woah

It's worse when the rules lawyer tends to hinder the group/ do nothing.

@@praisehelix5235 also that in this case the rules lawyer is wrong, because the attack of opportunity gives you an attack & you can turn an attck into a grapple at any moment

1:08 make that a gif

@@senpaipugs yeah cuz a grapple technically is a way of attacking someone.

*throws book at rules player*

ACKTUALLY

Hey kugo, pizza mozzarella rella rella

Ackthuali

OBJECTION!

Also rule number 0.5, "Don't be a butthole."

/Reality Can Be Whatever I Want/

Unless it's Adventurer's League, in which case Rule 0 does not apply ;)

Yup. *sets phb on fire * fuck your rules!

Dandan Alpha I'd argue that the addendum "but should generally remain consistent or notify the players ahead of time if they're making a major rule change."

Actuall, he may still have his reaction. Only a lv 3 monk can stop ranged weapons attacks, in this case an improvised thrown weapon. The ability is called Deflect Missiles (PHB pg. 78)

Actually, the Shield spell can turn a hit from a ranged weapon attack (any kind of attack, really) into a miss.

As can a character with the "gloves of missile snaring"

@@jamesmayle4712 shut up nerd, no one’s going to listen to some random internet evangelist

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but the feat doesn't do that the feet makes your attacks of opportunity drop the speed to zero, which is better still shouldn't be able to grapple as an AoO tho

@@mjolnirsoul9214 It gives you the ability to do an attack action when doing an attack of op. as well. Still though since this is the end of combat and the guys trying to run away it doesn't matter anymore since the battle is technically over and no one is doing combat actions anymore. At this point it's just flavor to see if they get a captive or not.

I would say, it wyou stumble on somthing like that, ask your DM and present him the dilmena, AFTER the action is resolved (to not sound as an envy jerk, but jsut someone wanting balance). YOu wome and say, see you allowed that, and i took this feat that is supposed to do that, so what do we do now ? Can i repick mi Feat ? Improve it with a bonus ? Will you prevent other to do that next time ?

Eliott Jean-Marie But this wasn’t during combat, if he did it during combat when AoO and Grapple actions are a thing it would be bad. This takes place after combat where no actions exist, anyone can jump a guy to grab him and stop him running outside of combat.

@@420mralucard This is only your interpretation. One DM could very well rule that combat only finish when ennemies are completely out of range and keep combat rule even if characters are flying. The point is not whether this is combat or not. The point is a character seemingly used an action that is very specificaly tackled by a feat, hence robbing the other player of their advancement, the feat feeling useless. I was adressing, whatever the context is, when a problem like that occur, how you could deal with it and your DM. Whatever the mechanic is, when a Dm allow an exception to be generalised, you could ask for example to repick your feat or ASI. Personnaly, i'm for more flexibility in action choice and i would rather let a plyer change their build rather than limit other players. But that is only my take on it.

Normal Jacob is always on all of the drugs tho

mostly windex

He's high on authority!

He went to Milk and he drank his school

Normally hes on downers Now hes on uppers

Use Item standard action can be used as a bonus action :P

@@itwasmewasntit2448 Only if you're a thief rogue

@@ruki4929 Oh, true.

I do believe the DM reserves the right to have the universe throw a harmless box at you whenever they feel it should.

@@sytritewarum5720 its not harmless

I think it was an empty box, and it hit him with the biggest surface, so he was probabbly fine (and was probabbly lightly thrown from just off camera)

IT FUCKIN DID MY LIP BLED 😂

Had that happen once. Guy got angry because I wouldn’t let him use his munchkined Warlock with 18s in everything at level 1.

XP to Level 3 Some say they bleed for the craft. Jacob actually bleeds for the craft.

100👍

I was checking for good rock puns, ok? If I'm gonna play this bard as an 80's rock star, I need to double check my shit. I mean....what?

DnDBeyond, my dude

Uhhm... Fuck off, I have been waiting 5 hours to be brought into the story due to a huge combat encounter on a ship that lasted longer than expected! I think I am allowed to be on the phone...

As a player with ADHD dnd can get real boring and I would rather ease back into the game with full focus rather then wishing for it to be over constantly.

dnd beyond is on my phone and it keeps track of my spells for me

The sentinel one is also relevant. I'm really fond of the rules and if someone just does something like that while I used my feats and class choices to get that ability, then I'd be pissed

Rule of Cool always applies, but not when it's straight ignoring the rules. Letting you cast a spell as a reaction isn't as big of a deal as letting you take two reactions

@@corbintheintern6229 If I was at that table I'd just turn to the DM and say "cool, I disengage and hide after every attack I ever make from now on and keep my movement." Yay infinite sneak attack even in 1on1 I guess.

