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  1. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    Here's a list of changes, that I'm copying from here (I pulled it together when MotM came out). Size Difference for PCs. Small Can ride a medium mount (and so effective as a beastmaster ranger or battlesmith artificer). Using heavy weapons gives disadvantage. Can grapple/push Medium creatures...
  2. Kobold Stew

    Against the Giants 5e PBP (Full)

    You're good. Welcome to the game! The Colonel was charged with his care -- and now he's come into his own!
  3. Kobold Stew

    WotC Bard is the biggest mystery in the 5.75e PHB

    Yes! And that's the elegance of it (in my eyes) -- it means you don't need a Divine Soul subclass.
  4. Kobold Stew

    WotC Bard is the biggest mystery in the 5.75e PHB

    I think this is the biggest loss that I regret from the playtest. It was such a good idea -- immediate and easy to implement, leading to an range of builds for the class. Whatever they do, I think one of my house rules (should anyone want it) is that Bards and Sorcerers can pick a spell list...
  5. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    Being short and being Small sized are different things. Small are between 2-4' tall. Dwarves aren't S. Is it possible for humans to be that? Sure. Does it reflect 99%+ of the adult population? No. As a result, it is not accurately modelling "adult human" to say "S or M". (Or is it the case...
  6. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    ...except that humans apparently are also S or M.
  7. Kobold Stew

    (IC) Against the Giants PBP Group 2

    The Colonel is proud of young Donnel, and the immense growth that he has shown. It's like he is his own person in this fight, for the first time since he became the Colonel's ward. The Colonel looks up to the sky and thanks the lightning, and a peal of thunder is heard in the distance. Round 2...
  8. Kobold Stew

    D&D 5E (IC) Fitz's Folly

    Miss Imogen wonders as the vegepygmy attains a form that reminds her of the dinosaurs in the city where she had first met Weed, Qawasha, and the others, and where this adventure had begun. They had seemed so wondrous then, but compared to this, they were now commonplace. So much had happened...
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    (IC) Against the Giants PBP Group 2

    The Colonel nods once everyone has found their footing. The attack is on. From where he is standing, he can see the Hill Giant and the wolf; those at the north gate are currently out of his line of sight. He moves to the edge of the roof, crouches to protect himself behind his shield, and makes...
  10. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    See? That's the sort of explanation that I love: as with the goblins, it's a feature of the world that emerges from the mechanics. You've convinced me of its value! :D Thanks. I'd not thought of it that way, and I like it.
  11. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    I understand this position, and agree that some redundant abilities are not fun. At the same time, I don't want every single ability a character gets needs to be always useful, and part of the elegance of the system, in my view, the possibility of overlap adds pressure to be creative. Dwarves...
  12. Kobold Stew

    D&D 5E (IC) Scourge of Daggerford

    The sound of the swarm fills the cavern, and Tommi turns around and heads towards the nearest remaining rat. He won't have a clear shot at the pack, but he does see the rage rat beside Dornuk, and he stabs it with Gutter. The rusty blade seems to sigh -- whether in contentment or disappointment...
  13. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    This is exactly what I think when I want to make a goblins, whose Nimble Escape largely overlaps with Cunning Action. A goblin is better being any class except rogue.
  14. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) Minigiant's Grandmastery Feats (Tier 3 Feat Discussion)

    Yes -- so the second bullet point gives it cleave. The third one just needs to say "When you attack with a battleaxe, halberd, handaxe, or greataxe you have mastery with which has the Cleave mastery, you may attack a third and 4th creature within 5 ft of the first." since the second point...
  15. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) Minigiant's Grandmastery Feats (Tier 3 Feat Discussion)

    These are really interesting ideas, and cool! First off: you need something for quarterstaff and something for crossbows! Possibly for qstaff -- you could use it as a finesse weapon? It would come late, admittedly. So for the second and third bullet points (as above, and for each feat): what...
  16. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    One detail not yet discussed from the video: "many more feats". The feats they gave us back in Expert Classes (PT2) were not revisited (Epic feats were cut), but for the most part they all corresponded to PHB feats (as discussed here). What are the "many more"? Some possibilities: The Tasha...
  17. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    Their presence, whether part of my character or not, interferes with the type of fantasy I want to play. As a player, I don't choose to include them or not. As a DM, I am obliged to rule out something in the PHB, which I am otherwise unwilling to do. Sure I can do so, but (for me) it sucks all...
  18. Kobold Stew

    D&D (2024) WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook

    This summarizes my feeling about firearms. I think we will both be disappointed.
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