Search results

If you're using a computer I find bookmarking some good random generator sites (like random NPC names, or a token making site if you're going to use roll20 or whatever) a god send for when the players interrogate a random passerby, or wander off on a side trek.

Yeah I agree and think the best way to implement a non-divine world is to do a reboot/restart, with no clerics or paladins as options. I would add someof the cure spells to the sorcerer/wizard/warlock lists, hmm perhaps even making them some kind of limited ritual? edit: sorry forgot about...

sorry duplicate post

Late to this discussion - just one tip: don't be afraid to be up front with your players about all custom stuff (items, feats, etc) being in continual "playtesting" mode and subject to tweaking as the campaign goes on. You never know what combo etc they might come up with making something OP...

I like these items very much. I think the fluff is awesome.

List of at least 10 random NPC names from a website generator, to quickly use in a pinch. I also like to get 10 perception rolls from everyone up front as I don't use passive perception.

I believe it is a problem in the sense that, if because you cant ready your full action, fighters etc with multiple attacks are oddly penalized in any situation where they need to ready action to respond, eg enemy rogue moving in and our from behind cover, firing off SA arrows. The rogue is...

Indeed the ready action sucking is a design flaw. It means silly things like a monster moving out from behind a wall, shooting, then moving back behind a wall, cannot be properly dealt with.

Indeed the ready action sucking is a design flaw. It means silly things like a monster moving out from behind a wall, shooting, then moving back behind a wall, cannot be properly dealt with.

I agree the 6-8 encounters thing is awkward to pull off and stuffs up a lot of the balance of 5e. As you suggest, if you as GM expect a lot of save or die, and you're running say 3 fights/day on average - use two manticores in a battle instead of one. Course this can make things rather swingy...

I think the third point is probably fair enough, although you could easily caveat that - you can delay but spells don't get extended as a result.

Ah I dunno, I was just saying how I do it. It makes sense to me to do it that way. But actually I agree the devs didnt need to specify how paraylzation works, etc - they could have left all the conditions for GMs to rule on. I mean paralzation, petrification, unconscious, incapacitated are all...

It only has a chance of failure if you call for an attack roll. Personally, I would rule an auto hit, just like I allow auto slaying sleeping foes after the other combatants are taken out. Makes sense.

The sorcerer will quickly run out of 3rd and 4th level spells, especially if you run the recommended 6-8 encounters/day. The GM never runs out of monsters. Just shrug it off, and look forward to the next battle!

oh I totally agree - I would prefer a no feats game, or at least recommend liberal rebalancing of a number of feats (in fact, my personal preference is "custom only" feats, using the existing ones as a guide). But, if the OP wants to avoid ASIs, I think just take them away as a choice.

Easiest solution for the OP: ban ASIs, only allow feats.

I agree that an all darkvision party has a massive advantage. I have found it turns the game into a weird kind of assassins/ambush theme. Personally I think darkvision should be removed from the game. I prefer darkness to mean something, for the party to be cautiously moving through dungeons...

My latest campaign in a low magic world is human PCs only. Even the "optional" elf and dwarf races have normal vision. There is a throw away fluff line that they have better night vision than humans, but proper darkness blinds them just the same. It's an atmosphere thing. Much creepier (and...

I agree Int is the main dump stat, but can be made more useful by giving extra languages, and using illusions from time to time. Or giving out free "clues" with an int check. I think all armour is more class based than anything, and med armour is useful enough.

I think this is going to be an awesome scenario, however you end up handling it!!