I like a lot D&D vampires. I even bought Curse of Strahd. But something I always wandered is "What is running water?" Rivers are running waters, since it is used as an example in others editions. But how about rain (no answers are accepted on the related question)? How about a bottle? How about...

War Magic PHB pg. 75 states: When you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action. Counterspell states: You attempt to interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell. If the creature is casting a spell of 3rd level or lower, its spell fail...

I've got a wizard with 11 Dex and I'm trying to figure out what my most efficient use of spell slots is to help me from getting hit. We typically have 2-4 very difficult encounters per day and I want to balance my spell slot uses where I can provide as much firepower as needed. The monsters are...

The Warlock Invocation "Improved Pact Weapon" from Xanathar's Guide allows the warlock to summon a ranged weapon: Finally, the weapon you conjure can be a shortbow, longbow, light crossbow, or heavy crossbow. Does this include the associated ammunition (arrows or bolts)? Or will the warloc...

I recently started playing with a large group of about 7-8 people. I noticed that, in our group, a couple of the people are very active: whenever there is a chance for the group to do things, it only takes them a second or two to come up with an action for their character and narrate it. On top o...

This is effectively the reverse of How can I end combat quickly when the outcome is inevitable? Lame duck scenarios in game design occur when a player cannot win, but the game isn't over yet. They're obviously undesirable, and good game design would seek to minimize it. I'm interested to see ho...