Recent content by Mirrorrorrim

Half-elf has always been great mechanically, for instance, in 2E it was the most generous multi-classer. And yes, Tanis Half-elven was a wonderful character that inspired many people, including designers and storytellers. But even as a fan of mixed races, I did not like either the historical...

OK. Hear me out... What if the Arcane Archer could choose Int or Cha as it's secondary ability? It's not a book class like the Wizard so it doesn't have to be Int-based, and there are more Charisma arcane traditions than Int. (Wis seems too useful and not "arcane", but maybe it allows for a...

Right, and they aren't in the Core Monster Manual. Creature type would not have been a good way to organize the 2024 MM. They altered the creature types of many creatures to better balance out how many creatures belonged to each type. That would have been confusing to so many people who try to...

I am not reading it from beginning to end again. I am saying that alphabetical, in the way they have presented it, is the most helpful for actually looking creatures up. If a new DM sees a "succubus" and some "dretches" referenced in an adventure, they should be able to look up "Succubus" and...

Nope! Each dragon type is significantly different enough from other dragons that they can have their own book entry for their creature identity and culture, and the stat blocks in each entry are for the age variants. Slaads have one common cultural identity with multiple stat blocks. I feel the...

I don't really see that as a compelling argument. It takes the assumption that a new DM will assume there could be dragons of every color of the rainbow and beyond. They will see Black, then Blue, then no Brown? OK, so it's not every color of the rainbow. Let's look up the dragons in the dragon...

They moved away from adding traits in places not on the individual stat block. I think that is good. 1. One stat block for monster entry pages, and it is designed for easy Maps tool reference. 2. Not all dragons need to have the exact traits. For example, there are different age categories...

I don't get this argument. If you're a new DM, you don't have the context of prior editions to go off of, and you are reading the book for the first time. You will learn the layout of the book without being tripped up by the expectations set by older editions. If you start at the very...

I believe the 2024 books are intended to be the new baseline for the future, with the intent to bring new players into the fold now that D&D is blowing up in pop culture. With that need in mind, alphabetical by name is the best way to organize the book, so in the middle of a game when it is most...

Sure, in 2E, all Dark Sun PC's had a wild talent. However, there is no reason to assume the same will be the case for a 5e version of Dark Sun, to where PCs could not select a Core Origin feat. I would anticipate that it would be a common option, though!

Well, yeah, the entire game is about magic. But some people want psionics to be something that works just like magic but isn't magic. shrug. But if psionics are a huge power system with monsters and items to support it, the game would need to have psionics built into the very fabric of the core...

A psionics fan can justify any power as psionic because there are so many different fictions that portray it as such. Even creating matter and energy out of thin air, or spirit/soul stuff and outer planar/afterlife traveling. Because psionics is just magic seen through a different filter...

Psionics in fiction is effectively what magic is in that particular fiction, and is the nature of the supernatural in that world. Most fictional universes don't have both, or are a kitchen sink universe (Superheroes, Rifts, etc.). Some people want only tele-powers. Many want kinetic powers...

Yep. You don't need a DDB account. Go to the main page. Go to the Sources dropdown, and select Unearthed Arcana. UA's are undeveloped playtest content, and are therefore not in the compendium or character builder.

Hunter's Mark with Concentration is fine, power-wise. The complaint is that people want to be able to benefit from Hunter's Mark while they are concentrating on other spells. But they don't need that. There are enough free castings of Hunter's Mark that it can be dropped to cast a different...