Recent content by Silam

Actually, this has been brewing in my mind due to your Stormy EK build 😄 A pure Monk with Potent Mark of Storm could be pretty nice. On 1st round, cast CME and attack thrice, then on subsequent rounds, attack 5 times. Pretty simple, but should be fun.

Importantly, there is a change between 2014 and 2024. In 2014: In 2024: So the 2024 rules are simplified, but also more flexible. An Attack Action is no longer required (as it would be in TWF, for example). This opens up interesting combos, such as for an unarmed gish. Use an Action to...

This was an amazing book, and really suffused 3.5e with a new life. It was basically 3.75e, along with Complete Scoundrel (which gave us skill tricks) and Complete Arcane (which, IIRC, gave us reserve spells, an early version of at will cantrips, but with cooler mechanics IMHO). Too bad they...

Not going to get in the fray (yet) but I think this was a good thread on what constitutes power creep: D&D General - I'm a Creep, I'm a Powergamer: How Power Creep Inevitably Destroys Editions

If this is the Dark Sun book, I fear riots as fans feel short changed 😅 …

Wow, that’s a cool site concept! Though it’s a bit bare bones right now, but still interesting. I hadn’t heard of it. Maybe someone could build a better / more complete version of this…

That is true of the class system in general, not specific to multi-classing itself. Even if you create a brand new ninja class, it is likely that most players will opine that some of the baggage it contains does not neatly fit the theme they envisioned for their character. If the class system...

I think it’s very interesting, and I’m looking forward to seeing the final version coming out, if/when it does. Sorcerer spells keyed off of Wisdom, even at 1/3rd casting progression, will open up a lot of interesting build options. The EK-like class features are also good to have.

Totally agree. Those backgrounds are very fine ways to build a ninja, along with any regular class or multi-class on top. Yep, totally fine too! 🤝 You could, absolutely. I don’t think it’s necessary, but you certainly could. A Shadow Monk / Rogue multi-class could be a terrific ninja...

We are starting to beat dead horses, so I don’t think we’ll end up convincing one another either way… but I am surprised to read these posts (not just from you, others as well). It’s as if we’re not reading from the same rules book… The Monk and the Wizard classes, in a few numbers… - Core...

I am in the camp of "ninjas should be a background". To me, classes are a set of related game mechanics, e.g., weapons, or martial arts, or stealth/infiltration/deception, or arcane magic, etc… as far as historical ninjas go, they are a mix of the first three, and if we throw in folklore, they...

For sure it’s a judgment call, and to each their own… But I’m not trying to say build complexity outweighs round-to-round complexity. I’m just trying to relate my own empirical evidence of actually teaching the game to two players whose first classes they’ve ever played were Monk and Wizard...

I don’t know… I’ve recently initiated a couple of new players to the game. One got a Monk, the other a Wizard. Both started at level 1. The Monk player has a vastly easier time. Maybe the action economy has slightly more options with the Monk, given that the Bonus Action can serve for...

Big +1. Creating a class, even with several subclasses, is a pigeon-holing endeavor. Ninjas have such diverse skillset that it’s really hard to pin them down into the straightjacket of a class, unless that class is Wizard and you have a ton of spells to choose from. Most other classes lack the...

I don’t mean to say that it’s absolutely implausible to find a way to make the backgrounds fit. I can improvise and spitball some connecting dots as much as the next fellow. My point is rather that most of the basic backgrounds are not that inspiring. Like, if I look at the 2e edition kits, a...