D&D 5E (2014) Some Gems I Have Forgotten In The DMG

[dave2008]

I'm actively disappointed by the morale rules—they need beefing up.

What does actively disappointed mean? I assume you intend to emphasize your disappointment, but I want to believe it means something more interesting. Like the disappoint has activated you to come up a method to improve them!

 

[dave2008]

So this thread inspired me to pull out my 5e DM Cheat sheet and here is the list of DMG rules I reference for improv (sorry I don't have the page numbers listed on my sheet):

• Monster Stats by Challenge Rating
• Typical DCs
• Object AC
• Object Hit Points
• Improvised Damage
• Damage Severity by Level

EDIT: Here is snip of the sheet

 

[Azzy]

What does actively disappointed mean? I assume you intend to emphasize your disappointment, but I want to believe it means something more interesting. Like the disappoint has activated you to come up a method to improve them!

Both, actually. I just haven't made much progress on the latter yet. Too many hobbies.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Typical damage from being hit by by a crashing flying fortress = 99 hp. Typical hp of a 10th level fighter = 104 hp. Who says 5e isn't superheroic?!

 

[teitan]

It’s nice to see people talking about how valuable the DMG is and the different rules in it. If more people read it there would be a lot less Twitter and forum posts about bad DMs who actually use the rules from the DMG.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It’s nice to see people talking about how valuable the DMG is and the different rules in it. If more people read it there would be a lot less Twitter and forum posts about bad DMs who actually use the rules from the DMG.

There is lots of good stuff in the DMG. The problem is it's not very readable, and the referencing is appalling. The information is there, but it is very difficult to access.

 

[Seramus]

Did you know there's an Audible Distance table in the DM Screen?
Good to know when the party is discussing plans or casting spells while trying to be sneaky!

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

The weather tables is used at the start of each day in my games.
Strong winds or heavy precipitations mitigate the ''problem'' of flying PC at low level or that pesky owl familiar.

The loyalty rules is used a lot when it comes to NPC helpingthe PC, and they work well with the faction/faith rules.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Mark. This is really fun. Requires hitting the target, so it's not like your rogue can just OA every creature on the field and deal full sneak attack damage every turn, or whatever, but it does allow a "tank" to be "sticky", especially combined with other existing defender options. Why don't more people use this? It's even more effective in the hands of a fighter than anyone else at high levels, but also allows Barbarians and Paladins, the other two classic defenders, to really punish enemies to who try to circumvent them, all without giving up other reactions like Protection Fighting style.

Bolded bit: Because it's a 4e-ism.

Like I'm pretty sure that's the reason for a significant chunk of people. The rest probably just don't know it's there, or don't consider using it because, in my experience, 5e DMs are not actually that favorable to variant rules or experimentation. (Unless it's experimentation they personally created--that's always 100% fine. )

 

[Parmandur]

Typical damage from being hit by by a crashing flying fortress = 99 hp. Typical hp of a 10th level fighter = 104 hp. Who says 5e isn't superheroic?!

HP isn't flesh!