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In my campaign, there are a few dragon societies, and a dragon that is a part of such a society often has dragonborn family or allies that help to rear the young. Lone dragons have to juggle it all themselves (unless they have a partner), and can get annoyed if they can't get their beauty sleep...

In my game: 1gp equates roughly to $100 US, which can buy a room at some inns, or a family meal at some restaurants, etc. 100gp equates to $10,000 which can be an average international flight for a family* (*corrected my math), or the average cost charged by a third-party caster to cast a...

In my home campaign, dragons have clutches of 5 eggs. If all goes well, 1 egg might contain a dragon. The other eggs hatch into dragonborn (dragonborn are literally born of dragons, though they also breed true). At a young age, the dragon develops the ability to take on a personal dragonborn...

So, do you not believe in flat ability checks at all? Does every ability check needs to be tied to a proficiency bonus via skills or tools?

It's about the types of stories, and perhaps organizations. All Rogues could be a good Thieves Guild/heist story All Wizards could be a good Wizard Academy/arcane mystery story. Stuff like that. OK... how about a party where everyone has a permanent fly speed (Aarakocra, Owlin, Fairie...

The RAW mentions under "Other Charisma Checks" that Charisma is the ability used to "Find the best person to talk to for news, rumors, and gossip." and "Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation." How important is it that there needs to be a specific skill that lets you...

It sounds like you are saying that every prior edition and game does everything better than 5E. Yeah. OK. I played them too, friend, and with every prior edition I was glad when it was over, and I was looking for the next thing that might fix the parts I came to be annoyed by. For example, I...

I think it helps 3PP creators to embrace and spread the narrative that the sky is falling with D&D, because it goes hand in hand with "But hey, buy my product! My products and I are objectively better than Wizards and Hasbro." That literally brings them business. That said, I do see their fans...

Not in D&D. This continues to be your personal definition, no matter the real world synonyms or definitions. In D&D, even if some words are synonymous or related in the real world, Strength isn't Agility. Athletics isn't Acrobatics. Sorcery isn't Wizardry. Minstrels aren't Bards. Yes, you...

I'll mention this here, and try to keep this on topic in regards to Rogues being among the top skill-monkey classes. I think it would be interesting for every skill entry to include relevant examples how they may apply to any of the 6 ability scores for Ability Checks. Below are a couple...

100% Disagree with Strength-only, and with considering the system as one of "skill checks." Remember that the system is based on Ability checks. Not skill checks. Even if Acrobatics were removed, the DM should not be asking for an Athletics check, and then roll a Strength check no matter what...

I don't know, to be honest. I'm only seeing circular arguments about house rules based on alternative definitions that are not reflected in the current or playtest rules.

I too am curious about a (possibly smaller) list of skills that are not tied to specific ability scores. However, I doubt that will happen in the revised books due to backwards compatibility requirements. Want to climb a slippery slope or jump a chasm that you're not sure you can make? Make a...

The current organizational format is correct, in my opinion. The designers have it right. The purpose of a list should be for easy reference purposes, and if there are multiple lists, their categories should prioritized based on the most macro-sized choices to be made, down to the last choice...

Also, a good DM may sell you on it. A bad experience will sour you on it.

I disagree with this anachronistic definition. That is a modern take, not rooted in D&D. For going on 50 years, in D&D, the fighting man/fighter has been an armored weapon-wielder. It's like saying Wizards should not prepare spells with spellbooks because the Wizards of the Wizarding World of...

Oh yeah, having a pet back at one's base of operations is totally fine. But I'm mostly talking about having combat companions or pets used on the battlefield to enhance effectiveness.

Green Orcs and Goblins are prominent in the Warhammer universe. Wizards probably wants to differentiate their orcs and goblins a bit more. I suspect they won't be going away from their own Wizards-era depiction.

I will be using the updated rules for the most part. In normal conversation, I'm just going to call it D&D. If I'm talking to someone new, and they ask for clarification, I'm going to say the current ruleset. And if they want to debate gnomenclature, I'll politely decline the debate.

My response was to your claim "Until the casters use one of the many spells without a save..." Grappling spells are not automatic successes. There is going to be an attack roll or a saving throw. What are the many spells that inflict immediate grapples or other status effects without a saving...