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Just wanted to jump in and say you can only choose to ko an enemy with a melee attack, by the rules. This leaves out ranged weapons and most spells (though some spells are delivered through a melee attack, like Shocking Grasp)

The best fumble rule I've ever come across is just asking the PC who made the fumble to describe what happens. Those who enjoy auto-crit sneak attacking their own heads into four pieces will love it, and people who don't like added penalties for fumbles can make up a short flourish about they...

If I get a group of players that likes rolled stats (my main group likes point buy), then what I like to do is let each of them them roll a set of ability scores while I watch, write them down on a card, and let players use any array they want. One player may want a trio of 15s rolled, another...

If you would like to see a great example (or at least wonderful attempt at, as I do not believe they use the full extent of the rules), here's 83% of a panel at NerdCon. It stars Mary Robinette Kowal, Hank Green, Maureen Johnson, Joseph Fink, Paul Sabourin, and is apparently moderated by Patrick...

You can get into the whole "can I / may I" thing. Player: Can we find some treasure soon, DM? DM: I don't know, can you? Player: *grumble* May we find some treasure soon, DM? DM: I'll think about it.

Just off the top of my head, I'm reminded of the Star Trek TNG episode "Loud as a Whisper", where a skilled negotiator is deaf, but has a telepathic bond with his "chorus" (three other characters) who speak for him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loud_as_a_Whisper I remember there's a Background...

Filled out. Not sure where you were going with one of the questions, though. "Have you ever heard of Unearthed Arcana?" Yes, that's a name that WotC has used for at least two (almost) entirely different things that I know of and have used, I think I might have heard of a third, and wouldn't...

So if you show up to a higher level AL event without "earning" a higher level character, either A) you can't play at all, or B) if they accommodate you, it cancels the higher-level progressive module everyone else is there to play, and instead run an introductory adventure? I'll stand by my...

I had no idea AL required characters to start at 1, no matter the level of the adventure. That sounds punishing. (but true, source...

I don't have PHB handy, but it's in the SRD. Under Combat / Making an Attack / Melee Attacks / Two-Weapon Fighting http://5thsrd.org/combat/making_an_attack/#melee-attacks This is a general rule, available to anyone, and not part of the rogue class.

I've played in, but not finished, Tyranny of Dragons and Lost Mine, both from the same DM, both times abandoned when neither they or us players could figure out what was going on. I started DMing, but never finished, Curse of Strahd, because NPC information was never consolidated/organized...

From the SRD, under "Casting a Spell" / Components / Material (M) (emphasis mine) Since there is no rule that all components are consumed, the general rule is that material spell components are not consumed. This specific rule beats the general rule, and leaves it up to the spell to say if the...

Reminds me of the story of the orc who was fascinated by wizards. They'd point their finger at someone, shout "Sleep!" and they'd fall over! Orc tried really hard, and finally declared himself a wizard when he could do the same! Only instead of making arcane gestures like other wizards, he just...

This is partly what's kept me away from running anything in FR as well. Once I was interested in picking up Princes of the Apocalypse to run it for my group, thinking maybe I could cut out the FR stuff. A quick glance at the beginning story hooks had name-drop after name-drop bomb of people and...

I too missed the nomination, and it's nobody's fault but mine! That said, Red Markets may not qualify, as the Kickstarter says December 2017 and I always add 2-3 months minimum to expectation of any KS project. Original game of "economic horror - the world has ended and the rent's still due"...

Yay for introductory games, and getting new people in the hobby! So apart from them walking on two legs, being able to talk and reason, being able to hold objects, wearing clothing, and having a society advanced to (I assume) roughly medieval technology including forged weapons and armor, they...

Never have. The WotC locator tool is useless - it shows over a dozen stores in my area that participate in Adventurer's League, but most of them actually don't. When I call to check, half of them haven't heard of it before, and the other half said they used to, but stopped a year ago or more...

Whether I do or do not is not the point of my post, nor is really arguing whether one build was weaker than another. I'm mainly looking for a quotable source of designer intent. Additional calculations, suggested fixes, etc are all additional info that I am reading, yes, but the wording of a...

Thanks for replies and insights everyone! Yeah, average damage is fine and all, but a critical against an enemy that has 5 hp left is somewhat wasted. The ease-of-use potential is also what I see as the main draw of the Champion. That also is one of the things that made me cast shade on...

Hello all! I come seeking your wisdom for a mainly specific question, with some background, which I will probably over-explain. I apologize in advance for that, and my intent isn't to provoke discussion of the background, which a quick search turns up has been thoroughly hashed over. I'm...