New OOTS products from CafePress
New OOTS t-shirts, ornaments, mugs, bags, and more
Tab Content
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 10:55 PM
    I partially covered this in my original reply using both, but here's the original SCAG text: As part of the action used to cast this spell, you...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 08:53 PM
    Given TW is 3rd level, vs WoF's 4th level, I could understand being gracious and make TW act as a dispel magic, rolling against the 4th level effect....
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 05:39 PM
    Not their DM, no. But this is directed at the forum. And this thread (among probably thousands of others) proves that some forumites do not recognize...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 05:16 PM
    Nope, not mocking. Though it would be nice if WotC had promoted this idea instead of 'rulings not rules'. The difference is subtle, but profound.
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 05:00 PM
    RAG is a fine standard. At least then the questions would revolve around "Counterspelled Booming Blade: what is your guideline; attack roll or nah?"...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 04:37 PM
    TBF, being called 'RAW Uber Alles' either directly or indirectly feels like it's violating your own desire to have more conducive language. Just...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 04:02 PM
    What other 'creations of magical force' are there beyond Wall of Force and Forcecage? Leomund's Tiny Hut... is that disintegrable? Seems like it...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 03:11 PM
    Depends on the interpretation: "As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack..." vs "You brandish the weapon used in...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 02:31 PM
    Can we at least agree to the fact that there is no RAW stance on the interaction between TW and WoF? Both are agnostic to the other when it comes to...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 12:08 PM
    I mean, not to be overly pedantic, they're just words. A grease fire could be called a grease funderbout; an eletrical fire, an eletrical...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 11:22 AM
    Well that is certainly adding a fun bit of nuance not noted in the description. I'm perfectly happy with that ruling (and all of what BB has posted...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Today, 11:12 AM
    It appears that summoning actual sunlight requires a higher level spell slot (more power) than 3rd level would allow. Since Daylight doesn't have an...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 10:36 PM
    How do you do that? "You can only cast spells while wearing armor that are from the same class that provided the proficiency"? And then you have to...
    24 replies | 1281 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 09:12 PM
    Casting in armor needs to be divorced from class. It's too easy to grab a level of Cleric, especially Tempest, Twilight (seriously?) or War to get...
    24 replies | 1281 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 08:57 PM
    I mean, if Daylight and Chill Touch are misnomers, perhaps Wall of Fire is too, and it should have been called Wall of Toasting instead, since it...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 08:35 PM
    So is stating that TW douses WoF. But the advantage to those who seem to have an imperial need to disdain RAW is that everyone most agree that ruling...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 05:10 PM
    And we're still waiting on the textual proof that "spells do whatever you feel like they should do" depending on your whim at this instance, and next...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 05:03 PM
    If D&D capped at 12th level, it'd be fine. You're looking at a max of 3 attacks regardless of source. That works well enough. You'd probably need to...
    24 replies | 1281 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:04 PM
    Even definitive RAW can be ruled/houseruled against though. I mean, I'm sure there's DMs out there who would rule something that's actually defined,...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 02:32 PM
    And it is only hot on one side... which is probably the most magical thing about it, and certainly doesn't comport to natural fire in any way. That...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 02:14 PM
    I think saying anyone is speaking with authority is massive hyperbole. It's exceedingly disingenuous, especially with the amount of walking on...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 09:35 AM
    Re: Tidal Wave vs Wall of Fire, you asked what is keeping it from being 'unprotected'? I'd say the fact that the caster is concentrating on the...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 06:44 AM
    Not to conflate the this thread with the Rulings discussion on the Counterspell thread, but Sage Advice really is just Rulings by a recognized DM and...
    153 replies | 9859 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    Yesterday, 06:29 AM
    Can you cast Wall of Fire along the sand at the bottom of the ocean? Re: using a plank to bifurcate a WoF; my ruling at the time would be that the...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    2024-03-27, 09:26 PM
    Right, I forgot where I was posting. Silly me for not invoking the entire lineage of keywords/tags throughout the living history of D&D and the...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    2024-03-27, 05:14 PM
    You know what innovation really helped with that, yet was inexplicably (I'm sure someone will now quote some article or dev roundtable) left out of...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    2024-03-27, 11:36 AM
    I'm not denigrating homebrew, but inflection is lost on text, so I can't fault anyone for thinking so. What I am denigrating, because I've seen...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    2024-03-27, 10:30 AM
    Quoted for truth. One of the first characters I played in a campaign was a rogue that I was playing when SCAG came out and the DM allowed me to...
    153 replies | 9859 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    2024-03-27, 10:15 AM
    I didn't write the spells, and I'm not a developer of TTRPGs, so I can't state definitely why or why not spell X does Y and Spell A doesn't. Is it...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
  • Theodoxus's Avatar
    2024-03-27, 09:57 AM
    Agree to disagree. If Firebolt didn't set things on fire, you'd have a point. But adding properties to something that doesn't explicitly have them is...
    486 replies | 13191 view(s)
More Activity
About Theodoxus

Basic Information

Date of Birth
August 8, 1971 (52)
About Theodoxus
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Old Displayname:
Theodoxus

Signature


Trollbait extraordinaire

Statistics


Total Posts
Total Posts
4,420
Posts Per Day
0.63
General Information
Last Activity
Today 10:57 PM
Join Date
2005-01-03
Post Areas

Top Areas Of Posting