Taking two reactions would be fucking HUGE. Theres a reason there isnt a feat to GIVE you two reactions. But as you said, nothings cool about just ignoring the rules.

@@corbintheintern6229 would that mean that you can cast fireball 2 times per 1 round? Also how do you explain that? Like if a mage could cast 2 spells per turn, they would do it always, and it would be a common thing to do. But they can't cuz it's physically impossible to say/do all the components for 2 spells in 1 round (for balance). Also as it takes that time to cast the spell, it should also not be possible to use it as a reaction, cuz reaction is something you do quickly in response to opponents sudden movement, like a stab or a slash with weapon.

Actually, you can't. Your Passive Insight and Perception aren't high enough

You must have a low AC.

Actually since you don't have the alert fest you are surprised and hence don't feel the attack coming, my level 8 rogue hits you for 5d6 worth of damage.

As a fellow rule lawyer, changing stuff because the dm forgot rules or adding/subtracting mechanics can create heavy imbalance and if done once, should be able to be applied to all situations ie enemies could also start grabbing you and taking multiple reactions.

I would like to point out that rules are ment to be flexible for the same of storytelling/ enjoyment for plsyers. A bad dm can cause harm, or be bullied into allowing anything. Whilst the opposite is true being subjugated by the ALL MIGHTY RULES can also be problematic. Please don't take a definitive stance and please be mindful to strike a balance. (Sorry for the rant not an attempt at attacking just a hopeful message.)

How it should be done.

@discoandherpes this, so much. Few things are more annoying than DMs making rules changes that are going to cause problems later on. Played once with a dm that ignored bonus action casting spell. Tried to get the martials to join in a tournament that the full casters were involved in; none of us would do it because wed have no chance of winning.

My players don't even know all the vanilla races, I just keep track of all the rules I break so I can explain it if they question it.

@@luisbencosme4757 Had a Dm who hated casters. He made it so any caster had to roll magic mishap and sense I was a warlock I also had to roll an insanity dye every time I did any spell or class action. Yup that character lasted like 3 sessions.

@discoandherpes I usually explain that in person and I have them all listed in a google doc for people to see and holy shit thats a lot of like, usually its stuff that benifits the player like Ranger becoming a prepared caster and can switch favored enemies on a long rest as I felt they would prepare certain oils and such to fight these creatures

Yep!

This is what I do most the time. Unless it is something simple like reminding the DM of a concentration check which is really just playing with integrity. Though when I am feeling more feisty I use "how."

I definitely don't want to rules lawyer, but if homebrew rules are being allowed mid session, I'd like to know if that will be the standard going forward at least. Unless of course, a group (or specifically the DM) allows little one off exceptions like that. In which case, go with the DM/group.

But then how are they going to feel superior to everyone else?

That's how I often check if someone messed up the rules, which is actually effective because if you're right then you weren't a dick about it and if you were wrong, then you learn.

Just say "theoretically(...)" or "by RAW"

How it should be done.

This is how the D&D Satanic Panic happened, huh?

So you play as a warlock than

warlock gang

You MONSTER. This is the kind of thing that causes Paladins to take their oaths. A PUPPY?! WHY?! Kittens are much better sacrifices; they're evil fiend-spawn, unlike puppies.

Another reason why I've been enjoying DMing online via roll20. I'm already on my PC so it's faster than whip out my phone to look up rules if needed.

