@LeMarcSharmaAre permanent effects like Forbiddance still dispelled by Dispel Magic at the appropriate level ? Despite the time investement ? yes, it can still be dispelled.
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) February 24, 2016
DnD
How long does it take for a Rust Monster to starve to death?
@JeremyECrawford @mikemearls How long does it take for a Rust Monster to starve to death? I am assuming weeks if not more.
— post post modern dad (@ppmdad) March 12, 2016
80 days or so, assuming it has access to water https://t.co/nm57GYdCi2
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 12, 2016
@JeremyECrawford @mikemearls How about how long does it take for a rust monster to decompose in a dungeon with no scavengers?
— post post modern dad (@ppmdad) March 12, 2016
About a month, depending on conditions. Also, never guessed I'd answer such queries for a living. https://t.co/d5uZlbxU1W
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 12, 2016
@JeremyECrawford @mikemearls related – how long after death does a rust monster does it rust metal on contact?
— post post modern dad (@ppmdad) March 12, 2016
I'd say 6d10 minutes. https://t.co/hJ4ekGnQKw
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 12, 2016
@mikemearls You should require people to mail you a SASE with these questions, written on 3×5 cards.
— Jim Shepard (@madjackmcmad) March 12, 2016
@madjackmcmad yes/no questions only, please!
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 12, 2016
How should I handle walls, ridges, ditches and crenellations in UA Mass Combat?
@LeonardoRaeleAiming to use UA Mass Combat in Iceshield Orcs encounter in PotA. How should I handle walls, ridges, ditches and crenellations? I'd treat them as difficult terrain and cover – think of each stand as a single creature in the standard combat rules
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) February 29, 2016
UA Monster Hunter – extra superiority critical dice are maxed?
@aleguarita about Monster Hunter UA: if the I use Monster Slayer feature and roll a critical, the extra superiority critical dice are maxed? yes
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) April 6, 2016
Can an Earth elemental Grapple with a creature and then pull them underground?
@JeremyECrawford Can an Earth elemental Grapple with a creature and then pull them underground and leave them there to die?
— Steven Connor (@Mazoshi1987) March 4, 2016
An earth elemental's Earth Glide is meant to apply to itself only. #DnD https://t.co/HiSsQyJy6H
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) March 8, 2016
How a magic item that recharges at dawn is on a plane without a dawn?
@JeremyECrawford A staff of healing recharges at dawn. What if the party is on a plane without a dawn?
— Jeremy Land (@WatchtowerNorth) February 23, 2016
If you're on a plane of existence without a dawn, your magic item recharges at a dawn-equivalent time. #DnD https://t.co/pBrOJtugwJ
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) February 27, 2016
Does Truesight sees through physical things?
@JeremyECrawford Truesight sees through magical darkness. But does it see through heavily obscured areaa? I.e. a fog cloud?
— Cleric-of-Zarconis (@ZarconistPreist) March 2, 2016
Truesight pierces darkness but is no help against physical things (fog, smoke, bushes, etc.) that obscure. #DnD https://t.co/iMWO5quNCE
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) March 2, 2016
Ed’s Siege of Dragonspear and Amber Scott
Folks, the Realms have ALWAYS had characters (mortals and deities) who crossdressed, changed gender (and not just to sneak past guards in an adventure, by way of shapeshifting magic or illusions), were actively bisexual, and openly gay. How underscored this was by TSR and later Wizards varied over time, and was always softpedaled, because D&D wasn’t a sex game, and we generally don’t rub the reader’s nose in sex unless there’s a good in-story reason for it.
But even deities have changed gender, sometimes for good, and the servants of deities (Elminster, in ELMINSTER: THE MAKING OF A MAGE) have sometimes been forced by the deity to “spend time as the other” to learn what life is like.
So it has always been there, and is an integral part of the Realms. With that said, I’ve never met a gamer yet who doesn’t tinker with every adventure to “make it their own” at their own gaming table, so if trans, LGBT, or sexual matters at all don’t suit your tastes and needs in your gaming sessions, leave it out or change it.
But D&D has half-orcs, and half-dragons, and half-elves, and has magic items that specifically change gender, right there in the rules. Surely, if you can handle the basic notion of cross-SPECIES sex, having a full variety of gender roles should be something that doesn’t blow your mind. If it’s not for you, that’s fine. I hate wearing certain shades of yellow. But I don’t scream and yell at someone I see wearing those shades of yellow, and call them names, and threaten things. My right to dislike yellow applies to me; it doesn’t extend to others. Because somehow, through an incredible oversight on the part of the universe that still hasn’t been rectified, no one made me a god. (I’m still crushed.)
Sheesh.
The world has REAL problems, people. Telling someone else how to behave in bed (or dress, or what jobs they can hold down) isn’t one of them. Or shouldn’t be.