Lap-all-LEE-ah.
Unless you're from Var the Golden or Ulgarth, who render it: Lap-all-LEE-yah.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 16, 2021
Have you ever had a character officially retire from adventuring?
Have you ever had a #dnd character officially retire from adventuring (rather than just be abandoned)? What did they do next? Yep. Mostly due to campaigns reaching their conclusion, but one that retired mid-campaign had cleared his and his brother's names, and his family were no longer in danger from the corrupt official plaguing them, so he went home to rebuild their fortunes.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 9, 2021
Brand of Castigation: Can rogue sneak attack the person who marked them?
with a brand of castigation, is a rogue is marked, can they just not sneak attack the person who marked them? Since they always know where they are Sneak Attack comes whenever they have advantage (the defender is harried, the rogue has other benefits, etc), so not necessarily. I personally would say it might greatly reduce the effectiveness of them using the Hide action/ambushing.
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) September 7, 2021
Who thinks high level PC can’t die, probably hasn’t tried very hard
Anyone who thinks high level D&D characters can’t die, probably hasn’t tried very hard. They are still vulnerable if you hit them hard enough. What is true is that it is more difficult for a published adventure designer to judge how a group they don’t know will fare.
— Merric Blackman (@MerricB) July 21, 2021
One group might be immune to poison, another have incredibly high ACs, another counter ever spell used against them. I think that it is important to send a range of threats against high level parties. Some they’ll handle easily. Others they won’t.
— Merric Blackman (@MerricB) July 21, 2021
It should be noted that adding additional party members has significant effects on balance.
Imagine a party of Fighter, Cleric, Wizard, and Rogue at 18th level. Formidable, huh?
Now add another 18th level Cleric or Wizard to the group. That's another ball game.
— Merric Blackman (@MerricB) July 22, 2021
“If it bleeds, you can kill it.”
— Alphastream – Fully Vaccinated And Masked (@Alphastream) July 22, 2021
Can a familiar use Help to grant advantage at range?
Can a familiar use Help to grant his wiz adv. at range? And does the AT’s familiar count as an ally for his Sneak Attack?
A familiar can’t attack but can take non-attack actions, including Help. And a familiar is an allied creature. #DnD https://t.co/59BWszbP7o
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 9, 2015
@MichaelHall8585Find Familiar says Familiar cannot attack. Can familiar Help in combat to grant advantage even if it cannot attack? Yes!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 9, 2015
Otherwise Eldritck Knights/Arcane Tricksters get Permanent True Strike every round from a familiar helping.
@mackenzie884Otherwise Eldritck Knights/Arcane Tricksters get Permanent True Strike every round from a familiar helping. but PH175
A familiar that is constantly in melee has a good chance of being attacked and destroyed–a risk of using the familiar thus.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 20, 2015
Devil’s Sight invocation gives you no benefit in dim light and full color vision in darkness. Intended?
As written, the Devil’s Sight invocation gives you no benefit in dim light and full color vision in darkness. Intended?
Devil’s Sight is meant to be an eerie ability: “Douse that candle so that the Dark Powers will lend me sight.” #DnD https://t.co/jBvx7azHu8
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 10, 2015
How does the Monks Radiant Sun Bolt interact with Spell Sniper?
@JeremyECrawford How does the Monks Radiant Sun Bolt interact with the feat Spell Sniper????? Thanks
— David (@Mithreinmaethor) November 9, 2015
The second benefit of Spell Sniper benefits Radiant Sun Bolt, which isn't a spell but is a ranged spell attack. #DnD https://t.co/xcnbiCYy06
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 10, 2015
DM Confession: Sometimes I add traps where there were none originally
DM Confession: Sometimes I add traps where there were none originally because the rogue player decided to search, and they would enjoy finding one. The operative word here is "sometimes."
Usually a hallway is just a hallway if it's written that way. It really depends on the player, the mood, the tone I'm trying to hit, if the group is vibing on the idea that there might be unseen peril, etc.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) October 24, 2021
My friends really dislike the notion of the DM altering the parameters of an encounter or space on the fly, so much so that they asked me to stop in no uncertain terms. So when I want to do this sort of thing, I try to bake it into the prep. Sure, if it’s something the players have stated they don’t want, don’t do it.
I should just boiler plate that on every damn tweet, huh?
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) October 24, 2021
This is a facet of what I call DM’ing by bullet point. You create your events (most of them) so they can be set in front of players as they drive the campaign. So much less stressful for a DM. You can also sneakily listen to the players fears to put them in your back pocket 😉 Oh ALWAYS listen to the players' conjecture on what's Really Going On.
A DM's greatest gift is a character/player who goes off on speculative tangents about all the worst case scenarios. Goldmine.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) October 24, 2021
Yeup, absolutely.
But if a player is engaging with the adventure in a meaningful way, giving them SOMETHING for their efforts is worth the behind the scenes juggling. Moving Thing A from Location Y where I originally wrote it to be in Location X where a player had hunch to look for it is a very good thing.
Otherwise you run the risk of accidentally head faking them NOT to search Y later.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) October 24, 2021