We can do stuff without actions or reactions

The meaning of life is our relationship with God. These four steps are the key to getting a Devine Revaluation directly from him. They are something you'd eventually do if you took God seriously enough to read the Bible, while implementing its teachings. They are, forgive your parents, break down before Jesus, ask for forgiveness, and read three books of the Bible. Step four requires the first book of each testament, and one you chose yourself. The order is actually important. The steps build on each other. Each one primes your soul for the next. To be forgiven we must forgive. Mathew 6: 14-15. That's why forgiving others has to come before asking for forgiveness. Jesus will not forgive you until you've at least done the bare minimum, our parents. They're supposed to be easiest to forgive, because they've fed, housed, loved us to some degree. Our problems with them are supposed to represent our problems with God. This is why the bare minimum to receive the revelation is our parents. You'll still have to forgive everyone though, but that comes much easier after meeting God. I'm extremely serious and very literal. I'm not talking about signs, nor feelings, nor prayer. It's an actual literal pulled out of your body direct one on one conversation, nothing you can miss. nor misinterpretae. The vast majority of christans never bother to do what God wants seriously, so most never get this revelation. To most outside church their Bible is a paper weight, or at best a virtue signal. Their religion is in what other people think about them, not their relationship with God. Please do those steps I mentioned, there really is a Devine Revaluation waiting for all of us. There's extraordinarlly important information we all desperately need in this revelation, but those who get it are forbidden to share it. The Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord is written on every human heart. We all have that knowledge inside us, but we bury it under mountains of pain and anger. Those steps clear away that garbage inside you, letting God heal you, so that his words boom clearly inside your soul. The entire point of our existence here is to Trust God enough that we pay him this mustard seed of Faith, so his Grace can remove the stain sin has left on our souls. Everyone that does not get this Grace is not forgiven of any of their sins, even if they turned around and we're the best person from 25 to death. Without Grace those first sins are still counted against you, tying you to the devil's punishment. It's not about being a good person, It's about being forgiven for when you weren't. The Bible is Truth. Please do those steps and see for yourself. Please take your salvation seriously,

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Best course of action

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That simply simply sucks. I'm a rules guy, but at least I tell my DM "Hey, we forgot I'm burning, I'm taking damage... aaaaand I'm dead...."

As PuffinForest puts it, that would be a rules haggler.

WerSonst95 me too. A guy was like I can save you doing these things And I was like no, I will die lol

I'm the opposite way. My character is dying, and people are trying to come up with ways they survive, but I say "no they die by the rules" Guess I'm a "rules autist"

@@WerSonst95 same. I can't tell you how many times I've screwed myself over and ended concentration by accident or taken damage even though I was in the clear at that point. The rules are there for a reason, and our group agreed on them, so I'm fine with taking the punishment even if no one else noticed anything wrong.

Not yet

Takes off jacket to reveal a shirt that says *"I'm your father!"* in a very flamboyant font.

Every DM think he's hard till that glock come out

Then all the players that are fed up with your houserules stare back unflinchingly and stand up and leve. Because fuck playing yo fanfic tier BS any longer.

@@piens51 can't leave if i weld the doors shut and share your kneecaps :)

Polearm Master and Tunnel Fighter make it so that that is never true.

@Platypus But the whole purpose of the restrained condition which grappling applies is that the individual's speed becomes 0. Booming Blade is another one that's good for locking a target down.

@@chunkymonkeychunky Grappling doesn't impose Restrained, it imposes Grappled, which is weaker. It has many of the same effects as Grappled, but it doesn't give advantage on attacks.

@@jamesmayle4712 Might I ask what prompted to post this here? Nobody mentioned their faith, so even without going into my perspective on religion and philosophy in general I can simply say that you are a hypocrite for passing judgement on total strangers without context. There could be a literal Bishop or theologian in this comment thread and you wouldn't be able to be sure because you don't know who any of us are. Not to mention the fact that we can be pretty definitive in saying that Jesus wouldn't really care about how much of the Bible you have read or in which order, since it wasn't written completely until a couple of hundred years after his supposed death and he most certainly wasn't giving every one of the sermons he performed in a row every time he spoke, for practicality if nothing else.

Im a DM and I know that rule is bullshit, players should be able to question a reason why the ruling was changed for example I changed squeezing into tighter spaces for a session cause I fucked up and wasnt gonna redo my whole map and lighting again which I promptly told the players.

@@TheDreamTwist but still ryke lawyeri g players are annoying

@@TheDreamTwist I agree that the players should question (if they want) why the ruling changed if it hasn't been mentioned. But the original comment is just saying that the rules themselves say if the DM allows something then it's how the game works, so you shouldn't rules lawyer them.

@@hyhena-gaming9986 so are shitty dms that break the game with poorly thought out homebrew rules

@@johnathanera5863 there should be a balance in my opinion if there should be home rules, yes tell the players, and if you're changing one tuke, it shouldn't contradict a different rule...but I'd rather a hm still trying to tell a sorry, then a know it all who folliws the rules like a religion

Ah, so that's why I had a mystic in my party.

