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Taking Larp sword in plane cabin [closed]
Is it possible to take a foam boffer sword on a plane without checking in the suitcase?
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Can you identify telepathically received messages sent through spells like Sending as magical via Detect Magic? [duplicate]
An enemy casts Sending to communicate with a player from far away. In this example, the player character doesn't know anything about the Sending spell and he might think he is just hearing voices or ...
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Can you attack with more than one weapon when using Extra Attack? [duplicate]
When one uses the Extra Attack class feature, must it be done with only one weapon?
If I had, for example, one throwing axe and sword, couldn't I throw the axe and attack with the sword as part of ...
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Is there any way to improve ability score without items, only with spells or class features? [closed]
I found a few, but they are all bad, like true polymorph to improve ability scores (but I lose class features), does someone know any way to improve ability scores without losing class features, and ...
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When did the 5-foot square/hex become the standard unit of measurement in Dungeons & Dragons? [duplicate]
I was playing with AutoREALM the other day and noticed a lack of a five-foot-unit of measurement. There are inches, feet, yards, meters and then fathoms (apparently, six feet). This tool seems fairly ...
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Is Overchanneling announced before or after determining if a spell hits? [duplicate]
School of Evocation Wizards in 5E gain Overchannel at level 14. It states:
When you cast a wizard spell 1st through 5th level that deals damage, you can deal maximum damage with that spell. The ...
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Can a monster attack with the same action that it's using to hold a grapple? [duplicate]
I'm unclear on how attacks and grappling work with monsters as opposed to players. Let me elaborate my question.
With PCs, it seems clear to me. Let's say a PC has two creatures grappled and thus ...
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Is there a fox people race in D&D 5e? [duplicate]
Is there any race that can make let me play as a fox? Either an anthropomorphic fox, or (preferably) a human looking race with fox ears and tail, like an inumimi if you know what that is.
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Is it possible to use Druidcraft and Control Weather to tell if a given event will succeed? [duplicate]
Example: a Druid and his party decide to go get rid of an orc tribe. The weather is currently clear, with no precipitation. If the party succeeds in clearing the orc tribe, the Druid will use control ...
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Can one still deal Non-Lethal Damage if they trigger the Automatic Kill feature? [duplicate]
Related to, but not answered-by, this question (the answerer assumes, because many DMs rule that a monster is dead when it hits 0 HP, that Monsters don't get saving throws at all, which is not RAW, ...
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Is what is involved in the attack ever clearly defined for the purposes of critical hits [duplicate]
Please Note That the Question is Written as Intended
Please do not edit my question so that it becomes a duplicate of another question, then flag it as a duplicate. I specifically stated that I am not ...
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How do I calculate encounter difficulty for PCs with allied monsters? [duplicate]
I'm currently running a mega dungeon in 5e D&D, and my players have recruited some monsters into their service. I have been building encounters using the dungeon masters guide rules (pg. 81-84), ...
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If a bard has expertise in Persuasion, doubling his Proficiency Bonus, does drawing the Throne card from the Deck of Many Things double it again? [duplicate]
The Throne card in the Deck of Many Things (5e) says, "You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill, and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill." If a 4th level Bard who ...
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Can the Polearm feat plus the Sentinel feat stop someone from reaching you? [duplicate]
Let's assume we are talking about a character with both the Polearm Master and Sentinel feats wielding a reach weapon. If an enemy enters my reach, and I hit him using the Polearm master's second perk,...
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Re-Rolling Skills for Perception/Insight/Sneak [duplicate]
When is it appropriate to allow/disallow players to re-roll skill checks?
For instance, a player walks into a room in a dungeon and rolls a 2 on perception. Do I allow them to re-roll? If so what's ...
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Can a Rogue apply sneak attack on a reaction/opportunity attack? [duplicate]
The 5e PHB says a Rogue can only apply Sneak Attack (given the conditions are met) once per turn. Does this differentiate between the Rogue's turn and the entire combat round? If the Rogue gets to ...
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Is XP divided among PCs or does each PC get the whole amount? [duplicate]
I'm confused about what exp to award my players after a battle.
The party fought 22 bandits in 7 waves, that makes 550 exp. The book is clear about how to calculate the XP for difficulty purposes ...
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Help a DND noob out? Proficiency and how it is used? [duplicate]
I am extremely new to D&D and I'm filling out a 5th edition character sheet for the first time. I chose my race as elf and it says, "You have proficiency in the Perception skill." What's ...
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Is there any other way to determine result than throwing dice? [duplicate]
I know that you can go full narrative and not use dice at all, but that's not what I'm asking about.
I want to know any other (pseudo)random way to determine the result of action?
My friend suggested ...
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Grappled by more than one creature? [duplicate]
How would you rule a situation where creature is being held in place (grappled) by more than one creature. For example, 2 prison guards holding a prisoner still for a beating?
If the held ...
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How do I leave a campaign politely when I'm not having fun? [duplicate]
So I've been playing a DnD 5e campaign for the past couple of weeks, and I've come to the conclusion today that I'm not really having much fun with it. I've come into the campaign midway-through and ...
- 9,580
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Formula for scaling weapon damage with size? [duplicate]
As weapons get larger or smaller, they tend to deal different damage dice.
Most weapons list damage for Small and Medium weapons:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/weapons
There is also a ...
