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Good question, hinted at earlier. The story would support either approach, so for the moment I'm flexible. The PC party leans toward stealth, except for one armored, slow member. If the high level NPCs went in loud, the PCs could go stealth, or vice versa. The terrain is light forest...

What ONE or TWO characters (class builds) would you choose to go against thousands of orcs for the purpose of rescuing several dozen hostages? Assume the expected hierarchy, tension, and hangers-on implicit in a horde that large. I'm arbitrarily capping character level to 18 or (preferably)...

From a traditionalist viewpoint, I don't like this. Most fantasy tropes have separating things like the heart and the soul from the rest of a person to be more of an "insurance policy" when it comes to durability. But as far as throwing the player for a loop, it could be interesting. :)

Excellent. I was trying to figure out a way to express that, but I kept going the skills route. Ability route is stronger.

You could also symbolically have the heart represent energy, or motivation, which could lend itself to a very strong benefit/drawback combo. Benefit: Undead fortitude as the Zombie ability (see MM) Drawback: Unmotivated: You must succeed at a DC 12 WIS check to take any reactions...

Yep. Caliban has it. If you're going the symbolic route. If you're going the mechanical/physical route, the heart is simply the way your blood gets around. Resistance to poison, advantage on poison saves Vulnerability to cold, disadvantage on saves versus cold attacks. I'd also suggest that...

And beyond that, it is not a matter of benefit or convenience, but of CONSEQUENCE. Per the spell description, "...you see invisible creatures and objects as if they were visible." This means you cannot distinguish a visible creature from an invisible one. It matters, because people may see...

Hey, I didn't write the rulebook. ;) But I hunted for corroboration/clarification. Turns out your interpretation is the preferred one. https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/80977/does-a-critical-hit-from-an-expanded-crit-range-always-hit-regardless-of-ac Good to know, and good thing this...

I cannot find this rule anywhere. Could you point me in the right direction? My reading is that a natural 20 is an automatic hit AND a critical hit (two separate qualities). Improved Critical (Champion ability) does NOT guarantee a hit on a 19. Also, to the OP: What is your goal in adding...

If your bard doesn't use a theremin, what's the point?

I apologize in advance if anyone has made this observation already. If you are watching Into the Badlands, Bajie is a 5E bard. No question in my mind. He gets around, "knows stuff," has a rogue sensibility but isn't really a rogue, and relies on interpersonal activities to make things happen.

This is an extremely timely thread. Let's say a party is traveling through the hills. The rogue is wandering off and being stealthy. Rolled a stealth check and everything. But they can't actually see anyone to hide from. Are they still sneaky enough to stay hidden? Rules seem exceptionally...

I'm gonna go ahead and post the item. I have enough other crazy ideas I may not use this one, but I'd like to reward those who posted their thoughts. Enjoy! (And if you can find a way to make this description shorter, please let me know.) Yladrin's Hammer (legendary, requires attunement) I...

That's exactly it. It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet.

I need a physical description of a hero. All I can come up with is *blank*. And I'm not sure I want *blank*. But damn, he kinda just pops out with that "heroic" look. I'm not saying who blank is, because I don't want to poison the pool of ideas. What's this for? I'm designing a magic item...

Thanks. I think I just needed to be talked down from the ledge, so to speak. :)

I'm finding it difficult to parse Dark Delirium, and I fully acknowledge that I'm likely reading too much into it. Blame it on general English geekiness and micro-analysis. The following Dark Delirium description was grabbed from the 5E Fandom wikia, but I have inserted line breaks as they...

So, just to close the loop, here's how I resolved the situation: The familiar can do exactly what the orc did. Rush in, and attempt to find the opponent using sound, movement and their intuition as to where the "center" of the darkness is. The part that stuck in my craw was that the familiar...

There are two schools of thought on a familiar Helping to attack. The first is that you have to be able to do something to be able to Help do it. In this case, because a standard familiar can't attack, advocates suggest that it cannot Help attack either. The second is that Helping as...

How would you rule this, or want it to be ruled? Enemy: Orc that's smarter and stronger than the average orc. Player character: Warlock who has cast Darkness on a mobile source that she's carrying. She also has Devil's Sight. Player character: Arcane Trickster with a Familiar Orc outside...