Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
Role-playing Games Stack Exchange

Most Popular

more tags
1500 questions
38
votes
11 answers

How to get better feedback from players?

OK, we started a new campaign yesterday and I really want to take quality feedback from my players. When I ask, "How was it? Do you like it?", I generally get some vague answers like "It was good, I like it" in response. So, how can I take better…
Gokce Ozan
  • 815
  • 6
  • 9
38
votes
5 answers

What is the meaning of 'permanent' in description of True Polymorph?

Following on from this question: Can I True Polymorph a goblin into adamantine (and then forge him into a sword?) Casting True Polymorph on an unwilling creature (relevant parts included only): You transform the creature into a different…
Temp
  • 9,280
  • 17
  • 58
  • 100
38
votes
6 answers

When does a flying creature start and end falling?

Situation: Alice the Aarakokra sees Bob the Battlemaster coming. She ascends to 605', just out of the 600' range of Bob's longbow. Bob (Str 14) performs a running high jump 5' into the air and successfully hits Alice with his longbow, despite firing…
Sebkha
  • 12,121
  • 14
  • 60
  • 90
38
votes
9 answers

What are the rules for owning and training animals?

I'm fairly new to DMing and so is my group, so we are all on a learning curve together. We're playing D&D 5e. Last week a fighter in our group tamed a wolf with Animal Handling and then requested that he keep the wolf. I allowed this, but now I'm…
timstermatic
  • 893
  • 3
  • 8
  • 13
38
votes
4 answers

Can you grapple a creature as an opportunity attack?

This came up in a game I was in the other day, so I'm curious as to know how this works. A gnome was attempting to flee past us up the stairs and I declared that I'd like to try and stop him, by using my reaction to make a grapple - opportunity…
ChrisD
  • 882
  • 1
  • 8
  • 10
38
votes
6 answers

How to avoid arguments with a player about what "should" happen?

I recently GMed my first real role-playing game in Lady Blackbird with a few friends who are also new to tabletop RPGs, and it went quite well except for a few parts. Here's an example; the basic scenario was (a few parts left out for brevity): Me:…
Doorknob
  • 495
  • 7
  • 12
38
votes
5 answers

How do foci and somatic+material components interact when it comes to occupying a hand?

In 5e, the rules state the following regarding spells with somatic and material components: Somatic (S) Spellcasting gestures might include a forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures. If a spell requires a somatic component, the…
CTWind
  • 19,304
  • 6
  • 84
  • 107
38
votes
4 answers

Has 5e fixed the balance problems of the monk at all?

Many people believe that the monk has balance issues (and is underpowered) in 3.5e and Pathfinder. The goal of this question is not to debate that point but to see what changes the Monk has undergone relative to other classes in 5e. Has 5th edition…
Miniman
  • 144,275
  • 45
  • 644
  • 782
38
votes
4 answers

Does a character with 10 Constitution only need to eat every 4 days?

According to the food rules, A character can go without food for a number of days equal to 3 + his or her Constitution modifier (minimum 1). At the end of each day beyond that limit, a character automatically suffers one level of exhaustion. …
DuckTapeAl
  • 48,648
  • 14
  • 168
  • 258
38
votes
4 answers

What is inspiration?

I've noticed a new mechanic in the 5th edition rules that stands out from the rest. It's called Inspiration. What is this, what is it good for and how should I as a DM grant it? It looks like it's simply a way to grant advantage for good…
wax eagle
  • 104,128
  • 19
  • 375
  • 461
38
votes
11 answers

What makes clerics so strong in D&D 3.5?

I'm just starting a campaign for the first time with a couple of friends, and I've been told that certain classes like cleric are really strong; some people even say they're overpowered. What is it about them that makes them so strong?
user10885
  • 389
  • 1
  • 3
  • 3
38
votes
16 answers

Why is the GM usually the driving force in RPG?

In my limited experience, the GM provides a story to the players, and their "main" characters mostly react to the environment. Having a look at a couple of random highly-voted (and IMO high-quality) answers on this site, confirms the same…
Vorac
  • 4,169
  • 1
  • 26
  • 39
38
votes
2 answers

How Fate games could go wrong and how to prevent that

I'm introducing a few of my friends to the Fate system, and we're using Fate Accelerated for a quick start. Reading answers for some questions on this site I found an interesting paragraph: One of the biggest, IMO, difficulties for traditional…
K.L.
  • 1,974
  • 1
  • 14
  • 21
38
votes
4 answers

How can the players reduce the workload of a game master?

As you know DMs do most of the job for the campaign (maps, plot, NPCs etc) and quite a bit of storytelling. Players, on the other side, bring in their creativity and add extra spice to the game sessions, plus they steer the overall story…
Squera
  • 1,895
  • 14
  • 26
38
votes
6 answers

What were the driving factors in the falling out between Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax?

Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created the hobby together when they wrote D&D. But later on they had a falling out - what caused that? (We don't need minutiae, just the biggest factors)
Ry St
  • 3,490
  • 1
  • 23
  • 27
1 2 3
…
99 100