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Like everyone else, early in Act III I realized it didn't have the polish of I and II. I immediately stopped playing because, as I've said a few times, I rarely ever play through an RPG twice. Instead, I turn over every stone on the first run. However, due to the extreme level of branching...

I don't remember who it was so I can't credit them, but a couple years ago I got inspired to create an alternate rest system for 5e because, RAW, it trivializes the game unless you interrupt the party with combat and that gets old fast. My players really like this system, but I always like to...

Ok, last post in a row. Sorry, the whole "skills" mechanic in D&D is not well designed and I have a lot of opinions about it. Anyway, I also think that DMs call for skill checks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too often. I'm occasionally guilty of it, but I try very hard not to be. Your 17 STR...

I'm probably in the group that didn't quite understand his question, but I replied before I saw your comment. I never outright lie to the players because some people will resent that. Not to mention, if you lie to them enough they will become skeptical of EVERYTHING and the game is so much less...

I use FGU and I usually have my players roll in the tower if the result of a check isn't obvious. Basically, anything that can't be objectively proven or seen in the moment could be a tower roll. Insight, Stealth, Persuasion, Deception, Perception, Investigation, etc. For example - I always...

Speaking of traps in general. Some DMs use the "CLICK!" clause. Basically, all it is, is when the DM says "CLICK!" each player has ~2-3 seconds to tell the DM how they respond. It has to be something very simple like - "I dive to the ground" or "I kneel and raise my shield trying to put as...

I allowed them to re-roll the save to escape the trap every round. In 5e, that's fairly standard practice for an on-going effect. As an example - players get a save every turn to escape stuff like the Web or Hold Person spells. Anyway, after two rounds, the rogue realized that he was highly...

Speaking isn't an action, but you no longer have the 'parts' to speak. So, no, you cannot speak in the form. Literally, the ONLY actions (includes bonus or reactions) you can do while in that form is Dash or revert back to your normal form which takes a full minute. Incapacitation also...

Correct. It was 20' radius. I'm not too proud to admit that I often mix up the two. Yes, the the movement speed reduction was part of the trap and it represented being stuck in the vortex. The disadvantage was my choice because escaping the trap was strength-based and the characters didn't have...

The diameter was 20' (40' across). Oddly enough, when I stopped the players and was trying to decide if they had set the trap off I actually did consider how fast they were moving. However, when I started trying to calculate the minutiae of it (converting movement speed to MPH), it was going to...

I mentioned the intent in the original post, but it was simply to make the player's presence known and slow them down long enough for the nearby NPCs to respond.

Yes, magical. It wasn't a tripwire, pressure-plate, or anything mechanical. However, when the party crossed the threshold of the trap I had them stop and I thought about exactly that for a minute, but I went with it being set off for two reasons: 1. The players were scouting inside high-level...

My players nearly had a TPK tonight and it completely caught me by surprise. In exchange for some valuable information the group is working with the leader of a thieves guild to eliminate a competing faction. Anyway, they decided to use the Wind Walk spell to scout an area. For context - Wind...

100% agree on 4e, but 5e is too simple. 3/3.5e had way too much going on, but I really feel that the pendulum swung too far in the other direction with 5e. I'm a forever-DM and, of the numerous issues with 5e, one of my biggest complaints is that the vast majority of the official monsters are...

I just ran across a helpful bug. The Sharpshooter feat penalty to-hit doesn't affect your off-hand. So, if you're dual-wielding Hand Crossbows it's a massive buff. Drow Rogue (Thief) with the extra bonus action (off-hand attack) go BRRRR. *edit* clarified

There's no question that there are a lot of socially awkward/weird people that play D&D, but there's a lot of completely normal people that play, too. I had to cycle through half a dozen players when my current campaign started, but the group I have now is rock solid. One of them is a bit...

Now that I've started Act III and seen a good chunk of the loot, I've noticed more than a few strange things with itemization. Several of the items that I picked up very early are objectively better than stuff that I found much later, but the new stuff is obviously supposed to be an upgrade. A...

