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This edition has always been controversial for changing many of the game's rules and is in many ways incomparable to both the preceding and succeeding editions. So again, trying to compare the tabletop to the videogames just will not work. Especially not a game based on 4E rules.

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We have two people (or more?? @justTypical) who are well versed in the Tabletop D&D.

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this is my first 5th ed game. i've play a 3.5 and a 4th ed game prior. most of my experiance of dnd recently is critical role, a show on twitch by the channel geekandsundry, where matt mercer(dm) and a bunch of other really cool voice actors play dnd. last week they had chris hardwick as a special guest. in the past they even done a special video with vin diesal. im a huge fan of the show.

<Snipped quote by VKAllen>

I may as well own up: this is my first time actually playing a game. I was introduced to the concept by reading the like of DM of the Rings or Darths & Droids, and I've also read through the Player's Handbook for the 5th edition, but yeah, still first time. So I still have plenty of questions about how everything works together during actual play.

well when you're stuck at home taking care of your mom you have all the time in the world. thursday nights become my friday night lights. I make sure dinner is a finger food and i curl up on the couch with a 2 liter of peach soda and watch the magic happen.

You know.... Why don't you just add the others??? Does it have to be only 5E?? Can't you combine them? Or are you incapable of doing so?

... I don't think you understand what I mean.. Take certain things from the other editions and put it into this one... I have seen it be done before.. I have played in one where it was 4th edition and he put a bunch of things from the 1st edition to the 3rd into the 4th.. It can be done... You are just incapable of doing so.. Or just plainly don't want to out of your own stubbornness.

@VKAllen I do have one BIG question. I thought it would be ok to aim for fatal points on mobs such as the throat or arterial artery, and as a rogue or ranger have the precision to do so. Zayge made two blow first with shield and then her sword, and jethro shot once then twice and killed a bandit as well. Yet a problem is raised when i stab the eye and then the throat? I thought i would have two daggers and my tail could count as a third if you would allow it... so why can't i make these moves? Why can't i finish the bandit off? (I am not picking i fight. I want to understand so the next time i can kill this exasperating bastard! unless you will let him die now and next time i'll act according to what you tell me in your responce..)

Generally no matter where you aim at the target it will not do much difference. Your descriptions are what's called flavour text. The damage is based around the weapon used for the attack and your feats that you get over the course of the adventure. As a First Level Rogue, there isn't much that you could do at that power level other than attacking normally. As for an instant kill, it can't be done as the Bandit Leader is tougher than the average Bandit.

Usually.. as the GM.. you should've looked into the other editions.. knowing that people might want some stuff out of them... That is your own fault for not learning about them.. and in Sionnie's case..... It doesn't matter if he is the bandit leader or if he is a normal bandit... he is human.. or whatever race he is.. he doesn't have added health benefits... he still bleeds the same way the normal bandits do... he can still die the same way a normal bandit does... so your bandit leader being not like the other bandits is bullshit.... He dies just like the rest of the bandits... Sionnie's "Attempt" to kill the "Bandit leader" would work.. and he would be dead.... point blank end of story.

<Snipped quote by Saffirra Dusk>

Then again, I as a DM have the right to say which edition will be involved in the campaign-- to which I have specified the Fifth Edition as it is the Edition that I have experience in. If you now decided that you don't want to be part of this campaign because it is only the Fifth edition, you should consider your membership in this RP.

Onto the Bandit Leader, each enemy has their own set of statistics inside the Monster Manual and the Internet. These are the stats that are being put against yours. Sure they might be a normal human, but their race does not dictate their deaths-- The statistic does. If you simply do not do enough damage to take an enemy down-- then you did not reduce their hitpoints down enough to 0.

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Though this is actually the third blow and my rolls have been way too lucky.. (Even i don't blame you for doubting them... =_= Just watch, I'll pay for this when we fight a dragon and all i can roll are ones.. lol) so is he dead or will he make a surprise attack and be like "uh, hey there... you didn't finish the job hehe"