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If that were true, the dragons would probably give MORE XP when killed, not less. As it is currently you lose 500XP for the weakest ancient dragons (White and Brass) by using the value in the stat block, all the way up to 25,500 XP for Red and Gold. What you really need to ask, though, is why it...

A Way of the Shadow monk falling at night can take no damage from any fall after level 6 with Shadow Step... Provided the DM rules that teleportation cancels momentum (which I don't know if there's a rule for).

steeldragons, must you do multiple monsters per post? It isn't a race to get to the end of the book :p Azer In all honesty, I kind of skipped over this section in my first read-through of the MM. The dwarves would have summoned Azer(s) which wouldn't be happy to be subjugated outside of...

What if the inn also casts the animate object spell on a random player's weapon or armor each round, for one round during combat? Even if it doesn't attack outright, making a fighter's sword fly away, the rogue's armor restrain him, or the wizard's hood cover his face and blind him could add an...

Aboleth For years the citizens of the port city of Lofthook, on the shores of the great Dusky Sea, lived peacefully in harmony with the will of the gods, sacrificing their fattest livestock and greatest catches as offerings. Recently they have become xenophobic, building great statues...

I was playing a Moon Druid in HotDQ, in a party of 2. What I found is that being the only front-liner (the other guy is a ranger), I desperately needed that bonus HP. At the church I wildshaped into a giant hyena (45hp) to hold off the people who broke into the chapel, but my form dropped in 3...

Hmmm, in the Star Wars universe the Force is a constant presence throughout the universe, especially among living creatures. This got me thinking that maybe The Old Faith (ie druidic worship of life) could have deity-like (if not deities themselves) spirits of nature which could be pacted with...

Most likely it would, yeah. On the other hand, since this was a thought experiment I did to see what was possible within the RAW, we can assume its orders were similar to "kill the first Tarrasque you see" or even pointing it out, saying 'kill it' then the golem's creator runs like hell. Let's...

You know that feeling of when you try to swallow too big a mouthful and the food gets stuck in your throat? Imagine that, but the food is holding on to the walls of your stomach and/or esophagus to stay inside. Or don't, it's slightly disturbing. :D

So I was flipping through my monster manual earlier and noticed something weird. Despite being a big bad CR 30 monstrosity, the dreaded Tarrasque would be killed by a Clay Golem of measly CR 9. It may take a while, but eventually the golem would win. It seems strange, but let's take a look...

On the one hand, since you'd probably be exclusively TWFing, you'd usually have that +1. On the other hand, you could get +2 to Dex to increase AC, or +1 Dex (if already on an odd number) and +1 Str/Con instead of taking that feat. and gain a +1 regardless (or +2 if hitting even Con and Dex...

Yeah you can, but you won't always be raging. For simplicity's sake I chose to ignore it. And your lower chance to hit with every attack (ie having to make 2 rolls instead of 1) balances that extra damage out because you'll miss that many more times (theoretically. Reckless makes that less of an...

I think this is a really cool idea but the standard array in 5e is 15/14/13/12/10/8... Did you use the point-buy method to get that starting array? Also, you say the lightsabers deal force & fire damage... Is that meant to mean they deal (for example, the Jedi Knight lightsaber) 2d8 force...

I know this is entirely up to how you want to play your character, but here are my thoughts on TWF Barbarians. I'm sharing because I was tempted to build a TWF barbarian once, but there were a few things that turned me off of it (and I think most of them have already been mentioned earlier in...

I just tried to post this on the forums, but apparently it didn't work, so sorry to all the mods if this is a repost. I'm currently DMing The Lost Mine of Phandelver, and my players wanted me to play their enemies intelligently, rather than as the book suggested. As a result (making a long...

I got into D&D this summer during 4e, but didn't have anybody to play with (except my brother but with one person playing and one DMing there isn't much opportunity for proper roleplaying). With the refinement done on 5e I was sold on it instantly, so I'm currently DMing a game (Lost Mine of...

So I had an idea for a magic item, and I'm looking for ways to tweak it to make it fair and balanced for a level 5 character, but can also help at higher levels as well (ideally it should be usable, if not the best option, all the way up to level 20). Sections I'm not sure about at all will be...

How did you explain my thoughts so perfectly? Excellently put. Although it must be asked... How did that character die?

Then why not get everyone to build characters with points, but let them use more than the standard 27, and let the players put stats higher than 15? Rolling for stats is likely going to give an array which is superior to point buying or standard array. The ONLY reason it's even remotely...

I'm personally not a fan of rerolling ones: although it prevents low sets of scores, it also prevents low scores within an otherwise good set, which is supposed to be a risk inherent in rolling for ability scores. When rolling for scores I think that low scores are uncommon enough (1.16% each...