You’re not dead when you’re petrified, either, which can lead to some pretty interesting exploits, rules-as-written.

Petrified creatures count as creatures, not objects, so rules-as-written you can determine if a statue is a petrified creature by trying to target it with a spell that requires a creature for a target.

With the cantrip Poison Spray, you can check for petrified creatures without using spell slots or risking damaging the creature, since it would be immune to poison while petrified.

It’s even better when the DM for you!

This can happen with new players who are native English speakers too, as D&D has a fair deal of vocabulary not everyone knows. Words like charisma and melee really got popularized by D&D.

Deep cut here: When I was a kid (ages past) and first heard friends talk about D&D, I thought there was a lens to keep you on the border. And without it, you might go straight Into The Unknown.

I ran 2 tables in 4E, but when 5E came out they never wanted to go back.

It all came down to keeping track of all the powers, nobody liked that. They also hoarded their encounter and daily powers, rarely using them (and hoarding encounter powers doesn’t make a lot of sense).

I was a little disappointed because the one table was about to hit their paragon paths, which seemed like fun, and the players seemed excited for. It’s a concept I wouldn’t mind seeing in a new game – it was a little like choosing a subclass at 10th level.

It’s a great feeling.

But I have to admit, the good booze may have had as much to do with it than anything else.

And be careful not to bask in the feeling too much. Eventually you do want to get the party moving again. Once the weekend is over, folks may notice they “didn’t do anything.”

Rebel shareholders such as Alta Fox have been touting the radical concept of investing in the business, creating good products, and selling them.

You know, instead of screwing up relationships with long-term business partners, sending hired heavies to their fans’ houses, and driving their customers to their competition.

So crazy it just might work.

Late response, but you could only Deflect a missile (arrows, etc.) not spells. It only affected one missile, not a round’s worth like Shield but was a great, bit penalty to the shot.

Attack spells were often pretty pathetic at low levels. Let the Fighters, Rogues, and Thieves do the attacking, spell casters handle battlefield control, healing, etc. It was real different than 5e.

My progressive-as-anyone zoomer kids and their friends use “based” all the time, for, as I understand it, any bold statement that’s hard to dispute.

This is actually the first time I’m hearing “based” being associated with alt-righties.

Late reply, but original D&D and Holmes-book D&D came before Red Box. Not sure about OD&D, but Holmes had race-class separation. AD&D has roughly contemporaneous with red box, and had the concept of Elf Wizard.

Red box D&D (both its editions) was pretty different in a lot of ways than other editions.

A group of my players brought this up. I let them know that was fine, but the monsters would be able to return the favor.

We decided “the weave” determines the angle of squares (no diagonals).

I know the feeling, but it leaves plenty of time to get a drink and snack.

I can’t seem to find the reference, but I think an echo of this made it into 5e, where the offspring of orcs and other races were always half-orcs.

If your first-level halfling is wearing plate mail, you may be playing Red Box D&D.

Yep, this is basically the “Evil is the Absence of Good” argument, and you could do way worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absence_of_good

Goth girls are drow.

Makes me miss RoleMaster’s Deflection, with it’s +100% DB (+20 AC) instantaneous spell.

Since may spells would take 3 rounds to cast, Instantaneous was pretty clutch.

That’s the DM’s wife.

In high school, Mom was always pre-empting game nights with visits to Aunt So-and-so or whatever. “You can play your game any time.”

These days I play 2 or 3 times a week. But I can stop any time I want.

Why not just you Elvish for Elvish?

Trick as old as the game Wizardry.

It’s often better than making them fight their way back up.