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... Did you actually read the feat? I mean, sure, if you want to cast haste on a hostile creature, go ahead... but you absolutely cannot cast the spell on an ally.

The 5e character I've most enjoyed playing was a STR-based rogue. He was, in fact, the party tank (Some luck with the hp rolls meant that, with his quite nice AC (shield, breastplate and +2 from DEX gave him AC 18 without disadvantage on stealth) Mountain Dwarf pure rogue with the Assassin...

Hmm. Yaarel has some interesting assumptions about the future, but they look too optimistic for me. That's not to say that the singularity isn't possible, just that there hasn't been the evidence necessary to believe that it's happening. In particular, the predictions made about specific...

It's an interesting thing to note that Minecraft is a massive cultural phenomenon right now... and the PHB is selling better than all but the most popular book based on it.

Good catch. I must have edited out the bit about them both being half-caster half-fighter - that's why I didn't include it in the "stuff you gets as a half caster" bit.

The Ranger ability depends a bit on the DM, but it's been extremely powerful when I've seen it used. The ability to simply know what challenges you're likely to face is very useful. Examples I've seen: "Hey guys, I'm pretty sure there weren't any fiends around this village the last time we...

As opposed to previous editions, that is. In previous editions, the partial caster classes are mostly a mixture of mechanics from caster and non-caster classes - they get spells and martial or skill abilities and they occasionally have some unique ability that blends the two. There's no unique...

Wait. That's exactly what I said, earlier... And that's basically the same thing as I was saying. Um. I think we may have been vehemently failing to disagree on this one :-) Don't you love the internet? Now, this is definitely something we can agree on... ... I think.

It's a clear example of damage reduction in the basic how-you-apply-damage rules, though. I would expect it's not using a named effect to make it more generic. But yeah, it's not as clear cut as the monk.

Heh. Earlier in this thread I quoted three examples from the PHB alone - one of them in the PHB's section on how to adjudicate damage. Take a look here...

No, that's not quite what I said. The letters "D" and "R" together used to denote the reduction of damage do not appear in 5e rulebooks (as far as I can tell in about 30 minutes of searching). The concept of reduction of damage very much does exist, in multiple places and used as examples in...

I disagree. If you're going all-in with firearm rules, melee combat and bows are going to have a very different flavour. In an urban setting such as the article describes, you're often going to be using concealed weapons, which will heavily favour pistols and other small guns. In a world where...

Technically, the term "Damage reduction" does not appear in the PHB, IIRC. However, there are several things that provide DR effectively. The example I used earlier in the "Heavy Armour Master" feat goes "While you are wearing heavy armour, bludgeoning, peircing and slashing damage that you...

I'm afraid you missed it in the PHB. Try the Heavy Armour Master feat, DR3 against piercing, slashing and bludgeoning. I like this article, anyway - I don't really care how accurate it is either, and the rules look workable. More to the point, I like the Aim bonus action and the basic idea...

Don't be silly. $500 would be too greedy, and nobody here would do that. Besides, anyone with a functioning brain can see that it should clearly be two $50 bills. I mean, what if we lose one? Sorry. It's been a long week.

(This one's probably a bit long. Sorry about that) This is a bit of the session I ran last Sunday, which was one of the best sessions I've had with that group. Background: The last two years a new metal alloy has been introduced to the trade networks of this setting. It's unusually easy to...

I should write up the convention game I ran a couple of years ago (at the Discworld Convention 2012, as it happened) using the 5e playtest. That was a longish game (somewhere around six to eight hours, I think) and I knew that some of the players would not be able to be there for the whole...

5 out of 5 rating for Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen So, what's to like about the new DM screen? Well, content-wise it has some interesting choices. I can see myself using about half of the material there most sessions with the other bits and pieces coming up less often but being valuable when...

I must be completely failing to communicate here. I specifically do not want the Tavern Brawler feat to effectively grant proficiency with all weapons, because that is overpowered and (I am certain) entirely unintended. However, the rules explicitly state that: 1) Any object that strongly...

But that's not what I'm saying - you're making some assumptions that are incorrect, here. I am completely happy with improvised use of random objects that don't resemble weapons, and I fully expect that most uses of the Tavern Brawler feat will apply to them. I'm pointing out that a reasonable...