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I was referring to magic in general, not just suggestion. The rules as intended behind spellcasting is that they should be obvious. It is the point of subtle spell existing as an ability to allow on the sly casting (as I said in my first post). As far as verbal components go, you can rule it as...

It has been stated several times already, but do you want a party of greedy sociopathic murderhobos? Because stuff like this is how you train your players to be them. ☺

The inherent problem with trying to do this survey is that much of the stuff you say in your post (the lore, the house rules, and the fluff) all matter and cannot be objectively tossed aside and still have meaningful results. Additionally the survey lacks context. You cannot even judge crunch or...

My players originally were torn between leaving Ireena in the chapel in Valaki or to risk taking her to the Monastery where I originally pitched it as "safer" but at the cost of risking the open road to Krezk. They chose to do the latter, and were inevitably betrayed by the Abbot, after a night...

I feel the "easy fix" would be to house rule that they do not use concentration, but rule that only one smite spell instance per round (i.e. you can smite as a normal class feature, or cast wrathful smite, but not both in the same round). I also feel that the smite feature itself should really...

Unless it specifies in the spell or ability, it is 100% the DM'S call in this matter. Just make sure they are consistent with their rulings for both NPCS and Players (barring extenuating circumstances). ...that said, this comes with one caveat: spell compnents. According to the spell casting...

Sounds like you are probably doing something similar to myself. Price of Courage, perhaps?;P Personally, I wouldn't have had the game go to epic levels, but instead have the fight take place around the 15th level mark, so an Ancient Red Dragon reskinned to whichever color overlord you need...

If you go tweaking the rest rules, I just point out what should be obvious: the game's difficulty is balanced around players healing to full with each long rest. This is particularly noticeable with both low levels (where the game is SUPER lethal), and the higher levels, where most monsters can...

Ah. This is true I suppose. A fair point. It isn't about the HP of the creature itself, but the amount of dice the creature has to heal itself on short rests. One or two extra d8s doesn't sound like a lot, but in actual play it can make or break whether little Fluffy survives entirely without...

Good job, fairly useful. However, I have two comments: 1) I'm not sure if the Barding column is needed or even if it is it is accurate. Why couldn't I put Barding on a velociraptor or a giant rat? It's entirely a DM call. 2) I feel that the HP (and secondarily Con) of the creatures should be...

You also must take into account whether you are considering strictly literary works, or fiction or nonfiction al works. Much of the early tales of folklore, mythology, or legends of various cultures were *NOT* written, and we're therefore not considered literary works. Even many tales like...

I'd advise against tweaking the types of were creatures for the simple fact that it doesn't fit the feel of the intended use of the wolves as a plot device. They are Strahd's werewolves. One thing you could consider is to turn it not into as much of a combat encounter, but a roleplaying/morale...

And you would be correct in doing so. I did indeed misuse the wrong phrasing of the term! Then again, it all is sort of a matter of perspective as to what defines "legitimate" English anyway. http://mentalfloss.com/article/30052/meaning-word-moot-moot

So far the only non-Unearthed Arcana fighter archetype I have been unsatisfied with has been the Purple Dragon Knight/Banneret. I am currently playing one and while I love the idea conceptually, in practice I really feel like the abilities of the archetype are backwards. The defining feature you...

In that case, I would question the legality of data - mining and the posting itself, though I suppose it's kind of a moot point at this point given Wizards released it themselves as a preview.

A bit late to the party, but a pet peeve of mine: information that is given away in an officially sanctioned capacity (i.e. as the case for this because of the charity) is NOT leaked information. A "leak" by definition is unintentional from the perspective of whomever owns the information. I...

It was already sort of covered, but a couple points to consider: 1) The American Civil War period (the mid 1800s) is not the American Colonial Period, which was pre-1800 (some wiggle room based on how long the American Revolutionare War, or I think the American Colonial War, or whatever they...

A key thing to remember about traps: perception merely tells you that something is there, not anything about it. That is what investigation is for, and a poor roll on that could easily set off the trap. That point aside, perception should be used to reveal things like "you notice a scuff mark...

Given that you have no attack cantrip at all, any sort of damage you do will need to be done with a weapon. I can't remember offhand what wizards are proficient with, but have a couple throwing daggers just in case and maybe another weapon that can use dex. That is a "just in case" type of...

Personally, I'd consider making her either a black dragon, or a green dragon with the shadow dragon template (or warlock spellcasting). Admittedly the "foresty" aspects of the green dragon work, but a large part of the "evil" of Malificent was about the corruption of nature. Swamps (black...