Recent content by Jeph

I don't think unlimited misty step is too powerful at 14th level. Remember, the Way of Shadow monk gets an at will bonus action 60 foot teleport at 6th level.

I think my next step is lists, step by step how-tos and random tables for the GM. Random treasure tables of magic and hypertech items. Random encounter tables for exploring the jungle, tombs, ruined cities, and crashed space ships. How-to guide for running on the fly explorations of tombs...

We usually have only 1-3 encounters per day, sometimes the next right on the heals of the last, and often several days (or weeks, or months) between days with encounters in them. So, we do 15 minute short rests, and 24 hour long rests. This way we don't get casters blowing their full...

Hey ya'll. It's been about a decade since I was active on the ENWorld homebrew forum, but I'm back! I've been working on a heavy 5e mod to use for my next campaign, in 3 or 6 months. It's a post-apocalyptic exploration and tomb-raiding game, meant to be played in a very old school style. Plus...

Paladins in 5e aren't alignment restricted. That would be highly appropriate for an Oath of the Ancients paladin. That said, an Eldritch Knight with Cleric spells should be fine.

Nope! You get to move 30' no matter what. On top of that, you get one and only one action. Dodging is an action. Attacking is an action. So you can move and dodge, or move and attack, but not attack and dodge at the same time. (Unless you have some relevant feature of special ability that...

I'm kinda astounded nobody's dropped a link to the West Marches yet; it's a series of blog posts with some fantastic advice on running sandbox games. (Plus some rotating-playerbase stuff, which isn't as relevant.) http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/ Sandbox...

Not in 5th edition—if you want to make AoOs against enemies who close into your reach, you need the Polearm Master feat. Also, reach weapons tend to deal 1 point less damage, on average, than two-handed swords and axes.

This thread remains one of the things that draw me back to ENworld, every so many years :)

There's also the lack of a reason to put points into Charisma, if you go the fighter route. Whatever way you cut it, the archetype isn't really supported by the PHB options. It's up for debate whether a new Martial Archetype or Rogueish Archetype would be more appropriate, but seriously, can...

The Dread Pirate Roberts who went around with a heavy oaken shield lashed to his arm? I mean yeah, you could do a lightly armored fighter wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the off hand, but they'd be deliberately gimping themselves for no gain. Not attractive.

One of my players wanted a Dread Pirate Roberts style character. A lot of the Rogue abilities are perfect for this, but none of the archetypes really fit—and more importantly, as it stands there's not a combat-related reason for a Rogue to invest heavily in Charisma. Thus, a new archetype for...

I'm pretty sure that in 5th ed, CR X means "Can challenge a whole party of Xth level", rather than "About equivalent to a character of Xth level."

I see a lot of "really good choice, once you've maxed out your primary stat" feats. Not quite the same as must-have.

I'll probably go with one-ish magic item per adventure site, in an open map sandbox play style. Which should work out to maybe one-ish magic item for the group per level, which works out to one-ish magic item per character around 6th level, maybe two or three per character as the game's wrapping...