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WOIN Character: Urepo Winiata I don't have access to the character sheet right now, but here is my character: Name: Urepo Winiata A brilliant human smuggler who enjoys building model starships STR: 3 AGI: 7 END: 4 WIL: 4 INT: 2 LOG: 8 CHA: 6 LUC: 9 REP: 4 PSI: 0 Race: Human Homeworld...

I was only using the CR to equate two monsters of equal ability, to show the disparity in HD. But, as others have pointed out, the equivalent for comparing monsters is not HD, but CR. It doesn't matter if you don't use CR; the game designers did. That underpins both the game structure and any...

I don't think using HD to equate to level in any fashion will work. Let's take a look at an example: - An orc and a gnoll are both CR 1/2 monsters, meaning they are roughly equivalent in ability. - The orc has 2d8+6 Hit Dice (due to 16 Con) - The gnoll has 5d8 Hit Dice With a spread like that...

Here's my take when I read anything that says that NPCs traveling with the party get their share of the XP; it's not to level the NPC, it's to 'soak' XP from the party for using the NPCs to benefit the party. Not as a punishment, but as a 'tax' or 'cost'. Here you have these other creatures...

I think the 6-8 encounters a day thing is being blown out of proportion. Let's take a look at the actual quote (DMG, p84): "Assuming typical adventuring conditions and average luck, most adventuring parties can handle about six to eight medium or hard encounters in a day." Note the wording...

Here's my fix to that problem with PDFs: 1) Copy the relevant section to a new document (not the one you're using) 2) Ctrl-F to bring up the Navigation sidebar, and then select "Replace" from the drop down (assuming you're using Word 2010 or later) 3) In "Find What", type ".^p" (without the...

The Angry GM came up with a way to streamline a 5e stat block: http://theangrygm.com/abbreviate-stat-blocks/

So you agree with the RAW?

Nope. There's a table in both the MM and DMG which proscribes the XP value for each CR.

I'll go with #lowkey13 on this. In planning my encounters for my party (run both at Levels 1-4 and now at Level 11+), two creatures with the same CR do not pose the same level of threat. Part of that I believe is due to PC abilities, but also part due to the (programmed) fuzziness of...

No, it's not. I have a party of 6 Level 11s right now. They're going to face a horde of CR 1 and 2 monsters. All of those CRs are significantly below the PC level; should none of their XP count?

Correction on your #1a; the DMG says "When making this calculation (Adjusted XP), don't count any monsters whose challenge rating is significantly below the average challenge rating of the other monsters in the group unless you think the weak monsters significantly contribute to the difficulty...

Cap, From DMG p111: "Characters can gather food and water as the party travels at a normal or slow pace. A foraging character makes a Wisdom (Survival) check whenever you call for it, with the DC determined by the abundance of food and water in the region." So it looks like there is no RAW...

Probably something the DM and Player should agree upon beforehand. Previous editions were a random amount, but that doesn't mean it has to be the same in 5e. As far as using it for healing, that's only a secondary function of the spell. Goodberry's prime use in previous editions was to...

You know, the Goodberry spell description starts with, "Up to ten berries appear in your hand..." That doesn't mean 10 berries appear, it means that there could be as many as ten berries or as little as one. The spell doesn't specify that the caster gets to choose how many berries appear...

I ran a table in Excel to look at the breakdown, from a strict AC perspective. The ranking below is derived from that table, and is only based on final AC. It does not include Stealth considerations, Str requirement, cost, availability, etc. I only went down as far as 4th place, considering...

We're playing at 11th level right now. Some of their opponents could squash their unconscious bodies easily with a single attack action. Plus, a PC who's unconscious is a player who's shut out of the action. I prefer to keep the whole table involved as much as I can. As a player, I've been...

I like the idea of a little more gray in the area, rather than the up/down nature of DSTs and zero hit points. But, I don't want it to get complicated, either. So, borrowing from everyone's ideas, here's the houserule I'm introducing for my players: A) When a PC drops to 0 hit points or...

That's a lot of work! Good job on it, and thanks. Do you have any plans to do some of the epic-level monsters from previous editions? Examples: Devastation Vermin, Abominations, Primal Elementals

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