The meaning of life is our relationship with God. These four steps are the key to getting a Devine Revaluation directly from him. They are something you'd eventually do if you took God seriously enough to read the Bible, while implementing its teachings. They are, forgive your parents, break down before Jesus, ask for forgiveness, and read three books of the Bible. Step four requires the first book of each testament, and one you chose yourself. The order is actually important. The steps build on each other. Each one primes your soul for the next. To be forgiven we must forgive. Mathew 6: 14-15. That's why forgiving others has to come before asking for forgiveness. Jesus will not forgive you until you've at least done the bare minimum, our parents. They're supposed to be easiest to forgive, because they've fed, housed, loved us to some degree. Our problems with them are supposed to represent our problems with God. This is why the bare minimum to receive the revelation is our parents. You'll still have to forgive everyone though, but that comes much easier after meeting God. I'm extremely serious and very literal. I'm not talking about signs, nor feelings, nor prayer. It's an actual literal pulled out of your body direct one on one conversation, nothing you can miss. nor misinterpretae. The vast majority of christans never bother to do what God wants seriously, so most never get this revelation. To most outside church their Bible is a paper weight, or at best a virtue signal. Their religion is in what other people think about them, not their relationship with God. Please do those steps I mentioned, there really is a Devine Revaluation waiting for all of us. There's extraordinarlly important information we all desperately need in this revelation, but those who get it are forbidden to share it. The Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord is written on every human heart. We all have that knowledge inside us, but we bury it under mountains of pain and anger. Those steps clear away that garbage inside you, letting God heal you, so that his words boom clearly inside your soul. The entire point of our existence here is to Trust God enough that we pay him this mustard seed of Faith, so his Grace can remove the stain sin has left on our souls. Everyone that does not get this Grace is not forgiven of any of their sins, even if they turned around and we're the best person from 25 to death. Without Grace those first sins are still counted against you, tying you to the devil's punishment. It's not about being a good person, It's about being forgiven for when you weren't. The Bible is Truth. Please do those steps and see for yourself. Please take your salvation seriously,

Well finding new groups is easy tough. There's plenty of new people wanting to play and there's a bunch of new Dms being born.

Sad to hear that, fam. That group definitely isn't compatible to you, can't deny that.

Get the players handbook and other related stuff and run a campaign yourself. See if you have what it takes to DM.

This is the point. You can't make meaningful decisions if you don't know what the rules are - and more importantly, what the rules will continue to be. You don't need books to play freeform.

Maybe it's not in the handbook, but uh...You can legit just argue with your DM, who is a person. Or get a new one. Unless y'all have a blood pact or something.

All the abilities/features you listed give you abilities to deal damage followed by stopping movement. RAW, AoO states you make use the attack action to make a melee attack. Grapple states that grappling is a melee attack you can make when you use the attack action, even substituting one or more of your multiattack to grapple instead. The rules lawyer was wrong. And choosing to grapple means you deal no damage, which is why trip attacks and sentinel are better. Tavern brawler only lets you grapple as abonus after an unarmed strike, it's a very situational feat that has nothing to do with reaction aop grapples.

@@evanpotter860 tavern brawler let's you grapple when you attack with an improvised weapon as well. It wouldn't proc on an oa tho cause it has to be on your turn. An opportunity attack is not an attack action. You can only take the attack action with your action and is more flexible. It interacts with a lot of class features like extra attack and other rules like two weapon fighting. For example you can't do an offhand attack with multi attack. An opportunity attack let's you make an attack not take the attack or multi attack action. However grappling as an opportunity attack is fine because you need a free hand to do so and you don't do any damage and you can't do it if they take the disengage action and you can't make opportunity attack when someone attacks someone other than you. There are rules to disarm people doesn't mean battle masters disarming attack is useless for example.

@@evanpotter860 opportunity attacks do not grant extra attack that proves that it is not considered an attack action, so grapple/shove do not work

Or allow it with a penalty as a compromise.

In Pathfinder or DnD 3.5, the use of advanced attacks like trip/sunder/grapple/disarm on AoE would lead to infinite cycles, where a person standing up would evoke the AoE, and get tripped again. Became a no-fun experience, so folks I played with ruled those maneuvers out in normal combat. For a fleeing Mook, it feels stupid to say the only thing you can do to stop him is attempted murder. Don't force your players to be murder hobos.

Yes

Oh that might be me

We had one just like that (he's still on the group but he stopped doing that shit, thank God). At one point the DM just gave up completely on including his character of the week in any manner that made sense. One day he showed up with a ninja spy, we found him sleeping inside a cave in the middle of nowhere, he joined the party and that was it.

