The legendary @MaryEMcGlynn stopped by the studio to offer some sage advice with a Warlock Quick Build for the latest #HandbookerHelper!
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— Critical Role (@CriticalRole) January 23, 2019
The 25th Anniversary of D&D’s “Planescape” continues…
The 25th Anniversary of D&D’s “Planescape” continues with more preliminary sketches and the start of finished illustrations. You can see how the sketches developed into finished pen & ink drawings. 🎨 #dungeonsanddragons #planescape #roleplaying #roleplayinggame #penandink pic.twitter.com/NDZxpEfmLH
— Tony DiTerlizzi (@TonyDiTerlizzi) January 16, 2019
If a lvl 11 PC gets a sidekick, it would make sense for the sidekick to be lvl 11 right?
Got home from work and only caught you guys signing off 😓 could you answer something for me as a post stream tweet? If a lvl 11 PC gets a sidekick, it would make sense for the sidekick to be lvl 11 right? Im hesitant cause it's a big jump both narratively and party balance wise
— Allie Deutschmann (@alliebug321) January 8, 2019
The sidekick rules were popular enough that I'm tinkering with a new version, in which your sidekick's starting level equals your level. #DnD https://t.co/kBlQwk8FWQ
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
what do you mean the bugbear warrior doing 2D12 + strength damage with a great axe attacking 4 times a round and critting on 18-20 is too powerful? The actual fighter in the party loves being overshadowed! 😛 If a group has anxiety about their NPC companions doing well, I recommend not having NPC companions.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
It's not the group that's worried, its me, their DM. I don't want the npc's to outlast the players. They're the protagonists of the story.
— Rory Philstrom, DMDiv (@TheDMPastor) January 10, 2019
Some players love the feeling of being part of a group and celebrate the successes of its members.
Other players are all about the glory of their own character.
DMs, try to entertain both type of players, with moments for the group and the individuals in it to shine. #DnD https://t.co/ZaUXFDQOmm
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
That collective celebration is best when you are celebrating the success of other PCs, those are your friends around the table. Celebrating the success of NPCs often feels like deus ex machina, leaving the people around the table sidelined while the DM plays with themself.
— Rory Philstrom, DMDiv (@TheDMPastor) January 10, 2019
There is an important distinction between an NPC controlled by the DM and an NPC controlled by the players.
The DM-controlled character/critter is rarely viewed as a party member.
But a player-controlled character/critter is often just as loved as a PC. #DnD https://t.co/oiuxogNJBO
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
Yes, strong sidekicks can work if player controlled. But they’re basically a second character then, more of a hireling or follower from old ad&d, than a non-player character. Agreed. You just described the new sidekicks.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
That’s just simply not true. I mean it’s like a half-truth. The distinction is only real if the players allow it to be real.
Pretty much everytime I introduce an NPC…my players want he/she stat blocked and leveled so they can refer to it if need be. If the players are using the stat block of a character/critter, that's what I mean by player control. Sometimes that turns into co-control with the DM. Either way, they're invested.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
How opposed are you to NPCs leveling with players? Not opposed at all. I've provided rules in the "Dungeon Master's Guide" and in the recent "Sidekicks" article that level up NPCs.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2019
The Warlord for 5th Edition
CHAMPIONS!
This is one of the classes that I missed most from past editions: the Warlord.
Master Robert J. Schwalb, designer of many 5e books like Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, released this popular archetype.
Pick up your copy in PDF from DriveThruRPG!
Warlords lead the charge into combat and through their insights, tricks, and stratagems, they enable all who fight at their sides to achieve their full potential to triumph in the face of any adversity.
New Max Press release! https://t.co/G0OmPoIFU6
— SchwalbEntertainment (@schwalb_ent) January 14, 2019
I’m having a hell of a time finding any information about an actual prison or dungeon in Waterdeep
I'm having a hell of a time finding any information about an actual prison or dungeon in Waterdeep. I have a character that's murdered a citizen and a horse "in self defense." I'm even looking at the TSR books and can't find a solid answer. #DnD #Waterdeep @TheEdVerse
— Killett with 🔥 (@ethankillett) January 18, 2019
1/2) This was covered in my Wizards website articles on the Watch, some years back. Every wall-tower in the city serves as a Watch barracks/armory/patrol station, with before-sentencing lockup cells beneath it. Sentences increasingly tend towards fines, then exile…#Realmslore https://t.co/gkojV78sbk
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 18, 2019
2/2) …and so on, but the "imprisonment" parts are served in the dungeons beneath Castle Waterdeep, with overflow cells more recently carved out of the chilled-by-sea-winds north face of Mount Waterdeep (which is extensively tunneled and holds many things). ;}#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 18, 2019
Can Call Lightning, Ice Storm, and Sleet Storm be cast underwater?
Yes
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) January 7, 2019