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There are certainly times where risking damage is perfectly acceptable to accomplish something. I'll give you an example. Recently my players got into a fight with some bugbears and worgs, supported by a sorcerer who flung spells at the party from a distance. The bugbears and worgs tied up the...

Perhaps a Glyph of Warding combined with Suggestion: "You forgot something important at home. Go get it!" would produce the desired effect. At 100gp nightly and only affecting a single target it is very costly, but perhaps it could be built on from there? Jaelommiss' Bewitching Ward 3rd-level...

Make it a moon druid. Call Lightning, wildshape into an insect and crawl into the bark on a tree. Everyone else keeps the PCs in place and uses the dodge action to last as long as possible. Every turn the druid peeks out, zaps them, and scurries back to cover. If the druid uses a form with a...

Whether or not spell damage is magical or not is entirely irrelevant to resistances and immunity. Heavy Armour Master and every creature I have seen with resistance or immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage are safe from "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical...

So the mangled bodies of 334 peasants can be used to summon a Hezrou? Sounds like my wizard will be heading off to a farming village next session.

What's the GP value of a freshly slain humanoid used as food?

The obvious solution then is to not make it the same task for everyone. The wizard trained in all things magical makes a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check to recognize those glyphs on the door as a magical seal designed to keep something inside. He simultaneously makes a DC 20 Intelligence...

My solution to this was to give my party two options: 1. Someone proficient rolls to see what they know, or at advantage if more than one person is proficient. They will get a number of facts depending on their success. The minimum number of facts will be three, with one being false on <10, and...

I agree with this on all counts, though I am wondering what situations it would actually come up in. If the target is in LoS on your turn, then I'd attack enemy instead of readying action. If target is not in LoS, I would ready action to attack them when they leave cover. If I know it's a...

It's always eyeopening to learn that something I have been doing since the beginning of 5e was in fact a houserule. If I had to guess, it probably started as an on-the-fly ruling that stuck around.

No. One or the other. Or drop the dagger and draw the sword. Or use the Attack Action to throw the dagger at someone and draw the sword, and then, if the character has Extra Attack, attack with the sword. But no stowing one and drawing the other without the Dual Wielder feat or the thief's Fast...

Assuming this question comes after reading the variant rule, I won't bother pointing you there. Myself, I would avoid using more than a couple new powers each time they meet. The first time they learn that there's a revenant after them. The second they learn it regenerates and possibly that it...

Minor correction on the math: the paralyzed condition from Vengeful Glare would end after the first attack. Since the second punch wouldn't autocrit, that's only 18d6 damage. Personally, I think that a revenant would present an interesting challenge to your players. At worst a character ends up...

If you don't mind, I would like to share a pacifist-like character who I have played for the last year. Istari, a LE human divination wizard, strictly avoids killing sentient beings for religious reasons. He accepts that others do not hold his same views and that there are extreme circumstances...

Rise of Tiamat, page 10. Look for the heading "Hosts of the Nine Hells". You can also read the section under "Devilish Demands" on page 7 for how to implement it into your game.

Cover also applies to Dex saves unless specifically excluded, such as with the Sacred Flame cantrip. Everything else is correct.

False. Since it takes only a single example to disprove a blanket statement, I will put forward my own experience when I started playing D&D. For the first three months, I played D&D loosely following 4e rules with my brother. It was just the two of us, both without any previous experience...

I could agree with this (and for the record I disagree entirely with your argument as presented in this thread and others) if, and only if, there was an in character reason for this sudden change in behaviour. If a character is established to trust another character's assessment of potential...

I found my fights were far too easy when facing nothing but melee monsters. Adding ranged attackers helped, but the biggest change I found was adding in a spellcaster to support a few weaker creatures. First level Faerie Fire can help overcome high AC characters. Fog Cloud can force ranged PCs...

I forgot to mention one of the best things about d4s. Unlike other dice, you can stick them to your forehead when bored. No, really. Try it!