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It depends on the DC you're up against. For up to a DC of 14 you're better with +12. From 15-23 you're better off with +8 and advantage. For 24 and up +12 is better again. You can see this in action here. Select Graph for View, and At Least for Data. The x-axis is the DC. The y-axis is the...

I often play wizards. Sometimes I play clerics if I want to change things up. Right now I'm playing a multiclassed cleric/wizard. Managing resources is a core part of play for me. With my current DM fights will often vary radically in difficulty. Sometimes the entire fight is just mopping up...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. My response was delayed while I discussed your feedback with the friends with whom I have been developing these rules. If any of my responses come off as rude or forceful, please do not take them that way. Offense is not my intention. Let me know...

I'm designing a set of houserules for a new campaign. The purpose is to 1) create create player characters that are incredibly flexible for their level, 2) encourage caution by reducing rate of resource recovery, 3) implement long lasting consequences for falling in combat and providing...

I've finally got some time to write up how the fights went with Moloch. First, the set up. The players each created three level 17 PCs, multiclassing and feats allowed. Average value for HP was taken instead of rolling. All PHB, SCAG, and EE material is allowed, plus they can request XGtE...

So I ended up doing this. When I can finally wrap my head around what happened I'll post the details. The first fight was more or less as anticipated. Symbol (stunning) is brutal, teleporting as a legendary action is ridiculous, and the one PC who was able to meaningfully contribute was no...

If my fighter can sufficiently collapse a wizard's trachea to stop air passing through it, is there any reason I couldn't rotate my grip an inch to the right and block off his carotid arteries? Why stop verbal components where a mere contested Strength (Athletics) check at disadvantage will...

I talked to my players and they are okay with replacing this week's session with a one shot boss fight. They have not been told anything about the boss, and they will not be telling me anything about their characters. I have four players. One has lots of 5e experience, two are moderately...

At challenge rating >17 each damage immunity earns a 1.25x multiplier on effective hit points. There are thirteen damage types. 1.25^13=18.190. By dividing a creature's HP by 19 (we'll round it up, because we are merciful DMs) you can give it immunity to all damage types. At CR 20 we are looking...

NPC replies "I wholeheartedly support plan Not Attacking Me," while taking a step back, dropping his hand to his sword's hilt and fixing a glare on PC 1. If players want a conversation, then make it in character (if only to prevent them having discussions in situations where it is unreasonable)...

I recently started a new game with some buddies in a world of my own creation. For now they are small fellows in a wide world inhabited by creatures ranging from minor nuisances all the way up to city devourers. The party, transported to this world against their will* after being shipwrecked...

Harry's Player: DM, I'm going to do that thing that I talked to you about. DM: Okay, you get into position to do that thing, and just as you're about to finish it you hear a voice behind you ask "What are you doing?" [Paladin's PC], you wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of a sword...

The party's wizard gates the prisoner out (let's ignore that a level 15 PC somehow has 9th level spells). This triggers two traps. The first is an alarm that lets everyone in the jail know that teleportation was used and where. The second prevents the PC from closing the gate from this side. The...

I ran a political game a few months back that fell apart after four sessions, and wasn't really fun for anyone. I'd have two pieces of advice based on that experience. 1) Make sure that everyone wants to play a political game. One person saying they want it and everyone else staying quiet...

I have no difficulty in making effective use of monster CR, though I look at the system radically differently than most other people. For me, CR is a numerical representation of relative monster strength as defined by its ability to stay alive (AC and HP) and deal damage (attack bonus or save...

Pretty much any combination of classes can overcome adventuring challenges by adjusting how they approach the problem. If you truly want to make a doomed party have it consist of nothing but "chaotic neutral" angsty edgelords that are all tragic and mopey, backstab each other for any perceived...

What's wrong with this? If the victim isn't able to Plane Shift under their own power then he doesn't even need to Disintegrate them. Just leave them there a few days to die of dehydration. Let him waste close to two months, several thousand GP of reagents making needless Glyphs of Warding, and...

1) Trolls exist in most D&D settings. 2) Humanoids have a habit of breeding with just about anything with an orifice. Is it really so unreasonable to assume that most humanoid races have a bit of troll's blood in their heritage? It would grant an immense evolutionary advantage over any 'pure'...

I said it in the last thread and I'll say it again: a problem that can be solved by a generous application of dragons is an opportunity, not a problem.

The exact same thing as if they grab the ground at their feet when being pushed away on flat ground: nothing, they still end up 10 feet away from their starting location because that's what the effect does. Put another way, if grabbing something to prevent movement is ineffective on flat ground...