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  1. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Item Crafting oddities

    I get that this is all your opinion and that's fine if you don't enjoy crafting or buying magical items, but I really don't understand your logic that crafting/buying magical items is somehow not "core gameplay". Want to save the world, help your friends, be powerful and famous? You know...
  2. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2014) "Surrender or Die" Roared the Barbarian - Making the Opponents Surrender

    I like this and use something similar myself, but I don't like the specifically defined equations for what the DC will be. I'd rather determine the DC on the fly based on how likely you think the NPC would be to surrender. This lets you adjust the DC based on how likely the NPC would be to...
  3. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Yeah same, because they're organized alphabetically and not in the confusing way that a few people here are asking to change them to It seems like you're trying to convince me I'm wrong by agreeing with me?
  4. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2014) What's on your 5E 3rd Party Essential List?

    There's a first! I don't think I actually even interpreted literally, I was thinking you meant something like "what 3pp do you incorporate into your base rules or use routinely in adventures", which for me would still be none. I mostly use 3pp content to supply snippets here and there - so...
  5. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Yeah I might also be confused as well but I thought the discussion was around putting all Aberrations in one section, all Monstrosities in a section, etc. I have no issue with putting all variants of, let's say all variations of "Dragon, Age Color" or "Giant, Element" together. It's still...
  6. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2014) What's on your 5E 3rd Party Essential List?

    Essential? Absolutely nothing There's a bunch of great third party content out there that I use for inspiration but I wouldn't say anything is essential
  7. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2014) 4E Cosmology

    Great Wheel for me, it works great
  8. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Um no? Which monster manual are you referring to that was organized by creature type and not alphabetically? I have no idea which book you're referring to
  9. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Item Crafting oddities

    My thoughts on a few separate questions you asked: The new crafting rules are likely a selling point for many people. Not really for me since I had my own homebrew crafting rules - I'll incorporate some aspects of the 2024 DMG rules, but mostly stick with what I already had. DnD Magic Items...
  10. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) Help with how many attacks

    Scimitar has Nick and Shortsword is Vex. The OP labeled them backwards but the bottom line answer is the same
  11. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Organizing alphabetically makes FAR more sense to me. If I had to memorize what type of monster everything is in order to find which section it is in, I'd throw that book right out
  12. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2014) 4E Cosmology

    The thread is tagged as 5e, and the OP directly asked "what are peoples' thoughts on the current cosmology in 5e?". It's a thread about 5e
  13. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) Have You Pre-Ordered The 2024 MM?

    Choosing to not move on your turn is NOT the same thing as being reduced to 0 movement speed. The wording you clipped would not apply.
  14. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) Have You Pre-Ordered The 2024 MM?

    That is not a rule in 5e. It is not written anywhere to be the case, and there is a tweet from Jeremy Crawford to state the opposite: https://x.com/JeremyECrawford/status/623352593952038912
  15. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Books typically are split up into multiple chapters, and this organizational structure generally works quite well, yes.
  16. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    The only thing controversial is that you're stating your opinion as if it is a fact, but other people disagree with your opinions. I disagree that the PHB and DMG have serious organizational issues - organization is probably the most widely praised aspect of the books in various online...
  17. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2014) 4E Cosmology

    I think it's really important for the DM to decide which type of cosmology they are using and then to stick with that approach to keep verisimilitude, but as a player I don't really care as long as things stay internally consistent. Between cosmology, pantheons, and the general world map...
  18. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Because he started a thread asking about it? By definition he does care, how is this a question?
  19. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Hexcrawl exploration is such an uncommon niche playstyle that I would be shocked to see more than a passing mention in the DMG. I see it mentioned online all the time but I have never once met a person in real life who has ever played in a Hexcrawl campaign. I actually am surprised there are...
  20. DrJawaPhD

    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: The Planes

    Every campaign I've ever played in had trips at some point to multiple planes other than the Prime Material Plane. Past maybe level 10 or so, what can you even do that is challenging? Either the players visit other planes, or denizens of other planes start visiting the players. Either way, I...
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