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Every barbarian Path has at least one of the following at 6th, 10th, and/or 14th levels: a non-rage feature (e.g. Reckless Abandon or Spirit Walker) a non-combat feature (e.g. Bestial Soul or Spirit Walker) a non-worthwhile feature (e.g. Intimidating Presence or Spirit Walker) Except for...

The exhaustion is to make sure this isn't a free pass if you know you won't die (or stay dead long). The disadvantage on death saves is to make sure this isn't a free pass compared to Unconscious. If your wounds haven't stabilized yet, you really shouldn't be moving around.

Reynard, the goal is providing players with more agency at 0 HP, and incentivizing game play that follows the tropes of dramatic battle scenes. Adding this might make it clearer: At the start of a round, they can choose to be unconscious instead of grievously wounded for that round. (Do you...

Edit v1.4 - re-simplify and use more standard wording. At the start of each round, a named character at 0 HP chooses to be either unconscious or grievously wounded. Grievously Wounded condition: A Grievously Wounded creature is Stunned. They have disadvantage on all other saving throws...

In the "What do you want in 1D&D" thread, Here's some ideas for that last one. To endure harsh environments, forced marches, lack of sleep, and other tiring situations, creatures need to expend Hit Dice, at a rate depending on the severity (ranging from 1 per day to multiple per hour). Some...

... you're making incompatible requests back to back? o_O My requests: Warlord. some Int-based mostly-non-caster class (Factotum or perhaps ... Warlord?) Psionic classes (if they're already bringing back Primal, complete the set): Monk, Psion, maybe others. mass combat rules, if it's possible...

Having read some more about Enemy Within: instead of going from 1st Tier to 3rd or 4th, it goes from 0th Tier to 2nd. In WFRP, starting PCs are basically commoners with skill or two, and late-game PCs are still very mortal. It would be a very different experience from a typical d20 adventure...

Interesting. My experience with the sub in the past was they're easily impressed by pretty art and prefer good flavor text over game mechanics. Has that changed? I might need to look at the Discord.

If you have an RPG content balance decision you want community advice about, which sites would you trust? Whose wisdom of crowds is wisest? Or better yet, turn the question contrapositive: think what communities would you NOT trust for good advice, then vote for the opposite.

I don't disagree. My group had a great time, including me, but wow it took a lot of prep hours. My ratings, although I may be mis-remembering some. Name Info Levels Story NPCs Layout Play Ease TGDQ 1E TSR 1-14 ok poor ok ok ok Ravenloft 2E TSR ?-13 good ok poor ok ? Drow...

CoS is also the big counterexample of how not to write an adventure in the article for point #3.

I'll have to take a look at that, and read threads about translating it. WFRP system is definitely a lot farther from D&D than PF.

In your Patreon you write: Read the module front to back. It can be extremely confusing when you don't know where everything leads too. Here's a little chart to reduce that confusion: L1 Phandelver Location Flowchart

... which is exactly why WotC is replacing "1 per SR" abilities with "PB per LR", so classes remain balanced across different play styles. But the math for Warlock might not fit that rule, probably too powerful. IMO doubling their SR slot count should be about right.

Large but straightforward question: what is the best collection of pre-made adventure content that follows a full story arc from small-time local heroes (preferably starting at level 1, no higher than 4) to world-hopping legends (preferably reaching 20, no lower than 14)? Not just in 5E. Any...