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Too many to count. I'm the DM in my group, and I've got a player who loves wild sorcery beyond anything else in the game. He uses Tides of Chaos on his first roll of the game, nearly every time, and re-uses it any time I choose to refresh the marker... simply to maximize the chances of getting a...

Stephen Hawking = wizard. Genius, university professor, author, theoretician. Mark Zuckerberg = sorcerer. College drop-out, focused on the practical application of a single core idea (thought up by somebody else?), compelling and forceful personality.

Also, wizards have ritual casting that allows them to cast bonus (usually non-combat) spells "for free" from their spellbooks. And they can swap their spells around after a long rest, based on what they have available in their spellbook. To give a simple example: let's say Bob the Wizard has six...

So... I can't really answer the question. But I'll venture the opinion of a representative of the worst possible group to respond to this question: a white, straight, right-wing male. I've had two gay players at the table, one of whom I consider a very long-time friend (rather than "just" a...

That is a staggeringly impressive mini. It'd make a terrific companion piece for the big plastic Orcus I have from the WotC line. Just started Out of the Abyss a couple weeks ago, so having a giant Demogorgon mini to drop down on the table from time to time would be awesome...

I don't really want to get bogged down in the first part of the response, which is a philosophical debate with no objectively correct answer. In my opinion, D&D isn't a competitive sport. It's a past-time to be enjoyed by friends. It's not poker (or even Settlers of Catan), where you can run...

Did the players enjoy the game? In Red Hand of Doom (3e), I charged down the party with a half-fiend behir. I'd built up the creature with foreshadowing, and it was intended to be the climax of a particular session. I spent several minutes describing the beast and it's building rage. Then it...

Lawful Good 18 Neutral Good 26 Chaotic Good 16 Lawful Neutral 19 Neutral 19 Lawful Evil 16 Neutral Evil 21 Chaotic Evil 2

I voted "No" for a different reason: races represent innate abilities with which you are born, while classes represent learned talents that you develop over time. For me, shapeshifting seems like something that better suits a racial ability... something that your average fighter or rogue can't...

If the company was promoting these as an art object, I'd be all for it. But the kickstarter page is all about the quality for use on a gaming table. And in that respect, I'm skeptical on nearly every level. 1) ability to roll true (especially after extensive use), thanks to the irregular edges...

I have a 5th level party (five players) which has a total of two non-consumable items. I also have a 10th level party which has, on average, 2 non-consumable items each. Only two of those items are magic weapons. Nobody has a +2 item or better. So, basically, we're playing low magic. When...

Either a 6 or a 7. It's comparable to a Challenge 6 Mage from the Monster Manual (MM page 347), which is a 9th level wizard. The Mage has a better AC (assuming pre-cast mage armor), but fewer HP. The Mage has a more dangerous spell selection. It has the notorious counterspell / shield...

Count me as one of the fans who isn't saying there is equipment missing from the game. I certainly don't believe there's enough missing equipment to warrant a book. My own take on adding more equipment is: do it (where relevant) in an adventure path or setting-specific supplement. Have a...

I prefer generic, as do most of my players. Given our frequent play (1-2 fairly long sessions every week) and our play-style (all dice rolled in the open, no fudging, death-or-glory), we go through a lot of characters. Close to 50 since 5e began. And the fighter is the most popular, by a...

Two things for me. 1) To assist the party, I removed the access points from the four above-ground strongholds to the below-ground four-part dungeon. I know the module allows for it but, knowing my party, they won't easily retreat from a fight. They would have pushed on from the Spire straight...

There's no right or wrong answer to the question. If you're looking for mechanical optimization, then there are some things that you can do with multi-classing that produce interesting outcomes. I haven't yet experienced combos that are broken to the same extent as what I've seen in 3e D&D...

I'll second this. For the record, I kind of hate the Far Realms being presented as the default option, for a bunch of reasons. The wizard class doesn't assume that they're all trained by the Orders of High Sorcery (Krynn). The paladin class doesn't assume they're all Cormyrian Purple Dragon...

I'll (probably) buy it for new PC options, but the setting information is of limited value for my homebrew. On the upside, at least it's focused on one of the only areas of the Forgotten Realms in which I actually have some interest. That's thanks to the CRPGs: Neverwinter Nights, NWN 2...

Homebrew. Which I've been running for nearly 30 years. For the last ten years, we've been doing 6 hours on a Thursday night each week, and about 7 hours every other Sunday. Previous to that, about 4 hours average per week. So... about 9,000 hours? Maybe take off 1,000 hours to account for...

I 100% agree with this view. I would not recommend Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat for a newbie DM (or player). They're not bad adventures, but they certainly require careful consideration. There are some encounters which, frankly, are just a bit too difficult for the average party...