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It should be, though rules-as-written it may not be apparent. Tactics definition: per the OP and dictionary, I take this as the art of pre-combat awareness of how best to utilize terrain and positioning against an enemy. While dice are used to create tension and drama, combat is a lot more...

I appreciate the work that is done to keep this an amicable community. I come here to engage in a hobby, not swim in toxic waters and indulge in anger. There were still some toxic gamers when I was rolling dice in the 90s. They just didn't have a far-reaching place to air their racism, bigotry...

I do something similar to what @BookTenTiger suggests. Everyone should have a chance to be in the spotlight. Not everyone takes the reins of the conversation, however, and some expect the DM to move the spotlight. So, spotlight the character for a feature they have and use that as an excuse to...

Kingmaker 5E adaptation Baron Cormac - Human Bard 11 (college of lore) "Daisy" - Human Barbarian 11 (wild magic) Brycen - Human Wizard 11 (divination) Eugene - Half-elf Paladin 11 (vengeance) Ulfar - Human Druid 11 (circle of land) The players wanted a heavy dose of kingdom building and...

I don't worry about it. There will be days where my gamers go 5 hours without rolling a single d20 and they can't stop talking about how good the session was, aka I just go where the story goes without trying to fit it into any formula. This may mean there's too many encounters out there or...

You've got a point. Doing some searching, found designer and Sage Advice guy Crawford tweeted in 2017 that "gripping" (switching between 1 and 2 hands on a 2-handed weapon) is meant to be a "non-action." While Crawford's Sage Advice tweets rarely seem to put to rest any issues on these...

I don't disagree; it's well-settled one can hold 2-handed weapons with a single hand. My issue is whether "propping it" in one hand counts as your free action for the round. Absent a rule, it's pure DM discretion. If so, then for the rest of the round it would affect your ability to take...

I should clarify somatic spells and possibly if you have to retrieve a material component. A combo of sage advice, warcaster feat, and object usage. Warcaster Feat specifically allows you to cast somatic spells even if your hands are full with a weapon (and shield). This is a specific rule that...

Reference, Rolld20: Combat, subheading "Other Activity on Your Turn." "You could draw your weapon" doesn't specifically distinguish whether it takes 1 or two handed. Cross reference this with general rules apply unless trumped by a specific one, a basic concept of the game. Barring any...

Thankfully always was an optional rule for how ugly you looked (Unearthed Arcana 1985).

I think so. @Umbran 's suggestion that we're really asking about "sacred cows" is on point. You can tweak how the rules work, but since the beginning, a character sheet for D&D has THE 6 ability scores, your race & class, AC, hit points, and saving throws. No matter how the rules have been...

Mechanically, you'd have to keep: The 6 ability scores. A d20 for attacks and saving throws. Four basic roles with scaling abilities (warrior, arcane, divine, skill monkey). Beyond that, you can change weapon damage, how you handle initiative, healing, resting, going to 0hp, abilities of each...

Got crazy close all of a sudden!

Anubis 14 +1 = 15 Athena 19 Odin 14 - 2 = 12 Odin backs down against the will of Athena...

Anubis 32 +1 = 33 Athena 34 Odin 22 - 2 = 20

We're having a much more interesting time using a Celtic pantheon (did a lot of homework, borrowed a lot of tales that get incorporated into daily activities and speech, like the priests who carry cow dung around to bless crops or the now-disavowed practice* involving a white horse that caused a...

Anubis 30 +1 = 31 Athena 37 Boccob 7 Odin 33 Selune 14 - 2 = 12 We've already got the promo graphic for it...

Anubis 41 + 1 = 42 Athena 39 Boccob 19 Odin 35 Selune 19 Yondalla 5 - 2 = 3 Halfling luck is about to run out... Selune and Boccob out would leave us with an interesting old-world shootout with three heavy hitters.