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Didn't "archlich" use to be a term for a good-aligned lich?

I slay zombies, because...🎵 bustin' makes me feel good!🎵

Backgrounds are for player characters. NPCs get whatever stats and abilities the DM thinks is appropriate, which for NPCs specifically labelled as "untrained" might be no proficiencies at all. Untrained characters might get some proficiencies for verisimilitude's sake, but nothing useful on...

Any chance you'll resume tomorrow? I can bring popcorn.

What, an argument on ENworld over the meaning of a word that's over in less than 20 pages!?

I explicitly wrote I was not making excuses for Hasbro. Did you even read my post?

It's also a choice made by individuals to seek employment at a company that reliably screws over its workers every. single. damn. year. No excuses for Hasbro leadership, but they wouldn't be able to get away with this if workers didn't put up with it. There are plenty of good companies to work...

How many times do they need to re-organize? How can you get any work done when the organization is constantly in flux?

My impression is that the reason Larian isn't making BG4 is that they have more fun working on Divinity games. I don't think there's anything WotC could do to change that.

Time to bring out my most powerful magical artifact to deal with this: The Banhammer!

AKA: "martials can't do cool things because realism" I'm pretty sure it's intentional in the rules that a fighter can grapple an ogre and drag it around. A grappled creature isn't a sack of potatos, it's a creature that's moving by itself, and a skilled wrestler can force it to move in the...

I dunno, the way it is worded it sound like the casting might have to happen on the same turn as the damage for the ability to trigger. There is a difference between "cast" and "have cast". It's hard to say if this is an intentional change or just poor writing.

I think it's going to depend a lot on your players' personalites if they accept simply being told the result of an encounter. Some may find this interesting and make them want to explore the surrounding story, others will see it as a gross violation of player agency.

I guess the kitchen maids will have to drink a lot to keep the pub in business!

Saltmarsh is a sleepy village, not a bustling town. What does it specifically have to offer to non-human migrants?

Why would the non-humans want to live in Saltmarsh instead of their existing homes?

Armor of Agathys is an excellent spell for a bladelock if you're able to cast it before combat starts. The THP adds some much needed durability for a melee warrior with a d8 hit dice, and the no-action damage can add up. A bladelock is going to spend his actions on weapon attacks rather than...

I don't think that's going to work all that well in practice. Neither Mantle of Inspiration nor Form of Dread give enough temp HP to reliably absorb a round of attacks from a level appropriate monster, or even a single attack much of the time, and once you have no THP the spell ends. You might...

The union workers are also arguing against increased automation. Maybe the reason the west coast ports can pay higher wages is that they have automated away a lot of the low-value jobs?

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