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The default method is that you roll initiative when 2 opposing sides become aware of each other. Generally, that means the second a door opens and at least one of the enemies have line of sight to at least one PC and at least one of the PCs have line of sight to at least one of the enemies...

When I used to play 2e, due to the lack of perception skills, every room became "I search behind the door. Nothing? Behind the curtains. Nothing? Under the rug. Still nothing?" After skills were introduced in 3e and we allowed players to say "I search the room, I get a 20 on my search check...

I said everything "within line of sight". All the things you mention are not within line of sight since they are blocked by something. You are correct, if it is impossible to see something because it is under a carpet or in a desk or a cupboard, you can't see it with your PP. But often, as...

Oh, something else just came to mind. Although I like PP as a floor, I like of dislike the idea that if you roll high enough you might succeed. I like the idea of PP since it means a lot less rolling for trivial things. If people walk into a room, you can say "This is what you see" and list...

By the rules it IS used to detect 'all the things ever!'. Your passive perception is always on and spots all secret passages, hidden items, traps, and hidden creatures within your line of sight all of the time as long as your passive perception is equal to or higher than the DC to spot...

I'm not sure exactly HOW bosses escape in your games. One of the longest running rules for being a D&D DM is "Never have an opponent that you want to live get within sight range of the PCs" because once they are, there are about 100 different ways for the PCs to prevent them from leaving...

You say that the game is not rock-paper-scissors but then you go on to explain that the answer to someone throwing Rock (Heat Metal) is to throw Paper (Dispel Magic). My point is precisely that it SHOULDN'T be Rock, Paper, Scissors. If they throw Rock (Heat Metal), I should be able to throw...

But Heat Metal is a second level spell which means you could fight an enemy with it as early as 1st level. You don't get access to Dispel Magic until you are 5th level, assuming you even take it. Your party might not have anyone who can cast Dispel Magic at all and even if you do, they might not...

You can't ready a bonus action and it isn't a reason so you can't move the sphere on someone else's turn after they've moved. They can always move away from the sphere unless you've somehow trapped them in a corner, which requires that you block multiple squares. It IS possible, but it doesn't...

I know this is a thread necro and I don't want to start this conversation again but I figured with so many people giving me advice that I'd update you as to what happened. Since we had the last conversation in this thread, I haven't talked to them at all. At the end of 2015, they invited us to...

You are correct about how it works. For the most part people are just happy to play D&D and the campaign encourages you to have a lot of characters in order to accommodate the schedule and new players. When your character reaches 5, you will only be able to play when new 5-10 adventures are...

To me, lore is important because it gives us a common frame of reference It also means I need to ask less questions and less time can be spent explaining. This is why rules are handy. You don't have to ask the DM which die to roll each time you make an attack. Lore provides a similar...

I disagree that there is such thing as a "culture of terrorism", which is the main thing that causes me to disagree with the other side. I think physical abuse of any kind is wrong. I think we should stop assaults, we should band together to make sure violence never happens. I believe our...

The things is, this is impossible to know. What offends one person doesn't offend another. As an example. I had one group that had 2 women in it. Out of the blue one day, one of them texted the entire group after playing with us for 4 months: "I can't stand all of the jokes you guys are...

No, I disallow people from joining my group if I think they'll make my group worse for any reason. Sometimes it's because someone talks way too much or they can't stop using their phone, or they keep bringing up politics or religion at the table and it keeps causing us to become distracted and...

I think the problem here is that most people believe they are already being mindful. I would never say anything in public that I thought would overly offend someone. Some amount of offense is always going to happen since everyone has different comfort levels. If I say something that offends you...

And it's not my intention to blame anyone. I wasn't there (well, I was likely at the convention, since I've gone every year for the last 20, but I wasn't in that room), so I don't know the circumstances of what happened. I don't know her. At least, I don't recognize her picture when someone...

Though, I've certainly not allowed people at my table because they weren't good enough roleplayers. Some of them have been women. It wasn't my problems if anyone else didn't want them at their table either. I just wanted to get the best player at my own table since quality of players can make...

I feel like I should provide a little bit off insight since KeyCon takes place in Winnipeg, where I live and I go every year. That is the convention listed in the original article. The event in question took place many years ago even though it's written like it happened recently. We don't...

I'll say the same thing I said last time this was brought up. Although being able to min/max or even enjoying min-maxing doesn't mean you can't roleplay(I can do both). I can tell you that each choice you make when building a character means you are almost always sacrificing one for the other...