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False. Volo's gives two new races Unarmed Strikes with their natural weapons.

A DM doesn't need to argue any point successfully.

Given that Minotaurs don't show up in Volo's, I don't see how the two could interact.

Well, Volo's says it's an unarmed strike that does 1d6+Strength mod piercing or 1d4+Strength mod slashing. I think a DM could right (but lame) to declare you get either the Martial Arts benefit or the racial, and cannot max-and-match them — like how AC calculations work. The wording doesn't...

I generally like non-obvious builds that optimize for 1-10; not perfectly optimal, but interesting: * Goblin barbarian wielding a lance or rapier + shield when not raging (14/16/16/8/12/8) uses nimble escape to avoid disadvantage from the lance. * Hobgoblin rogue with level 1 access to Heavy...

The DMG Aasimar are strictly worse than the subraces; IMO I think it's fine to replace them with the new version. I've got Volo's and have been coding up the races there; they don't seem like they'll be too tricky. There's also a handful of beasts that qualify as druid and ranger companions...

I'm really surprised no one's mentioned my build, Swashbuckler / Dragon Sorcerer. I'm not particularly high level yet, but the combos are pretty incredible. Dragonic Resilience gives you decent AC for light armor. Booming Blade synergizes well with both Sneak Attack, Fancy Footwork and Panache...

While I think it's fine for the admins to decide they don't want to release the specials, I also think it's pretty important to dispel this. The specials a single-table adventures enhanced by interactivity; they tend not to break the core AL assumption of 1:3-7 players. While there's definitely...

Well, once a zombie is killed it's the corpse of a zombie, not the corpse of a human. And then there's the whole issue of PCs turned into incorporeal undead, with no corpse to resurrect. But who cares? Permanent death is bad news bears. I like the AL solution to being vamped a lot, even if it...

I've never seen Core, HILL, HULB and PHLAN in AL adventure codes. Can someone fill me in on what these are?

…because in between adventures you're locked in an extradimensional space. I don't understand these types of rules. You're already spending gold and downtime. Why do something like this? Personally, the last convention I went to, I had fun wandering around in the open area, introduce myself to...

I can't think of anything less interesting than static, passive bonuses. Yawn. I'd like to see more magic items that are niche but powerful, and fewer things that bland but generally useful. There are now multiple rods of the pact keeper available, which is a bummer because the items are so...

How could it be a reasonable expectation for PCs to do this during a 4-hour convention slot without either going over time or disrupting the table? Usually DMs are hard-pressed to get through the content in time, let alone a bunch of PC downtime administrivia.

I think it's worth pointing out that season four is the perfect time to play some things that don't make sense due to light sensitivity. It's the perfect time for that drow fighter or rogue concept to work out.

First of all, your article states that the hobbyist board games market is $125M to the RPG market's $25M -- 5x is hardly an order of magnitude. Secondly, clicking on the links in that article, you'll note that D&D is the #1 (of five) in the RPG market, 4 of the top 10 board games were published...

Man I love how this looks. As someone who owns the hardcover stuff but wouldn't mind supplementing his in-person experience, is there a version that somehow requires the printed version to run, at a lower price point? My hesitance to use FG has always been the re-buying of stuff I already have...

I'm not talking Monopoly or Checkers here, I'm talking boutique hobbyist board games. While the industry may be larger, it's also far more crowded. The market for any specific game—I think XCOM is the perfect example—is far, far smaller. Wizards of the Coast is pretty uniquely positioned to...

While there may not be a ton of RPGs that have pulled this off, I think the hobbyist board game industry is proving this false. Many board games are going full analog iOS versions (including, *cough cough* Lords of Waterdeep), and increasingly I'm seeing official companion apps as well, like...

It kinda makes me sad that no one has suggested to simply make the combats easier. The scaling instructions on every adventure already give you a way to handle this. Just pick a different scale (e.g. "Weak" or "Very Weak"). It's not going to hurt anybody to earn a little less XP. @Pauper's...

Hmm Eerie And Rare Thing How Suddenly Their Online Needs Emerge.