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I was referring more to the fact that a +1 bonus seems low for the use of a reaction. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other reaction that gives that low of a bonus. There may be one buried somewhere, but most reaction AC bonus' range in the +2 to +4 range. He is very 'offense'...

I would increase the AC bonus for Master of the Sword to at least +2 and possibly higher to bring it in line with other reactions that do the same thing (e.g. Gladiator has Parry that adds +3 as a reaction)

I have played online with a couple of Gloom Stalker 3/Fighter X/hand crossbow/sharpshooter archers. They do absurd damage if they can consistently attack from darkness since every attack gets advantage and monsters have disadvantage to hit them (assuming target relies on darkvision, which most...

In my Greyhawk based home game, the main cities have tended to be: Greyhawk Dyvers Rel Astra

I think you are all ignoring the real problem with large sized PC's...grappling. The grappling rules are already quasi-broken (I say quasi because I have yet to meet a set of grappling rules that work well). 5e allows you to grapple a creature one size larger. Large PC's could basically...

I have an AL character that is based on a toned-down version of The Hound from Game of Thrones. I always ask if anyone minds mild profanity before I play him at a table. If there are kids present, I play the G rated version of him. In a similar vein, I tend to reign in the controversial game...

I looked through it at Gary Con and decided against buying it. The nostalgia aspect is not worth the price tag in my case. I figure I could take that $50 and either buy an original B2 module or just spend $50 on some other gaming item I would actually use. [I sold all my AD&D stuff back in the...

I played a 1e game with Ernie Gygax this year at Gary Con and had the same experience. It had been so long since I had played 1e, I had forgotten how the game 'felt'.

I thought the same. I believe the OP stuck pretty close to PC generation and then added a few extra things. Rather than put the ASI's into stats, he put them into feats. I tend to generate my NPC's in the same way, start them as a PC and add extra's according to their specific...

If I was Achilles, I would get a dwarven smith to make me some adamantine heel armor!

Places 5e could use revision: Light and vision, GWM+SS, Grappling.

To what extent is it reasonable to expect game setting to accurately reflect the real world material upon which they are based? In reading the above comments, I was struck by the thought that a European could make many of the same arguments about the original source material. Celts and Norse...

I didn't say that at all. In fact I agree that it is the 'feel' of the setting that matters. Eberron is a niche setting without broad appeal. Also, your interpretation of Eberron does not seem to be the general consensus, it clearly has steampunk elements. From Wikipedia "The inspiration...

I think the safest route is to go with The Icewind Dale trilogy. It is a decent story and has distinctive characters (even if we all hate Drizzt). It also has enough material for sequels. On the downside, the story is somewhat generic and you would probably need to convert Drow into a dark...

That would be an awful choice. As if D&D wasn't niche enough, you now set the movie into a niche within D&D.

Played? The homebrew setting of my DM in college. Eventually Forgotten Realms may catch up through Adventurer's League play, but it isn't really the same as a 'campaign'. DM'd? Greyhawk. I have run every one of my campaigns since 1980 in Greyhawk.

BECMI - I owned both Holmes and Moldvay since I bought anything that had "D&D" on it, but we never played them. We started with AD&D and actually just made stuff up while waiting for the release of PHB and DMG. We were 11 years old, so things were pretty fast and loose rules wise. 1st Edition...

My initial reaction to Crawford was one of doubt, but once I re-read what he was saying it was reasonable. My initial (incorrect) interpretation was that most groups don't use feats. I think most groups do use feats. What he actually said is the most popular race in Human. I could see this...

You could go with peanuts and just dip a couple levels of popcorn.

Brief update... The retail store in question has updated their Facebook post about D&D night. They took out any mention of Adventurer's League and deleted the sentence about buying exp. I guess someone spoke to them about it. My assumption is they didn't really understand AL when they wrote...