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I actually use a VTT for a different reason. We have built a gaming table and utilize the maps and miniatures on the screen built into the table, so things like tracking combats, rolling dice and character sheets are less important to us than they are for others who use these tools online...

Thanks for finding that. When I wrote my reply, I knew that it existed in Sage Advice, but I was at work and didn't have time to seek it out. So, I appreciate you pointing it out so that OP was aware that what they're doing is technically legal by the rules anyway.

I think the rules actually support this anyway, provided the bonus action doesn't specify timing. In this case, using the Shield Master ability before the Attack Action just means that the character MUST take the Attack action instead of another action in order for it to be legal. Aside from...

Check this thread to see how I used the Neverwinter Nights toolset to create battle maps for our group's gaming table. Feel free to use any of them that you like... http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?477324-Digital-Gaming-Tables

Still looking to add a player if anyone is interested. Characters are now level 15.

The game has an issue with the mechanics of lava and the assumption of how it should be roleplayed. Lava damage. The rules in the DMG about improvising damage suggest that "wading through a lava stream" would do 10d10 damage (average 50), and being "submerged in lava" would do 18d10 (average...

D6 Space is free. All the fun of the Star Wars D6 mechanics without Star Wars being attached to it.

I'm with you. D6 Star Wars was the best RPG system ever made. It is both light and easy to learn. What I love about it is that anyone who has played it at least once can also GM a game. Everything you learn as a player in terms of mechanics is all the GM needs as well, which is different from a...

I think a more important question is whether Ice Storm can put out a fire.

Nope, I like the way it's designed. Honestly, it makes sense to me that a character has spent his down time either learning a new ability or has focused on increasing one of his attributes. Doing both would probably be overkill and make characters far too powerful, especially given as some...

I think people need to come to the understanding that D&D no longer has rules for every situation like it did in the 3.5 era. Honestly, we got along fine without it during the days of Basic/AD&D, and can do so again if people stop expecting the game to have rules like a board game. The correct...

That's a good point. There are multiple ways to interpret the rules, which is why they should have been solidified to begin with. Honestly, though, it wouldn't break the game either way, so I guess it comes down to how the DM wants to rule it.

I'm just presenting the rules as they appear in the books and drawing a conclusion based upon my reading of the rules. Honestly, I could go either way on it. At my table, I DM with the "Rule of Cool," which means that for our group, fun takes priority over rules. It's likely that I would...

Except that the PHB, page 193-194 only has three steps to an attack, and the final step includes both the roll to hit and dealing damage. MAKING AN ATTACK Whether you're striking with a melee weapon, firing a weapon at range, or making an attack roll as part of a spell, an attack has...

Something to keep in mind is the rule on page 252 of the DMG, under Adjucating Reaction Timing: ...sometimes the timing of a reaction be difficult to adjudicate. Use this rule of thumb: follow whatever timing is specified in the reaction's description. For example, the opportunity attack and...

Been playing since Alpha. Pretty certain it has always been this way, unless one of the blockers has banding, which gives the defending player the ability to allocate where the damage goes.

This isn't intended for combat. Just skill checks.

Could try this: Advantage = One automatic success (so you only need 1 success out of 3) Disadvantage = Require one additional success (so you need 3 out of 3) This would mean that people who are really skilled would succeed more frequently even with disadvantage than people who are not skilled.

One thing you can do to make the d20 system less swingy and to give the advantage back to people who have a proficiency in a skill is to quit relying on a single roll to equal success. When doing a skill check, have players roll 3d20 (if you're going to be rolling 3 dice anyway, might as well...

A very similar debate broke out last year on another forum, except in that case it was Shocking Grasp vs the Mage Slayer feat. The debate went around and around for almost 40 pages until things got really stupid and people started pulling out word acrobatics and stretched the rules to the point...