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Right, so you can't Ready outside initiative. Now I don't know your opinion on the Action Surge to Ready a 1 action spell issue, but if you could Ready with Action Surge to cast a 1 action spell, why is it that outside combat you can only cast 1 action spells with the Magic action, but suddenly...

If your opinion is that the Ready action allows you to cast a 1 action spell with Action Surge, due to how easy it is to declare a trigger that will happen almost no matter what (barring for example enemies who don't move when making magical attacks, like psionic abilities), the Action Surge...

But the trigger for the Reaction is extremely permissible in 5e. It simply says "perceivable circumstance". Could be the next enemy in the initiative order "moves a muscle". Could be the next combatant "begins to move their limbs". Also Actions don't require initiative. When you cast a spell as...

I think this is a typical revision / half edition update issue where one rule is updated or clarified but because the game is big and expansive, one section in another part of the game doesn’t reference or use the updated rule or language clearly. 2014 5e doesn’t have a Magic action because it...

Honestly the spell's description seems clear to me. It looks very uncomplicated. Make a target roll a save; on success nothing happens, like with many other spells. On failure the target takes damage and is restrained. At the start of the target's turns it can repeat the save; on success no...

@gnarlygninja How do you track individual enemy stats and stamina? Are there tokens ready? PC sheets?

I really want to run this game, at least a shorter campaign, but I play on VTTs and right now there's no good option available that works without tons of work setting up monsters and PCs. Hopefully some time next year it'll be possible.

So Critical Role is not using DH for their new campaign. I think it could definitely slow down the DH momentum since it does send a mixed message about the game from the main marketing force behind it.

I’ve been running DH on the Roll20/Demiplane combo platform and so far it’s worked fine. Not perfect but fine. As a GM I haven’t had any issues but a couple of players have occasionally had connection related problems, if only briefly. Nothing that has dragged down the sessions. The Demiplane...

I like the weird topaz dragon look. The gem dragons can look odd and strange and I think that gives them more character. They're psionic and they have more esoteric abilities compared to the typical dragon. It's a very memorable design.

CR going with 5e for their new flagship show would be so bizarre considering all the work they’ve done in the past few years to go as independent as they can. They have their own streaming platform, their music publishing company, they have Darrington Press, and they have their brand new D&D...

Barbarian - Rage Fighter - Discipline / Focus Monk - Focus / Discipline Rogue - Guile / Cunning / Focus

If you go separately there’s a good chance that the GM goes in between the PCs, or just does it by spending Fear. Tag team rolls help guarantee a big hit in high stakes situations.

Party supplies could be a countdown that ticks down when the GM spends Fear to do so or when you rest. Something like that. Once you’re out of supplies you can no longer rest or maybe all the downtime actions give less. So something like only Tier number of Stress or HP with the corresponding...

@Seramus The simplest way to handle the NPC ally is to use up a GM turn or a Fear on the ally as they occupy an enemy or even a group of minions. So you could just narrate the ally engaging the enemy and thus the PCs are spared an attack. Maybe do it once per fight? Or you could even have a...

That’s true but D&D and Daggerheart both offer a heroic fantasy RPG and Daggerheart is very much inspired by 5e and D&D in general. They occupy the same category. Daggerheart is like 5e except it’s a little less wargamey and a bit more dramatic action. Critical Role’s flagship D&D show and a...

The cartoons aren't tied to the D&D IP though so there are no financial ties to Hasbro or WotC. You could just as well play Daggerheart games inspired by the cartoons. If Darrington Press / Critical Role do continue to use D&D more or less as their primary vehicle for their flagship show, it...

I love 4e but I think the comparisons drawn here are a bit stretched. Everyone gets a new ability every level but you don't even have to take the specializations from your class, they're optional. You could instead take more hit points or more boosts to your traits etc. It's not like everyone...

I think there's a pretty simple reason why they changed the marilith's art. All the demons in the new MM look bestial or monstrous. None of them have clearly human-like appearances. If the marilith looked more like a person, it wouldn't really match the theme they wanted for demons, from what I...

There's a much bigger inconsistency in the new marilith art that hasn't been addressed yet. The new marilith is depicted as dealing both Piercing and Slashing damage. However! The 2025 marilith can only deal Slashing damage, not Piercing (with their weapons).