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@Jumblejacks have you checked out page 142 and 143 in the DMG? It has tables that you can use (or use for inspiration) to make any magic item unique. A table for: who created it or was intended to use it?; What is a detail from it's history?; What minor properties does it have?; What quirks does...

How can the players see my crits and maxed out damage rolls while I am using this screen? How can they sneak peak at my maps and monster stats? :D

I can do so in the character builder for my Essentials Mage (which is a subtype of the Wizard).

I am DM-ing for a group of seven players. One of those players would get really upset if his character died. The other players would handle it well, and if it was a *fair encounter, even enjoy the situation. It would probably make it feel less like I am holding their hand. *When I say fair, I...

I hope the 5E licensing comes through. One thing about 5e is that it actually takes less time to get through an equivalent amount of story compared to 4e/3e due to faster combat. Should create a higher demand for adventures. I am not sure if I find articles about rules so interesting, while...

In the starter set, there is a sign warning about plants and zombies. One of my players immediately thought of the game...

I am not exactly raging here, but I had hoped they prioritized other material. Tools and options for the DM would have been my choice. I can see, from a short-term monetary view that they are going the right way. I don't quite see the difference between a level 1-15 super adventure and five...

I am tired of the splat book train and will skip the book entirely and am a bit disappointed that they are already going down that path. On the positive side, I think 5e did a splendid job of creating a PHB that actually feels like a complete set of options for character creation. I was hoping...

My issue with subscription services like this is that rpg's is something you play for a long time. Say, ten years. A price of something like 6$ a month, ends up being 720$ over that period. Pretty darned pricey. And that's basically only for an application that organizes the data I put in...

I tried the 5e character builder, and it had some pretty big design flaws in my opinion. Like not being able to change parts of your build (for instance background) after selecting other options. This doesn't work for me since I go back and forth as I try to create the character that works. If I...

The problem was that the Dragon was flying most of the time, with higher fly speed than the single character who had been cast fly on. The fly spell fizzled when the wizard failed his DC29 concentration check vs 59 damage from breath weapon. Basically, they party couldn't get anyone in melee...

Smaug did, to demolish those pesky barrel people down by the lake. I don't think anyone would have stood a chance in his lair. ;) One thing my party has started doing in 5e is actually waiting. After they found the goblin cave, they don't enter it and try to strong arm their way in, they put it...

Zardnaar that kind of explains it. Healing word does get a pretty hefty boost when cast by a Life Cleric. Might it just have been your wording that was a bit misleading in your first post? In other words, you were talking about amount (disregarding casting time) the whole time? I wondered if...

Zardnaar some good information, but I don't think I agree on your conclusion? In your original statement, you talked about triple rate of healing, but it seems it's more about triple the amount of healing? Preserve life can't heal anyone up to more than half maximum hp, so it's not like having...

Triple? I would like to see the math on that if you could supply it?

No healer = volatile combat No damage dealers = combat is slow as f.... No defensive classes = volatile combat My current 4e party only has one good damage dealer, the rest are semi-tanky and we don't have a healer. It's a miserable combination that combines the two first options above into...

I don't think I came across very clear here, so let me try again. In a typical four hour session in 4e, I could probably run 3 combats (1 hour each) and 3 role playing intermissions (20 minutes each). In 5e I could run 5 combats (28 minutes each) and 5 role playing intermissions (20 minutes...

I would just make judgement call when I gave away a magic item.

I have played BE of BECMI, AD&D 2e, 3e, 3.5 4e and 4e essentials, so I wouldn't say I have started with 4e by any means. I have run several good 4e campaigns though, and am in the middle of running one now. I must say the response to my 5e game has been really good. I think they only thing they...

I checked, and the dictionary you used had that meaning, while for instance http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dissent had the meaning Morrus was using. To keep on saying that the single dictionary you are using is the correct one is a bit strange. The other meaning for instance: "to differ...