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I've been running and playing games in Roll20 for close to two years now (and been a subscriber for a little over a year). While I'd rather play face-to-face, my old gaming group is scattered around the country (one of them was even in Taiwan for awhile, but has since moved back stateside) and...

It's nothing super-fancy. Arcane Bloodline Magic is your birthright. Whether it is because you’re the descendant of an ancient archmage, or simply from a long line of wizards, magic comes to you as naturally as breathing. Innate Wizardry At 1st level, choose one Cantrip from the Wizard list...

I made an "Arcane Bloodline" sorcerer for my home games along those lines (inspired by the Pathfinder version.) Some extra spells known and some limited ability to pick from the Wizard rather than sorcerer list, plus Find Familiar for free. No one's played one yet, so I can't say how balanced it is.

When I first started running 2e, I did the "everyone starts at 1st" thing. My younger brother went through about a dozen characters because of that philosophy. Eventually I started bringing in new characters a level or two below party level, which cut down on the revolving door of death that...

The complaints that 5E doesn't support spell-less rangers and sneak attack-less rogues is a head-scratcher to me. I can't vouch for Chainmail or BECMI, but from 1st Edition on, the thief/rogue has had backstab or sneak attack in some form. So why 5E is being blamed for not having a rogue without...

Ok. I'm not completely up to speed on everything that creates Disadvantage. Honestly, I think it might just come down to "Pursuing a wood elf through the woods at night is a really bad idea" and the orcs paid the consequences. That being said, if it's down to "There's a single bush to hide...

I honestly think it depends on the kids. I was 12 and my siblings and cousins ranged between ages 5 and 10 when I first started running a D&D game. I'm running 5E for my 7 year-old son now and he's having a blast. Plus, I have him doing all the math, so we're working on his addition and...

If the Orcs have Disadvantage to Perception because of dim light, why doesn't the elf have Disadvantage on his ranged attacks (which the Advantage from hiding would cancel out)? If a Rogue has spent one of his two Expertise skills on Perception, I'm okay with him being really good at spotting...

As others have said, the RNG code isn't new. They've just moved to using it for all dice rolls within the system. (Apparently the animated 3D dice previously used a different system.) I've been playing and running games on Roll20 for two years now, and there's nights when it feels like the RNG...

I personally think this is a pretty easy rule to use, and works both with the grid and TotM. What's the general consensus on sword-and-board? Pre-5E, it's been often considered the weaker option than either TWF or great weapon fighting. If that's still the case in 5E, maybe using a shield...

The difference in class complexity is actually by design. There are plenty of people who just want to play a fighter or a rogue and not have to sift through a bunch of powers to figure out what their character can do. 5E gives them that option, where 4E did not. (Neither did 3E, with the sheer...

Ouch. Ok, I'll rephrase. "Zombies with their terrible Reflex saves SHOULD be easily dispatched with Sacred Flame, if your DM isn't blessed by the Dice Gods."

A cleric with Sacred Flame is the zombie-finisher. With their horrible Dex saves, the cleric can focus on the ones who won't stay down and generally finish off one per round.

That's one of the things I've noticed about 5E so far, that you can flavor a lot class/sub-class combinations in a lot of different ways.

That might be an interesting way to adjudicate it. Make the relevant check to disguise your spell and another check to not flub it up while trying to cast in a non-standard fashion. I'd still leave the feat option in there for folks who want a guaranteed method of casting on the sly.

I would agree. Either a "Metamagic Adept Feat" (Gain the ability to use one form of Metamagic and two Sorcery points) or a Disguised Spellcaster feat that gives you the ability to hide your spellcasting by making an appropriate skill check for the situation/method would probably be the way to...

Sure. You can certainly mod in some kind of Called Shot system. I was just arguing that absent such a system already being in place, only adding it in when someone's got a giant leach stuck to their head or whatever probably isn't worth the bother. That level of specificity is unnecessary for...

I'm just saying that for a system like D&D 5E where the game doesn't (generally) pay attention to hit locations, it's probably not worth adjusting the damage based on where the creature is attached. Especially since losing your leg (or even just having the femoral artery punctured/severed) can...

I would say if the fiddling and dropping resulted in creating a new challenge or adverse situation for the PCs (the shopkeeper gets angry at the PCs and raises his prices/orders them out of his store/whatever) or progressed the story somehow, by all means it should grant inspiration. If it was...

I never understood why Nature clerics get heavy armor. For my games I replace the heavy armor proficiency with the Sylvan language and an additional skill proficiency from the Nature list.