When the DM has described a setting and any given challenges, the players will describe the things their characters do. The DM will then determine what the implications of the player's actions are. They may be asked to roll dice to see if they succeed, or allow them to narrate the actio...
There are very few spells that will last for the full nine-month duration you need. If you want to do this Rules As Written, the obvious path is to go with true polymorph, which means either you need to be level 17 or you need to call in a favor from someone very powerful. You c...
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But, consider a class with a first-level ability "I'm Awesome" that grants a bonus on all d20 rolls equal to the character's number of hit dice (for non-D&D/Pathfinder, read "it's nearly impossible to fail at anything the character tries to do" - compare the GURP...
I am basing these off planning to have 8 attributes, but that is easily changed. Methods being Evented: Roll 3D6 for each attribute (DONE) Roll 4D6 for each attribute, drop lowest dice for each roll (DONE) Roll 4D6 for each attribute, drop lowest dice for each roll, roll 10 t...
To use plate as an example, the person being hit would roll whatever dice is one step downward from the damaging dice (d10 damage becomes d8 mitigation, d8 damage becomes d6 mitigation, and so on) if they're being afflicted with slashing, and that roll would subtract from the damage ...
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anyone. The idea that “there’s no wrong way to play.” The idea that, outside the rules for rolling dice, D&D should have absolutely no say in how you play it or what you do with it. “There’s no rules for role-playing,” observe the mouth-breathers, “no rules for ...