D&D General Vanity Frankenstein 5E: My homebrew D&D project [+]

[payn]

This is fantastic @el-remmen! I have often dreamed about getting off my butt and making my own heartbreaker. It would take 5E bounded accuracy philosophy but expand it into 3E/PF1. Just a ton of work I cant find the time for. Even though I think I have a small pool of players for.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

So far it looks pretty good. Gotta be proud!

I always hesitate about how to create my own heartbreaker: create a large houserules and mods catalog OR start from the ground up and create each elements to my taste.

 

[el-remmen]

So far it looks pretty good. Gotta be proud!

I always hesitate about how to create my own heartbreaker: create a large houserules and mods catalog OR start from the ground up and create each elements to my taste.

I actually started with a much more profound change in the rules that was going to use 5E bounded accuracy but taking from BECMI and also creating chains of shifts in class - but that was so much work and was so far from what anyone I play with is used to, I decided to scrap it and perhaps return to it in my retirement in 12 years.

I moved to this approach because even though it is still a lot of work, hewing closer to 5E means we can start playing without it being "done" and finish as we need it.

 

[el-remmen]

MAGE

Level​	Proficiency Bonus​	Cantrips Known​	Spells Known​	Class Features	1st​	2nd​	3rd​	4th​	5th​
1​	+2​	3​	2​	Innate Magic. Spellcasting. Arcane Recovery	2​	​	​	​	​
2​	+2​	3​	3​	Scribe Scrolls	3​	​	​	​	​
3​	+2​	4​	4​	Arcane Tradition, Metamagic	4​	2​	​	​	​
4​	+3​	4​	5​	Ability Score Improvement or Feat	4​	3​	​	​	​
5​	+3​	4​	6​	Weapon Proficiency.	4​	3​	2​	​	​
6​	+3​	5​	7​	Arcane Tradition feature	4​	3​	3​	​	​
7​	+4​	5​	8​	Metamagic (2)	4​	3​	3​	2​	​
8​	+4​	5​	10​	Arcane Tradition feature, Ability Score Improvement or Feat	4​	4​	3​	3​	​
9​	+4​	6​	12​	Metamagic (3), Signature Spells.	4​	4​	4​	3​	1​
10​	+5​	6​	15​	Arcane Tradition feature. Old Magic. Weapon Improvement (2).	4​	4​	4​	4​	2​

Here is the Mage class PDF. I removed the Elementalist subclass because it just wasn't coming together, so I stuck with just wizard and sorcerer. I also made sorcerers an INT based casted b/c between bards and warlocks we have enough CHA-based ones.

 

[el-remmen]

Ha! Posting these class tables here is making me see inconsistences (mostly in terms) already! So thanks @Tales and Chronicles !

 

[el-remmen]

MONK

Level​	Proficiency Bonus​	Class Features	Martial Arts Die​	Resolve Points​	Bonus Speed​
1​	+2​	Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts	1d4​	2​	--​
2​	+2​	Bonus Movement, Resolve	1d4​	3​	+10 ft.​
3​	+2​	Deflect Missiles, Monastic Tradition, Focused Attack	1d6​	4​	+10 ft​
4​	+3​	Ability Score Improvement or Feat, Slow Fall, Quickened Healing	1d6​	5​	+15 ft​
5​	+3​	Extra Attack, Stunning Strike, Weapon Proficiency	1d6​	6​	+15 ft​
6​	+3​	Monastic Tradition Feature, Ideal Strikes	1d6​	7​	+20 ft​
7​	+4​	Evasion, Stillness of Mind	1d8​	8​	+20 ft​
8​	+4​	Monastic Tradition Feature, Ability Score Improvement or Feat	1d8​	9​	+25 ft​
9​	+4​	Purity of Body, Weapon Proficiency (2)	1d8​	10​	+25 ft​
10​	+5​	Monastic Tradition, Perfect Self, Extra Attack (2)	1d10​	12​	+30 ft.​

I followed WotC's lead in changing "Ki" - but rather than "Focus" (which already has a D&D meaning in terms of spell components), I named it "Resolve." I may still change it again if I come up with a different term I like better. And honestly, if a player wanted to call them something else, as long as they worked the same I wouldn't care.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I actually started with a much more profound change in the rules that was going to use 5E bounded accuracy but taking from BECMI and also creating chains of shifts in class - but that was so much work and was so far from what anyone I play with is used to, I decided to scrap it and perhaps return to it in my retirement in 12 years.

