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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9404764" data-attributes="member: 6894926">Re: the giant crab claw damage- I love this, and I try to do it myself when possible... it's really hard in D&D for players to be able to tell, just by description or a mini/token on the board. On VTTs it's somewhat easier because settings can be such that damage and to-hit are rolled simultaneously, so they can see on a miss "holy crap that does HOW MUCH damage?"Summoned allies, or three-way fights, however you CAN do it, telegraphing serious threats is a great way to get your players' attention.. and it's just fair- their characters would have some idea that that giant crab claw could cut them in two. I kind of wish that there was some mechanic or rule for this. Regarding catching yourself when being tossed off a cliff, I've done similar... I think it's most useful, though, if it were a stated rule, whether house-rule or official. That was enemies have it, players have it, expectations are set. I think it should require a reaction- that way players know if there's a cliff/pit in play, they know they should be conservative with said reactions.Another reason to use saves over skills is because it's more difficult to pump up saves to ridiculous levels- Level Up A5E transferred a lot of things like grapples, shoves, etc. to Saves instead of contested skill checks for that reason.P.S. I've run ~8 beholders against level ~8-9 parties in 5e. 6 of those fights were very easy for the players ... 2 of them resulted in character deaths via disintegration. It was rare that there was a middle-ground fight where they took a beating but no one died. It was feast or famine :'D</blockquote>

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