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Let’s say Locate Creature is used by the party to try to find a mind flayer. The caster has seen one before and begins following the direction the spell directs toward a mind flayer within 1,00 feet. Then it begins moving away from the caster as other mind flayers move into range, some closer...

Not quite: they have these listed as part of the 42 and then the first 5 (no death giant) also listed as repaints for the boxed set.

Minisgallery has posted these upcoming Wizkids miniatures (42 in my all coming in August), names/sizes but no images yet: Stone Giant of Evil Earth (huge) Fire Hellion (huge) Goliath Chef (medium) Frostmourn (Huge) Giant Lynx (medium) Death Giant Necromancer (?) Fire Hellion and Frostmourn...

Yes DMs can add, subtract, or alter their games at will. A DM can use a rule from a previous edition, another game entirely, or make up one of their own. No one is arguing against that. The only debate here in this D&D 5E thread is what are the rules as written that can be the default...

The newest UA has a Rules Glossary that explains Teleportation: “If you teleport, you disappear and reappear elsewhere instantly.”

I don’t think I saw B’rohg above.

I can't find a general 5e rule that states getting near lava causes damage so that would only be a local rule. The DMG p. 249 states: 10d10...wading through a lava stream 18d10 Being submerged in lava... PotA states: p. 108 Lava. A creature takes 6d10 fire damage when it enters lava for the...

I accept that there is a caveat to the rules that says the DM can optionally make up their own rules. For clarity in my discourse, I'll refer to these unpublished rules as "local" in contrast to 5e rulebooks as default "published." Local rules could include anything from previous editions...

Granted, there have been new 5e books published since this Sage advice like Tasha’s and Xanthar’s, but this is saying the first rulebooks for 5e were published in 2014. When asked to clarify rules, the designers often quote text but not from previous editions. They may tell players to use old...

IRL there are different kinds of lava or ways to encounter lava. Lava coming to the surface through a vent (as seen in videos of people playing with, even stepping on it) can be much less dangerous than lava inside a deep volcano where the heat has increased the surrounding temperature thousands...

Any ideas on the hit points or AC of a banana? https://youtube.com/shorts/uZt_oCo_0bs?feature=share I don't know what happens after it disappears -- getting folded into flowing lava, but IRL the banana isn't instantly destroyed or melt or burst into flames. But this is fantasy lava; it does...

When I saw the word “extra-dimensional,” I assumed it meant beyond the current plane. After looking up the definition, it actually means “existing outside any plane or dimension” and is interchangeable with “non-dimensional” which means “not expressed in measurements of length or time.” So not...

I hear you saying a DM can alter rules as they wish, and I agree, but those aren’t official alterations. Official alterations within an edition are different than a DM’s specific alteration as well as any rules from previous editions. I still don’t see any evidence that the current rules as...

Player: “I cast Teleport to get out of the dungeon.” DM: “Unfortunately, the room has lead walls so Teleport doesn’t work.” P: “Do I lose my spell slot?” DM: “I’ll have to figure out which edition that lead prohibition was in. It’ll take a few minutes.” P: “Nevermind. I have plenty of spell...

The game doesn’t expect rules from previous editions, because the game is not made for just people who have the old editions. If a DM wants to include old rules, the they absolutely can but that doesn’t change the rules for everyone else. There are the 5e RaW, and then there are the rules any DM...

There is a big difference in a DM using lore from previous editions to help fill in gaps in a campaign and a DM using old mechanics to make rulings and saying that is the way WotC says it should be done. WotC has not said that mechanics from old editions should be considered 5e RaW. WotC has...

I honestly don’t know if that trend is people who like old rules and use them despite them not being official or people who actually believe old rules arbitrate 5e. Surely the idea of 5e simplification and core rule books is enough to know that players/DMs aren’t supposed to go buy all of the...

It seems weird that a DM playing 5e would become unhappy with players if they bring up that a rule being enforced is from a previous edition.

That’s the crux. Does the “immediately” of the damage happen before the “instantly” of the teleport? Unfortunately those words are synonyms and are often used in the definitions of each other. The Marvel Super Heroes rpg (1984) ranked adjectives so that Unearthly, Amazing, and Typical had...