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  1. thalmin

    D&D 5E (2014) Player Races in Upcoming Volo's Guide to Monsters

    i hope we get stats for Bahamut.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Storm King's Thunder Miniatures

    I bought a case of the new miniatures set, and was pleasantly surprised by what is included. First off, all of the giants are huge (except the large Fomorian and the gargantuan Chief Guh). Second, while the set numbers 45 pieces (plus the usual invisible versions of 8 figures) there are both A...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Player Races in Upcoming Volo's Guide to Monsters

    I haven't seen the preview pics yet, but Mr. Snakearms sounds like a Yuan-ti Malison figure in the Storm King's Thunder minis set, #36/45.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you impose space restrictions on weapons?

    While there are many conditions under which I would impose restrictions, I have done so only twice in the playtest or 5E (that i can recall).
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    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    The real reason some options have not yet been included in the game have a lot to do with time space. Some things the designers might not have worked out all the bugs, or not quite completed. Or they might not have been able to devote the time to develop yet. They had to go with the most core...
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    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    The alpha testers final playtest feedback was sort of in the form of the surveys.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Any news about upcoming 5e WOTC products (post April 2016)?

    I expect the next adventure will be released in July or early August, as the last of the Adventure League adventures will release in early July. As to what the adventure will be...?
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    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    The fact that they were discussed LOUDLY online suggests they were controversial in the frist place, so not matter how they decided on such rules, those that argued for the opposite decision would say the same thing.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Standard security features of a permanent Teleportation Circle

    Question to throw out here. If using a PTC to teleport to another PTC, is a spell required? If so, do you require the same casting time and material components? I missed it if this is covered directly in the rules. I would be inclined to require no components (since the circle is already drawn)...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wounds, blood trail, and invisibility.

    Since the blood is a part of the person, it would not be incorrect to delay the visibility of the blood by whatever period of time seems right. Whatever you set, it should work the same way later if the characters gain invisiblity on their own.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do NPCs in your game have PHB classes?

    Just tweeks to the 3E NPC classes. Use the NPCs in the back of the MM as a guide.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do NPCs in your game have PHB classes?

    NPCs with PHB class levels are fairly common. Even more common are NPCs with NPC class levels. So I voted the second choice in the poll. Since 1E I have given many NPCs, including orcs, goblins, lizardmen (lizardfolk) and such class levels. When NPC classes came out, I started using them as...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is it houseruling to let a torch set fire to things?

    Saying a fireball could possibly ignite worn or attended items is only applying many people's personal knowledge and experience to an effect (fire damage). Granted there I many things in. this world beyond my personal experiences, but I am sceptical about fires being known to allow anyone to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can a fireball melt ice?

    And for the start of the next overly long and unnecessary argument, fireball also creates a flash of not-too-bright light. ​In my campaign.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can a fireball melt ice?

    Too binary. If the ice is like an iced-over lake or an ice wall, the effect wouldn't be more than the effect of the Zamboni at a hockey game. It would probably temporarily remove the frost from the mug of beer in your hand (and maybe also reduce "head"). If the ice was formed into a thin...
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    How do you introduce a monster?

    Proper etiquette would be to first introduce the party to the higher-level monster, otherwise introduce the lower-level monster to the party. :p
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is disarming broken in D&D 5e?

    Take a cue from Errol Flynn. When you knock a sword or dagger from someone's hand, it goes spinning away and sticks into the ceiling, a tree, mast, post, wall, or cask; possibly narrowly missing the comic relief character. Or just use attacker's "interact with object" to knock it away.
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