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I stand corrected. I am a bit amused that we've been doing it this way in multiple gaming groups for a while. That being said, there is not effective mechanical differences in how we played and how the rules are, so at least that!

I got the names wrong, my bad. If we are going to be sticklers about rules... unless this changed in 5.5, I don't think you can ready action a move. "move" is not an action. Thus, you have to ready a dash. (edit: I got this wrong, sorry) Grappling takes an action because the foe is...

PRECISELY. I can switch once the campaign I'm running is over. ... but I might not have a choice in the near future. The "old" campaign probably has about a year left to go, but I'm in two gaming group, and in the 2nd one the DM is stepping down, and the group wants me to run the new rules...

I think the problem here is that we are using too over the top examples. Like the scenarios Treantmonk posted were a bit... silly, and relied on odd ruling, like someone bursting into a room with a damaging spell effect not triggering an initiative roll. It's easy and reasonable to dismiss...

The way I see it, a knight or baron could have a +1 sword, a count or marquis a +2 one, a duke, prince or minor king +3, and then a king of a substantial kingdom problably has a legendary sword, that is considered part of the "regalia" of the king and is transmitted from generation to...

And a very neat thing here is that the rules tell us how inequal the baseline D&D world is. A baseline noble (spending/earning 10 gp/day) has an income 50 times greater than a poor peasant earning 2 sp/day.

I actually think that's a bad way of looking at it. Our economy is profoundly different from a medieval economy, let alone a fantasy D&D economy. The costs, expenses, source of income etc are so different that trying to convert gold into dollars to "get an idea" is well, misleading. I...

I've done such analysis Continual light/flame - how common are they? - but now I'm wondering if I already posted that link in this thread :D

Just... horses. When cars first came out, their safety features were abysmal. No safety belt. Steering columns and leavers that would impale you in a crash. Bad controls, poor lights and visibility... ... and what was not an issue at all, because horses were just as dangerous!

but we have a spell that regrows lost body parts already - this strongly implies that other spells don't.

What makes web special? Don't ask me, ask the designers! The rules are clear: " Any 5-foot Cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 Fire damage to any creature that starts its turn in the fire." So each cube deals damage. This doesn't affect other AOE spells because...

You've scored a lot of temp hp givers well, and I agree with that, but there is a caveat: multiple sources of temp hp often can't stack. So they play well with a party, but not with each other.

The problem with this take on warcaster is that it makes total sense. From a plain logic, how the world works kinda deal. When a foe triggers an AoO, it's because they moved away from you quickly, they foolishly (or desperately) let their guard down, and you take a stab at them. A warcaster...

Except with the spike growth cheese grater combo, you have to move the enemy (not a given), and you do it one foe at a time. With this combo (or spirits guardian) you just move the caster, and by doing so, you move the entire damaging area.

The problem, IMO, is not that they replaced creature summoning with a damage emanation spell. The problem is that they changed the timing of damage emanation spells. The 2014 rules were a bit weird and clunky, and I had wondered why they weren't written simpler. I realized it was to prevent...

Thank you for this - I really appreciate that we have professionals here willing to use their expertise to explain things to us. It's rather strange that lawyers have so much insight on D&D games and not toxicologists, but considering this is about a real world issue, perhaps it's a good thing?

I'm not surprised I'm not the first one to come up with this combo, it's right on the page. I do like the idea that a web spell going up in flames would do more damage to a large creature. But cubic scaling is clearly too much. Is my "square scaling" compromise still too much? I'm not sure.

I agree with you that this is too much damage but I don't agree with your reasoning as to why. There is "more giant". So more HP, and more areas to be hurt. Imagine a different effect: a rain of arrows from above. A medium creature might get hit by 2-3 arrows, but the giant, being so much...

We all know (or should know) that web is an excellent spell in the 5e era. It provides pretty good control for a 2nd level spell, and because of the way saves work in 5e, the spell can stay relevant throughout the game - casting web in a fight at level 15 can be a legitimate move. Because of...

Which is exactly why it's important to be clear what we are talking about. When we say that the cost of living of a poor person in D&D is 2sp/day, I don't think this means that they earn 2 cool silver pieces every day. Rather, they earn the value of 2 sp. Perhaps it's lodging, food and a few...