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Uhm... I am not sure if it wasn't clear, but I meant 5e group checks, meaning that the group succeed if at least half characters succeed . These group checks do not increase the odds "a lot", in fact they generally decrease the odds compared to when a single PC attempts a task, because in most...

Among the given choices, I would consider Forgotten Realms to be the best, because of the sheer amount of options available. You can pick a single region or locale with a wanted "theme", and run a short game there without worrying about the rest of the world, as well as instead take advantage of...

This is not a "rule", it's just an idea which can become part of the DM's "arsenal" of ways to grant or not grant checks. Whenever you don't see why someone should get a shot, they won't get it :) And of course, the "open the stuck door" is just an example used to explain the idea. I don't...

Yes, this is exactly the idea.

This is a small idea that came to my mind, although I haven't needed to use it yet. It's based on my general fandom of group checks to resolve several exploration tasks, and on the potential worry of players "rounding up" after one of them attempts something and fails. Consider the iconic case...

I don't know... it looks like it was an interesting design exercise for you, but if I ever use mob-like rules it's because I want to save time. This looks like taking a lot more time than just grabbing and rolling 10d20 to determine how many in a mob if 10 hit the target.

I finally got around to resuming our Ravenloft family game after a long break since the first session. The PCs had investigated the village of Barovia and started figuring out who the BBEG is, then moved on to confront him (the game is a 5e running of the original adventure so not nearly as long...

Exactly. It's a very common mistake to categorise by source instead of usage. It makes it only slightly easier in the design or level up phase, while categorising by usage makes it much easier during the game, which happens much more often than levelling up. It doesn't matter if one ability...

I modified the official character sheets and have been using my own version since then. I shared them here: https://www.enworld.org/resources/quickstart-5e-character-sheet-beginner-friendly.1415/ I can't believe to notice now that they've been downloaded 9k times 😮 I wonder how many people...

The dependency on items is a good catch (although the Fighter at least could also be said to heavily depend on equipment), but I still think that the "experts" concept stems more from the idea of being focused on something else than combat or magic: "experts" is rather the "third group" besides...

Just posting updates for my own memory... The first part of the adventure went moderately well, but encounters were too easy to really evaluate the character. I did manage to use polearm mastery for the bonus attack and to take advantage of the glaive reach to fight from the second rank, but no...

Considering that as a default the results of rolls are binary (success/failure), I don't see how this house rule changes the game at all. It also immediately requires additional subrules such as how to handle results that are equally distant above and below the DC, and what do you do when...

Being European (but not Greek), probably at kindergarten. Had I been Greek though...

All right thanks! I went with the Death Domain and from there designed the rest. Here's the result... Shui Feng, Human Cleric (Death domain), Urchin Str 12, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 16, Cha 10 Proficiencies: simple & martial weapons (death), light & medium armors and shield (cleric)...

I generally consider 5e a toolbox versatile enough to be my go-to ruleset. But the focus on combat abilities for PCs is its main limitation, so for stories where combat is very marginal (e.g. investigation/mystery) or where you want situations that don't fit with combat-attrition rules (e.g...

A bit undecided about which archetype/subclass might be the best starting point for me to create a "grey cleric" PC that combines the themes of Life and Death. The general idea is nothing special, it's supposed to be a cleric that heals as much as kills (magically), and connects with...

In theory, 5e does not set a default for how much treasure should the PC find, and therefore does not have wealth-by-level tables in PHB or DMG. So if you only had the PHB, the starting equipment packages in the Classes chapter (or starting wealth-by-class table in the Equipment chapter) are...

If you want a summarised yes/no response, I personally think it's balanced enough. If you want a detailed analysis, I don't think it's possible to have one that is exhaustive, and what might seem a better scores array in one game, could be worse in another, depending on party composition...

Keith knows what he's doing. I've said it countless of times, I've spotted the trend already at Tasha's book, and I am happy that I stopped my D&D purchases at that point (meaning, without getting Tasha's).

I don't think published adventures are excessively narrative, but I am certainly forever waiting for someone to figure out such a good module layout that would allow me to read it for the first time when I am running it.