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I'm looking for a house rule to reduce the power of the second bullet point. I'll explain my parameters. -I realize that many people think the feat's power level is necessary to achieve martial-caster parity. I have some other little tweaks that help martials, and this is not something I'm...

I was looking at some third party altered fighting styles, and it got me thinking more about something that's been in the back of my mind for years. Some fighting styles are utter crap. Possible hyperbole aside, in my experience, some fighting styles are worth taking, and I think the others...

For some reason, when these cantrips got changed from a V to S component (accompanying the consistent M that is the weapon itself), I thought that was more about aesthetics and making it so you don't have to speak a magic word every time you use them. I was interpreting the S component as the...

Like most of the cantrips from the Elemental Evil Player's Guide, gust is rather underwhelming. I have a PC with it, and he's maybe used it once or twice in dozens of sessions, despite loving the idea of it. It just isn't worth taking an action for in combat. Enter the Telekinetic feat from...

I'm putting together some house rules, and in order to do so I need to make some estimates regarding average/typical incoming damage to characters at very high level (let's assume 17th+). Specifically, I need to come up with an estimate of what percentage of their incoming damage is likely to...

I'm not closely following the playtest, since I'll likely be adopting relatively little of the revisions.* However, I do want to look at some things to see if I can import them. I've been curious as to what they were going to do with the Eldritch Knight's War Magic ever since they revised the...

First, the DMG statement that the Feywild is supposed to be in perpetual "twilight" is wrong, because twilight is defined as the light from the sun when it is already below the horizon. The Feywild descriptions speak of a sun that is visible and low on the horizon. So, the Feywild is supposed...

I'm using the 5.0e standard for feat power ranges, rather than the more generous later 5e/One D&D power level. That being said, how does the balance look on this feat? Is it something you would be likely to take or not take as a member of those classes? I like the old 3e guidelines for feat...

Stoneskin has always felt underwhelming to me. At the same time, I can understand why they went with the version in the PHB: it is devilishly hard to balance it well. I think what really makes it feel underwhelming is that it both requires concentration and costs gold. But just removing one or...

I'm not really following the 5.5e playtest because I know I won't be able to adopt the edition change in general. But that doesn't mean I won't snag ideas I like from the SRD when it's done. And I happen to run across a news article that said the bard is being changed to a prepared caster...

I noticed that a5e.tools has the spell hex and attributes it to the Adventurer's Guide, but my pdf doesn't have it. I redownloaded it from Drivethrurpg, but the new file is identical (and lacking the spell). Is this an upcoming errata that hasn't been implemented yet? Are there any other spells...

I'm putting together a giant list of monsters from 1e and 2e that I can use for making random encounter lists on various worlds and planes and such in the traditional Planescape cosmology. In doing this, I realized that while I've been putting a lot of work into determining (and in some cases...

There have been a few creatures that have had their type changed already in later 5e publications; the ones I’ve seen are a few Beasts becoming Monstrosities. Has anyone made a list of which creatures in the book have different types than their original 5e printing?

I'm very curious about whether some of the differences in these variables are intentional design, or just the results of different designers working on different classes leading to some design inconsistencies. This is important, because if there are actual mechanical (or even conceptual) reasons...

I'd like to get opinions about the balance of this weapon. For context, it is a ranged weapon found in Level Up. Almost all of the ranged weapons in the game have identical stats to their 5e counterparts (at least when Thrown in the case of melee weapons), so you don't need any knowledge of...

There is obviously the detect magic spell, but I don‘t see the O5e rule that you can just tell an item is magical by handling it. I see rules and advice for identifying the properties if magical items, but cannot find any sort of general rule. Not even a suggestion to allow an Arcana check, for...

This came up tonight while playing Memories of Holdenshire. I couldn't find it clearly spelled out what happens if you try to Shove a mounted creature. If a mounted creature is supposed to be knocked prone, they get a second save to avoid it, but nothing is said about Shoving or forced movement...

I realized my question about the spear-thrower actually goes a lot further. I can‘t find any rule saying that you need a second hand to load ammunition. O5e didn’t have such a rule in early printings, but put it into errata and later printings because it was always the intent. I’m not sure...

Because if it can, it allows basically the equivalent of wielding a greatsword in one hand while using a shield, and being able to throw it 20' without penalty. And anyone with martial weapon proficiency can do this. Strap a few spears to your back and get to it. Need to know because I have a...

The section on equipment maintenance leaves me wondering about a couple of things: -When a situation arises where gear might be damaged, how should you decide which gear is affected? One item per character? All of a character’s exposed gear? There isn’t any instruction and the example scenarios...