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Can a Druid use Conjure Animals to conjure a new creature and then Wild Shape into it? [duplicate]
For example, let's say I have a level 8 Druid who has never seen a Quasit before, and I use the spell Conjure Animals to conjure 2 Quasits. On my next action, may I use my Wild Shape to change into a ...
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5th ed duplicate proficiencies [duplicate]
Example, assassin rogue with the charlatan background, both the class and background specify the disguise kit as a proficiency. What do you do about that to even it out? With the second proficiency do ...
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How do opportunity attacks work when wielding weapons with different reach? [duplicate]
Assume a player with two weapons: a whip and a dagger.
A hostile creature stands right next to the player. On the creature's turn, it moves away 5ft. So the creature left the reach of the dagger, but ...
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How can I attack with two weapons on the same turn? [duplicate]
So I'm a bit lost on how dual wielding works in D&D 5th edition. In chapter 6 of the PHB, page 195, Two-Weapon Fighting is described as below....
When you take the Attack action and attack with ...
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Probabilities using 3d10 as 1d1000 [duplicate]
I'm trying to use anydice to figure out the probabilities of the various values of 1d1000 rolled on 3d10.
I want to know stuff like "what's the chance of rolling 900 or higher? How about 950 or ...
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Help with an apparently bored player [duplicate]
I have a group of 5 players, 3 are long time veterans and we have been playing together for 15 years, the other is a newcomer who is actually liking the game a lot, and there's a 5th player that ...
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How do I handle information in Investigations without "bottlenecking" clues? [duplicate]
I'm playing a "Monster of the Week" style campaign with friends based on shows like Supernatural but with lots of gritty combat, using Savage Worlds as our system because of the fighting scenes.
I've ...
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DnD 3.5 Two-Weapon fighting sneak attack [duplicate]
In DnD 3.5, I'm playing a level 4 rogue with the two-weapon fighting feat.
When sneak attacking someone (not flanked), would the sneak attack count for both the main and offhand because they strike at ...
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How do I roleplay a journey? [duplicate]
I'm starting a new campaign and my players want to play a "journey". They want to explore a continent, walking to the objective, like a LOTR-styled thing. They literally want to walk through the ...
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How does the 4e fighter's Combat Challenge work in the fiction? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a “mark” actually supposed to be?
How does combat challenge work? I mean. does any monster know that he was challanged? ...
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How do Favored Classes work? [duplicate]
So, I am creating my first Pathfinder character ever right now together with some friends. We are all new at this.
I figured I'd go for a half-elven Cleric.
Everything good so far.
But! The two ...
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Tricks to speed up the combat of 3.5 D&D? [duplicate]
While I would like to ask this question of many other games the answer to each system of rules would undoubtedly be vary different and it'd be too heavy-handed a question to address.
So In regards ...
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Running Large Groups [duplicate]
In a few months I'm going to be taking control of a group and running through a campaign of my own creation. The campaign we're running right now only has 3 PCs and the DM, so a fairly small group. ...
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What is a good way to get a large range of fantasy miniatures? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find fantasy minis on the cheap?
I am looking to start a collection of miniatures. I mostly want one or two of a lot of different creatures, such as for example 2 ...
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Minimal RPG for kids [duplicate]
I am looking for a game that I can play with my kids ages 9 and 6. The rules of course need to be easy to understand and easy to remember.
Eventually I'd like to go deeper and play more ...
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How to combine remote and local players? [duplicate]
One of our players now lives in other country. He was devastated for not being able to play, but we solved that with Skype.
Well, kinda. There are some difficulties when all players are sitting on ...
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As a GM, how can I create and role-play diverse NPCs better? [duplicate]
I am new to GMing (and role-playing in general, for that matter) and I am having a somewhat difficult time making plausible and interesting NPCs. This is especially true with NPCs who are not "typical ...
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Why is the Monk class considered sub-par in some games of 3.5? [duplicate]
This question is a combination of theoretical-optimization and practical-optimization. In some games, I acknowledge that the monk can be a fun and flavourful choice. Unfortunately, looking at the ...
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Programs for keeping track of spells [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a spell managing program/app for D&D 3.5e?
I have always loved playing spell casters, whether Divine or Arcane. It's nice to know that you do more than swing a ...
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Dealing with power gamers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Handle a Powergamer / Munchkin
I'm pretty sure this was asked before but I couldn't find it
How do you deal with power gamers? That player who is clearly maxing skills ...
user4000
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How does a GM know they have done enough prep? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When GMing a game, how much should you prepare in advance?
How do you, as a GM, keep from getting into an endless prep loop and to know when you have enough to run a scenario, ...
anon186
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Does half-level get added to damage in d&d 4th edition? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does the half-level modifier contribute to damage?
In 4th edition, half of your character's level is added to ability checks, does this mean that the damage from all of those ...
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Is hunger stress tracked like other stress tracks? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What happens when a character's feeding stress track is maxed out?
I've looked at this question, and it assumes that the Hunger Stress track is tracked like the other ...
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How can a GM calm down the group when they're chatty? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When and how should I get the players to cut back on their out of character chatter?
Now and then the groups I play in or GM can get rather chatty. They're talking and joking ...
- 1,531
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What is the minimum set of books a group should have to play 4e? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
4th ed. D&D - 'Core books' or 'Essentials' - what (set of books and financial outlay) makes a complete game?
At the moment I do not own any of the 4e books ...
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How do I effectively portray multiple characters in conversation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you handle verbal exchanges between NPCs without taking the PCs out of the spotlight?
You should be familiar with this set up: All the characters are at a party with a ...
