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This one's easy. Sneak attack requires "a finesse or a ranged weapon." There's a chart on page 149 that describes all the weapons in the game*. The chart is broken up into Simple and Martial weapons. Those groupings are further classified as either Melee or Ranged. Page 146 explains these...

Hex works great with any spell that hinges on an ability check. Most illusions, for example. Or Telekinesis. Or Detect Thoughts. The best combos are Concentration spells, so your Wizard will need a friendly Warlock. But it doesn't take much to convince a Warlock to cast Hex. :)

I've enjoyed games that Feargus has worked on, and I'm glad he's excited about his Pathfinder games (I'm very much looking forward to that tablet PACG). That said: it's poor form to publicly diss another company, particularly a former partner. In my eyes, he's given up 5 reputation points...

Good story, well told. I appreciate that you're bringing the joy of gaming to a new generation, and taking it seriously. I recommend you leave Snik as a dead kobold. Don't retcon, don't bring him back as a zombie or clone. It's important for the game world to be consistent and for consequences...

Oh! Hm, I'll have to reconsider Hexographer. Yep, looks like a paid feature. Still, the second look made me appreciate it more. Particularly the easy to use and attractive-looking river tool. Still missing a CTRL-Z feature, as far as I can tell.

I gave HexMapper a try. It's what I was looking for. Each hex of a map is a single surface (grass, woods, sand, swamp, etc.) and a single terrain (flat, hilly, mountainy, etc.). But you can select any hex and decompose it into hexes. In other words, turn the hex into a bunch of smaller hexes...

Hmmm... I wonder if something like a map editor in Civ V would deliver what I'm looking for? Or Endless Legend? Has anyone used a videogame's map editor to create D&D maps?

Thanks all. Hexographer comes close to what I had in mind, though it doesn't offer a true zoom: all it does is magnify (move the "camera" closer and farther from the map). It doesn't actually change the detail level. In other words: you can't zoom into a hex, such as a "grassland" hex, to...

Reading the DMG, it's got some pretty specific guidelines for the scale of hex maps. Province scale: 1 hex = 1 mile Kingdom scale: 1 hex = 6 miles Continent scale: 1 hex = 60 miles So 1 continent hex = 10 kingdom hexes = 60 province hexes. Are there any map programs that offer a "zoom"...

Phantasmal Force is an oddball spell that does damage, but doesn't require an attack roll or allow a save. Instead: I'm curious how my fellow Dungeon Masters handle the above. For example, a PC casts Phantasmal Force as suggested by the spell: "a phantasm created to appear as fire, a pool of...

I had a half-completed build for a Captain America style brawler. Tavern Brawler for the d4 unarmed and proficiency with Improvised Weapons, Dual Wielder for the ability to TWF even if the weapons aren't light--and then use TWF with fist and shield. Unfortunately, by a strict reading of the...

Yeah, Eldritch Knight or Arcane Trickster both seem like a good fit/twist. If this guy is a covert demonoligist, it seems like playing an overt caster would be less fun than playing a fighter or rogue who can pass off his magical knowledge as simply having "picked up some tricks."

I'd roleplay those tenets as how Legolas, and particularly Glorfindel behave in The Lord of the Rings (the books). The "joy" angle is key. A Green Knight would literally laugh in the face of danger. See also: Tom Bombadil. As for the questions: What sorts of things would you have them do...

Keep in mind that Familiars are dumb. Really dumb. Int scores of 1, 2, or 3. The DM should roleplay that level of intelligence. "How many creatures are in the next room?" should get a reply of "none", "some", or "lots", not a precise number. Familiars will probably include livestock or mounts...

The more I think about it, the more I think it might be fun to go with a non-Warlock. Give the PC the Find Familiar spell, and the demon familiar (Quasit). The demon is the demonoligist's personal connection with his favored subject. This way the PC can be whatever class is needed for party...

It does seem like Warlock is the way to go. They already have some good spells for dealing with otherworldly threats, like Banishment, Magic Circle, and Protection From Evil. Maybe give your player a custom spell list (either on the "base" Warlock list or as replacement "patron" spells) with...

That combo has become a classic Warlock build path, and some builds use it (the three-level dip) as a foundation. The second attack is useful in that hey: more attacks, but keep in mind Sneak Attack can only be applied once per turn. Personally, I'm a much bigger fan of Pact of the Chain...

Does anybody know how to get in touch with Lion's Den? An email addy, or such?

I agree with the sentiment that Warlock is a terrific class for new players. It's simple on the face of it (Eldritch Blast is a perfectly effective default tactic), while the Pact, Patron, Invocation, and Spell choices are both limited (only a very few number of decisions) but significant...

If Cutting Words is your thing, then yeah you have to go Bard. And take at least 5 levels, to get Font of Inspiration. Cutting Words 4/day is good, but 4/short rest is amazing. In that case I suggest you go with what Kobold Stew offered: Fighter 2 / Pal 7 / Bard 5. If you want to mainline...