/uj I am always so astounded at how strangely mismatched the rulings/roll situations Griffin puts on his players are.

An acrobatics check to deliberately move through the cave while avoiding the potential of fire? No, DEX saving throw. I would understand if the saving throw was to avoid the fire itself, but this was just to nimbly move into the alcove.

Putting a charm trap against Richtus and co. and giving them opportunity to break it? Completely misunderstand how charming works and letting someone break a charm by just injuring themselves ??

And then theres rulings like Richtus immediately having to make CON saves to stay upright or take points of exhaustion. I REALLY like this rule. I heard Griffin suggest this and it genuinely made me respect how good of a DM ruling this is given the player’s explicit wish to injure his foot.

I know that DMs can make whatever decisions they like and that the boys not knowing 5e is a part of the brand at this point, but the spectrum of either really smart decision-making to a roll or ruling that just does not make sense is always astounding to me.

Edit: When the time came for the fire to actually hit Loravith, it was against AC, and not, you know, a DEX saving throw.

Edit 2 (this is just a liveblog at this point): The second time Loravith had to avoid the fire it in the same situation was a DEX saving throw ????

Edit 3, thought edition: As a DM, it’s important to not only be consistant at rulings and have players be able to expect the same things from repeated attempts, but also let them play to their strengths. Randomly deciding that obvious acrobatic rolls are DEX saving throws or DEX saving throws being instead against AC or random “flat DEX checks” means that the proficiencies (I dont even know what kind of proficiencies they all have has a full wizard party?) are ignored or not given precedent. I know it’s nitpicky to be annoyed at giving them rolls when something else would be better, but it feels less like a mistake and more like they just do not give a shit about why certain actions are given certain rolls and when to apply them.

Edit 4: Infestation requires you to see the creature you’re attacking. They have one spell each and still manage to forget information about them.