@@CidGuerreiro1234 as a dm i would refuse the addition of any character without getting approval first.. if they try to force the issue, they and their original character get ejected from the game.. simple note being made in the session 0 of a game to inform players of it so no1 can be mad if it happens

@@tears_of_asariel3198 I see what you mean but he's a close friend from the group (childhood friends with some of them), so it would've felt really bad and awkward to simply kick him out of the game for that. It wasn't just a random dude who showed up one day and that we could simply stop inviting. Also, this is the kind of thing that you often don't realize it's a problem until it's too late. At one point we decided to talk to him about it and it kinda helped, just not completely. He's dropped that habit now, too.

yea, not every single homebrew rule needs to be meticulously planned out at session 0, is a DM decides in an encounter or something that "actually this rule is kinda detremental to the flow of the game, so we'll play it like this from now on instead" then just go with it and if it takes away something beneficial from your character then talk with the DM about that and sort out a way that your specialty can be replaced with something else to still make your character important.

I’d say that it’s less powerful than Sentinel as they are trading damage for the ability to stop the opponent, while Sentinel allows you to deal damage and stop them, which will achieve basically the same result (as if an enemy’s running away, the party can probably finish them off before they get another turn). Plus, there’s 2 extra abilities that Sentinel gives, so I’d agree with Logan in this circumstance

@@aionicthunder I agree that overall it's less powerful than Sentinel, but that's to be expected because Sentinel is a whole feat you need to invest in. Tbh if no one at the table had Sentinel then *maybe* I'd say yes, but generally I wouldn't. Sure Sentinel does give you the chance to do damage and stop them, but that also only lasts for a turn. Grapple as an opportunity attack means you reduce their speed to 0 until they break free (which takes an action). Being able to use your reaction to grapple an enemy when they have to use an action to break free is pretty strong. Also worth keeping in mind this wouldn't only affect someone trying to run away, it could be someone switching targets or just someone who happens to be running past you. You could easily just have your tanks and big hitters run up to the enemies, and then as soon as they try to go for the squishy mages they just grab them. Basically, you're right it isn't as strong as Sentinel, but it also isn't a feat someone has to invest into. The fact that Sentinel exists as a thing makes me not want to just let a player have a very similar ability for free, ESPECIALLY if there's someone at the table who has Sentinel as a feat. It really sucks when you invest time and effort into a build, and then someone else comes along and gets basically what you have without trying.

The meaning of life is our relationship with God. These four steps are the key to getting a Devine Revaluation directly from him. They are something you'd eventually do if you took God seriously enough to read the Bible, while implementing its teachings. They are, forgive your parents, break down before Jesus, ask for forgiveness, and read three books of the Bible. Step four requires the first book of each testament, and one you chose yourself. The order is actually important. The steps build on each other. Each one primes your soul for the next. To be forgiven we must forgive. Mathew 6: 14-15. That's why forgiving others has to come before asking for forgiveness. Jesus will not forgive you until you've at least done the bare minimum, our parents. They're supposed to be easiest to forgive, because they've fed, housed, loved us to some degree. Our problems with them are supposed to represent our problems with God. This is why the bare minimum to receive the revelation is our parents. You'll still have to forgive everyone though, but that comes much easier after meeting God. I'm extremely serious and very literal. I'm not talking about signs, nor feelings, nor prayer. It's an actual literal pulled out of your body direct one on one conversation, nothing you can miss. nor misinterpretae. The vast majority of christans never bother to do what God wants seriously, so most never get this revelation. To most outside church their Bible is a paper weight, or at best a virtue signal. Their religion is in what other people think about them, not their relationship with God. Please do those steps I mentioned, there really is a Devine Revaluation waiting for all of us. There's extraordinarlly important information we all desperately need in this revelation, but those who get it are forbidden to share it. The Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord is written on every human heart. We all have that knowledge inside us, but we bury it under mountains of pain and anger. Those steps clear away that garbage inside you, letting God heal you, so that his words boom clearly inside your soul. The entire point of our existence here is to Trust God enough that we pay him this mustard seed of Faith, so his Grace can remove the stain sin has left on our souls. Everyone that does not get this Grace is not forgiven of any of their sins, even if they turned around and we're the best person from 25 to death. Without Grace those first sins are still counted against you, tying you to the devil's punishment. It's not about being a good person, It's about being forgiven for when you weren't. The Bible is Truth. Please do those steps and see for yourself. Please take your salvation seriously,

CheerNo Crow just print a picture of Barbossa and use as your DM screen. :)

than

@@pontusvongeijer3585 why Barbossa?

@@snoopcat9351 “The code is more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual _rules._”

He isn't.

I can count the number of times you and I have hung out on one hand-*less* than one hand! ... Ok look I *had* to, I've spent so much time learning about this stupid franchise and I need to use this knowledge *somehow* .

