I come yet again bearing qweshtuns about ears!! I know there will be wide variations, but the rise of World of Warcraft gave us giant elf mule ears that seem to have become the standard. Give us the skinny on elf ears, Ed!!! What is the norm for most elves? In the Realms, elves vary […]
@mblaine77quick question about the BH class, amplify feature of the curses, can be chosen to use after target’s saving throw? It is chosen DURING the Blood Curse being initiated, so no. It would need to be amplified before he save is made — Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) April 25, 2016 @mblaine77follow up question, how long does […]
Game design trap: Adjectives in mechanical text that aren't actual game object keywords. If you describe a conditional thing that happens, but then add the descriptor "severe" in front of the thing, you MUST define what is and is not a "severe" version of the thing. Aaaggghhh — Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) February 18, 2022 If […]
D&D house rule inspired by a conversation with @wildrosemage: If the target of a disintegrate spell succeeds on their Dexterity save, the ray now functions as a line spell, targeting whoever (or whatever) is behind the original intended target and so on until it hits something. Disintegrate is one of my favorite spells, a little […]
Confessions of an #rpg designer: Perfect is the enemy of good. But perfect is also the peak on the uphill path to good. — Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) December 20, 2021 Confessions of an #rpg designer: worldbuilding for an RPG is necessarily different than worldbuilding for other media. Something brilliant for a world revealed through a […]
“I love Dragonlance and I love Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Plain and simple. Their books are my favorite fantasy series of all time. I love the stories and ideas, but most of all, I love the characters. Why do we all feel like we know them? They are what spurred me to start working […]
@JeremyECrawford Do the cantrips from Pact of the Tome become Warlock spells and be based of CHA? — Robert Andrews (@JumboWheat01) December 4, 2016 Are Pact of the Tome cantrips considered warlock spells? See the Player's Handbook errata: https://t.co/vzc7twThef #DnD https://t.co/109cDFsdZJ — Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 5, 2016
@JeremyECrawford if I cast Magic Missile at a Hexed target, does it take an extra 1d6 necrotic, or 3d6 extra? or none, because Magic Missile is not an ‘attack’? — Mavalanche (@aus_maverick) December 8, 2016 Magic missile isn’t an attack. #DnD https://t.co/i7veBQatmX — Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 8, 2016 @El_Dodgero @DnDDomain @aus_maverickyes it is, and […]
