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One thing I love about the realms is that it doesn’t pretend that the wider world doesn’t exist. Hat I mean by that is, in a lot of fantasy you basically have a psuedo-Europe that is somehow untouched by other continents, which is completely absurd on every possible level. Faerun has an...

It’s fun, and most of my players have some aspect of the setting they like. My FR continuity pretends 5e didn’t happen, and continues on from 4e, with some tweaks like pretty much no spellplague leftover areas, and it’s less points of light. Basically the vibe is similar to the 5e realms but...

What if the whole game used Focus Points, and you get roughly 1 per level, spells cost 1 per spell level, and different classes use them and regain them differently?

That’s fair. I like 12. Maybe spells past 5th level could be ritual-esque “big magic” that lives outside class and often requires some of your life force, or burning a magical component that could otherwise be used for something else, and/or additional casters? Nice! Those are two changes...

In my game, Crossroads, you level incrementally as you play, gaining Experience and spending it during downtime on Improvements. When you gain Experience you also Mark Advancement, and when you have filled your Advancement widget, you can level next time you Full Rest (basically long rest in a...

Eh, fine. I’d go with either 9 or 12, myself. A lot of this I dislike or would have to test, but I am 10000000% behind making utility magic more ritual oriented. Preferably by making anything that isn’t a flashy immediate effect into a skill use, whether it uses a spell slot or not. I don’t...

I don’t need to throw them at PCs every encounter. It’s not something I go out of my way to do, it’s just basic adventure design/game running to target all the defenses of the PCs multiples times per adventure, and a natural consequence of using varied threats and enemies. It comes up at least...

“Every mental save” is gonna come up all the time. Like, yeah I’m gonna throw that at the party nearly every encounter, certainly multiple times every story arc, adventure, etc. Minor Illusion and Prestidigitation are two of the best non-combat cantrips, as well. Power isn’t even part of why...

Yeah, it’s not the mechanical efficacy Gnomes have always-on advantage on all mental saves vs magic, which is most mental saves. The main things that drive popularity is vibes and aesthetics, which is driven by visual and narrative identity.

Sure, but that extra feat is just an oregano feat. No big dill.

I could see that for sure. Theros is kinda like that but in a more serious way. I’d love to see a more….not farcical but just fun take. Oh my god that sounds amazing! You should definitely talk to your GM about flavoring the patron a little more that way, but let them run with it.

I mean, considering some of the types of beings we are working with here…lol Especially considering how disaster coded some of the gods in some D&D settings are, how dysfunctional must the devils and archfey be?? But also imagine a disaster angel. Just like full himbo disaster bisexual...

As has been said, find familiar. Also Glittering Smite or whatever it’s called. The one that is faerie fire as a smite. A spell like pass without trace for athletics and acrobatics checks, maybe with a modest speed boost since that isn’t as powerful as stealth. A suite of spells that...

Okay, I know some of y’all are all about the ominous, scary, possibly malicious and insidious, Warlock Patrons. But what if….the Patron is just kinda a disaster? Like, the warlock is woken in the middle of the night by a cat curling up against them, and sighs. “Aroth Brindisceil Aerendiel...

Yeah but if you use the optional rule to start at level 3, it’s only 1 level until you can take a basil feat.