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Thanks Randy! Always great to hear from you! I love the magic mouth trap. Magic Mouth is one of those old school magical things that helped me fall in love with D&D in the first place, and I haven't given in enough love in return recently.

i'm very happy to join the rest of the MMP team in welcoming to the family the new co-host of Down with D&D Teos "Alphastream" Abadia. By day, a mild-mannered environmental attorney working to save the planet. By night, also a mild-mannered environmental attorney working to save the pl...

Thanks for sharing, Jared. It sounds like we agree in a lot of ways.

The next several Sneak Attack segments will cover psionics in 5e. I'll share my thoughts and evaluations, but I'd love to hear from you all on the subject.

Thanks for sharing all that, Jared. Some sound reasoning there.

The newest Sneak Attack for MMP patrons is out, and I talk about the concept of canon in RPG games. Check it out, then share your thoughts!

That's a great point about the feats that let you turn a -5 to hit into +10 damage. Advantage basically turns into +10 damage with each attack.

Exactly, Rob! When your chance of hitting with a melee attack increased by ~25% simply because of where your character stands, that is significant. That gives getting INTO that position a very high mechanical value.

Here's another tangential but related question. Is advantage in 5e so powerful that getting it becomes more important in the mechanics than most anything else?

Question for those who do use the optional 5e flanking rule: do you run combats more tactically (on a grid with minis) or more theater of the mind? If the former, does your game involve counting squares and people spending time--even if its a few seconds each turn--determining how they get from poin...