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I thought 4e already did this? :]

In comparing Guiding Bolt to Magic Missile, I don’t really see a problem. GB deals 4d6 damage to one creature if you hit. This means a chance of a miss (wasted spell) but also chance of a crit. Also has a “bonus” of one time advantage. MM deals 1d4+1 damage to one or more creatures with no...

To be honest, Rejoined while an entertaining ep, actually reinforced the hetero bias of ST. After 8 (9) lives of male and female living--and given that clearly Jadzia didn't have trouble being physically intimate with Lenara--there is no reason at all that Jadzia wouldn't have been bisexual. But...

I hadn't noticed this...and am glad to see it. Also with regard to the "sex" section, as a queer kid (I'm sure one of the many) who found escape in D&D as a teenager 20+ years ago, I'm glad to see this shift. I was fortunate to find -- and then build -- a group (first a game run by a gay man...

This actually makes perfect sense to me. If you've learned to use thieves' tools, you've learned to do a range of things with them, including investigate a trap, identify lock types, pick a tumble lock, trip a combination, disable a dart trap, etc. These are covered by multiple ability scores...

So if I inferred that you were in favor of essentially a 3 class system: caster, warrior, skill monkey (to be reductionist), would I be inferring accurately? It sounds like you don't appreciate a difference between even wizard and cleric, since both are just casters...one has more weapons and...

But what about mechanics? How does one create a consistent, readily comprehensible class when within a single class you can have: * choose your spells ever day, cast by slots, boost the damage using higher level slots or * know a few spells, cast them as much as you want We also are missing...

Skulky is not fluff. Warlocks in the past have had ways of remaining hidden and using that state to gain advantage. Unsavory in my description was intended to describe the in-game mechanics of poison, degradation, damage to the caster, and other objective negatives or subjective evils. Also...

Because IMO the other classes are designed to fill in the substantial "empty space" between the archetypes identified by the main 4. I'm not married to this reasoning, but it's my first instinct. This presumes that the thematic function of these two subclasses will be different just because...

I agree with you for the four primary classes. I think assuming this for all classes somewhat negates the point of having the other classes. I remember a game I played in briefly where a fellow player once had a fit because my paladin wasn't a perfect "tank" (it was 3e and I multiclassed with...

Well, the wheeling and dealing with fae folk does sound pactish, but even those that doen't create a scenario where the source of the power is a two-edge sword with great role playing potential. As a DM I would -- case by case-- approve "pacts" like these. The binding pixies could bring down the...

I like the idea of (some) save-or-die-style spells being deferred, not lost, in the case of a successfully save. If the caster chooses to "concentrate" on the spell as the next rounds action, they can force another save--perhaps with changed circumstances. It must be the same target but the...

Rather than we're going to curve hit points off after a certain point (name level so to speak), I would rather see levels where you don't roll HP (maybe every 3rd level or every odd level. So first level is fixed (Max HD + Con mod, for example) 2nd, 4th, 6th, etc. you gain a HD and roll it...

Yes. Jab says you can't make a ranged or melee attack. Casting is a different action.

In the same way that fighters getting feats automatically encourages always getting the best feats? If the rules don't have spell advancement built in then it is up the the whim of the DM to ensure that wizards don't end up at 8th level with only their 1st level spell complement. Meanwhile...

Familiar spirit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia First sentence pretty much sums it up. In many legends, witches/wizards either needed or were aided by their familiar in casting magic. DC

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Yes...i acknowledge this is the case also. It does not change the fact that by a strict reading of the ability, enemy runepriests grant the same benefit. DC

This would technically mean that if you were fighting an enemy runepriest, your allies would gain the benefit if the enemy runepriest were in the runestate at the same time you were....the enemy's allies would similarly benefit. This is one of the few times where a benefit doesn't specify...

In terms of your character personalities? As much as you choose. In terms of your marks, you're both technically aberrant (yours is a mixed mark because only halflings manifest a true mark of healing and his is aberrant). I the society of Khorvaire, you're both outcast and apt to be persecuted...