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I don't think you can counterspell an item, can you?

Tell him to go to “manage character and levels,” then back to the first page (it’ll usually take you to the second page unless it is a brand new character). The first page is “manage settings” and it begins with a whole bunch of toggles. He should toggle off anything except “core rules,” which...

I think we’re talking past each other. In this instance, the knight is not even a guard captain, he’s a guard. A flunky. The stat block is only numbers; I pick the one that suits the challenge the story needs and I give them meaning. The context comes from me; the stat blocks don’t impose...

To illustrate what a difference a few points can make, compare Monk C to my point buy monk. Assume at Level 1 I put my background increases into Wis (+2) and Con (+1) for 13/17/14/9/17/11. At level 4, I take a feat such as brawler for 13/18/14/9/11/11. At level 8 I take a feat such as...

I’m talking about story always coming first, and only worrying about creature stat blocks, or any other rule, in that context. So a lot of the concerns cited in the original argue stop being concerns. I’m not sure what you mean about “our” mutual understanding of the story. Yours and mine? As...

DDB, and I don’t bother downloading it. I love that you can hover over everything for the full text, it tracks all of your inventory and the party inventory, and even rolls for you if you want, with rolls visible to other players and the DM. It also links directly to the virtual tabletop...

I avoid all of the issues about character power vs. creature power leading to unrealistic results by simply looking at the story narratively and choosing/adjusting the creatures as needed. For me the story always comes ahead of the game. So let's say the party, currently level 8 in my home...

For me, the multiverse is a narrative disaster. It's basically telling the audience that nothing really matters, because there are infinite realities, and if something goes wrong in one, we can fix it any time we like by switching to a different reality or pulling a beloved character from...

2024 does away with a lot of resistances/immunities to nonmagical damage (i.e golems no longer have any advantage against piercing/bludgeoning/slashing damage). To me, it feels strange that a firearm would be extra effective against a golem or other construct; I'm thinking of the Terminator...

You should try running a club for beginners! Subclass is a whole new world at level 3; they are definitely not RPing their subclass before that (and usually not after). For that matter, most of my veterans start with a character concept and then spend a long time debating subclass (or...

I like a different game system for a different genre. If it's fantasy, I'm good with D&D. I've played other fantasy RPGs, but I don't find the system impacts the end result nearly as much as genre does. That being the case, I have enough invested in D&D that it just makes sense to use it. It...

I would say welcome to the forum, but your first post is a large download. Seems kinda sketchy.

I think the most important thing is to have clearly prioritized goals for this sort of campaign. My home game is all about consensus and keeping with the vibe that works for the whole group - it's really a social situation. I assume that's the same for most folks, so whatever is most fun and...

Specifically, it is balanced with the other two options as presented in the current PHB, and in the sense that all three produce about the same total score on average. But as soon as you start introducing house rules that benefit the roll option (do-overs, reroll 1s, etc.), the average total...

Wildly different from what? As I posted previously, my players didn't even notice that I switched from 2014 to 2024 rules, so they can't be that different. 99% of stuff is excatly the same, especially from a player-facing perspective.

I think your points are correct, except that I don't think character diversity has much, if anything, to do with ability scores (as I;ve argued elsewhere at sufficient length). I think it comes from how the character is created and played. From their story, in other words. So another monk will...

Students come and go at D&D Club all the time. I just keep them all at the same level; nobody cares and it's much easier to track, create encounters, etc. And it sounds like the purpose of this is to give them a taste of the game. I definitely concur with using the most current rules; for me the...

Hard to recall. My family is Swedish so Norse mythology was always just kind of around, and then Christian mythology is kind of everywhere in Canadian culture. Greek, Roman and Egyptian have a pretty large footprint in Western popular culture, so I would have picked them up from comics, library...

Your point about feats is well taken; in 5e feats allow a lot more customization and even a 1 point advantage to the initial set of scores allows you to take an extra feat while still letting you maximize your essential attributes.

There is not, though I think it’s probably best practice for most groups of people. Actually, standard array and point buy work together fine, but I’d be cautious about using rolls unless everyone was into it. And I would insist on the rolls being done together, very publically, at Sesssion 0...