Recent content by Horwath

this isn't 3E, that you can have this big of a gap in skill DCs, everywhere you have a jump of 10, you should reduce it to 3 or 4. skills in 5e, from 1st to 20th level, mostly go from +7 to +17, counting in expertise and ability jump from +3 to +5 in 3E it's +7 to +30 or more, and +10 or +20...

it would depend on reworking that ALL subclasses have same(or as similar as possible) power budget. and ranger beast master is very bland and generic

yes, but personally, I am more biased towards slayers as a ranger concept: https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/hybrid-classes/slayer/

with losing the universal subclass levels, we lost opportunity to get universal pet class for any class that wants a pet/companion/dragon/mount

I did think about 1 class only, but it's easier to have fixed "extra attack" level and fixed spellcasting levels than turning that also into feats to select and gauge their power level. with 2 classes you can have: w20, 5 attacks, no spells w13m7, 4 attacks, 4th level spells w9m11, 3 attacks...

those 4 can be merged into 2. warrior, extra attack every 4 levels mage, normal full casting then you can multiclass to find your perfect martial to spell ratio.

resistance and later immunity to Fire damage means you can walk around elemental plane of fire without thinking about it. and here is another favored terrain. Planar: after a Short rest pick 2 damage types except B/P/S. you have immunity to those damage types. might come with minimal level of...

that all can be or not spells or just special abilities. one of suggestions back then was to make favored terrain/enemy more broad in effect. It would still be best at that special terrain but with bonuses to more situations. I.E: favored terrain Arctic: resistance to cold or immunity if you...

most of those spells should either be removed of or reduced to that level that it helps with wilderness challenge and not simply remove the challenge. Sieges are simply impossible to have with starving out defenders if they have few 1st level clerics and/or rangers. one cleric and one ranger...

CRs scale too fast in comparison to skill scaling. expertise scales +1/2 per level more or less, so expert should expect to keep up with DCs so maybe: 5+1/2 CR 10+1/2 CR 15+1/2 CR

Blind sight 5ft and that is about it. anything more can be gained by taking later feats/fighting styles. maybe Advantage on non-sight perception checks as your brain compensates.

this can be solved by adding those things to specific skills: 1. If you have proficiency in this skill you can do this extra 2. if you have expertise in this skill you can do this extra. I.E: Medicine, if you have proficiency in Medicine and you use a charge of medicine kit you can heal the...

well, about that...

I agree on that. perhaps the best design would be "build your own class" from scratch with 10 or so premade builds in PHB that represents the "iconic" classes. this would be extra good for new players so they do not need to bother with planning ahead while they are learning the game. That can...

horizontal growth is "bonus" feats. if you want to slow down leveling and still give players a sense of progress, then you can: instead of leveling every 3-4 sessions(or whatever timeline you use, in game months/years) you could stagger that with a bonus feat in substitution for a level. 3...