Recent content by Merlecory

I mean, this whole thread is about changing rules to better suit people's ideas of fun. If you think hunters mark is an ok central mechanic, or don't want this thread to be about everyone's favorite bespoke hipster ranger idea, that's fine. But the idea that we can't change the base ranger seems...

I don't believe they exist.

Monk punches are magic, ergo, Monk casts FIST! :p

Jeremy Crawford says that the (2014 Monk's) ki empowered strikes are described as magical, and therefor suppressed in an anti-magic field. I think you'll have to go get the dev team onboard.

Can I ask for some clarification? Your post is not super clear to me. Is this a post about how players generate their stats? (Strength score, Dex score, etc) Is this a post about having scores vs just the modifier? Is this about what score should give what modifier?

The 2014 wizard needs to spend 1 minute/level of spell for each spell they prepare. I suspect that those rules aren't tracked/enforced very often. I don't remember it coming up much in my 3.5 days, but that was a while back...

I think the rest rules are the ultimate source of discontent for these spells, and would need changes. I think Galder's tower was written by someone who didn't really consider it's dimensions, especially when letting it be furnished. Each floor is either 10 ft X 10ft, or a circle ~11.25 ft in...

Truncating here, with the intention of adding on some small wrinkles: The importance of those decisions, and the easiness of those decisions are two other axis you could use to determine player satisfaction. One important decision, with several compelling alternatives can be a satisfying turn.

If you are trying to make the actual instructions seem more arcane/mystical, I might try looking at how older recipes (ie 1700s) were written. For example: Take the stēle and put to it a peck of bone dust. Fold the metal well. Heat again with wyrm flame, then bathe the sword into good oils...

I'll throw a couple in An item struck by lightning as the final step The bough of a young tree from a sacred grove Freely given, or stolen depending on what you like A sword forged from a thousand hands: each hammer blow must be done by a new person Instead on being cast in a sand mold, it...

I wished there had been a general feedback somewhere. I would have liked to make some comment about allowing artificers to get a feature that actually made them better at making magic items.

I feel like magical tinkering has lost some flavor here. Instead of working on some existing object to change it, the artificer simply conjures an object. It's just not the same.

I think spells coming online too late should be handled 2 ways. First, half casters should be getting more unique spells. Because they are unique, they should be a bit "ahead" of the power curve than the level would suggest. Second, I would like to see a come back of the 3.X spell progression...

I personally think 1 swap is enough, but that is very much a personal preference. I like that players can make meaningful mechanical decisions about their character. The 5e trend to let you change out things like fighting style and weapon masteries bother me. The "mastery" doesn't feel like it...

When you say "You can exchange a known talent with a new talent at every new ranger Level", do you mean you can exchange ONE at every level, or do you mean that you can swap them all out? I think you mean the first, but it could be read as the second. Astute II does not allow you to gain...