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This might be a resource: http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2015/01/dungeons-dragons-famous-dragon-lairs.html

Should add, I agree with you here. Not even sure it is worth being 7th level.

I would agree in general that heavy armor should be available for starting characters. If you want cost to be an issue, some form of masterwork is a better way to go IMO.

To be fair, your level 1 fighter with scale mail and shield would have AC 13 in the current rules, so I don't know what you are complaining about :)

Yes but what about the more general cases? How do you decide if someone is a willing target for a mage armor spell? Can you use charm person to make a creature a willing target for levitation? Can you dominate a creature and force it to accede to a plane shift? That was my point, that JC is...

Then I guess I'm saying that when the rules talk about "willing," they are making an out of game reference. Or anyway, that's what JC is saying. Do you have an alternative way to interpret "willing"? If they player doesn't decide what their character does willingly, who does?

No, and I am confused why you are not understanding the idea. If some external influence forces you to become frightened and move, then you are not moving willingly. If you roleplay becoming frightened and move, then you are moving willingly. If an external influence forces you to become...

'cause it isn't your will to be scared :) If you are hit by BB and just decide that this is the time to retreat, then of course you would take the damage.

I don't see the dnd druid much as a celtic cleric, more as a guardian of nature. That's how the PHB describes it so I can see why they would base the class design on that. But of course if you want to view them as a type of cleric that is reasonable, and you might want to make a few tweaks to...

Sorry I meant "Actually it isn't crazy" Since BB requires willing movement, your will is part of what makes the damage happen. Doesn't have to be all in your head, but you can say that anything involving will is partly in your head. (But what do you mean, without magical influence?) Not the...

Actually, JC on twitter does seem to consistently rule that "willing" means free of magical influence. That isn't crazy either. So you can't charm/dominate a creature and then have it be a willing target for a spell. For instance...

Yes, opportunity attacks occur "right before the creature leaves your reach." I would certainly say though that the creature is free to stop moving after the attack occurs. (In many cases you have to stop, if you end up restrained or unconscious for instance.)

That said, if you want some ideas that would be useful, fun, and thematic, there are: javelin of lightning hammer of thunderbolts armor of resistance (thunder or lightning) ring of elemental command (air or water) rod of lordly might staff of thunder and lightning decanter of endless water horn...

Stone shape is pretty strong, I don't think it is out of place at level 4. Part of the issue is that spells in general are less powerful than they were in 3e, pretty sure that was a deliberate decision across the board. I can see why they removed hallow, it has a strong traditional religious...

Rules aren't very clear on this. I would play that if the target spends its own movement to move, then BB would trigger. But the two cases you mention have their own issues. Suggestion fails if you tell the target to do something obviously harmful; triggering BB would seems to count. Fear...

The logic makes sense to me. But I don't think that rogues are particularly strong in melee now, and this will make them worse. (Same for bards, really.) So as a practical matter, this will push rogues more towards ranged weapons, which is a little disappointing to me because I like melee rogues...

Rogues will be a little sad about the light armor rule, they just lose a point of AC. Same for melee-oriented bards, I suppose.

4 THP? You've got the dang thing at will, keep casting it until you roll an 8 :)

I would start a new thread rather than necro one that is like 6 months old. But I'm also happy if someone points out the old thread, so I can see what people said there. I would feel a little bad if I started a new thread and then found out there was an existing one on the same topic that was...

I agree they are and should be fairly rare, but I do like to have them. I agree, the heavy one should mainly for clerics, and the rare ranger. Focusing on clerics, I'm pretty comfortable giving them all martial weapons and heavy armor as a half feat. We know that doesn't break the cleric class...