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There's also a difference between improv and scripted acting. RP is pretty much the former.

I tend to use Investigation as the generic "figuring things out" skill and History as the generic "what you remember" skill. I do think the game could use a specific Engineering/Science skill and a Culture skill (History works for the latter, but it still seems odd to respond to "What do I know...

I'd go immunity to non-silvered weapons, inherited silver actually shuts down its regeneration for one round (which is the way regeneration works for most creatures in the MM). Absolutely requiring inherited silver to actually harm it could be very easy or very difficult, depending on the party...

For damage-dealing spells with a "at 0hp" rider like Disintegrate, I'd allow the Druid to revert and the damage to carry over. For spells that specifically target "current HP" like Sleep or Power Word Kill, I'd definitely have them affect the Wildshaped druid based on whatever the current HP of...

This I can agree with. The DM shouldn't say "You believe him" (short of some magical compulsion) but rather "He appears to be telling the truth" or "He seems honest" or "You don't detect any signs he's lying." Though I think a DM that used a shorthand along the lines of "You don't think he's...

Fine. "He appears to be lying." I am describing what the PC is able to perceive, just like I do in response to any other attempt to interact with the game world they make. A Intuition check made to determine whether or not someone is lying works exactly the same way as a Perception check made...

Deception vs. Insight is pretty much hard-coded into the rules. It seems odd to me that anyone could argue that a PC could claim not to be fooled, regardless of an NPC's (or other PC's) Deception skill. For my own games, I roll both secretly and inform the PC that either he doesn't have any...

Stabbing someone with a spear one-handed and causing injury vs jabbing them with a blunt pole (especially against someone wearing armor) hard enough to cause injury are going to require different levels of force. And getting force behind the blow on the short end of a 6' pole where all the...

My understanding of Perception vs. Investigation vs. Thieves Tools in regards to traps is this: Perception: Determine the existence of a trap. Investigation: Determine how the trap works. Thieves Tools: Actually disable the trap, if there's not a more obvious method (pulling the hidden lever...

Obviously, the result of failed social checks is going to vary based on the circumstances. I'm currently running a Rise of the Runelords campaign. At one point, the party decided to investigate one of their leads in a murder investigation by forging documents to claim they were handling a...

Because I have enough issues with someone (despite RAW) using a 6' staff in one hand. (While there are one-handed staff techniques, they're generally limited compared to two-handed ones). Allowing them to essentially twirl it like a baton in one hand in order to strike with both ends just comes...

No, the feat section clearly states that a feat cannot be taken more than once unless it otherwise says so. I personally as DM wouldn't allow the butt-end attack with a quarterstaff used in one-hand, but I realize there's nothing against it in the rules. But if someone wants to spend two feats...

Not sure where some people are getting "6 extra paladin smites" from. You can only take a feat once, unless the feat says otherwise. Only feat in the PHB that can be taken more than once is Elemental Adept. While it may not be RAW, I'm fine with it granting a free 1st level slot and spell...

Honestly, I'd probably convert any NPCs that are going to be working with the party for a long period of time over to PC class levels (or build them that way to begin with.) In the case of monsters and such that don't mesh nicely with PC class levels, I'd probably set their "level" as their CR...

They said they'll be airing it next Thursday night during the mid-point of the Critical Role Twitch Stream. I imagine it will go live on the Geek and Sundry page sometime after that.

We've been trying short rests are only 10 minutes, but you can't benefit from more than 2 short rests per day. The one hour short rest seems overly prohibitive in most scenarios, but I don't want a 4th Ed situation where you just automatically short rest after every fight. We've only being doing...

I've got a Dex-based Vengeance Paladin/Rogue in one of my games. Mithral fullplate so he still looks paladin-y, but can sneak and do rogue-y stuff as necessary. He's a church inquisitor, so his Expertise was used for Intimidate and Insight. I've also got a strength-based sword-and-board...

I'm digging this a lot (terrible art aside) and am seriously considering doing a multi-class with my Spy background Lore Bard (with the Actor feat) as it's right up his alley. I do agree that there should be more reasons for rogues to boost more than Dex, though.

Well, it wouldn't be the first time for him. Riddick was based on one of his D&D characters as well.

I imagine his filming schedule would make that extremely difficult, but who knows. (I don't know if Ashley Johnson would have been able to stick around in Blind Spot filmed in LA instead of NY or not.) So that's one famous D&D player checked off the Critical Role crew's dream list. I can't...