@@gorade1901 "Oh I see, it's because I got benched!" "I GOT BENCHED TOO" Same dude, with the amount of useless KH information I have stored in my brain, I take every opportunity I have to put it to SOME good use lol.

It's not actually up to DM interpretation. You can make the attack action during an AoO, and a grapple IS an attack action(aka, you can replace any attack you might make with a grapple instead)

@@christianphillips2855 The attack action is separate from making an attack otherwise you would also be able to use multi-attack on attacks of opportunity, and under grappling it does specify when you make the "attack action." The attack action refers specifically to taking an attack as your action. Which is different from a bonus action attack or an attack as part of your reaction, or a hasted action. Rules as written that is the case. That being said I personally allow this as it ultimately is sacrificing damage for a chance at battlefield control, which I like to encourage tactics whenever possible. Also it can be really cool. That being said even if that wasn't the case EVERYTHING is up to DM interpretation/ ruling. So long as the DM does so consistently and to facilitate an enjoyable experience to their players.

@@Talarue huuuge necro post.. (sorry) but i agree with the DM being able to overrule someone and change a rule.. but even if they didnt want to do that, she could have made the attack to incapacitate instead of kill.. since the monster was trying to run because it was weak, its fair to assume that one more good hit would knock it out

@@Talarue The problem is if you allow players to do this, you have to allow enemies to as well. I don't think your players would end up thanking you when op attacks from any decently strong enemy (aka most enemies) means they are unlikely to leave it's reach.

@@Talarue I know this is a year late, but RAW, aop is taking ONE melee attack with an attack action. That is why you cannot multi-attack, and it does say attack action. Grapple as an aop is legal RAW.

The meaning of life is our relationship with God. These four steps are the key to getting a Devine Revaluation directly from him. They are something you'd eventually do if you took God seriously enough to read the Bible, while implementing its teachings. They are, forgive your parents, break down before Jesus, ask for forgiveness, and read three books of the Bible. Step four requires the first book of each testament, and one you chose yourself. The order is actually important. The steps build on each other. Each one primes your soul for the next. To be forgiven we must forgive. Mathew 6: 14-15. That's why forgiving others has to come before asking for forgiveness. Jesus will not forgive you until you've at least done the bare minimum, our parents. They're supposed to be easiest to forgive, because they've fed, housed, loved us to some degree. Our problems with them are supposed to represent our problems with God. This is why the bare minimum to receive the revelation is our parents. You'll still have to forgive everyone though, but that comes much easier after meeting God. I'm extremely serious and very literal. I'm not talking about signs, nor feelings, nor prayer. It's an actual literal pulled out of your body direct one on one conversation, nothing you can miss. nor misinterpretae. The vast majority of christans never bother to do what God wants seriously, so most never get this revelation. To most outside church their Bible is a paper weight, or at best a virtue signal. Their religion is in what other people think about them, not their relationship with God. Please do those steps I mentioned, there really is a Devine Revaluation waiting for all of us. There's extraordinarlly important information we all desperately need in this revelation, but those who get it are forbidden to share it. The Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord is written on every human heart. We all have that knowledge inside us, but we bury it under mountains of pain and anger. Those steps clear away that garbage inside you, letting God heal you, so that his words boom clearly inside your soul. The entire point of our existence here is to Trust God enough that we pay him this mustard seed of Faith, so his Grace can remove the stain sin has left on our souls. Everyone that does not get this Grace is not forgiven of any of their sins, even if they turned around and we're the best person from 25 to death. Without Grace those first sins are still counted against you, tying you to the devil's punishment. It's not about being a good person, It's about being forgiven for when you weren't. The Bible is Truth. Please do those steps and see for yourself. Please take your salvation seriously,

@@jamesmayle4712 Amen, but why here?

Thank you, there needs to be a baseline going in so people can actually feel validated for building their character a certain way. If every PC can do anything as per the "rule of cool" then you actively punish the players that took the time to thoughtfully play the game

@@joecastle5936 exactly. It's "fun" to let the wizard cast a spell as a bonus action, it's fun to let the fighter shank the vitals for +2d6, it's fun to let the Cleric recover spells on a short rest and cast at highest available level. But letting them do that punishes the other classes.

the examples are very extreme compared to what's in the vid, also the referenced feat doesn't let you grapple, it still does damage and also drops the speed to zero

You can always grapple RAW, its an attack replacment, not an action, sentinel just sets their speed to 0 on a hit, the more you know.

@@punishedwhispers1218 grapple can only be used during an attack action, as a replacement attack, RAW. so yes it replaces an attack, but only during the attack action, not bonus attack, or attack of opportunity.

