Recent content by tombowings

Eberron can better be describe not as "magic and science collide" but as "magic explored through the use of the scientific method and applied through engineering."

And based on where we fall on that preference scale, we should avoid playing at the same table.

Great! I can totally see this working for worlds where those assumptions hold true.

Doesn't that feel artificial? I'm not sure what element of the game world are you trying to bring to the forefront?

Sure, but the player will have to make occasional saving throws to avoid his pants being set aflame.

Cool. I had a player who wanted to play a necromancer whose goal was to found a zombie civilization (for the good the all zombie men, women, and children). The civilization would, of course, be completely mindless, and individual zombies had no sense of self (stumbling around feasting on the...

I'm disappointed. Again, every subclass is solely oriented toward combat, generally ignoring the other three pillars of play. 2014 Conjurer and Transmuter had some really fun 3rd-level abilities that have been removed in favor of combat power. Yawn.

Sure. Everyone in my world is the hero of their own story.

For me, I'm having a really hard time considering the cultural implications of a race that can change its size to increase its Strength and speed. Though not all Goliaths have access to this ability, it's still a little hard for me to wrap my head around. Some of the Goliath's other abilities...

Crawford comes up with nonsense rulings all the time. Just look at the number of class abilities that clash with the logic of the game world. Warlock: "I thought you were a master of the longsword." Fighter: "That was yesterday. Today, I decided to switch. I forgot how to use the longsword...

Sure. We can homebrew. But that doesn't change the fact that the rogue scout (as written) is not a low magic ranger replacement. If WotC wanted it do what you've written, they would have written it to do so. And as of 2024, rogues are no longer proficient with longswords.

To some extent, you are correct. Yet, I don't think the rogue scout matches many conceptions of the ranger, if any. Which ranger in literature goes from being the type of person that speaks the secret language of thieves to suddenly (around 3rd level) waking up a wilderness expert?

In the 2024 version, they have Thieves' Cant at 1st level and are no longer proficiency with longswords, only "Martial weapons that have the Finesse or Light property" (p. 129). Maybe this fits a certain wilderness archetype, but it doesn't fit the grizzled outdoorsman I imagine when I hear the...

Curious that all your rangers know Thieves' Cant, have proficiency with Thieves' Tools , and lack proficiency with longswords, longbows.

I have an unusual relationship with Goodkind. His writing is sloppy, his characters are generic, his imagination is depraved - and yet I've read the series twice. Something about this books just - well - works. At least for what it is.