Recent content by Tormyr

I have adjusted the mechanics and math of a lot of 5e Zeitgeist for my personal campaign and decided to make what worked well for my group available as a resource. I thought people who are interested in Zeitgeist but don't browse the D&D forum might like a look...

Late to the party, but maybe this might be useful to try out sometime. I set up Troops (swarms of creatures larger than Tiny) for these situations because it lets me have the "weight/pressure" of a wall of low-level enemies without slowing things down with a low of die rolls. It is a small bit...

Tormyr submitted a new resource: Zeitgeist 5e Overhaul - My take on the crunchy bits of Zeitgeist 5e Read more about this resource...

This is my take on a version of the 5e player options and campaign setting for Zeitgeist 5e. It is a work in progress, and all feedback is appreciated. Only people who are past or current GMs for the campaign or are a player who has finished the campaign should look at the GM Info file as...

Also, it is okay if the PCs die. The Voice of Rot revives them in the next scene anyway. :devilish:

Is it okay for a creature to counterspell a firearm?

Looking at that whole wall of text in my previous post, it reminds me of something that one of my players mentioned while we were brainstorming how to make firearms "interesting and different". He said, "It's not the 5e way of doing things. In 5e, you want to simplify, simplify, simplify." We...

Is there an anticipated max character level for this campaign? For high-level fighters and characters with two-weapon fighting, a PC can go through six pistols in only two rounds. I think that while the mechanic of a Dexterity saving throw works reasonably well as a means to say that bullets...

Edit: missed an earlier comment.

At the risk of: Hey, here's something I found on Google. It is fairly easy to find multiple examples of people indicating that very early firearms defeating plate, at least at the short ranges used for Pathfinder and D&D firearms. Pathfinder handled firearms by making a ranged attack against...

In that case, the sweet spot for the feat might give someone with the feat 1 more damage die over someone without the feat per round. You might want to make the reload the bonus action, otherwise someone can use the firearm plus use their action for something else, like casting a fireball.

So anyone can do one big shot once per encounter, but someone trained with the feat can fire every other turn. I would suggest having the feat both add a damage die and make reloading an action. That would allow a level 1-4 character to keep up with a firearm as a primary weapon. Then you just...

I realized that was more my suggestion on a slightly modified version of what you proposed. To actually address your questions and possible issues I see. Personal opinions are starred (*). In no particular order: Making this not an attack roll but also not a spell means that you have to build...

I have been working on updating Pathfinder 1e guns into 5e in support of my Zeitgeist campaign. Back when I was considering whether or not to include the concept of the ranged attack vs Touch AC, I thought about using Dex saving throws. So if eliminating the effect of physical AC is what you are...

These are fantastic.