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One of our more memorable 3E campaigns had Gritka: a female wizard who specialized in summoning magic. She would summon all manner of beasties and have them attack the Party, but would always have an escape plan for herself (e.g. dimension door, teleport, etc). After many such encounters the...

From the Basic Rules: “Uncanny Dodge. When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you.” “Resistance and then vulnerability are applied after all other modifiers to damage” So, the incoming attack is modified by the...

Firefly!!

I allow multiclassing, but I enforce the prereqs and have added the following caveat: the classes must be within one level per point of the additional class' prime ability. For example, a Fighter/Sorcerer. According to the table [PHB, pg 163] the character needs a Cha of 13. Assuming the PC...

I use a hybrid system for the Death Saves (they're Con checks, DC 10; third failure prompts a Con save to mitigate death into a Lingering Injury instead). The fun tension/anticipation around the table when that third check is being rolled and/or the save for death or injury is a blast for us...

Yes, technically -6/+12 is higher than -5/+10, but think about it: the feat as I intend is less powerful until 13th level when their proficiency bonus finally hits +5, then it is marginally better at 17th level when the proficiency bonus hits +6. By the time that fighter hits 20th level and can...

I will be enforcing the following rule for my next campaign (have toyed with changing it now, but I only have one PC with the Sharpshooter feat so it isn't out of control yet): - limit the penalty to hit to a PC's proficiency bonus and double the penalty for the bonus (e.g. a 4th level fighter...

Like I mentioned above, at least for now until we get a good handle on it, I am using static initiatives for the monsters (i.e. they roll a '10' every round). Sometimes the PCs go ahead, sometimes after...

I will be introducing a bastard sword for the Paladin of Torm in my group soon: Bastard Sword 30gp 1d8 slashing 5 lb. Special Rules Versatile [may be used one handed with a Str 19+ for the 1d10 damage]

I automatically adjust a character's initiative to a "roll of 1" (i.e. as if they rolled a '1' on a d20 and then add initiative mods) when they go unconscious. If they just got their bell rung, and they lost cognizance for a bit, they shouldn't be going first in the round like nothing happened...

I have used this variant the last two weeks at my Game, and I love it! It adds an element of chaos to a battle (i.e. every round is not resolved in the same order, things change). This has the dual benefits of being a little more realistic (ahhh! realism in D&D, the horror!), and keeping the...

I don't think that's what Kamikaze Midget meant. I believe he meant that Cantrips are the equivalent of weapons. A slight distinction, but a significant one...

I agree wholeheartedly; been using it for years. My post was directed at those individuals who seem to be disappointed with 5E and its lack of 'clear-and-concise-rulings-for-all-occasions"

"Shorthand, sure. But another confusing rule in a great game that seems plagued with confusing rules." No, not a confusing rule if looked at within the Rulings not Rules concept of this Edition. Normally, when you get swallowed, you are blinded (by those reasons stated in this thread)...

Let it go...

And then we have hordes of angry players complaining that their favorite spell/weapon/feature/widget/whathaveyou was left out of the Game due to space constraints of the rule book...

From the Basic Rules [page 78]: "Certain spells have a special tag: ritual. Such a spell can be cast following the normal rules for spellcasting, or the spell can be cast as a ritual. The ritual version of a spell takes 10 minutes longer to cast than normal. It also doesn’t expend a spell...

As with so many things on the DM side of the screen, ask yourself: does it make sense? - was the tower relatively warm and dry? Was the owlbear able to curlup/stretch out and get comfortable? Then, yep, a long rest and full health - now, if that tower had 3-5ft of water in it and the...

Affirmative on the Patron, yes. I got an email receipt from [Patreon <bingo@mail132-17.atl131.mandrillapp.com>] saying they have processed my support, but my bank website says the charge is still 'pending'. I'll check again tomorrow... Thanks for the reply.

Is the Patreon site having issues? I go to login and it just takes me to the become-a-patron page. I have no option to download this new article...