two things: the front page with the new articles, or my notifications. After dealing with one or both of them, my next goal is to get to...

I’ve really wondered about the intended meaning of the wording of that maneuver, but I think your question actually makes the answer more apparent. Reactions can be taken at any time, as long as the trigger is met. Therefore, all reactions have to state their trigger. For this...

I'd like to get opinions about the balance of this weapon. For context, it is a ranged weapon found in Level Up. Almost all of the ranged weapons in the game have identical stats to their 5e counterparts (at least when Thrown in the case of melee weapons), so you don't need any knowledge of...

Thanks. I might just be completely failing my Investigation check, but it just doesn't seem balanced to me. I think maybe if I ask on the general 5e subforum I can get more eyes on it, since this one is a little sparse.

Here's the spreadsheets. The first sheet is a direct side-by-side listing of the features of each O5e class (including the bonus features from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything). The second sheet is an attempt to use A5e classes to replicate O5e classes as closely as possible by means of optional...

Follow up on the spear-thrower. How would you all interpret the bolded part: "A spear-thrower can be used to increase the effectiveness of a javelin, spear, or trident. A weapon thrown in this manner deals an additional 1d6 damage when the target is within its normal range." Would the extra...

There is obviously the detect magic spell, but I don‘t see the O5e rule that you can just tell an item is magical by handling it. I see rules and advice for identifying the properties if magical items, but cannot find any sort of general rule. Not even a suggestion to allow an Arcana check, for...

One thing that I’ve noticed is that the additional exploration and social features are just extra. The balance seems to be intended based primarily on the combat features in O5e and A5e (and what few exploration features were included in O5e design). That being said, I do have that all figured...

So you would rule that attempts to Shove someone off a mount automatically fail? I can see where you are coming from, but the rules actually address what happens when you try to knock a mounted person prone without forced movement (which results in knocking them off the mount and ending up prone...

The party was riding on a wagon while guards on horseback were melee attacking the wagon/riders. So the party was at a high enough elevation to interact with the riders without penalty. The main concern though is that there is nothing that I can find that says maneuvers don’t work on mounted...

This came up tonight while playing Memories of Holdenshire. I couldn't find it clearly spelled out what happens if you try to Shove a mounted creature. If a mounted creature is supposed to be knocked prone, they get a second save to avoid it, but nothing is said about Shoving or forced movement...

That's an important consideration for whether I can benefit from the Foundry integration or not. Other D&D adjacent systems in Foundry seem to natively include a lot of popular functionality that you can only get in the 5e system with modules, so it's reasonable to assume that the Level Up...

I realized my question about the spear-thrower actually goes a lot further. I can‘t find any rule saying that you need a second hand to load ammunition. O5e didn’t have such a rule in early printings, but put it into errata and later printings because it was always the intent. I’m not sure...

Because if it can, it allows basically the equivalent of wielding a greatsword in one hand while using a shield, and being able to throw it 20' without penalty. And anyone with martial weapon proficiency can do this. Strap a few spears to your back and get to it. Need to know because I have a...

The section on equipment maintenance leaves me wondering about a couple of things: -When a situation arises where gear might be damaged, how should you decide which gear is affected? One item per character? All of a character’s exposed gear? There isn’t any instruction and the example scenarios...

So here’s the thing, either you are dual-wielding, in which case you get two attacks plus parrying (and if neither of the weapons you are wielding have the parrying property, you are making a very sub-optimal choice), or you are wielding a two-handed weapon with parrying (again, unless you...

For my own house rule, after watching the discussion, I'd probably do something like the following. Mending is a "rough" sort of fixing and if you just used it to fix a snapped sword you'd end up with a crooked improvised weapon. However, you can choose to make the check needed to repair it...

It's a change from the preview version. You can still replace one weapon attack with a single eldritch scythe attack, but not with the whole eldritch scythe scaled attacks routine.

I wasn‘t a fan of a lot of those things either (and make changes in my own usage). But, as I mentioned in my previous thread, while there had been isolated examples of this sort of thing that had gradually krept in, now they are doing a complete conversion. I could look at the hobgoblin...

Is anyone else concerned at all that being able parry twice is going to be better than using a shield unless you get attacked more than twice in a round? It seems to me, since a parrying weapon is also granting you an attack, that it should always be defensively inferior to a shield. (Yes...