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How do the mechanical changes to the game (and how classes, monsters, spells, and etc) work change how the in-game world of a 5e game functions? For example, does a larger list of "common" magic items mean a world in which magic items are more commonly assumed? How do some of the changes...

I was in a discussion with a friend about the Plasmoid racial features. In particular, plasmoids have an ability to squeeze through small openings and an ability to create limbs (arms and legs) for themselves. Druid Wildshape indicates that -while in beast form- you retain racial features and...

Short Version: I'm 3 episodes in, and I'm enjoying it thus far. Further Thoughts: I grew up with the old movie. Newer TV shows which retread old stuff aren't always good, so I was unsure what to expect. I have been pleasantly surprised. Storywise, the show is keeping me engaged. The show is a...

I highly enjoy the Mount & Blade games. I enjoy the scaling nature of the game: starting with with a handful of brigands or farmers and then building upward toward political power. I also enjoy that combat feels more visceral (even if it is still video-gamey sometimes). Plus, I find things...

I was surprised to find that there's not a thread for this. Season 2 of the show is now available. I haven't yet started season 2. I'm working my way through Season 1 again before starting Season 2. Something I noticed while re-watching Season 1 is that there are a lot of dialogue hints to...

The group I usually play D&D with has been talking about going back to 4E. [I'm sure someone will ask/comment, so: Despite "problems" we had with it, we feel that the few of us who are more experienced can tweak it to fix those problems (by rewriting parts like I've done or working in pieces...

Normally, a 5E character only gets 1 reaction. Most of the time, that is fine. However, I am of the opinion that there may be aspects of the game which may benefit from allowing more than 1. For example, creating a front line to protect squishy party members is difficult to do when a character...

After a certain point, I've found both that 1) fights start to drag and 2) even considering rpg tropes, it starts to be hard to take some things seriously. HP bloat should be reduced in D&D. High level monsters become big bags of hitpoints. This slows down combat and the flow of play a lot...

How does a Tortle's natural armor interact with classes which modify armor calculation? For example, the monk class says (when not wearing armor) "AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier." The Tortle entry says you have a base AC of 17 and that Dex does not change this...

For a while now, my primary group has been playing other rpgs more often. Also, for a while now, I have had the feeling that D&D combat seems to take a long time to work through one encounter. However, it really hit me how slow it was (or at least seems to be to me) after the group recently...

In most RPGs, healing magic fixes everything, without a lot of questions asked. It just works. However, while sitting at home today, I started to consider whether healing magic is painful. Sure, it heals the damage, but (I think) that also means that it puts bones and such back into place. How...

Recently, one of the players in the online group created a Warforged character, using the UA version of Warforged. The rules appear straightforward, but I want to make sure I am understanding everything correctly (and type things out for a bit of a sanity check). While in Heavy Plating Mode...

First, to prevent starting from a miscommunication: what do I mean by "low fantasy"? The common literary definition does not quite fit what I want. I prefer something similar to the definitions found in GURPS Fantasy. Regarding "High Fantasy" "If fantasy occupies the middle ground between myth...

Perhaps I'm in the minority. (It certainly wouldn't be the first time.) For some reason, Pathfinder 2E's art style seems off to me. The quality of the drawings and such are fantastic; the production values are undeniably top notch. However, something just seems off about the style. I can't yet...

Can Sharpshooter be used with a net? My initial thought was no, but, upon review of how things are worded, it appears that "maybe" might be the more accurate answer. Sharpshooter states that it requires taking a penalty to the attack roll. Hitting with a net does indeed require an attack...

My experience at running 5e is admittedly low. However, I've been a player in several campaigns. I've started to notice that monsters appear to struggle to land attacks on players, in some instances needing to roll extremely high to even touch a PC. In some cases, if a paladin, eldritch...

I am currently a player in a campaign which has quickly evolved into a game involving a lot of vehicle combat. In particular, ship-to-ship combat between sailing vessels is common. One thing I've noticed is that the rules is pretty vague (and often a bit odd*) when it comes to vehicles. The...

I'm not typically what I would consider to be an optimizer, but I feel as though I could benefit from some advice for my character. First, a few notes: the DM had the players roll for stats; the DM is allowing my character to smite with bites; the current campaign world involves a lot of...

I've been spending a lot of time looking at the "Experience Points by Challenge Rating" table found on page 275 of the DMG. I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but I'm not grasping the pattern of how the math works. There seems to be some amount of consistency among each tier of play...

Find Steed says that, while mounted, any spell with a range of "self" can be shared with the steed. How does this work when you cast something like Cone of Cold? Do both you and the steed produce a cone? I'm asking because a bard character has used his ability to learn spells from other...