Recent content by Darklion

Re: obsidimen getting hosed, yeah, they’re supposed to be super strong and super tough, and 5E is kind of designed to not let you be super strong and super tough, at least in raw stats and durability. So I think that’s where you need to perhaps balance it with things that are adjacent to super...

For t’skrang, instead of trying to cross-wire Dex and Str for the skills, I’d just give them starting proficiency in either (or both) Acrobatics and Athletics. As they get free skills proficiencies, I’d probably dump the selection. Dump darkvision; t’skrang didn’t have it in the original...

According to section 9, all WOTC really has to do is say that OGL New is not an updated version of the OGL Classic, but a separate and unrelated license. Therefore, section 9 doesn't apply and the new rules (sorry, the new "summaries") cannot be relicensed. They could even call it OGL 2.0 --...

Man, that sucks. I understand the reasoning, but if the rules are summarized rather than quoted, it becomes next to worthless as a reference. "Rats, I didn't bring my PHB, so I don't know what it says about casting a spell while concentrating on another one." "So look it up in the SRD!" "Ok...

This is a terrible mechanic, because it penalizes the wizard at the one thing he is capable of doing: casting spells. Since many spells are subject to saving throws to reduce or negate spell effects (quite a few spells are all-or-nothing depending on the saving throw result), some spells require...