Recent content by Pauln6

A lot of classic 1e wizard spells did come out of fantasy literature, fairy stories, Greek, Roman, Hindu, and Budhist legends, etc just with some arbitrary additions. You have your classic charms, weather control, telekinesis, shape changing, including Circe transforming sailors into swine...

Merlin is largely a druid, so yeah, your mileage is going to vary.

Well, surely short range teleport still allows you to ignore difficult terrain, ignore obstacles, ignore areas of spell effects, ignore jump limits, and bypass traps? Whether you think it's overpowered is one thing, but it has a HUGE amount of low level utility. I know my DM got very...

Not quite. Doing multiple ports in quick succession or teleporting at the upper end of his weight limit could also take their toll after which time he needed rest before he could short range port again. So, from a game perspective, there could well be a limit and in the comics, he just rarely...

I think, for me, the issue is more that Nightcrawler, even from his first appearance, was not a low level character, so any attempt at like for like at low levels is asking for a massive power up. Also, the distance and frequency of his teleportation would exhaust him, so even at higher levels...

I can definitely remember Wolverine going feral and using purely animal instincts to stalk and track. Maybe the issue is thinking of this in terms of numbers on the page rather than just a way to give a bonus to certain skills in line with a cinemtac/literary concept?

Ok so, Weapon Master could look something like: Weapon Master Feat General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Quick Draw: You gain one additional free object interaction on...

I think the scimitar nick ability was purely to facilitate dual wielding scimitars which it does not do effectively because of the short sword. It also makes the real world fighting style of rapier and dagger a specialist fighting style that requires the dual wielder feat, which feels wrong...

Personally, I really dislike the notion that you can draw AND sheath multiple weapons in a 6 second round. I much preferred the 5.14 rule that drawing or sheathing a weapon is either a free object interaction or an action (using one your attacks if you have multiple attacks). Given that...

I'm baffled that they are still so reluctant to use a version of Battlemaster warlord type manoeuvres for Bannerets. Even if you scaled back the dice to 1d6 or reduced the number of manoeuvres or dice by half. Given that some might argue balance, my tweak will probably be to give them a free...

I interspersed some Living Greyhawk modules and some of the Rod of Seven parts (but the still don't have part 6). They are just about to assist in the second siege of Gorna so I think we will power through the last 6 modules dealing with the giants before going back to AoW. Maybe it's the...

I believe in 1e, only fighters, rangers, and paladins - all of whom were likely to already have strength 16+ - could use the belts.

What we're finding is more that Barbarians have more hp and more ways to preserve those hp. Toughness will help but can be taken by anyone. I would have preferred fighters to have had an ability called Tactical Withdrawal where they can impose disadvantage on opportunity attacks and (at...

I'm not obsessed with stats to be honest - I just think fighters need more HP. All I'm saying is that there should an option with mechanical benefits for players who fancy playing an intelligent, non-magical fighter. Fighters shouldn't be forced to be stupid because that 14 really should go...

I'm not sure I want more dex feats but yeah, something like that. At-will commander's strike might be a bit much when you consider the other option is one manoeuvre per short rest but you could certainly allow it a number of times per short rest equal to your intelligence modifier without bonus...