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Please note that the spell also says "if you are the target you can move up or down as part of your movement" so you levitate me up 20 ft, on my turn I levitate down 20 feet and use my remaining movement to advance on you or move out of spell range which will end the spell. So you never have to...

Simple question really Do we assume a certain level of familiarity from players and assume that when determining the level of challenge a party faces. Here is an example. My 4th level party will be facing what they think is the big baddie tonight. After they kill him, TWICE, they will...

You are lucky, I have several douche bags that are too lazy to even communicate that they are not showing. It sending a text message that difficult?

I also love the book, I am just a bit frustrated because this adds another level of work on my part as a relatively new to 5E DM. I dont have enough experience with this edition to be able to eyeball and know if it will be a cakewalk or tpk.

Could they win? Sure, but they are not going to win while expending 25-33% of their daily firepower and played intelligently that iron ghoul has more than enough oomph to kill one or more of the PCs which should not be the point of a CR level foe that matches the parties level.

Yes and given infinite time to plan, access to kryptonite, and a guarantee that Superman acts like a complete idiot and Batman can beat him in a fight. That doesnt make it a good movie nor a good adventure campaign except as the very occasional example "sometimes you just have to run because the...

I know I am late to the game. Just got back into DnD last fall and after being a player for 7 months I am taking over as DM. That being said I just picked up the Tome of Beasts 5E. Overall I must say I love the book. I could use a few less CR20 plus threats, I know they look cool and are cool...

I could be wrong but I believe part of the reason behind his changes was TSR looking for en the smallest excuse to sue/grief him to death.

Excellent example. As a rule it seems that Conan always disdains the lawful course in favor of the right choice. Your example fits perfect. It might be illegal in the town he is in but no one would argue that killing someone who is attempting to rape a woman is the wrong action.

I have no problem with the amnesia character background. Sure its a cop out but as a DM can be so mean and fun with it. Just because a character has amnesia as a background doesn't mean he is a lost prince or hero. He could just as easily be a thief who was beaten by the town guard into...

Not at all because I telligence and strength are different. A weak person can be smart enough to know their limitations and accept them. A moron is a moron and and unwise moron is even worse because they are not wise enough to know they are better off letting others help them. Finally add in the...

Several pet peeves 1. The combat monster. He is so tough that the DM risks killing the rest of the party to challenge him. Of course the combat monster has no skills outside combat but the DM never forces social interaction on him so this flaw never comes out. 2. The wise moron. Generally a...

Sounds like a stupid conversation to me. A player is allowed to assume all they way. What a player is not allowed to do is argue with the DM when their assumption turns out to be false. This can be something as minor as whether or not there is a chimney to the ouside on the fireplace they are...

First off you need to remmeber that there really are no bad builds. A character concept exists to fit the players need. Now there are some mutually exclusive builds that do not work because they require certain things to work together that just cannot work for one reason or another. But that...

In that case then inviting the player over to start with was the mistake. If everyone else was already together and knew this guy, and still chose to invite him then it falls on them to either accept how he is going to act or put down some ground rules. If you just had to bring him in then the...

How cant he know? He woke up the next day and realized that for no reason what so ever the mage became his BFF. Even more strange to the fighter he doesnt think the mage is his BFF any more. Sounds like a rather easy deductive process to figure out the sneaky mage must have done something.

I am a bit confused here. Killing a fellow PC in his sleep is no fun but hiding behind a charm spell and the rather weak arguement that the fighter would have no idea what happened is fun? The arguements against the fighter dont even make sense. I dont like you, I wont give you something...

Several thoughts come to mind. First off the campaign doesnt sound that coherent or thought out, this makes me wonder if he is doing it all on the fly since he is DMing for a bunch of new players. This actually makes things harder on the DM and harder on the players. Second when it comes to...

If you need an NPC to pass along some info or just create a mood then go away just use a corpse with a diary. The poor guy is already dead, all the party can do is read the last few blood stained pages of his journal which passes along the crucial information mixxed with messages of regret...

If this is her first attempt at roleplaying then it failed miserably. Personally I would just tell the Paladin player that he should heal up turn around and challenge the cleric to single combat to the death for attempting to murder him. Once the cleric is dead throw her body in the ocean to...