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Darkvision. Everyone’s favourite. Yeah I use the modified 3.5E ruleset below. There are two categories of darkvision. The first type...
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Warlocks are MUCH different mechanically, with major advantages (invocations, auto-upcasting, recharging on short rests) and...
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The thread started with trying to figure out if a Warlock dip was worth it for a Herald MC and it turned into suggesting that a fighter...
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Maybe I didn't understand the whole point of this thread, but I'm not sure herald's spell slots/exertion is unbalanced: Adepts are the...
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Yes, I assume so. There's no specific rules added for additional exertion points that Fighter or Psyknight get that specifies that...
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A possible problem here is the assumption that 1 spell slot level = 2 exertion points. This works at lower levels, but at high levels it...
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The proposal that I made along these lines avoids buffing Herald. But it is more fiddly, as the exertion cost for spell slots does...
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This was the point I was trying to make. A buff to the Herald to eliminate a boon from the fighter dip. I have been noodling with the...
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True, there's a fine line between having unified systems and class identity (I definitely prefer classless and levelless systems because...
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I really like this idea. In 3.5 this was implemented in the Trailblazer spinoff. Spells were classified as "rote", "restricted" or...
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I did some digging in the math. First of all, the table for designing monsters has a very weird quirk at CR 7 an 8. Except at those...
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Another approach that I would be tempted to adopt is moving all spell casters to a short rest refresh mechanic, and for half-casters...
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if you get a regular exertion pool you can't get another. so if heralds get a regular exertion pool then a fighter dip doesn't give them...
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I was dabbling on this a while ago, but never posted it. If I have time I'll create a post for this, as it has always bothered me (I...
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That doesn't work, unfortunately. With the approach that you're suggesting, when they level dip into Fighter, they still get the...
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