Recent content by WaterRabbit

Stopped reading after this. An arrow slit provides total cover. LOS isn't always reciprocal. You clearly have your own way of playing, but you are not playing D&D.

Yes, that is the implication. Depends on the door doesn't it? But let's use an example we are probably familiar with -- the arcanaloth in the Amber Temple in CoS. Perfect example of a caster setup to avoid being attacked directly by the party. The only thing missing is arcane lock on the...

A few posters have mentioned that Bard and Rogues being better grapplers than fighters rub them the wrong way. It might be worth looking at using Pathfinder's Combat Maneuver Bonus (CMB) and Combat Maneuver Defense (CMD) rules to handled grappling and shoving. Basically CMB = Proficiency Bonus...

A Clear Path to the Target (PHB pg. 204) "To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can't be behind total cover." Cover (PHB pg 196) A target with total cover can't be targeted directly by an attack or a spell, although some spells can reach such a target by including it in...

What I really like is that you provide the dimensions of the map, something that many Rolld20 maps do not include.

The main issue here is that unless you have place where there are tons of books, this spell is of limited utility. No one will create a spell like this to count a dozen items or less -- which is what most troves of books are going to be. There are probably very few libraries in most worlds and...

My point was that spellcasters, particularly wizards, do not want reciprocal line of sight as that generally gets them killed. There are many ways to achieve this both in and out of their lair. I can see that if someone doesn't want to run wizards as intelligent heroes or villains then then it...

Awesome at a spell that has little use is still of little use. Divine casters are more susceptible to counterspell than arcane. However, it is usually the PCs that are on the offense in most games. If the PCs are going into a lair they are better served by Dispel Magic and Detect Magic than...

Protection from Normal Arrows I would imagine. I played a few mass D&D combats and that spell is a must for wizards -- otherwise they get gunned down in seconds.

So, here is how I know that you are engaged in either a white room discussion or you have a very uncommon encounter design environment -- either way these are edge cases. So, while bards can cast counterspell, it is not on their list of allowed spells. So they have to acquire it through...

We did. It looks to be you are the one making assumptions. Again here you are making assumptions on how we played. A bit defensive are we? I cannot help your lack of reading comprehension.

There was a whole thread devoted to discussing this just recently with a ton of good ideas. I would refer you to that.

This is the "Jump to the Moon" idea I pointed out in the other thread. There are a group of games that believe they should get to roll a d20 no matter how impossible the task would be in the hopes they roll a natural 20. Persuasion isn't charm or anything of the sort. It is a good place to...

I'm of the mind half-elves and half-orcs should just be human variants to begin with instead of their own race.

So last night, we had another example of where the straight d20+mods >= DC produces results that don't align with expectations. DM has a series of carnival games where player rolls against STR or DEX based skills. The fighter and the monk each have between +5 to +9 on the checks. The cleric...