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    D&D General Explain Bounded Accuracy to Me (As if I Was Five)

    Why not? Different DMs handle replacing dead characters differently. Some have the player create a new character at the same level, or one level lower, than the average party level. Others have the player create a first level character and work their way up. The latter approach would take...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Should DnDBeyond include an Encounter Simulator?

    The old Kobold Fight Club might be defunct, but there’s a new one: https://koboldplus.club/#/encounter-builder
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    D&D General "March Madness" - Let's Rank The D&D Classes

    I totally, 100% agree. (Because swapping them would mean my favorites, Rogue & Barbarian, would no longer be going head-to-head)
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    D&D 5E (2014) What new content do you like most?

    I’m pretty simple: I chose Classes, Subclasses, and Species (Races).
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    D&D 5E (2014) Alchemical Savant and Greenflame Blade

    The thought of rolling 1d4 for Magic Missile and using it as the damage for each missile seems as strange to me as casting Fireball, rolling 1d6, and then multiplying the result by 8 to get the total damage. But maybe that’s just me. I’ve been playing D&D off and on for over twenty years and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Alchemical Savant and Greenflame Blade

    The funny thing about RAW vs. RAI is that anyone can read RAW since it’s written right there for all to read. But only someone like Jeremy Crawford can tell us RAI, since he worked on the design of the rules. For Magic Missiles, I disagree with his RAW because the Damage Rolls section on page...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Alchemical Savant and Greenflame Blade

    Which of the 8 UAs is that in? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Players, would you play in a game that only used the 5.1 SRD?

    I certainly don’t prefer to play with that limited a list of options. But, at this point, I just want to play. My current group consists of 3 12 year olds with me as the de facto DM. So if anybody came along and asked me to play in their group, well …… beggars can’t be choosers.
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    D&D General D&D In An (American) Castle

    $1500 - $4000!?!?! My wife would castrate me
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    It’s like when somebody says, “don’t think of an elephant.” What’s the first thing you think about? I’m struggling to not make an “elephant in the room“ joke 😬
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    D&D General The core monster lineup across all editions

    I thought Flesh Golems = Frankenstein's monster
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    D&D General other possible elements?

    Then we can have Gas Giants to go along with Cloud, Fire, Frost, Hill, Stone, and Storm. Speaking of which, my 12 yo daughter had a couple friends over last night. One of them asked if Uranus was still a planet and my daughter replied, “yes, it’s still a planet. Uranus is a gas giant.” And...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The lazy fix to alchemists

    I’ve never understood why Alchemists can’t make things like acid, alchemist’s fire, and poison (maybe even antitoxin or holy water) on the fly. They’re all “alchemy” related (heck, alchemist’s fire even has it right there in the title). It may not be flashy, but it is a slight upgrade to their...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Turn 2 full casters into pact casters

    I would go with Bard for one of them. Invocations could become Performances (songs, stories, poems, dances, tumbling and other assorted tomfoolery). Mystic Arcanum could become similar to Magical Secrets, but for select higher level spells.
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    D&D General The core monster lineup across all editions

    Does Mythic Odysseys of Theros not count (because it’s MTG)? That book lists 4 Nymphs: Alseid, Lampad, Naiad, and Oread.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Out with the old, in with the new?

    I selected "Pick and Choose," but the option I wanted didn't seem to be there. I guess it would fall somewhere in between "Soft Reset" and "Pick and Choose." Basically, my existing campaigns will continue to use the 2014 material (unless the players really feel like recreating their characters...
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    D&D 5E (2024) We’ll be merging the One D&D and D&D forums shortly

    I can't believe I'm old enough to get that reference :cry:
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    D&D General Ravenloft: Monsters vs Darklords

    Good thing you edited your post, because my coat just has a Bruins logo on it, which feels highly out of place for a Lovectaft setting.
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    DDAL Things I learn from being a DM for 500 Adventure League sessions.

    A very good list, but this is the one that resonated most with me.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Do you plan to adopt D&D5.5One2024Redux?

    I figure it’s more of a case of the people that plan on making the switch, don’t feel the need to mention it, while the people who don’t plan on making the switch are incessant about telling everyone that they’re not going to do so.
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