Recent content by Nivenus

My bad. I thought I set it to public. It should be fixed now. I'll add scimitars back in. Theoretically I could say "all swords" but the 5e rules don't actually define swords per se (unlike 4e which had weapon type as well as proficiency type) so it'd require some fudging. All "melee slashing...

Alright, version 1.1 is up now. The changes are noted below: I gave Khaalis a credit at the document's start, as thanks for the changes suggested. I added greatswords to the available weapon proficiencies, in order to better support the Great Weapon Fighting Style. I removed scimitars to keep...

Hmm... interesting idea. I chose not to alter Weapon Bond significantly because that seems to be the norm when classes share features in 5e and because it's a 3rd level feature in the Eldritch Knight archetype and I didn't want to overpower it for a 1st level feature. But if you think it...

Hey there. So this is my first attempt at cooking up a class from scratch for D&D 5th edition. It's the swordmage class, which first appeared in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide for 4th edition, although I also drew on similar archetypes like the duskblade class or bladesinger prestige class...

I guess that depends on what you mean by "specific kingdom." To me, the Abyss and Gehenna aren't really kingdoms; their structure as described in most rulebooks that aren't specifically plane-focused is usually pretty loosely defined. What's the geography of the Abyss? Neither the Player's...

Except that's not actually true. The Great Wheel isn't forced on every setting (or hasn't been since 2e anyway). It's just the assumed cosmology. Eberron doesn't use it at all (indeed, 4e forced its cosmology more on Eberron more than 3e did) and unless WotC intends to cause as big of an uproar...

The way the Great Wheel cosmology typically renders things, where Elysium is "more good" than Celestia and Mechanus is "more lawful?" Yes, in a sense. It's more like a circle (which fits the wheel imagery), where along the perimeter (alignment extremes) you're always an equal distance from the...

Whether or not Gygax believed this is so, he's not the sole authority on the nine-alignment system. Yeah, kind of. But lawful neutral, chaotic neutral, and neutral characters can take part in a good-aligned adventure (which is the default sort) with relatively little trouble and all three were...

That's exactly how I was going to explain it but you saved me the trouble ;) . Basically, every individual only has the capacity to care so much about a given value set. If they're 100% dedicated to good/empathy/kindness they can't be simultaneously 100% dedicated to law/order/stability or...

That sounds like it's in the ballpark. His Intelligence is obviously pretty high and his Charisma seems formidable as well, but he does have a tendency toward some really foolish actions from time to time that don't serve him well in the long-term.

Oh yeah, Tyrion's definitely a rougher, darker character in the books (although they've begun to demonstrate a bit more of that in the show now). I'm not sure whether that relates to his Charisma though: he still manages to talk himself out of some pretty dire situations and there's nothing to...

In certain rulesets maybe, but not in D&D. In D&D, all of the chief persuasion skills are Charisma based and Tyrion is a naturally skilled diplomat (Diplomacy/Persuasion), liar (Bluff/Deception), and bully (Intimidate). His intelligence is plenty high too, but despite his appearance he actually...

I agree wholeheartedly (and I believe several other people in the thread do as well)! No one should be forced to use a cosmology that you don't want to use and the rulebooks should support not only multiple cosmologies but the ability to craft your own as well. Individual campaign settings ought...

It's coherent because "good" in D&D terms means something very specific, as has been pointed out. And that specific value set may or may not be all that matters to a character. A chaotic good character believes charity, compassion, and hope are all excellent virtues, but they believe they are...

That actually sounds really Planescape-y to me. Which I suppose shouldn't come as a total surprise, given one of the sources you drew on was Monte Cook. This actually gets to something I've been trying to understand about your criticisms of Planescape. You say that you can do all of these...