in your DnD games, how do you represent a character being hit and losing hp? Is every attack that lands a wound or it may be a missed sword slash but close enough that the character is being “exhausted” and closet to being actually hit (when low on hp)? I describe a hit as physically connecting, then use total hit points to describe effect. So, at high hit points you hit but it’s a glancing blow, creature shrugs it off. Low hp, it bleeds, staggers, slows.
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) October 23, 2018
Ed’ banner
A shining paladin is a flame-bright soul
As firm and obdurate as holy writ
A stainless holy role should be his or her all-consuming goal
Which can make him or her a bit of a [compost-git]— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2018
Yon silent ship sails nigh every night
See? Yon its many lanterns now cheery gleam
Sank, it did, ten years back, with many a knight
Reaching life again is their undying dream— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2018
An adventuring banner should in victory’s flame curl
And never in craven surrender furl
It should flutter boldly when by dragon breath tested
Until every last adventurer who bears it is bested
(And in a cozy grave infested)— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 11, 2018
Are item made of Mithral and/or Adamantine metals enchantable?
@Wizards_DnD , @DnDBeyond , @SageAdviceDnD , @mikemearls , @JeremyECrawford Not RAW, Not RAI, but a Lore question: Are item made of Mithral and/or Adamantine metals enchantable or does their innate magical essence block/push out other magical attempting to infuse with the item?
— Daniel Clay Floyd (@Harcagnel) October 19, 2018
That’s exactly what I was looking for! We are playing forgotten realms and while I will not be handing out magically enchanted mithral or adamantine but I was considering letting players go on a quest for a specialist but wanted to keep canon even if homebrew. Awesome! thank you! A pleasure! (BTW: my "those who know how" phrase means: mithral, adamantine, and various other 'special' substances require unique, rejiggered enchantments to be endowed with a dweomer at all, or a lasting one (i.e. if not done right, they'll be magical for a short time only).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 20, 2018
Why do Rangers get limited spells known and Paladins get to prepare proportionally more spells?
Why do Rangers get limited spells known and Paladins get to prepare proportionally more spells per day? Would it be game breaking to give Rangers prepared spells in the same manner? (Ty for reading!) I ask because in my experience most Paladins are using spell slots for divine smites, less for actual spellcasting, so I'm confused as to why they get more daily diversification than Rangers
— Kingkevin (@kingkevin108) October 22, 2018
Would not break anything to give them more
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) October 23, 2018
If you skipped 4e, take a look at Madness at Gardmore Abbey
If you skipped 4e, take a look at Madness at Gardmore Abbey. It draws from the Keep on the Borderlands model in a way I find interesting. An overlooked classic IMO. https://t.co/5xR4oKb2nR#wotcstaff
— Mike Mearls, but Spooky (@mikemearls) October 8, 2018
If you want to know more about Madness at Gardmore Abbey adventure check here: Madness at Gardmore Abbey
“A thrilling heroic-tier adventure for characters of levels 6-8.
This deluxe adventure takes heroes into the ruins of Gardmore Abbey, a monastery that was once the base of a militant order of paladins devoted to Bahamut. According to legend, the paladins brought a dark artifact back from a far crusade and stored it in their abbey for safekeeping, and evil forces gathered to assault the abbey and take it back. What the legends don’t tell is that this artifact was actually the Deck of Many Things, a force of pure Chaos.
This adventure brings characters into the extensive dungeons beneath the ruins – dungeons that are warped and twisted with the raw forces of Chaos surrounding the cards of the deck.”
Still sucks to be playing the fighter and get told that you either need something layered on top
Dear @JeremyECrawford
You’ve said in past that magic items, including weapons, are outside of bounded accuracy and are meant to simply be gravy on top. However, doesn’t the existence of monsters with physical immunities work against that philosophy? Just wondering 😊— Infright Heck (@insightcheckpod) October 9, 2018
D&D is a co-op game. Working together, most parties can overcome the resistances of most monsters, using the different features/spells available to each class. Magic items are layered on top of a party's various capabilities. #DnD https://t.co/u3qYVh8KCq
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 10, 2018
Still sucks to be playing the fighter and get told that you either need something layered on top or get to twiddle your thumbs in the back while the magic-users actually play the game. https://t.co/Z1wkeIC79r
— Nick Pilon (@npilon) October 10, 2018
If you're playing D&D and find yourself envying the capabilities of another character class, remember this: you're a team. Your teammate's strength is your strength. If that still doesn't satisfy you, I recommend you change classes. #DnD https://t.co/dRO8lzaVOo
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 10, 2018
I feel like that's not really addressing the problem of players feeling like they don't contribute enough. If the fighter is sitting in the back and unable to do what their class name is, I feel like that's not really envy? Sure it is, sometimes, but not always
— BlackMagickBoy (@roxasbuddy) October 10, 2018
If your fighter feels stymied by a particular challenge in an adventure, I recommend you do what any character should do in that situation: ask your friends for help. You're often your friends' protector and the one they rely on for high damage. Sometimes you need them too. #DnD https://t.co/x3Y6IcblPu
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 10, 2018
But the Eldritch Knight is only one option, I'm talking about the viability of a late game Fighter without magic attached to it
— BlackMagickBoy (@roxasbuddy) October 10, 2018
It is a rare game of D&D that doesn't include magic items. Talk to your DM if they have decided to award no magic items and you have concerns about the effects that might have on your group's fun. #DnD https://t.co/Xw9CUhKAI5
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 10, 2018
“They’re slaughtering everyone,”
1)
“They’re slaughtering everyone,” the youngest guard said gloomily, “and we can’t get out. We’re doomed.”
“Shut up and help me with this vat, will you? We need to use it and then pour it down the oubliette in a hurry. … #epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2018
3)
WITHOUT leaving footprints.”
“What is it?”
“Paint. The stuff we repaint all the statues in the royal gardens with.”
“Klevrus, we’re going to DIE. Messily. This is hardly the time for…”#epic fantasy Klevrus shrugged, drew his sword, gutted the youngest guard, and shoved his body out the nearest castle window. It flattened some of the besiegers far below. Then he turned to the other guards. #epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2018
4)
“Anyone less stupid want to help me?”
“Sure,” said the oldest. “But we should lug the statues to the oubliette first. Once we’re naked and painted, we’ll be leaving prints everywhere. And I want THAT plinth for me.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 2, 2018
How many left socks are equivalent to the value of a rare magic item?
I’m setting up a game of Curse of Strahd for some of my friends and it will be my first time as a DM. And I desperately need an answer to this question: how many left socks are equivalent to the value of a rare magic item? I’m not kidding. Help. #dnd @ChrisPerkinsDnD 🧦🧦🧦
— KixN'Giggles (@kixngiggles3) October 22, 2018
At least four, maybe five. #wotcstaff https://t.co/RkqokxT3sa
— Christopher Pumpkins 🎃 (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) October 22, 2018
Clearly five. Only a mad man has an even number of socks.
— Lennon Rich (@lennonrich) October 22, 2018
I have a whole drawer full of left socks at home. Dozens. Nay, scores! But I’m not mad. I’m fine. FINE. Nothing to see here. Begone, sock demon! https://t.co/0ijFLBoz9k
— Christopher Pumpkins 🎃 (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) October 22, 2018