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That is a cool find. Another option: a vulture, also Medium size. Personally, I'd consider house-ruling a Tiny or Small size requirement for Find Familiar to better match traditional expectations of the spell, but I can't deny the fun of the idea.

Turns out those are (or were) the same word! convincō in Wiktionary

Speaking of D&D influence, this probably counts: Helm's Deep by Darrell K. Sweet I'm not sure of the direction of influence, but I had this piece in a 1982 Tolkien Calendar, and the pig-orcs in the 1e Monster Manual go back to at least 1977. Assuming the depiction originated with D&D, though...

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If you have 2 levels as a Rogue or Fighter, the rule doesn't apply, since you add "One third of your Fighter or Rogue levels (round down) if you have the Eldritch Knight or Arcane Trickster subclass" (emphasis mine). You don't have the subclass at level 2, so rounding up from level 2 never comes...

But a level 2 Fighter can't be an Eldritch Knight, and a level 2 Rogue can't be an Arcane Trickster, so constructing the rule to avoid 1st- and 2nd-level Fighters or Rogues from contributing to Spellcasting capability is completely unnecessary. Just round up, and it won't matter until they take...

Not MTV, but possibly Marvel Comics: Although there are other possible inspirations, as mentioned here.

I've done one of two things in the past (although, both methods were for in-person gaming): Have the player roll their dice in a tray or other container where they can't see the results. At the beginning of a session, have players roll a bunch of results in advance (e.g. d20s in D&D). The GM...

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I get some of what he says, but he expends a lot of words in the longest paragraph of your quote complaining about NPCs with ability scores of 18-20. PC ability scores have gone to 20 for three whole editions now (heck, four editions if you count Dark Sun); that's over 25 (or 34) years now...

Note that there are two things called "Nimble". One is the original, essentially house rules for 5e D&D, which I haven't played. If you've seen references to 5e compatibility, that might be what you're thinking of. Then there's the Nimble RPG which grew out of those rules. I'm playing that now...

Even in 2e it created "missiles of magical energy".

A technical point: elephants are Huge, so not eligible for Animal Shapes. You could turn the goblins into hippos, though, which have even better AC and HP than elephants. And also, there's room for more goblin/hippos!

I wanted to highlight a few things that I haven't seen brought up in the thread so far: While I get the interpretation of LTH not having a floor, since its effect is described as a "dome" (five times!) in the 2014 rules, one which exists "around and above you", in 2024 it's an Emanation, which...