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If your campaign world had a different take on the pantheon, how do you handle the cleric class? If there are no gods, then logically there would be no clerics, possibly no paladins. Some players really like these classes but where do you draw a line between a campaign world with a certain story...

I have a couple questions about healing, they're probably obvious but I'm drawing a blank. 1) DMG p267, "slow natural healing". If, during a long rest, you can only spend HD to heal HP (per a short rest), when exactly do you regain said HD? Only after being fully healed by spending HD? Do you...

I am DM for our group and getting closer to the final fight. I would like to hear your experiences of the climactic fight with Tiamat. Specifically, I'm hoping to avoid pitfalls that others may have discovered, or gotchas that players did that made the fight too easy. For example, a while...

My group is going through HotDQ, to be followed by RoT. Does anyone have any good suggestions for follow up adventures afterwards? Pre-5E is cool, too, I'm happy to convert. I'm expecting/hoping at least a few characters will survive RoT, and I'd like some good upper-tier adventures suitable...

I would like to hear what other DMs are doing for the many overpowered encounters in HotDQ. I have gone through the adventure and checked the XP calculations for difficult fights. For the expected character levels and number (four is expected) it is my opinion that most of the RAW combat...

As a houserule, I would like to provide a small advantage for characters that don’t wear armour, looking for feedback. I was thinking of a flat +1 or +2 to certain skill checks (Stealth, Acrobatics, Athletics). Nothing major, as the armour limitation on other classes is intended as a balance...

Has anyone else read reviews of this yet? I just saw this now, dated from a couple days ago. http://diehardgamefan.com/2014/10/28/tabletop-review-tyranny-of-dragons-book-ii-the-rise-of-tiamat-dungeons-dragons-fifth-editiondd-next/ Very interesting take on content. Personally, I'm still...

I would like to solicit some advice from you all. I dislike at-will shapeshifting of the new Druid. Are there are any fair ways of replacing that feature with something else? I’m the DM for our group and I prefer to run a grim, sword & sorcery style game. The shapeshifting druid is of a...

I don't know if anyone else has already posted on this. p106, Slot Level caps at 5th level but the warlock spell list goes up to 9th. I'm thinking the chart has a typo. Based on progression I'm guessing it should like this: LEVEL SLOT LEVEL 11th 6th 12th 6th 13th 7th...

My characters are stockpiling a lot of treasure and have been asking for something to spend it on. I don't want to go overboard with letting them buy a lot of magic. Same goes for basic healing potions and raise dead rituals, that stuff is par for the course. One player asked to buy some...

Has anyone seen software made for managing non-combat stuff? There are plenty of turn-trackers out there, but I am interesting in something that might handle the following issues: - map importing and annotation - town stats (level, leaders, local industries) - NPC gallery (stats, adjustable...

A little confused about some mechanics, some help interpreting would be appreciated. If an essentials fighter attacks, say, a goblin minion and misses then the goblin can auto-shift away. Does this prompt an opportunity attack from the fighter? if so, and if the fighter misses, does this...

I'm sure this may well have been settled way back with the initial release of 4e but... I can't find any clear statement concerning friendly fire in the game rules. If someone can point me to the page reference I would be grateful. I've only seen implied references that seem to indicate friend...

Is it possible for players to combine their targeting features upon a single target? eg, a fighter marks the dragon, warlock curses it, ranger sets her quarry... I've never read anything indicating this is impossible but I had a player inform me that it is. Can somebody please confirm one way...

Are rangers permitted to select and execute powers based on a fighting style they did not choose? Here are a couple scenarios to elaborate my question: #1) Archer ranger selects Twin Strike. Can she execute this power while engaged in melee? #2) Archer ranger selects Dire Wolverine Strike...

I have a RAW question concerning the Ranger's Twin Strike ability which I have not yet seen articulated elsewhere. A sanity check really, for having spent too much time thinking about this :P Every instance of the question I've read regarding this power assumes that the player rolls twice to...

Has anyone found or created character sheets in .doc format? I know there are plenty of fillable .pdf sheets but I'm terminally anal and would rather have a document that I can adjust to my own needs. I ask because several months ago somebody had posted a beautiful sheet featuring 4E styles; I...

I'm curious about a possible house rule in which all non-basic attacks are altered into a daily power (ie, at-wills and encounter are usable only once per day). This means that normal combat will consist mostly of basic attacks. Powers are chosen per normal for character creation and leveling...

(I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this - admins, feel free to move it) I'm interested in trying a 1E session for nostalgia's sake, as soon as I can acquire the 1E core books, but I recall a number of rules that always bugged me. So I'm going to use some ideas from 4E that I like...