Imagine being such a loser you use DMing as a power fantasy

@@mrosskne Imagine being such a loser you care about a 1 year old comment.

@@billybob5553 lel stay seething bitch :)

@@billybob5553 stay seething ;)

@@mrosskne Repeat yourself one more time i didn't see the first two times.

"When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it, you can use the **Attack action** to make a special melee attack, a grapple" You need to use an attack action. The oportunity attack reaction allows you to make an meele attack, but it doesn't give you a proper attack action.

TheAirKing Ahkay. Well, imma ignore that rule when I run games.

@@ASquared544 Whatever floats your game, my mans

Actually, it's *not* a grapple. Grapple gives other creatures advantage on attack rolls against the grappled creature, and has a save + perpetual effect (which must be ended via Str - athletics/acrobatics contest). Sentinel's effect has none of those things.

@@MrGunar22 Actually, I agree with you. I was just saying that it's a different thing to grappling without the feat.

@@MrGunar22 the irony about the comment I'm about to make on this video... Actually, you're thinking of the Restrained condition, which is not the same as grappled. Grappled only reduces the creature's movement to 0. The grappler can also move the grappled creature up to half the grappler's movement. Don't hurt me pls :>

@@MrGunar22 Actually, the Grappled condition just sets the creature's speed to zero. The Restrained condition gives advantage, which can be done via a pin with the use of the feat 'Grappler'.

Actually, no, you can't RAW, you can only replace attacks with grapples and shoves when taking the *Attack Action* on your turn (unless something specific states otherwise), Opportunity Attacks don't result from taking the Attack Action, so, you can't swap out the melee attack for a shove or grapple. PHB195. If you want to use a Grapple/Shove outside of your turn, you need to use the ready action. www.sageadvice.eu/2015/08/28/grapple-or-shove-opportunity/

Questioning a rule is different to rules lawyering in my opinion. You can ask if something is right, but rules lawyering is just straight out being dickish over what is essentially a game played for fun and insisting that your way is the right way.

i'd kill to DM a group where the entire party knew the rules inside and out

@@channelremoved32 I feel like this should be something you discuss before you ever start your campaign. I haven't played DND, but so many people here are having a bad time because they are in the wrong groups. Some want freeform while others want rule lawyers.

How to Monk 101: 1. Punch 2. Punch some more

How to Monk 201: 1. Sun Soul. 2. Kame... 3. Hame... 4. HA!!!

The only reason any person that's not lawful to the absolute friggin left is because they have bad grades, and want to be checked. F

The meaning of life is our relationship with God. These four steps are the key to getting a Devine Revaluation directly from him. They are something you'd eventually do if you took God seriously enough to read the Bible, while implementing its teachings. They are, forgive your parents, break down before Jesus, ask for forgiveness, and read three books of the Bible. Step four requires the first book of each testament, and one you chose yourself. The order is actually important. The steps build on each other. Each one primes your soul for the next. To be forgiven we must forgive. Mathew 6: 14-15. That's why forgiving others has to come before asking for forgiveness. Jesus will not forgive you until you've at least done the bare minimum, our parents. They're supposed to be easiest to forgive, because they've fed, housed, loved us to some degree. Our problems with them are supposed to represent our problems with God. This is why the bare minimum to receive the revelation is our parents. You'll still have to forgive everyone though, but that comes much easier after meeting God. I'm extremely serious and very literal. I'm not talking about signs, nor feelings, nor prayer. It's an actual literal pulled out of your body direct one on one conversation, nothing you can miss. nor misinterpretae. The vast majority of christans never bother to do what God wants seriously, so most never get this revelation. To most outside church their Bible is a paper weight, or at best a virtue signal. Their religion is in what other people think about them, not their relationship with God. Please do those steps I mentioned, there really is a Devine Revaluation waiting for all of us. There's extraordinarlly important information we all desperately need in this revelation, but those who get it are forbidden to share it. The Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord is written on every human heart. We all have that knowledge inside us, but we bury it under mountains of pain and anger. Those steps clear away that garbage inside you, letting God heal you, so that his words boom clearly inside your soul. The entire point of our existence here is to Trust God enough that we pay him this mustard seed of Faith, so his Grace can remove the stain sin has left on our souls. Everyone that does not get this Grace is not forgiven of any of their sins, even if they turned around and we're the best person from 25 to death. Without Grace those first sins are still counted against you, tying you to the devil's punishment. It's not about being a good person, It's about being forgiven for when you weren't. The Bible is Truth. Please do those steps and see for yourself. Please take your salvation seriously,

