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    D&D 5E (2014) What classes getting used at your table?

    Doing a non accurate tally (that involved "find" on class name keywords and eye balling it for context), we have the following ... Cleric 28 Wizard 27 Fighter 26 Rogue 22 Paladin 17 Warlock 17 Bard 13 Monk 12 Barbarian 11 Ranger 11 Druid 9 Sorcerer 2 Druid-Monk 2 Fighter-Warlock 2 Rogue-Monk 2...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Moon Circle Druid Play Report

    To add my own personal moon Druid play experience to this....(as a level 2 moon Druid) Basically, you find yourself with three potentials.... Not wild shaping ( so you can cast spells, like cure spells...) wild shaping into a combat form, or wild shaping in to a scouting/spying form. Wild...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What classes getting used at your table?

    Just curious, what classes have you seen played at your table with the intent of it being a regular campaign ( rather than a one shot or play test) .... Not counting any pregens, wondering what was purely player driven creation. I've been seeing certain trends in the groups I play with and was...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Bringing characters from LMoP to HotDQ?

    I don't have detailed knowledge of either adventure, so I can't offer personal thoughts. But I do have some vague recollection that one of the game designers in an interview had said that going with the same characters from lmop to hoard (if you did not want to rebalance encounters for a higher...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rcvd Monster Manual today from Amazon - Ink Smeared Pages (Gargoyle/Genie)

    IF the affected batches are consecutive, then may be able to find regions /distributors that got the affected copies ( ie east coast usa) whereas if the batches are nonsequential then the pattern if distribution would be harder to figure out.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Character sheet: Ability score or modifier in the big box?

    It may have to do with my age and mental association of what stats should be, but I prefer the score to be emphasized. That said, I do understand the functional reason for modifier to be emphasized. Just, I prefer score to be due to my history with the game and the built in preferences and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Would you rebuy all the books if they were updated?

    If you're talking about a single year having passed? No. Never under any circumstance If you mean at some point in the future ( say.... 5 years) I'd look at (A) amount of updates/impact of updates (B) cost of updated book(s) compared to how much I have in my budget for gaming stuff (C) current...
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    D&D 5E (2014) WotDQ Bonds (weird placement?)

    I do not find it weird. It makes sense as the content is the adventure and the bonds are supple,entry for an appendix. That said, I agree that it is very easy to miss. I don't have it with me, so I can't confirm or deny what was done but if it wasn't done already a better call out to it in the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What if no stat increases; only feats?

    Just to be clear you're proposing two things. 1) everyone gets a bonus feat at char gen from a small list based on race 2) everyone gets a feat instead of ability boosts That's a clear and simple house rule ( as opposed to a house rule that would be too complex to implement at the table) though...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Level 0 Intro Adventure Help

    Or have them at level 1 ( after all, levels 1-4 ARE the "apprentice levels) and then at the end if the story arc, have them all ( with in story reasoning) be able to reincarnate (and therefore rebuild) in any way hey want to.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Level 0 Intro Adventure Help

    I personally don't think a 0 level would work well with the type of people I play with, but if it works for you, all the power to young hope it ends up fun for you. Totally just speaking off the cuff (and therefore these ideas are not really thought out or tested). .... If you want to...
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    DM needs some advice a about a serious mistake....

    No need to turn back things but maybe the power was temporary ( either a limited time, or after they use up a certain amount if that angel fuel for powers they will even ally be on empty, or at least not as strong as angel power. Another option, keep them as is but up the enemies -- are there...
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    What's the deal with The Blacklist

    While I enjoy the show (really I do) it boils down to being a procedural Yes there is an overlying b story line that ties some things together. But it's still just a procedural. That said, most of it is well acted and decent writing. And it does have the fun twists of things being resolved the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Interesting Race/Class/Background combinations

    Personally, I love it when a background plays against the assumed archetype of a class... The paladin outlaw, the warlock folk hero, the wizard outlander, etc.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Morale Rules?

    Personally, I've always felt this was the way to do it.... That morale isn't a function of a monster stat, but rather a function of the situation/encounter... So encounter design is where morale rules should be. That said some examples for dms (like half the allies are killed, the mission the...
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    Powergaming a lvl 12 Druid?

    While I don't recall specifics, I did once gave a 4e 14th Druid that was matching the strikers in our party for damage. First he was focused on wild shape rather than spells. He had the paragon path that gave an expanded crit range with beast attacks. All his feats were conditional things like...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What armor can druids wear? Is there a way to get a decent AC?

    That's the way people I game with also interpreted it as ( ie bearskin is replacing your armor) and that shield would grant +2 on top of that, so 18 with bark skin and shield. But maybe it's a relic in my brain from when there was natural armor and such and this is meant to be more simplified...
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    I have an important game of D&D this weekend. I could use help.

    Random thoughts in a ramble .... ... I would NOT attempt to fill morning to night, it would get tiring. A nice four hour chunk, end at a natural stopping point or cliffhanger to make them to want more trying to figure what happens next rather than an exhaustive all day thing. ... Totally...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Lost wagon of Phandelver

    I played through it twice with different people. In the one group we took the wagon to town because it gad valuables. Then doubled back to check out the cave. In the second group we hid the wagon. In both cases the dm just made it simple so as to not have the adventure bogged down by what was a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Perception/Investigation/Medicine?

    General rule of thumb for me has been.... Checking something specific -- a body, a desk, a bookcase, etc. are investigation. Checking a room or the surroundings, stuff on that scale, is perception. Slight tangent but I really think that investigation and perception aren't both needed. You...
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