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I liked Talien's column much more this time around... BOO WHO!!!

:erm:... Clearly, Mike "Talien" Tresca & Gary Alan Fine, have lost their privileges to bring their own dice to the table, and should be required to make dice rolls into a rolling box in the center of the table... Sad. This article sounded like a child trying to justify a behavior they know to...

Angels... That "purify" Oathbreakers & their insidious cohorts... OR just have Orcus come to "congratulate" the Paladin (in Roman Mythology, Orcus supposedly punished breakers of Oaths).:devil: Jokes aside... I tend to think that the most effective way to enforce the Oath requirements (or...

Weird... This actually sounds more like the problem I have with "Fireball"... LoL. ;)

No...NO!...NOOO!!! The imagery is too powerful...can't get the idea out of my mind....AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!! Behold! The horrors that are unleashed when the Nintendo-verse bleeds into the Multi-verse!!!

D&D has always been open to the religious traditions of all ethnic groups... because the planet Earth exists... and everyone on it should be allowed to play D&D, obviously. The cleric class does welcome non-theistic religions, it always has... As per the explicit text in the DMG, the cleric...

You just can't get out of your own way on this subject can you? I took a look at the 3e Cleric entry in the 3e PHB that you consider to be the ideal presentation, and compared it to the 5e Cleric entry in the 5e PHB that you clearly loathe... and hilariously your perceptions and...

I hate to disagree with you Gyor, but as soon as Elminster met up with Greenwood on Earth, the door was opened to Earthly religions as viable concepts for characters... I'm certainly not saying that any Earthly faiths have large followings or established churches, etc... However, it is not...

This is not a legitimate complaint about 5e. I provided the direct quotes from the core 5e rules that indicates the fact that non-theistic clerics are fully functional according to the rules of the game.

*sigh* Just for the sake of total clarity on the actual & official 5e rules of the game... I am going to quote page #56 of the 5e PHB, under the entry entitled "Creating a Cleric", the last sentence of the very first paragraph states unequivocally: "Check with your DM to learn which deities are...

hmmm... stone... the planar book just came out... I'm thinking the Spawning Stone?

The level 20 paladin is definitely the optimal choice to battle Moloch, and when making these comparisons we should definitely not count magic items or feats... The CR or "balance" of the game does not take either of those things into account, so if the PCs have magic items and/or feats, Moloch...

I don't think he would necessarily teleport away if the encounter begins within 50 ft., especially in a white-room scenario (he won't be able to really escape from Ranged Attacks)... I tend to think Stinking Cloud is a more effective use of his Legendary Action, because it causes the Area of...

I know, I was just maximizing nefarious intent for effect... However, would you consider a single pre-cast Symbol spell as part & parcel of a straight up fight? I generally would because I would envision the PCs as seeking out Moloch in his lair, therefore giving him the advantage of having Lair...

Make sure that any players that want to take on Moloch submit a list of everyone their PCs have ever cared about (family/friends/etc...), so that Moloch can hunt them down, murder them and animate their corpses as Zombies prior to the encounter... Since he can cast Animate Dead at will he can...

I would also presume that any encounter against Moloch will begin with the PCs needing to make a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become Stunned for 1 minute, regardless of their initiative because of the Symbol spell that Moloch can cast 1/day... Each day of advanced knowledge that Moloch has will...

Theoretically, part of the Geas could be to require the target to not try and remove the Geas... a lot of sinister possibilities with infinite at-will Geas spells.

Agreed, no gaming is always better than bad gaming... and I appreciate the apology, thank you.

Anybody who is thinking that their PCs can take down Moloch is vastly underestimating him... He has INT 21 & can cast Geas at will... Why would he ever allow his enemies to even approach having a tactical encounter against him? Am I the only one thinking that this probably neutralizes any and...