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Because it then wouldn't do anything if the character already has Advantage and / or it renders using tactics and narration to gain Advantage (i.e. engaging in the game) moot, if the cleric can just cast a spell for it.

To address the question: no I have not really experienced player hostility to details in the setting. The only time I have experienced big problems was not so much related to setting as to the idea of what a character was. The idea of this campagin was that the players would play successive...

True, it might not be a literal wall that surrounds the city. Nonetheless, there will still be some of nominal perimeter. Which could be a national border or a city-state (or something else) border depending on whether nations or city-states (or something else) are the main political unit.

No, the tactic is to put it an hour or so outside the city, and hope that everyone uses it continuously (and charge them a tax). Otherwise, why did we build it? And if an army does show up, then either your city can cope with an enemy army suddenly appearing or it can't. The fact that the enemy...

For a single casting of teleportation circle the portal is only open for 1 round. It seems a bit unlikely to get 2000 troops through. However, sure you can move a lot of soldiers around quickly, even if it takes several sequential castings. But, even if the permanent circle didn't exist, you...

The whole point of a permanent teleportation circle is that it makes teleportation error free. The problem with most proposed defences is that they create a lot of opportunity to accidentally kill oneself (or unexpected friendly arrivals) by stumbling into the defences. So, negating the point...

As others have commented, this is exactly why it is not inside your temple/tower/city. The Teleportation Circle is in the field outside the city walls. That way the defences against unwanted teleports are the same as the defences against unwanted armies turning up at the city gates. That is...

Hold a soiree.

Assuming we mean "medieval Europe" by historical, then certainly priests (and other religious orders) were present on/near battlefields unarmed and unarmoured. But as non-combatants, and sometimes also as martyrs. This was because it was literally illegal for priests to be combatants. Unless...

Isn't the dairy a building? I think you'll find that the fridge is in the dairy.

Although not quite what you mean, I often use the real world as the location for D&D campaigns. Simply take a real world region, rotate and possibly mirror the map and suddenly you have a familiar, but not quite recognisable setting with sensible geography, and towns and roads in realistic...

No. But what kind of crazy person puts peanut butter in the refrigerator?

No. It is terrible housekeeping. Probably indicative of an absence of appropriate houserules. The houserules that you need are: Pick up all discarded torches and place in a fireproof receptacle. Even if you think they are extinguished. You may like to keep a sturdy barrel of water in the...

Yes. But commonly ignoring a mechanic isn't quite the same as there not being a mechanic. Absolutely. No argument there.

Only if you pretend that Ability Scores like INT (CHA and WIS) are not also mechanics to drive the roleplaying bit.

As Sacrosanct says, if the group is making an effort to roleplay their characteristics, then Int is not really a dump-Ability. In fact none of the Abilities are. Unless you want a party of anti-social, dumb-arses, constantly making bad decisions, then Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom really...

Apologies to you (Jeanneliza) and the organiser (damned) for getting the story a bit screwed up. On the other hand, I am also hugely disappointed that your game ultimately didn't run because of idiots in your community. I hope it doesn't stop you from trying again in the future.

"Treating everyone equally right here and now" doesn't change the fact that woman are in the minority in the gaming community. Nor does it change the fact that women DMs are a minority. Nor does it change the fact that women (N)PCs in existing published material are in a minority. Nor does it...

Apologies, I worded that poorly. You are proposing to treat everyone equally, but without considering and addressing and redressing existing inequality (or indeed the causes of existing inequality). I realise the impetus to treat everyone equally is the recognition that there is inequality...

We've been through this. Simply treating everybody equally sounds like a good idea, but it only works if everyone is already treated equal. If we ignore existing inequality (which is created by the past, and the other social structures we are presently embedded in), then treating everyone...