Neither Halsin nor Wyll came on to you at any point? /skeptical. Though with Wyll, I can understand. I don't think he's ever said anything to me. If he did, it was once and never happened against. However, Halsin certainly came on pretty hard and had to me told off a second time before getting...

As been mentioned, that was more to bring casters back down to Earth from the God-status they had. Melee characters simply could not compete with a caster that was sporting 10+ buff spells. Haste, Flight, Stoneskin, Protection from numerous energy types, and those are just a few of the...

The math checks out all the way to max level, but things definitely get a lot more complicated for the DM when players get spells/abilities that can completely bypass or invalidate parts of the game they have prepared. Additionally, spells that are open-ended, subject to interpretation...

LOL!

I've got about 60 hours of BG III play since launch and I haven't had a single crash or lock up. Are you pushing old hardware to the brink with ultra-level graphical settings or something? @j00t you can do the mountain pass after leaving Act 1. In fact, I'm doing it right now and I took the...

I'm in a similar boat. I'm level 6.5, but I haven't finished Act 1 though I'm close. I'm well behind most people in the thread, but I was out of town most of last week and I rarely play these massive RPGs more than once so I try to squeeze as much out of them as possible. However, BG III is...

I know it's petty, but...goddamn I hate it when people spell rogue as rouge. Rapier is widely considered the best finesse/light rogue weapon. Regarding the Hag,

Yep. I didn't make that decision willy-nilly. I hate taking things from my players, but I thought about the potential consequences of multi-classing for a long time and realized I had to drastically restrict it. Fortunately, it's never been an issue. Over the years I've run 7-8 long-term...

With 25 AC you'd almost never be hit until you started facing ~CR 15 creatures and even then it'd only be a ~50% chance to be hit. That's assuming no other factors involved in the combat. The AC, attack, etc. calculations from older editions are not even close to the numbers in 5e.

Yes, the AC bonus from Haste does stack with Monk AC.

In 5e, each point of Armor Class is the single-most impactful statistic because of 5e's bounded accuracy system. In fact, there are very, very few NPCs with AC higher than 23. ~80% of monsters have an AC between 14-19. There are still a few ways for players to cheese ridiculously high ACs, but...

No, Mage Armor doesn't stack with a Monk's inherent AC.

I'm not sure what your question is.

I haven't looked in to it with BG III, but for tabletop 5e, Mage Armor counts as armor and Unarmored Defense only works if the Barbarian isn't wearing any armor. Mage Armor: The target's base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. Unarmored Defense: While you are not wearing any armor, your...

I made a very similar comment several pages back. The homosexuality in this game is aggressive as fuck. It sucks because it wrecks immersion. Any time I go to talk to my male companions I'm already cringing because it's 80/20 in favor of me having to thwart a 'sword' thrust before getting to the...

I'm playing Drow Rogue (Assassin) with the Criminal background. One of the really cool elements of this game is that you get rewarded for making choices that reflect your background. I've been stealing everything and murdering the shit out of non-essential NPCs and I keep getting Inspiration...

I'm getting ~60 MB/s (~500 Mbits) from GOG. A total download time of ~30 min.

I know I'm in the minority, but I think multi-classing is gay as fuuuuck without a strong narrative reason. I'm probably going to play some type of pure Dex/Cha rogue.

First, I want to reiterate that I am speaking from the tabletop perspective. I'm not even annoyed by the PC situation. It's a (mostly) single player experience and my concerns just aren't relevant there. Now, I don't think the argument in favor of homogenizing stats prevents storytelling, but...

I'm 100% on board with the argument that stat bonuses no longer being tied to race is retarded. That idiocy got started by limp-wristed Leftist faggots complaining about bio-essentialism in D&D. When the 5e Tasha's rulebook was published it offered an optional rule that's almost exactly what...

My best friend and I co-op'd the shit out of the first one. It was a ton of fun. We'll definitely be running it back with the sequel.

Music to my ears. It's glorious seeing woke companies repeatedly taking multi-hundred million dollar dicks to the ass. Also, lol @ the writers on strike.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the trailer. I kept thinking "this 'might' have been ok, but Chalamet doesn't capture any of the Wonka vibe."