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I have a player who would like to run a Kenku in an upcoming A5E game I'm running. I'm not actually against the concept but that means it's homebrew time. I've got a rough concept here but I'd really like some suggestions about gifts and traits. The current gifts are taken from other heritages...

Neat. I forgot about the first issue of the gazette. I'll keep an eye out for it then.

I'm trying to convert my 5e game over and of course, one of my players is playing a warforged fighter. I'm not a fan of warforged but I don't want to slap the player with a demand to ditch their character. Has anyone created a homebrew warforged heritage for 5EA yet? It would save me some...

I'd correct you on one point. IMO WotC doesn't make adventures. They make big campaign books. We're really lacking in any smaller adventures or dungeons like we got back in the 3rd ed days. It's all big, and tbh not well organized at times, campaigns. Well, ok, to be fair Candlekeep Mysteries...

Maybe, but I'd shy away from penalizing folks for wearing helmets. It might encourage player behavior in undesired directions.

I don't quite get the aesthetics comment though. Does that one come up in your experience? What I mean is, it's an RPG, not a video game. So it's not like Mass Effect where you might select the "don't show helmets" option so you can see characters' faces during cutscenes.

Keep in mind, most helms are probably less well fitting than a modern baseball helmet. You put a full helm on an elvish mage who's never been trained in how to move/fight in armor, he'd probably be kinda awkward. Maybe he wouldn't know that you wore a padded cap under it so it slides around? Or...

I'd house rule it. If you're not wearing a helmet, you don't get the full effect of the armor. So if they aren't wearing a helmet, reduce the AC from that armor by 1.

For adding flavor to a game, I've introduced 2 different army meals into my games. Both with great effect. 1. Dwarf Bread - I stole this one from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, but it carries over REALLY well. Believe it or not, there are still fantasy fans out there who haven't read...

Against the Giants is a fun adventure. It's a little higher level since it starts with you fighting hill giants, but it begins with a raid on a wooden fort built by giants and turns into an odd dungeon crawl. I'll be curious how much of it they convert over. Will Lloth's magical dimension...

I think Masterwork in 5e is less combat related and more of a role-play concept. The weapon is of great quality and value. Perhaps it's more durable or lighter, but it's more a matter of style than function. To be honest I think I prefer it that way.

It's my favorite D&D setting. High adventure, ship battles, and alot of variety. I'm a bit pissed off at what WoTC has done to it with 4th ed. and I really didn't like the 3rd Ed. "Spider Moons" stuff.

Exactly my point. If you're gonna run Spelljammer, you can't run off of the rules as they are in the books. You've got to be the kind of GM who can adapt and change rules and setting info to make it work. You need to be able to smack down any bitching ruleslawyering players and say, "this is how...

Fly spells are temporary and generally focused on the caster, and teleport spells are dangerous unless you're using the more powerful "teleport without error". Even then, teleport requires you know where you're going and can visualize it. A boat zipping around would be difficult to see and to...

I've run alot of Spelljammer and even wrote a lot of fan stuff for Realmspace. But that was all 2nd Ed. Here's my advice for running it 3.5 ed. 1. Get a copy of the Hackmaster book "Hackjammer". It's the hackmaster Spelljammer book and they fixed a ton of the flaws in the system in that one...

Good reference there. I found them on Youtube. Mike helps answer some big questions. part 2 YouTube - Weapons that Made Britain: The Longbow (Part 2) The longbow needs 150lb pull to fire, but it's only when the target is within 20 meters that the longbow arrows even dealt a serious wound to...

It's an interesting take on being the target to multiple missile attacks at the same time. You can't really dodge out of the way of an arrow when there are 10 others about to hit at the same time. Duck out of the way of one, and right into another one. It's harsh, but I like it. I think that...

Oh yeah. I'd challenge anyone to look through the new Hacklopedia and not fall in love. ^^

That kind of does mean that they're better than longbows. Does the ability to give a group of 20 random villagers minimal training and some mass produced weapons that do as much or more damage than a longbow and have better penetration to boot, make it a better weapon? Compared to a weapon that...

Aye, though English longbowmen don't really count, they weren't the norm. The English did have that law that required all young bows get in daily bow practice. Which resulted in the King having a specially trained population to recruit his bowmen from (a brilliant idea). With other nations...