A few sessions ago, my group killed a T-Rex and made its claws into gauntlets which they forced upon my monk. I was trying to figure out what kind of weapon they’d be classed as (simple or martial, they’re obviously melee). From what I can find, a simple weapon is described as a basic weapon tha...

My elf was polymorphed into a giant ape and had to make a Wisdom saving throw or else be charmed. I know that I make the saving throw with the giant ape's wisdom score but would the elf still get advantage? The polymorph game text is, "The target's game statistics, including mental ability scores...

I'm preparing a clockwork soul sorcerer/lore bard for a high level one shot (17 lore/ 3 clockwork soul). The combination seems very versatile for a support character. One area of overlap between them is being able to use reactions to affect the results of opponent's roll. Both Restore Order and C...

Vicious mockery requires you to "see the target" within range (60 feet) and the target must "hear you". Message has a range of 120 feet, does not require line of sight, and the target "hears the message" as a whisper. Here are some things that may help this combo: The Spell Sniper feat (PHB) dou...

I am trying to cast a spell, like Message which requires "pointing" at the target, but without looking directly a the target. I think there are two possible situations that could occur: As suggested by Thomas Markov, the mirror is the only way you can see the target with no other direct line of ...

I've heard it differently from different MCs or MC-equivalents in the various games I've tried at cons. To pick one as an example, if I'm playing Apocalypse World, is this fine? MC: So you were probably wondering when that 6- on the love letter was going to come due, Keeler? Well, it's right now...

The Circle of Spores 2nd level ability Symbiotic Entity reads as follows: As an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to awaken those spores, rather than transforming into a beast form, and you gain 4 temporary hit points for each level you have in this class. While this featur...

Following up on How to deal with indecisive, overthinking players?. This question got closed, because it was not specific enough. I will offer a more detailed scenario from our play group. Context My group plays D&D 5e, where in most sessions we enter combat encounters. When we roleplay outside o...

Inspired by this question, I'm wondering what happens if want to cast a spell that requires me to see the target, I can see my target in a mirror, and have a clear path to them, but I don't have line of sight to them (for instance, the target is obscured from me by an illusion of a wall, but my h...