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It's the reason some cities have a cartesian urbanism setup: it's straightforward and easy to figure out (though it might weel be ugly urbanism, mind you). In other words, it's simpler. And really, the game has a much higher scale of abstraction than the difference in spacial accuracy between...

lol :)

The broadest type of skill challenge, in a free-form context, is simply called role-playing. Just ask the players what they do with the challenges they face, and improvise as they go along. Don't hesitate to put road bumps or tougher challenges at them along the way, to force them to go over or...

This seems like a sensible solution, i.e. require an action for the ranger to give an order to his animal companion, such as attacking a given target or defending the ranger (in which case it will attack the first target to approach the ranger - friend or foe? :) ); but afterwards the animal...

I play as the OP described, and I've played this way for a long time. I like reducing the number of die rolls at the table to a minimum, and make those die rolls meaningful. Nothing bores me more than useless loss of time at a gaming table, such as Player: "my rogue attempts to pick the lock...

I'd ask him whether he prefers to be surprised by the monsters, or spoiled by reading the MM? I suggested to my players that they not read the MM, for the sake of their own enjoyment! I'd certainly love to play through a 5E game without knowing what's coming at me. If the player says he doesn't...

About the OP: talk about working yourself into a fit over a design choice that probably simply follows what fans have asked for. Man. Take.. a.. deep.. breath. Better now? If tieflings annoy you, simply rule them out of your game and be done with it. They provide options, you pick which ones...

Ok thanks!

I also plan on letting the PCs roll for their stats in a slightly more hardcore fashion. I'm not entirely sure what technique I'll use, but it's going to be something like: 1) roll 3d6 for each stat, note it on a piece of paper in the order in which they were rolled. 2) Repeat. Pick one set...

Cool site! Question: what does the "adjusted XP" total represent when adding creatures to an encounter?

Legendary creatures is my favorite thing in the MM. Nice innovation that allows the use of a "normally built creature" and adds stuff that will make it really interesting in a storytelling kind of way (lair actions and regional effects), plus making it more interesting if it fights alone...

Likewise, I'm fine with a lot of lore included in the MM. I think that's how it should be. This said, My Setting will not include most of that lore. My setting is a homebrew, with my own pantheon. WotC is not dictating what my setting should or will include. They are providing inspiration. And I...

Oh OK, I had not realized that they had updated the Basic Rules already. Thanks!

The Basic DMG is not in the Basic Rules, is it? It's in the starter set? (Which I don't have). Can you then simply tell me if the numbers in the Building Adventures article by Mearls are still valid, more or less?

Yes, I've just gone to the exercise of trying to correlate the MM creatures, and they're all over the place: Mage: 9 HD, CR 6 Gladiator: 15 HD, CR 5 Knight: 8 HD, CR 3 etc... Also, I realize that the XP budget table provided by Mearls in his July 7 2014 article, doesn't appear to be valid...

Hi, I'm starting to read the PHB and the MM that I just bought. I've found Mearl's Legends and Lore article on building encounters with level-appropraite beasts. Can a correllation be made between a PC or NPC with a level, and its CR? Say I build a level 5 or a level 10 NPC based on the PHB...

I think your interpretation makes sense; but I revert to the question: why would the thick skin work differently than armor? Your answer is to throw a question back: why would it work like armor? My answer to that is: because that's how the game works in all other aspects, and that's how the...

I agree with you then! And I perfectly understand why someone might read the rules as you do. I feel that your interpretation makes more sense litterally, but less sense in game terms. While my interpretation makes less sense litterally, but more sense in game terms. But in the end, there is no...

This is an interesting take on giving sence to the "mininum AC of 16 including all modifiers" interpretation. My counter-argument would be, however, that barkskin would then work differently than the other AC-boosting mechanics. Normally, the AC is determined by adding (I'll use non-5E...

It is difficult for me to judge balance issues without play experience with this spell. It seems like a fairly good spell indeed; however as I noted above, it is limited in time and it also requires concentration on the part of the caster, further limiting his options. So the caster may get a...