D&D 5E Arcane Rules- What is your favorite "hidden" rule in 5e?

[Wednesday Boy]

I mean, really. I'm dying to see that in action.

My friends did something similar. They defeated a lich but didn't know where its phylactery was. So they put the lich's corpse(?) into a bag of holding and poked a hole in it. If a sharp object pierces a bag of holding the bag ruptures and is ruined and all contents are lost forever. Take that lich!

 

[CanadienneBacon]

^ Awesome!

 

[Ristamar]

My friends did something similar. They defeated a lich but didn't know where its phylactery was. So they put the lich's corpse(?) into a bag of holding and poked a hole in it. If a sharp object pierces a bag of holding the bag ruptures and is ruined and all contents are lost forever. Take that lich!

Wouldn't the lich still reform at its phylactery? The "corpse" is worthless.

Sounds like the group wasted a perfectly good magic item.

 

[lowkey13]

*Deleted by user*

 

[Wednesday Boy]

Wouldn't the lich still reform at its phylactery? The "corpse" is worthless.

Sounds like the group wasted a perfectly good magic item.

The lich never returned so it wasn't completely wasted.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

. . . a member of some twee band that likely plays Foreigner covers with a Scottish accent.

Dunno. He looks like the sort of chap who likes Alice Cooper or AC/DC? I mean, he's scowling at the camera.


"Taking more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come but I was already there"

 

[lowkey13]

*Deleted by user*

 

[devincutler]

Rules answer- Elves have spirits, other races (incl. half-elves) have souls.

Real answer- Gygax loved humans, and thought elves already had too many advantages. Esp. with the long life.

Bonus fun fact- you could only be raised from the dead a number of times equal to your constitution score.

The bonuses elves had in AD&D were rather astounding when you added them all up.

Not only did they have the abilities in the PHB, but they also had some wildly powerful abilities from the Monster Manual write up (like surprising opponents 2/3rds of the time, et al) and they had additional bonuses scattered throughout the splat books (like resistance to disease). I remember playing an elf in AD&D and accumulating all of my scattered abilities onto my character sheet and it was....awesome.

 

[Phantarch]

I'm pretty sure he's singing "I'm Too Sexy"

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Bahahaha. [MENTION=6801685]Phantarch[/MENTION] for teh win.