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So in my game, the players found what I thought was a neat item, a magic sword that projects light in a cone like a bullseye lantern, but this quickly turned into a bit of a problem- I don't use facing rules, and characters can change facing pretty much at will in the game. How then, is this...

Ever since D&D, many TTRPG's have had these two axes of character advancement- what you get from "experience" (be it levels or increasing individual traits) and what you get from "treasure". Treasure has always been the province of the person running the game, and for many years, there was no...

The Peasant Railgun! I mean, I get it, it's like the old "bag of rats" exploit. The issue is that while some exploits are obvious, there's a lot of odd things that it's difficult to determine if they are intended or not. Not long ago, a major rules debate came up when I had an enemy push...

Ok, but what happens when the typical group figures out "oh hey, if I do this, I get more bang for my buck" and starts doing that all the time? Now suddenly the DM has to be the fun police? "Were you aware you were doing 35 DPS in a 25 DPS zone?". There's a difference between a tightly...

On reactions and their triggers- I've learned to be pretty loose on what triggers I allow after a Pathfinder game where my players started to use readied actions. The more savvy players would come up with better triggers for their abilities, and the result was that their plans would always...

Sure, but some of these things could happen organically without any intent to exploit. Someone playing a Cleric for the first time could get to level 5, see spirit guardians, cast it, and then notice in play "oh, if I move up to a guy, they take damage". Is it being a jerk to suddenly decide...

Sure, the DM's job is to put a stop to loophole abuse. And the game designer's job is to not put loopholes in their game in the first place. I know, the common argument is "to close all loopholes, you'd need a tome of massive size" or somesuch, but some of these things are just obvious- like...

Ok, so think about this. Player gets the new PHB. Reads the subclass. Sees "can activate magic items as a bonus action". They immediately think "oh cool, so I can use any magic item as a bonus action!". Only to later be told "well, actually..." I mean, it's 2014 all over again, when people...

I really dislike that kind of table variance on principle. I really feel bad for table hoppers or someone who plays in AL, not being sure how a given ability is meant to function in the first place. The fact that you have to infer rules from things like "well, the feature is called Fast Hands"...

Now I really want to make a new character who isn't a Ranger, but refers to themselves as one and see if anyone notices.

I doubt it will change many minds, but at least there's an answer.

AD&D 1e thread has the same 18 Con as Rasputin!

So...Barbarians?

It's a simple question of weight ratios- can a Stirge carry a 1 pound coconut?

What, nobody mentioned coconut migration?

Unless you take "read the scroll" as a prerequisite to be able to take the Magic Action to cast it in the first place? In this case, it becomes an If-Then statement. IF the scroll is read, THEN you can cast the spell on it. "Reading the scroll" is a non-action, but it is something that needs...

Coughs. Well, uh, actually, I have nine pages of houserules for my current 5e game myself, not including the Stronghold rules I cobbled together over the last couple weeks, which take up fifteen pages...

"Can I run up the body of a water elemental and stand on it's head?" -some player, somewhere.

I just had this amusing attempt at rules lawyering by a player pop into my head... "Ok, so, it says that when casting a spell with a casting time greater than one action, you have to take the Magic Action each turn." "Uh, huh..." says the DM, not sure where this is going. "And naturally...

It reminds me of a story I heard online once about someone using an immovable rod and the DM saying that, once activated, it zips away from you at a speed of thousands of miles per hour (no doubt causing some major disaster along the way) as while it remained in place, the planet continued to...