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You can rule a different ability modifier as per the PHB variant. IMO it is better to rule based on the situation, not on what is...

For me, combining and splitting skills needs to serve one purpose before any other - to equalize how often the skill comes up in...

OK. Do you see this version of the turret being an attachment to an existing weapon, or do you create a weapon of your own design...

5e does pigeonhole you quite a bit. - It really pushes Rogue into investing in Dex for example. However if you decide to play a bit of a...

This sounds like something a Battlesmith or Forge Adept might be better at. - They are built better for using actual weapons rather than...

The issue with the multiplier was that it encouraged fighter thieves to backstab with 2-handed swords. The flat bonus means that a...

That is how artificer casting works, lore-wise: "You have studied the workings of magic and how to channel it through objects. As a...

You clearly haven't seen the swashbuckler. The 5e rogue is a flexible class, there are a number of of different playstyles it can use...

In truth, when you look it that way, assassin would be better as Background. Assassin Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth Tool...

I dont think so, no. We talking of a 1 minute effect per short rest? But I'd go for a refluffed Reckless attack to represent Rage...

Which a rogue can do just fine.

I think it is difficult to come up with a separate class for Assassin that doesn't feel like it's mostly a riff off the rogue. So, while...

Forces, principles, philosophies, and elements. D&D has had plenty of things that are explicitly not gods grant cleric spells.

We are talking about religion in games. Unless your game world has omnipotent and omniscient entities in it, the question is moot...

By the exact same logic, you wouldn't see Str 8 orcs or Dex 8 elves if you're using a ruleset with racial ASIs (and point buy). Not...