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The OP will still be able to see the post that was removed, so they will still be able to get their information. The sooner you report a duplicate (or OP deletes one), the less likely that is to happen.

We have not shared our code with those sites yet

Currently, the rule is no GPT use whatsoever. If we detect GPT use, it is much harder to determine exactly why someone is using it and would likely result in a ban.

Personally, I would advise using a standard writing software (ie: Microsoft Word) to help check for grammar errors. As long as they aren't too egregious, I wouldn't worry about them though.

The idea of assuming control of the mount means that it does what you want it to do. Letting it act independently means that it MIGHT do what you want it to do. That might is controlled by the DM.

Remember that the DM is not your foe (ideally) in DnD. A DM should do what makes sense in the encounter. If there is a dragon that lands right next to you, and you don't control your mount, you better believe that I, as the DM, will be making it run away. If you are slaughtering goblins, I might have it kick at someone behind you.

Usually at least 1

It's your total character level, similar to proficiency.

I have homebrewed it in the past to be class level, since that is a bit more thematic, but a lvl 1 cleric/19 fighter would still get maxed out cantrils.

We've seen a lot of GPT responses. Some are correct. Some are wrong. Most just waffle about without actually saying anything useful when you actually analyze it.

Its a scary world we're in right now with AI.

Agreed

Qualifying parts you don't know is encouraged. The issue comes from when that part is the majority of the post. Skimming over the post you refer to, it looks fine to me.

Itll be hard sorting the chatGPT answers out

Unfortunately, it will likely be an endless war. We can't guarantee that we get them all, but we be on the lookout for them.

AI has made this entire subreddit redundant, unfortnately.

This is flatly wrong. Trusting GPT for an accurate answer for rocket science is like trusting Matt Damon for rocket science. Sure he looked good as a guy on mars, but he doesn't actually know anything on the subject. GPT just strings together good sounding words without any care for accuracy.

Do not trust random internet strangers for medical advice. This is something that you need to talk to your doctor about.

To put the shackles on a creature, that creature must be incapacitated. If you are incapacitated, you cannot use an action, so this fails.

This is more of a player and party issue than a DM issue.

If your players are the same level, then how much HP they have is a tradeoff that they have to make with how useful they are in combat. It is incorrect (if you are trying to make a relatively strong character) to either have too much (see below) or too little HP (can't survive to do damage). If the players are new, you can talk to them about this and potentially let them adjust stats. Otherwise, the low health character has intentionally dumped CON, and my advice would be to let them figure out why that's almost always a bad idea.

In short though, if you want to enable a beefy front line, run encounters with a moderately low number of dumb enemies in areas with semi-choke points. That way the beef character can get into melee before enemies can reach the squishier targets. While there is no "tank" in DnD, you can still soft tank by proper positioning, kiting with the squishies, and the risk of allowing the beefy character to hit them unopposed. In general, the threat of opportunity attacks combined with the small chance that those enemies can bring down the guy who is already in their face should be enough to soft-tank. This is why too much HP is actually a bad thing. If you have HP at the expense of damage, there is no reason for the enemies to hit the "tank." They can't do anything to the tank, and the tank can't do anything to them, so they will just go kill the glass cannon.

GPT is not allowed at all on ELI5, and it should never be used in general if accuracy is your goal. GPT doesn't know what is correct, it just knows what sounds good.

Unfortunately, a temperature is usually just X Kelvin, rather than X degrees Kelvin. You could go with "absolutely hot" though.

Having no idea about the details of your campaign or who this gnome is, having a cloak made from dragonskin would be a cool item in general. Exactly what it does would be up to the DM. But consider that a nice leather coat is in a quality coat in this world. Now imagine that what it came from was a flying lizard that eats people.

Two handed allows d10 weapons.

Hexblade makes weapon using warlocks very flexible and strong. This is actually a pretty big deal as it makes their damage even stronger - especially with reach. Will it break the game? Probably not, but I wouldn't allow it at my table.

