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  1. TheWriterFantastic™

    D&D 5E (2014) Wizard with 20 CON and the Durable feat

    While I agree that the implied intent would be that the minimum the character regains for hit points is referring to the total of the hit die roll plus modifier in relation to the doubled Constitution modifier (i.e. Wizard with 20 Con rolls d6+5, minimum result being 10 would result in regaining...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Legends & Lore 8/4/14: Here Comes the Player's Handbook

    I, for one, cannot wait to play a character with the "Gold Dragon, Ancient" background -- I expect his Bond and Flaw will both be "Treasure, Any." ;)
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    [Beverly, MA] Looking for players - D&D [BECMI through 5e/Next] Mondays 7pm-10pm

    Hey LordBill - sorry for the delayed response - just wrapped up a week-long intensive graduate course and I've been juggling wedding planning stuff, too. Yeah, you're welcome to come tomorrow -- do you have a Facebook account? We have a group page set up over there to organize game nights and...
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    [Beverly, MA] Looking for players - D&D [BECMI through 5e/Next] Mondays 7pm-10pm

    Hey LordBill, station is only a couple blocks from my place (I actually picked you up there to give you a lift to the Game day in Danvers last year). However, the only inbound trains leaving Beverly around our wraptime are at 9:28 and 11:20, so you'd either end up leaving the game early or have...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can Someone Explain Bonus Actions?

    It seems that the simplest way to illustrate it may be this: A character can, in a standard round, move and take an action. As exceptions to that rule, the character may also take one reaction and one bonus action each standard round under certain circumstances: Certain abilities, spells, or...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Starter set unboxing photos

    If CR 1/2 represents minions, it would make sense for the cleric to automatically destroy minion threats when they make a successful check to turn undead...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do we know if they are keeping the 20 Natural score cap? What about expanded backgrounds?

    From my understanding, when they first discussed the Inspiration mechanic in Legends and Lore last year, Inspiration points are awarded when a player roleplays in line with their Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws when it may cause an obstacle to completing the party's goals -- the Inspiration point is...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do we know if they are keeping the 20 Natural score cap? What about expanded backgrounds?

    When the discussion came up in the forums a few weeks ago of how human racial traits would be tweaked for the release (given how poorly the +1 to stats across the board went over with the public), I mentioned that it would make sense for humans to get two floating +1 stat bumps. Here This would...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Human racial bonus in 5E

    I'd imagine they'd use the two +1s as a baseline, similar to the boosts they gain from their class every few levels, and like the boosts, allow them to be swapped for a feat, as a modular option - it makes a great deal of sense, since the level dependent ability adjustments were designed...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Human racial bonus in 5E

    I could see them offering +1 to any two ability scores, or a feat - this could even work for the other races, sacrificing their level 1 ability adjustments for specific feats appropriate to the given race, while human has the versatility option.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Starter Set price back to $17.99?

    It usually takes 24-48 hours to update the price on your invoice -- I had the same thing happen to me with my PHB pre-order...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Starter Set price back to $17.99?

    And the price is back down to $12.65...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why I'm Buying the Starter Set

    It's already down to roughly $13 on Amazon -- I'd say not "slimy" at all...
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    [Beverly, MA] Looking for players - D&D [BECMI through 5e/Next] Mondays 7pm-10pm

    Our group is in search of 2-3 players that can commit regularly to a weekly Monday night game that usually runs from 7:00 PM - 9:45 PM. When we can get enough players together, we've been playing a D&D Next playtest campaign through the Dragonlance Classics modules; when we've had lower...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why I'm Buying the Starter Set

    Already pre-ordered. Though I doubt they did it, it'd be pretty slick if they provided race options (human, elf, dwarf, halfling) for each pre-generated core class (fighter, mage, cleric, rogue). Not highly likely with the 5 pre-gens, but one can hope! The mechanical alterations for each is...
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    D&D 5E (2014) GAMA Trade Show and Game Developer Conference start Monday - announcement Tomorrow?

    I think they had a rebuild option in the 3.X Living Greyhawk guidelines packet for when new sourcebooks came out, as long the new rules in the sourcebook were approved in the latest packet update -- if that's the case, it wouldn't be unheard of to allow the rebuild when the new core Player's...
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    Quick Question: Wizard from D&D transports to our world. Can they still do magic?

    If you're using d20 Modern to represent Earth natives, Urban Arcana provides guidelines for practitioners of Arcane and Divine magic in an Earth setting -- that right there would say that d20 system magic would be readily available for offworlders from a D&D setting.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Multiclassing discussion

    It all seems to boil down to affinities. Can it be a cool idea to have an assassin find religion and become a holy roller? Sure. Is it plausible for every assassin in the world to be able to instantly convert to cleric on a whim -- not so much. Certain things just aren't plausible choices...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Livestream: Scourge of the Swordcoast Session 1

    In a previous L&L article, I think he said that Chain pact was for binder/summoner types -- though I could be completely wrong...
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