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I remember that! Turns out the DM wasn't applying the rules correctly IIRC. I assure you it is eminently possible for characters to die in D&D 24. That isn't really what Eberron shifters tend to be about, although you could definitely do that as a shifter Druid. While those gnolls look...

Speaking only for the group I'm a member of: On any specific AL day, there will generally be 1-3 games running. There is a requirement that at least one of these games be open to new players, which means it must be a Tier 1 or Tier 2 game. (AL allows new characters to be started at 5th level.)...

I think that we're looking at bringing classes closer to parity with each other in the various aspects of the game, not making the caster experience worse. We're after equality, not punishment. Also, none of those changes really address the main issue of the martial/caster discrepancy, which is...

I do not think that Fighters beat out Bards, or many other spellcasters at Tier 2, or even earlier. Bear in mind that 2 short rests might be what the game was allegedly calibrated around, but it is relatively unusual for 2 short rests to be the norm for a game, with 1 being closer to the...

So far, ToV seems to have been marketed specifically to existing D&D players that liked 5e but were disillusioned with WotC. I have not seen ToV advertised anywhere other than TTRPG spaces, unlike D&D 5e which has had significant money and time invested in it in mainstream media and areas where...

WotC/Hasbro seems to be the only TTRPG producer that is putting a large amount of resources and active effort into bringing new people into the hobby. While there will always be existing players bringing their friends into gaming groups, WotC are making efforts to market to people new to TTRPGs...

Given that the popularity of martials like Fighters was retained even in editions where it was known and acknowledged that there were severe balance issues, it would seem to imply that a significant number of people like the concept of a martial, rather than a spellcaster. Removing martial...

If I understand what jgsugden is getting at: I believe the issue is that this unbelievable damage output doesn't seem to match the damage shown in those tracks if the entire party was able to contribute to advancing to the threshold.

Do any monsters have BPS immunity now?

Well, yes. The players were not presented with a specific direction; they chose their own. As with so many things, the linear/sandbox descriptions are points in a spectrum, and gameplay takes place in the area between the two extremes. In even the most linear of TTRPG adventures, there is room...

f you don't already know about them, you might want to check out the orcs in Earthdawn. It sounds like they'd be similar to your concept. (And the Level up take on orcs seems to be inspired by them as well.). How do you think a dwarf raised by dwarven farmers and a dwarf raised by elven farmers...

Like many mechanical terms in D&D, ("Finesse", "Deity" etc.) "Humanoid" has a specific meaning that is different from the scientific definition of the term that you would find in a dictionary. Most goblins are Humanoid. Goblin merchants, guards, bandits, farmers, that have spent time in the...

Depends on the character, but as a general guideline for all of them, its either Bless or a summon spell. Several have access to Bless, and as a 1st level spell it it widely available and useful. Summon X spells have a duration that often lasts several combats, provide additional targeted...

Tier 3 Bladesinger wizard. 1 attack. 1 Green Flame Blade cantrip attack. 1 Green flame blade "cleave". 1 bonus action offhand from Light weapon. 3 attacks from summoned creature. =7 Then the wizard's simulacrum does the same. =14 attacks at level 13. (Not counting reaction attacks or external...

I'm going to take issue with those numbers, partly because a rogue would generally use an off-hand weapon or steady aim, and partly because you're not actually including chance to hit, which gives Rogue a boost. They also have a smoother progression than other martials, so looking at when the...

Unless the shield is literally bolted to the arm itself, a full-size shield wouldn't have the control to steady and angle the shield without being gripped in the hand. There are no kind of straps or clamps that could prevent the shield from rotating around the arm when hit and also not actually...

Fire has been used in the past against ships, and there are more mundane countermeasures that might become commonplace if a fireball into the sails is a known threat. Simply sluicing down the sails and rigging with water to make them non-flammable would be a start. However this may well be a...

Absence of rules* to adjudicate a specific situation is not the same as the existence of a rule that specifically prohibits it. Denigrating something by making incorrect statements about it is behaviour that we could do with less of these days. Claiming that 5e would not allow two characters to...

What sort of thing earns XP, and what doesn't? Hang on. What rule is this? Why would this not be allowed? I think its the concept that a competent, trained combatant, in only a couple of minutes of fighting, is likely to have stabbed the comrade that they are fighting alongside at least once...

I'm assuming it must be a standard result on a table that is rolled on every time a spell fails. I don't believe that a DM would houserule "your character dies" in a situation where that wasn't usually a risk.