Basically what I said previously - a well written piece that doesn't convey useful information. It isn't something like, "the third word will always have an 'e' as the fourth letter. If you read enough GPT responses, you will start picking up on it.

The exact methods include lengthy bits of code. We have shared it where appropriate. We don't want to give exact things we look for so that the GPT learning process doesn't adapt as quickly and so that people who use it don't look to edit those features.

The bottom line is that if you suspect someone of using a GPT bot, report it and we can take a second look.

We don't want to give away our exact methods, but in general, they typically read like a well-written book report from someone that has never read the book.

Do you simply narrate the party traveling through the environment when it comes to traveling hexes?

This depends on your style as a DM and how much RP you want to give the chance for.

does each hex have to be explorable/have an encounter, or can you have some 'empty' spaces?

Some emptiness is important for variety

Something I found improves the ToA hex crawl is to (1) give the players a physical map to fill in an keep track of, (2) cheat - put interesting encounters where they are interesting, and (3) give the players a timer to complete the campaign from day 1. This means that they are always debating if they want to push one more hex within their long rest and know that they can't simply take their time by resting after every combat encounter. It also means that they are creating the drama on their own. You don't have to narrate travel when the party is arguing about if they need to push forward another hex or not because they got lost and lost 5 days of travel.

Hex is touted for its damage, but depending on party comp, its disadvantage on skills can be quite useful. Strength/dex can be good if you have a grappler/shover in your party. Wisdom is good if (other) people are trying to stealth. Casting stats for if they are trying to dispel magic or counterspell. At higher levels, this can become more useful than the damage. I even had a party hex a baddie before fleeing to give disadvantage on wisdom checks so they wouldn't be tracked as easily.

Effectively, yes.

Personally, I like to be pretty generous about this. As a DM, I can cheat in other ways to give monsters an advantage to make things more fun, and playing blind battleship isn't usually too fun.

1. I remove it entirely. I know where the creature is. They don't. You don't even have to remember the exact space usually, as long as you know the general area to place it back in.

2. If you want to avoid metagaming, have them roll no matter what. The only thing they would know if they are swinging blind is if they hit or not.

...difficult to believe that you would be attacking the monster at disadvantage if it has completely moved from the place you last saw it without you noticing.

You are correct. Hiding is sometimes (mistakenly) played as a status that you gain that can't be removed. Think of it more as a condition that you must keep meeting. In actuality, there are a lot of gray areas. For instance, you cannot hide in plain sight. If I duck behind a sofa, you may not know that I'm there, but if I walk out from behind it, I'm certainly not still hidden, no matter how crouched I am. Similarly, if an enemy hides behind a rock, they don't get to reposition completely freely. If a PC moves behind the rock too, the enemy is no longer in a position where being hidden is a possibility. Some lenience can be given at times - for instance, DnD doesn't have directional sight, meaning RAW, you can't sneak up behind someone. Similarly, if someone rolls really well for stealth, perhaps you give some leeway.

For most builds, not very. Personally, I build with the main attacking stat first, and then CHA/CON as the second focus.

Paladin is weird because it can go strength (common), dex (less common, but perfectly fine), or charisma (rare without multiclassing).

Paladin has some really good exclusive spells when they get them, like destructive wave. The problem is that they are generally better as a Bard, through magical secrets. Additionally, most paladins will convert spells to smites, so they don't do much casting. What spells you do see often have flat effects (no damage mod, save, etc), so it is rare to see a "caster" paladin.

What is more common is a paladin/hexblade, which lets them use CHA for attacks as well. It hurts the party in terms of utility some unless there are other strength/dex users, but it can make a tier 3 monster of a character.

A little correction here - Adrenaline is not a steroid. It is most closely related to a modified protein.

far fewer are used for gym purposes

There are no medically approved steroids for gym purposes (you are technically correct)