@@jamesmayle4712 Oh shit i though you were joking. But you are not, ok. So there is no god, and there is no proof there is a god, and there is proof that bible is untrue, for example the alleged 40 years trip around a small desert, which there should be a whole lot of. I could list out more but I think there is no need. So about the philosophical stuff, you would most likely say "you're an atheist so you can't have morals" well when you ask religious people about what god thinks they don't use the part of their brains responsible for what others think but the part of their brains responsible for their own beliefs. So what do I believe? Well i could list all my beliefs, but I'll say a simple belief of many secular humanists: making the world a better place for everyone. And we don't need a lie and a waste of time to be good people. And the religion was used to absolve people of responsibilities, for example by Martin Luther's interpretation, but even the Jesus himself with his good samaritan story said people like me are better than many believers in god, because we try to help others, while they don't.

How did the story go?

@@smartart6841 I got the story prepared, but due to school and Covid, we weren't able to play sadly.

@@godofscotland04plays ah. What about online?

@@smartart6841 We did try to use online, but it didn't go well haha

@@godofscotland04plays oh,why not? Ive never played before

They also forget rule 0 The DM's word is final, which means that by the rules, the DM trumps the rules.

@@eddiemate a Dnd campaign is a story created by the DM. In other words, the DM is the author of the world people are playing in. So yes, the DM's word is final.

Iktan Miztonton Oh, I was just mentioning a rule that was mentioned in the DMG. WotC literally wrote that the DM's word is final. But I agree, you shouldn’t really argue with the literal god running the game.

@@eddiemate Yeah, people don't seem to understand something about D&D though. Players are the characters, but DM's are writers to a book. The campaign is a story created by the writer. It's like a writer getting help from people by handing them characters, so they don't break character. I think DM's. I remember that note too. It's like, no campaign has to follow the rules, especially when there is homebrew stuff included which breaks the game. haha.

Thanks to this comment, I rewatched it more times than I likely should have.

@discoandherpes it's a reference.

@discoandherpes judge Dredd. The entire joke is someone taking the rule of law into their own hands in a dystopian setting, or an abuse of power. Not actual advice. Clearly the above is an exaggeration so directly using it an an example is already questionable, but in that instance, if I'm a player and I hear the dm say something to the effect of I'll allow it, that's it. Any protest is really a nitpick, and why not let the other player have a cool moment, assuming the same leniency is extended across the table evenly.

@discoandherpes the same can be said for a power gamer using in rules exploits to make something absurd. and when that is shot down you get the same feeling. It's situational to be sure, but at the end of the day if a dm makes a bad call and the group as a whole has an issue with it, that is when we have crossed a line. but if the majority of people are fine with the call barring one who is just mad the book says no we need to reevaluate who is out of line.

Liam has never been that bad.

I haven't seen every episode, but I haven't seen Liam ever correct anyone else. He usually only ever corrects himself.

Yeah, Sam is probably the biggest Rules Lawyer of the Critical Role cast, and even then he's not that bad.

It’s hard for their to be rules lawyers when the DM almost knows every rule by heart

@@Neomagam look at DND beyond ad sam came up with last week (feral business)... Liam's entire schtick was him being a rules lawyer (although I agree with you... Liam isn't bad at all and usually only corrects himself)

True, but it does also specify that you can grapple when you take the attack action, so it can be argued that you cant grapple with an opportunity attack. Comes down to the DM at that point.

Actually..

@@TheOblivionKiller124 But grappling is an attack, just choosing to try and grapple instead of dealing damage. There is no place where it says "you can not perform a grapple or special attack type during an attack of opportunity". It also makes zero sense that a character can make a weapon attack but not instead try and grapple someone.

@@simoncroft73 Language is really important on that book, one must pay constant attention to get the rules right. On the Melee Attacks section, page 195 of the Player's Handbook, you can observe that Two-weapon Fighting, Grappling and Shoving require an attack **ACTION**, word that is used in every mentioned case and nowhere else. To reinforce the case, a quote from the feat War Caster: "When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature."

@@JohnBeareroftheCurse It also says with grappling that if you have multiple attacks you can change one or more of them into grapple attempts. It feels like an oversight, the only way to stop someone from running away with a reaction is to actually hit them with a sentinel feat? Then again, DM rules always overrides everything. In my games, standing up from prone provokes attacks of opportunity in melee unless the disengage action is taken. This is done specifically so that being knocked prone isn't just a "Oh, okay, I get back up then?"