Recent content by Merlecory

I really liked the DnD Next play test version of favored foe. Choosing Dragons as your ff have you fearless (immune to fear, perfect for dealing with frightful presence and other foes) as well as evasion at later levels. Choosing Giants as your ff let you reduce damage from a bit when the...

I think the 1st level Goodberry is largely capable of trivializing the need for food, a chief challenge that could exist in the exploration pillar. I want to force players to actually engage with the pillar, not bypass it with a first level spell. I am not sold on 5e's desire to let you half...

Some ideas for making the Ranger's expert status a little more prominent, and offer a bit of thematic counter to a Paladin's might and magic combo. Some Ranger spells should tie into the 2014 version of favored foe and favored terrain. Nerf current goodberry so that it isn't a 1st level slot...

A question I had about the rogue that I had while filling out the survey: Does eldritch implosion only work on the person who cast the spell you are "empowering" from? As written, it seems like Empowered sneak attack was supposed to be a reaction at some point in the writing process, but...

I was referring to occult shroud, not magic drain. LEVEL 13: OCCULT SHROUD Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can cast the Nondetection spell, using Intelligence as your spellcasting ability. When you do so, you can target only yourself, and the duration increases to 24 hours.

Upon a closer reading: does the 13th level rogue ability still require you to provide a costly material component? Don't most normal "features" that are spells let you cast without component?

I think I would agree to lots of this list, but have a few thing I want to expound upon/append. Regarding your #2: I think resting in 5E doesn't quite work. Short rests could have a place if they were actually short. A full hour is a fairly long time in a dungeon, but very short for a party...

A question for drain magic interactions: it only goes up to second level spells. Can a warlock's pack slots outgrow the rogue? Regarding that 2nd slot refund: a party member could ritual casts a spell (detect magic, for example). That is a viable candidate for drain magic. You could turn 10...

I didn't think that's their intent. The rule about 1 spell shot per turn being added in 2024, as well as making sure action surge can't be used for multi-casting makes me doubt a monk sub class is the place to allow that.

That doesn't stop people from Ireland from adding it to their coffee though :P

So... Ireland?

I have some concerns with 5e's bounced accuracy that I would like to see addressed in a hypothetical 6e: the very flat nature often feels like the difference between an untrained and trained individual is too small, at least at the levels most play occurs. Other thoughts: I think 5e didn't have...

I have a few ranger spells to offer. They aren't all smite-esq, so let me know if they aren't really what you're interested in. I like the idea of using ranger spells to reinforce the "expertise " of the ranger, trying to match the spell with skill. Sniper’s Shot Cantrip You make a ranged...

I have had thoughts very similar to this, but have never had the chance to test them out. If you do, please share the results! As for "compensation", I had thought of a few different paths Heavy Homebrew: Artificers stop being half casters. Maybe they become the first two-thirds caster, or...