Recent content by Lord Twig

I have realized that I DON'T want my games to be like the movies. I want them to be like the book. And how many times have you heard that the original book is so much better than the movie? With a book you can stop and think, "Wait a minute... how did he shoot his crossbow, throw a dagger, and...

The Gunslingers with Weapon Cords was dumber than this. The rules worked like this: A max level Gunslinger could normally only fire a one-handed gun a maximum of 4 times. But you could dual wield one-handed guns to get four shots with each gun. But wait a minute! You need a hand free to load...

Verisimilitude and the Art of the Crossbow Expert! :) I was never a fan of the Crossbow Expert feat as it didn't make sense that you could load and shoot a heavy crossbow twice (or eight times if you were an Action Surging 20th level Fighter) in six seconds. Whenever I voiced this complaint...

Stumbled across this thread and it inspired me. Below is the house rule that I came up with for my game. I think it makes things much clearer and allows you to wield two non-light (one-handed) weapons, but it also gives you a reason to use two Nick weapons. So possible combinations are two...

I'm not interested in a pedantic argument. I do appreciate your perspective and interpretation. Honestly, I don't want to be overly strict with the rules, but I like to understand what the rules actually are before I break or houserule them. If nothing else I will use this post as a reference...

No, I didn't think you get one free interaction for you move AND your action. I understand that you only get one per turn. So if you move you can open a door as your free object interaction. And that's it. You have used your free interaction... But then you take the Attack action. The Attack...

I was hoping someone might have already looked into this and be able to help me out, but I have done more digging and, honestly, I'm not super happy with what I found so far. Drawing Two Weapons I can only find equipping and unequipping weapons under the Attack action. What if you want to close...

I haven't seen a good thread on exactly how the Interacting with Objects rules apply to different situations. If there is already one and I missed it, I apologize. Here is the main rules section on Interacting with Objects...

Oh, for feats I suggest Heavy Armor Master (Str or Con), Shield Master (Str), Sentinel (Str), or Resilent: Con (Con). Polearm Master is good if you picture your Paladin fighting with a spear and shield, but I don't think it is so good that you should sacrifice the image of your Paladin for it...

You could go Vengeance, it is a good subclass. In fact I have been almost a dozen games and every single Paladin I have seen has been Vengeance. Now I can't stand them. PLEASE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT! :p Another thing to consider about the Vengeance Paladin is if you play with the popular...

Regarding the Enchanter, I would like to point out that there are a grand total of FIVE spells that work with the 10th level Split Enchantment ability in the Core Rules. And really it is just THREE. Charm Person Charm Monster Hold Person Hold Monster Tasha's Hideous Laughter That's it. This is...

As Horwath pointed out, Paladins get a +1d8 radiant damage bonus to all attacks for free at 11th level. Even with my improvements, at 11th level a ranger will have +1d6 force damage that requires concentration, requires a Bonus Action to apply it, and lasts 8 hours, but he can cast it again. At...

At 9th level it lasts for 8 hours, at 17th it lasts for 24 hours. So you wake up and cast Hunter's Mark on one of your friends. When combat starts you can take the Attack Action and place it on someone, no action required. If you drop it to cast a different Concentration spell you will have to...

Thank you for all the replies. I have thought it over and have increased the power even more. I realize it is still very modest (hence the title of this thread) and may not be enough for some people, but here it is: Level 1: Favored Enemy You always have the Hunter’s Mark spell prepared. You...

I think that would make the Ranger overpowered. Honestly the Ranger keeps up very well up until 11th level. So I wouldn't want to give them a boost before that. I primarily hear that the two thinks that cause a problem with Ranger having Hunter's Mark as a feature is that the concentration and...