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Sage Advice 2014: "The intent is no. The saving throw, not the attack, determines whether the poison takes effect after a hit." Same in 2015. "Any damage dice delivered by a critical hit—as opposed to a saving throw—are rolled twice." This is all consistent with the RAW on critical hits...

Like @Voadam I prefer Pathfinder's "bleaching fey" gnomes. They were a colorful (literally) fey race forced to leave the First World (fey realm) a long time ago. They have an enigmatic existence where if they aren't experiencing new things, they gradually fade away, called bleaching, where the...

Real Person STR 20 Fantasy Person STR 20 Creatures that defy lifting limits

It's on the right path, one I recall was an older magazine article as well and had 3 category tables with bullet points.

It seems random if players latch onto the nuance of what began as a random NPC. That's the fun of it. In my current campaign, a 3-legged dog and the flirty elven curio collector who was the first to open an Inn in the PCs barony have become major players. They were window dressing to begin, but...

I've been scouring my stuff to find out where I cut and pasted my materials. Dragon #226, Melissa Thompson (new author) submitted several random tables of random NPC quirks. That's one source. For the life of me, I cannot find out where the "rule of 3" article was.

Good NPCs can make your game world come alive. Years ago, Dragon Magazine created a % table of traits like tries to sell you something, then ran an article about 3 simple categories to make memorable, believable NPCs with no advance preparation: Visual (first impression such as a really bad...

HOUSE RULES 5E Note: I'm adopting many of the Level up 5E (A5E) rules (Kickstarter), which fix the need for quite a few house rules. The below is 5E fixes. List is much shorter with A5E. NEWish Initiative: replaced with dynamic initiative. Declare action each round, action determines the die...

Kurtulmak 5 Laogzed 3 + 1 = 4 Moradin 3 - 2 = 1 Yondalla 9 My last vote as I expect we'll see the victor later. Good luck kobolds, troglodytes, dwarves, and Hin (or hobbits or halflings or whatever).

Probably not helpful, but I snipe whatever I can from movies and literature to make my gaming world come alive. My upcoming Dragonlance 5E dwarves aren't going to have scottish accents. Their earthly language is harsh, great for opera, and sounds like Klingon. Otherwise, does a Sigil...

Kurtulmak 9 Laogzed 8 Moradin 7 - 2 = 5 Yondalla 9 + 1 = 10 Thrym no! I'm gone for a day and here's what happens to our boy in icy blue. Impressed at the longevity of the troglodyte deity. Didn't see that one coming. Will he hang on to consume every other being on this list and satisfy his...

I might fudge if the PCs through no fault of their own are just having a hard time (e.g. the DM rolls a string of natural 20s). I don't fudge rolls because I roll most dramatic rolls (saves and attacks) in front of the players. The dice rolls are the thrill of danger in the game. However, I...

Blibdoolpoolp 10 Garl Glittergold 3 Kurtulmak 12 Laogzed 13 Maglubiyet 12 - 2 = 10 Moradin 14 Thrym 11 + 1 = 12 Yondalla 14

Here's my take from the video: Theme: style of play will vary so much by individual table that one immutable rule set will not suit every table. Online rule discussions may be fundamentally flawed because of this. A person is arguing from the stance of their style of play and unique game table...

Blibdoolpoolp 15 Garl Glittergold 5 Kurtulmak 15 Laogzed 11 Maglubiyet 17 - 2 = 15 Moradin 15 Thrym 18 + 1 = 19 Yondalla 17 I'll give Mag this. His ruling style is described as this: while other worlds have a plethora of lesser gods and demigods, he destroys any who might challenge his...

Blibdoolpoolp 20 Garl Glittergold 12 Kurtulmak 14 Laogzed 13 Maglubiyet 18 Moradin 13 Sehanine Moonbow 8 - 2 = 6 Thrym 19 + 1 = 20 Yondalla 19 Yondalla has crept under the radar. I guess her enemies are defeated when they roll to the ground and can't stop laughing at the fruit basket coat of arms.