Recent content by Krafus

Miburo99: I've taken a look at your Swordmage class as you requested. Remember that the following comes from someone who has very little experience with 5e, so take my words with several grains of salt. I don't know if that's the vibe you were going for, but your Swordmage feels like a middle...

Whoops, you're right. I've thought of "paladin = divine magic" for so long that I didn't make the obvious "arcane paladin = arcane magic" connection. [Homer Simpson voice] D'oh! But now that I think on it, even if I switched the paladin's divine magic to arcane, I'd still need to do a heavy...

There are two reasons why I prefer an arcane warrior to an arcane paladin. First, I want the characters in this hypothetical campaign to have access to the arcane abjuration/evocation spells, not the divine spells. I want them to be damage dealers at melee range with martial weapons and at long...

Belated thanks to all who answered. Should I manage to build up and start the campaign I described in my OP, I'll try out my version of the Eldritch Knight. I'll keep in mind the suggestions of steeldragons and EditorBFG for an arcane paladin, and I might eventually introduce it as well, but...

My thanks to all who answered my inquiry. After a lot of thinking and evaluating various options, here's what I decided to do: 1) Increase the Eldritch Knight's spell progression to match that of a ranger or paladin. This means that the Eldritch Knight will start to cast spells at 2nd level...

I've been considering creating a campaign centering on an order of magic-using knights, and naturally I looked to the Eldritch Knight as the base class for the knights. Unfortunately, the spell progression for the Eldritch Knight, who I've sometimes seen referred to as a third-caster on this...

Hmm. It's interesting to note that Salvatore actually wrote the novelization of Attack of the Clones, which I thought was one of his best novels. The characterization in that book, especially of Anakin, is IMO much better than what I read in Salvatore's more recent novels, which seemed to be in...

This was a rather uninformative interview. The only part that surprised me was Perkins actually admitting that they hadn't done well by the setting during 4e. And the question I really wanted to see asked, wasn't: "Going forward, will there be more Realms novels published per year, and more...

Whoops, I somehow missed your update last week. Glad to see the dragon encounter wasn't problematic for your players the way it's apparently been for a number of games. The completist in me doesn't like that 1st-level parties can't possibly run through all the encounters in the town. I know, the...

I'm happy to see your Encounters sessions are doing so well, Merric, and that you apparently intend to report on this season as well. :) Looks like Wizards may finally have come up with a really good idea to attract new/lapsed players into the game. Say, at the other tables, were there deaths...

All right, permanent Advantage on all saving throws does sound a bit much. Thanks to all who answered.

I've read in several places that the playtest version of the fighter's indomitable ability was more powerful than the version that appears in the Player's Handbook. If this is true, then as someone who loves fighters, this makes me sad. However, all is not lost – I might someday convince a DM to...

I don't know if this is the sort of thing you're looking for, but you might find Ed Greenwood's old Wyrms of the North articles useful if you'd like to insert some good or evil dragons with already-developed personalities into your Tyranny of Dragons campaign. You can find copies of those...

Thanks for the very detailed finale, Merric. It sounds like it was a blast, and that Szass Tam will be missing a lot of competent minions from now on. I have two questions: 1) You mentioned that the players at Ben's table were optimized. Do you mean that their characters' builds/abilities had...

I share the worries about the tactical fighter vs. simple fighter. Going by Mearls' words, it seems the tactical fighter is a high-risk, no-reward concept compared to the simple fighter. The tactical fighter runs the risk of making poor tactical choices with his powers/abilities and thus being...