I moved to this approach because even though it is still a lot of work, hewing closer to 5E means we can start playing without it being "done" and finish as we need it.

That's kind of my position as well (for now) using 5e allows me to copy-paste most of the rules, modding them here and there if need be. It also offers me an incredible pool of class features I can use for my classes. ie: the Hexblade use a reaction to avoid a hit on a roll of 4+ on a d6 is given to the Rogue when unarmored, and also the the Barbarians Danger Sense. The whole magic item affinity from the Artificer is give to the Mage. The Spell thief from the Arcane Trickster is a main feature of the Warlock, etc

 

[el-remmen]

PALADIN

Level​	Proficiency Bonus​	Class Features	1st​	2nd​	3rd​
1​	+2​	Divine Sense, Lay on Hands, Hauler, Weapon Mastery	-​	​	​
2​	+2​	Divine Smite, Weapon Style, Spellcasting	2​	​	​
3​	+2​	Divine Health, Sacred Oath	3​	​	​
4​	+3​	Ability Score Improvement or Feat, Weapon Proficiency	3​	1​	​
5​	+3​	Extra Attack	4​	2​	​
6​	+3​	Aura of Protection, Sacred Oath Feature	4​	2​	​
7​	+4​	Aura of Courage,	4​	3​	​
8​	+4​	Sacred Oath Feature, Ability Score Improvement or Feat, Weapon Proficiency (2)	4​	3​	1​
9​	+4​	Improved Divine Smite	4​	3​	2​
10​	+5​	Sacred Oath Feature, Extra Attack (2), Improved Auras	4​	3​	3​

Edit: Here is a PDF of the Paladin class (and 3 subclasses) as it currently stands. As usual, all of this is subject to change.

 

[el-remmen]

RANGER

Level​	Proficiency Bonus​	Class Features	Hunter’s Vision Damage​
1​	+2​	Hunter’s Vision, Natural Explorer, Fighting Style, Hauler.	1d6/1d8​
2​	+2​	Weapon Mastery	1d6/1d8​
3​	+2​	Weapon Proficiency. Ranger Archetype	1d6/1d8​
4​	+3​	Ability Score Increase or Feat, Improved Hunter’s Vision	1d8/1d10​
5​	+3​	Extra Attack, Hide in Plain Sight	1d8/1d10​
6​	+3​	Weapon Proficiency (2), Natural Explorer (2), Weapon Mastery (2), Ranger Archetype Feature	1d8/1d10​
7​	+4​	Improved Hunter’s Vision (2), Beast Sense	1d10/1d12​
8​	+4​	Ability Score Increase or Feat, Land Stride, Ranger Archetype Feature	1d10/1d12​
9​	+4​	Weapon Proficiency (3), Tireless	1d10/1d12​
10​	+5​	Extra Attack (2), Natural Explorer (3), Ranger Archetype Feature	2d8/2d10​

I removed the Favored Enemy ability. Instead, Hunter's Vision (which is a kind of concentration-less hunter's mark-like ability), does increased damage against target creatures from your favored terrain.

 

[el-remmen]

ROGUE

Level​	Proficiency Bonus​	Sneak Attack Damage​	Class Features
1​	+2​	1d6​	Expertise, Sneak Attack, Thieves Cant
2​	+2​	2d6​	Cunning Action
3​	+2​	2d6​	Roguish Archetype
4​	+3​	3d6​	Ability Score Improvement or Feat, Weapon Proficiency
5​	+3​	3d6​	Uncanny Dodge, Sniper
6​	+3​	4d6​	Expertise (2), Roguish Archetype Feature
7​	+4​	4d6​	Evasion
8​	+4​	5d6​	Ability Score Improvement or Feat, Roguish Archetype Feature, Weapon Proficiency (2)
9​	+4​	5d6​	Reliable Talent, Elusive
10​	+5​	6d6​	Stroke of Luck, Sniper (2)

Rogue class + 3 subclasses homebrew PDF.