Community discussions about our “don’t guess the system” policy happen from time to time, and it has been my observation that these discussions can often get...what’s a good word for it...intense? I have often seen these discussions either begin as, or devolve into, adversarial confrontations - o...
Sometimes valid questions come through that do not explicitly identify the attendant RPG system. Usually, the querent returns to clarify in a timely fashion. But what if they don't?
How long should one wait before reposting the question with the appropriate tags?
The idea here is that we have a v...
Inspired by How do I encourage Drow players to not make Drizzt clones?
I'd love the concept of truly evil drow cleric adventuring on the surface and trying to cooperate with surface elves, hating their soft, cowardly ways (aka not being merciless selfish bastards). I vaguely remember there used t...
My character is an Arcane Trickster and I'm trying to figure out what his owl familiar can and can't do.
I know that if the owl is within 5 feet of the target, it can use the Help action on its turn to aid the target's next attacker:
You [the owl] can aid a friendly creature in attacking a creat...
Trimethylarsinr smells of garlic. According to Wikipedia, Pentamethylarsenic smells like pentamethylantimony but I can't find the smell of that anywhere.
What does Pentamethylarsenic smell of?
For Arcane Archer, when a creature is hit by piercing arrow but passes their save do they take arrow damage (1d8,1d10,etc) + half of 1d6 + modifiers or does it take half of arrow damage + 1d6 + modifiers?
I'm considering Blade Ward for a character's cantrip selection. It takes an action to cast, resulting in the following effect:
Until the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage dealt by weapon attacks. [PHB pg. 219]
Where "resistance" means...
I seems to be a great combo to use 3 action Harm while you have an undead minion, to heal it while you harm your enemies. Unfortunately you need one of your actions to sustain Animate Dead.
Haste does not work, as the extra action cannot be used for sustain.
I found Effortless Concentration, unfo...
After posting the question about Harm to heal the summoned undead, I started digging around for spells that could do the same (area negative damage) with fewer actions.
I found none explicitly healing undead, at least Grim Tendrils, Sudden Blight and Enervation all talk only about "living creatures"
