However, 5e might have different ideas (pfft OD&D is the only one that matters) and in real life cleric is a word literally defined as "a member of the clergy" of an organised religion. Anyone who works for such religion in an ordained role is a cleric, regardless of what that role ...
Or how to kill the PCs out-of-combat, how to narrate information based on the location, or how to help players set their goals. Or even how frequently combat should run. The main thing I want to do is to run a game that is fun for all my ...
The order of Turns is usually determined by rolling for Initiative. Since a Round is made of many Turns, a player can use a reaction on another character’s turn or during an enemy’s Turn if there’s a triggering effect. A player can also use a reaction on their Turn, provided ...
But there is one way that this ability is pretty awesome… Initiative rolls are a type of ability check. Since you cannot add proficiency to rolling initiative, a bard will always get the JOAT bonus to initiative. Since there aren’t many ways to improve your initiative score, this is pret...
Nature 5e Linked to stat: Intelligence Nature 5eis another skill that relies on a specific pool of existing knowledge. As the name implies, this is all about testing your memory of facts about the natural world. Need to determine what kind of mushroom has poisoned a peaky pal? Nature check...
Communication is also key, or rather DnD languages. The ex DnD boss points out designers shouldn’t rely on communication with creatures if they haven’t checked the monster manual to see that the beasties speak Common. No good expecting the lizardfolk to tell your players the shortcut throug...
(though they are never touched once initiative is rolled unless the fight is going super unfun in either direction at which pint hp might get buffed/nered a little) though i have had making enough new monsters that i have experience enough to modify monsters that d...
On the face of it, it seems obvious that something (a bonus action) that is usually much faster than a full action could be done as your full action. Although the question comes up most often with respect to spellcasting, if I house rule this, I would rule that any bonus...
The primary reason you might have to do this is if not all players own a PC or something that can run the minis system. However, if your tool works for everyone (Roll20 has an advantage here because it's web-based), your players may like to keep using m...
You're fortunate in that, in the Great Wheel, the Astral Plane mostly serves as a transitive plane - its primary use is as a transit ground to reach the Outer Planes, and whilst there are some mechanical interactions based on this, largely it's a background element that...