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I'd rework things into five attributes: Physique — Strength, brawn, bulk, endurance, resilience, athleticism, balance. -- Athletics, HP, physical damage, physical resistance Finesse — Dexterity, fine manipulation, misdirection, reaction speed, evasiveness. -- Accuracy, Crits, AC, Initiative...

So, this is a sketchy interpretation of a rules combo, and I could easily see it getting rejected, but it feels like it could maybe work. When Chromatic Orb bounces to a new target, you make a new attack roll against a target within 30' of the last. Could you apply the Spell Sniper feat's range...

Does the benefit of the Savage Attacker feat apply to additional effects like the Rogue’s Sneak Attack or the Paladin’s Divine Smite? No. The benefit of Savage Attacker applies only to rolls of the weapon’s damage dice, not to any extra damage that a feature or other ability might grant...

Yeah, Chromatic Orb absorbed the bounce effect from Chaos Bolt, but not the random damage type. It also improved the bounce chance from Chaos Bolt's version. Chaos Bolt only has 2 d8's that have to match to get a bounce, while the extra d6's it rolls from upcasting don't affect the bounce...

Most of the creatures listed at the back of the PHB are in the SRD under the "Animals" section. Most of those that aren't (Imp, Pseudodragon, Quasit, Skeleton, Sphinx of Wonder, Sprite, Zombie) are in the "Monsters" section. The only ones that appear to be missing entirely are the Octopus and...

I should note that I didn't put much effort into that part of the setup. That's the result of a 55% base accuracy (need to roll a 10 or higher to hit), which is somewhat low, and the code doesn't have any considerations for things like Seeking Spell. It does have advantage, though. Since I...

A valid objection to using average when that average is misleading, but when the potential results are well-distributed, it doesn't really hold. However the point of wanting to know what the distribution looks like is very understandable. The range and shape matters. Here's an Anydice program...

Somewhat true. Rather, it has the potential for hitting more targets, possibly substantially more. Against a zombie horde or a pack of kobolds, etc, there's no real competition. On the other hand, if targets are too spread out, or you're fighting a smaller group of higher level creatures, that...

But, that's what the math is there to help you figure out. The average result includes the chance for you to miss completely, or miss at any point in the chain. I didn't spell it out in the post because the math (and Excel formula) is complicated, but it's very much accounted for. I posted a...

What I would do is something like: A werecreature (or other similar creatures) has regen. It gains (say) 10 HP at the start of each of its turns. It does not regen if it is unconscious. The goal for the players is to reduce the creature to 0 HP, because at that point it is unconscious (not...

Interesting math on Chromatic Orb. I put together a spreadsheet for lots of combinations of stuff. (Spreadsheet here. Caution: It seems completely broken in Google Docs, which doesn't seem to be able to handle the table syntax. It was made using Excel in Office 365.) On its own, it is, as...

Yeah. Or at least, "the benefits of the Invisible condition", rather than the Invisible condition itself.

Not strictly correct. Invisible doesn't prevent you from being "found" with vision; it only means that you cannot be seen. If I stand behind you, I'm invisible to you, but if you turn around you can see (find) me. Standing behind you makes me "hidden" (non-glossary condition), and being hidden...

Yes.

No, the foes cannot see him. Being Invisible is moot because another factor is already preventing him from being seen, so them having See Invisible makes no difference. Now, it might make a difference if he were to sneak off to the left, to get past foe #1 to that hallway over there. If they...

Some nice changes. Goliath's Powerful Build trait was fixed. The Conjure line of spells have had their scaling reduced. Giant Insect HP scaling was fixed. And Hide had its description clarified, with respect to how it gave you the Invisible condition.

That would also make more sense for their merging of Diseased and Poisoned. Sickened can easily convey either state.

The Stealth system in 2024 has come up again recently. I was considering how to build a rule set for it that satisfies the desired requirements without getting overly complicated, and fits easily in the 2024 rules. Then I found this thread, so I'll piggyback here. Building a Stealth System...

I gave it a 3. I like a fair bit of the stuff they did for 2024, but also recognize that there's some very unpleasant stuff coming from the corporate side. I bought the books, but won't buy any secondary products from them (including D&D Beyond). At the very least, I don't mind buying the books...

I suspect @Paul Farquhar was mixing some things up. A Range weapon is a weapon with the Range property. The Range weapon property on page 214 says: A Ranged weapon is a weapon listed under one of the Ranged Weapons categories in the weapons table. Per page 213, the weapons in the table are...