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In theory published modules are based around the 15,14,13,12,10,8 point array. Using that array it is impossible at 5th level to have a Dex of 20. Add to that a character gaining what is really the perfect magic item for a melee rogue and you have the +9. In most games that rogue is running...

Am I supposed to want to support a company whose opening statement says the color and gender of the author is more important than the quality of the product?

There is a mountain of difference in an illusionist or assassin deceiving someone long enough to kill them or steal some vital item and actually becoming a different person in a close nit group that spends hours upon hours together every single day. Good luck maintaining that deception when...

Obsessive Behavior Disorders are so much BS so often. Sure there are people with major disorders. But really, think of it this way. Play a game for 8 hours a day and you have a mental disorder. Swim 8 hours a day and you are Michael Phelps? We have this strange bias in society where certain...

Waiting for another player to say they are suspicious is completely unfair and biased towards the deceiver. The "player" is only receiving 1% of the hints that their character would be receiving from hanging out with Lenny in disguise. There are hundreds of non-verbal hints the player in...

If a character retires because the player wanted something new out of boredom or some other reason I would ask them what that character would likely do with their time away and think out a rough outline of their actions that would allow the player to reclaim the character at a later date. As...

Agreed in that the party may decide on a rather immediate kangaroo court and kill Harry for commiting party murder. Disagree on him remaining a PC if the party kicks him out, at least if I am the DM. If the party says "dude your out, you have 30 minutes to gather your gear and leave" then as DM...

Is this really any different than the party ranger stacking his bracers of archery and his longbow +2?

Agreed, furthermore I would remind Harry that at a bare minimum there is a VERY good chance that the rest of the party will kick him out and his character will become an NPC. I do not care how well you thought out your excuse to murder a fellow party member you are gone. No sane party member is...

My Kenku rogue feels that all flight capable characters should be banned purely on principle. ;-)

What level are we talking about here? Unless we are talking very low level there is likely to be at least one player that can escape the situation, especially since there is no longer dimensional anchor spells to keep people from popping out of the area. Then you are stuck with most of the...

I agree, basically everyone is less gear dependent though none so much as the Monk. Now who is most effective with zero gear is a different story. No one can match the Monk if the party is forced to adventure naked except maybe the party sorcerer if he was very careful to select spells with no...

I can see a smart party passing out loot based on need and what benefits the party the most but if a class starts to make automatic claim I am going to tell them to shove it. Does that mean the Wizard can claim more because he has to pay to add new spells to his spellbook? Does the rogue get to...

I agree, it is already getting to the point where spellcasters look like they come out of Diablo or Path of Exile and can just constantly spam varying bolts of energy across the battlefield.

To me NPC spellcasters are very important. They make it harder for PCs to assume enemy strength just by looking at numbers of enemies. Also NPC wizards are important as middling foes as they allow PC wizards to acquire new spells to expand their spellbooks.

Sounds like you take any one of the myriad damage dealing cantrips and reskin it for visual effect.

I use traps when they make sense. Traps protect entrances and escape routes to lairs, traps might protect treasure that the villain does not use often, traps at the most extreme may protect the private sanctuary of the main villain if he is particularly paranoid or he leads a CE organization and...

Well to use your example as a further example. Other then as meta knowledge the dwarf knows he is traveling with a spellcaster and the gnome knows he is traveling with a devout warrior. Why would the dwarf know the gnome "sold his soul" at least in the beginning.

Look it is someone that actually "gets it".

Nope. I never said that. I do not like any reprinting of material.