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Per Mariam Webster: 2. In fiction : instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space I don't know if anyone pointed that out yet, but if an English Dictionary says it doesn't cross through a dimension and the spell doesn't specify that it crosses through another...

If this is an advertisement to find new players, I'm in. Chances of death be damned.

It doesn't sound like we are still talking about beasts.

Depends on the predator. Most would abort the hunt and flee, which doesn't help model combat very well.

Watch a dog take a rabbit or squirl. They snap the poor things neck pretty single-mindedly. On the other hand, cats will bail on a hunt anytime there is a surprise. Maybe it's the difference between pack and ambush hunters. Could be neat to see what predators are more apt to abort a hunt. If...

Ever watch an animal kill its prey? It's freaking metal. Believe me, they know when it's dead. Like, really, really dead. I can't speak to ancient RW combat, but I can tell you with 100% certainty that every combat instructor in the USMC is very clear about making sure no enemy is left combat...

Plausible in-game reasons to double tap: Finishing the hunt (anything attacking to eat) Training (soldiers) Savagery (monsterous humanoids) Experience (liches, giants & dragons) It's still alive (undead) Screwing with the players (drow)

You sounded so sure of yourself that I actually went back through it. It certainly does not. Its actually 600xp. The 1800xp is the Adjusted Difficulty Rating. That is the amount you use to determine how threatening the encounter is, but has nothing to do with the actual XP awarded to the party...

Is that in the rules somewhere? Have I been doing it wrong when I grab a bunch of mooks, a sub-leader or 2, and dial my encounters to "deadly?" Probably also worth pointing out that Bounded Accuracy, that much maligned, but oh so wonderful mechanic, allows me to use a dozen goblins instead of a...

I've always been a little resistant to even considering what Colville, Mercer, or even Gygax thought about a given issue, but I really like this rant.

This kind of statement bothers me for several reasons. First, I have killed PCs in at least 5 editions of D&D, 6 if you count 3 and 3.5 separately, and it is not significantly more difficult to do so in 5e if that is your goal. Second, DMs who make statements like this usually don't really...

Naw, bruh. It means the monk is OP. Probably one of those 5 elements yahoos.

Why am I only assuming a 50% hit rate? That's boring for everyone involved. 65-75% is a lot more interesting. Twilight cleric should be effectively negating 1-2 hits per round at low level, 1/2 a hit at mid levels, and negligible at higher levels. It's just math. Sure, you can design encounters...

I don't see it, man. The first 1/8 CR mook to hit a PC should go through the temp HP. Then everybody else deals real damage. The cleric heals about what 1 attack did, but could be doing something better, so it ate his action. Then temp hp come back. Rinse repeat. Aura of OP plus healing only...

Fair. I'm all, power creep and monty haul.

The dark vision is stupid both mechanicaly and thematically, but doesn't really over power them. Cut it to 60' and move on. The flight, while extreme at that level, is limited enough that it shouldn't be a game breaker. No worse than Aarakocra or Yuan-ti racials. Nothing else is particularly...

You ever consider ignoring the cleric and focusing on one of the glass cannons? If I wanted to really beat on your PCs (say as a lich, mind flayer or other smart tactician,) knowing the tankiness of the cleric, my first move would be to seperate the party members with a breath weapon, wall or...

Poor word choice. That's on me. What I meant was, attacking in a way that made sense for the monster. Beasts will attack a single foe until it is dead. Archers will focus fire. Wizards will debuff instead dropping AOE damage. Dragons will split the party and pick on one PC at a time. Spreading...

That's not a ruling. It's exactly the way the ability is written. RAW and RAI in perfect sync. The only way this can be considered OP is if you have a ton of minionmancy going on or the DM spreads out damage instead of attacking intelligently.

I'd love to see anthologies set entirely in legacy settings. Dragon Lance, Planescape, Dark Sun... Just think about what a great way it would be to introduce a new audience to the settings. They could even do one for that abomination of space faring pirates for the hip-replacement crowd.