Recent content by Laurefindel

Hypothetically, it’d be easy to include expected ability score bonus progression into the proficiency bonus and do without ability score completely. That, or keep a universal ability bonus and proficiency bonus separated for the purpose of features with a bonus/number of use equal to ability...

I never used it as a DM, but I have as a player. Low-level area of effect spells (like burning hands) become very efficient, and so do AoE class abilities (one of the players could teleport, dealing low damage to every creature within 5 feet of the place he teleported from). Spirit Guardian...

My go-to answer for that levels 5-12ish; enough that it takes a fireball to drop a bunch of them at the same time, but not too much so that a fireball drops most of them. So somewhere around 15-20hp.

It’s simpler to explain dis/advantage as pick lowest/pick highest because there aren’t any situation where picking the lowest voluntarily would be optimal in RaW, but I don’t think it’s against the spirit of Adv. to pick any of the two results instead of being forced to pick the highest

Personally (as a DM) I could have a lot of fun with this if it's merely meant to inform the player on how much Ying they can expect in their Yang and vice versa, but I'd find it too tedious if it reflected a separate, tangential axis. The method is simple, so point for that, but the frequency is...

I think @Zardnaar was saying that tongue-in-cheek…

That’s the way I would go, and is it not how it was presented in the classes of the apocalypse Unearthed Arcana? While I can see the parallel between defiling and slavery, I don’t think they are (or should be) equal taboos. Both are unethical forms or abuse, but I really don’t see presenting...

Dark Sun is a perfect opportunity to show an official setting that is both reduced is scope and that emphasizes on some existing aspects of the game, as opposed to the « if it exists in D&D, it exists in this world too » approach of the last decade. I’m good with refluffing if they lean heavily...

Yeah Add to that the Cult of Dragons, the Shades of 3e, and I could go on… And I’m completely ok with that. D&D is well-suited for cartoonish action. It’s full of oversized dragons and giants bordering ridicule, mimic chests that will eat you, evil squid men that will suck your brain...

Between the Zentharim, the Red Wizards of Thay, the mad wizard that makes dungeons under Waterdeep, and pillager orcs, FR has its share of caricatures of evil. Personally I think it’s part of its charm but yeah, FR baddies aren’t known for subtlety…

And Menzoberranzan box set too IIRC.

« Judging well » is indeed what I’m trying to do, hence why I made a thread to ask for comments and analysis on the initial proposition. I received a lot of very useful input, enough to know where I’m going I think, but I’m curious to know what you think.

As i said I'd have to check in the new DMG, but loads of characters can cast spells without being spellcasters now. I don't know whether using a magic item such as a wand items counts as a somatic and/or material component, or rather, whether it becomes a spell focus that replaces the material...

I don’t have the 2024 DMG, but in 5e2014, a wand doesn’t produce a magical effect on its own, it allows the wielded to cast a spell using a charge instead of a spell slot. Since you’re casting the spell from t he wand, counterspell should work. But as I said, I don’t have the new DMG (or a D&D...

Actually, yes it is! First, firearms using a gunpowder considered a magical alchemical substance is not without precedent, and it provides a countermeasure against a weapon that otherwise deals automatic damage. I can easily imagine magic triggering or jamming the mechanism of a crossbow...