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For me I enjoy the rules light nature of games like the Black Hack and the general compatibility between most OSR products. I'm a Chaotic Good DM so I find it meshes well with my DM style (zero to 15 minutes of prep, rule of cool, and random generation) There isn't much crunch and it leans into...

I think the majority of it looks great so far. My only complaints are listed below. The attack granted by Cold blooded for the enforcer should allow sneak attack if you haven’t used it this turn. I am unable to think of a way that this would be abused and it would feel pretty great to finish...

Yes and if knocked to 0 the Druid should take all of the damage that the animal form took, not just the extra damage.

While I did not really enjoy 4E as much as some others here, I have to say that there were a lot of interesting ideas we can pull from it that could make many of us happy. However, I do not think that having daily or encounter powers that allow me to make a big attack once and then you forget...

Yeah I can see that. With this I was trying to stay within the current Fighter design. If I would start from scratch I would entirely rework the class. I would probably move the subclass choice to Level 1 to allow for differing weapon and armor proficiencies (for things like Unarmed...

I think it's important for both the players to be willing to suspend belief enough to play within the DM's world and for the DM to make a world that is easy enough for the players to be willing to suspend their belief in. D&D is a collaborative storytelling game and it's important that everyone...

No problem. I appreciate the discussion. I mean who doesn't love rolling dice and dealing lots of damage? I just think it is more interesting to have to work for it. Sneak Attack is actually the perfect example of what I mean. Sneak attack is pretty much comparable in damage to a...

I really appreciate the input! I haven't gone through a serious balance pass on this, so there are definitely things that are placeholder or unbalanced. I'll go over your thoughts with any comments I might have. I would say that every class, for the most part, has one. Barbarian Rage, Bard...

I'm sorry that it came across that way. That wasn't my intention. I just don't think that only dealing damage is interesting design or fun to play. I don't think you're an idiot, but if you wouldn't mind explaining why you enjoy more damage over round by round choice I would greatly...

After the rousing discussion on the Building a better Fighter thread, I decided to try to make a better Fighter with the input of that thread. Here is my idea, as well as my design notes for the decisions I've made. Take a look and tell me it's awesome! (or it sucks butts...)...

Yeah I agree with you, but i'm not quite sure how to fully tackle that. It seems the problem is that short rest abilities are equivalent to 3 long rest abilities. Since narratively a short rest makes sense as a limiter for martial actions we run into the issue that we are given more upfront...

I like most of this, but I'm not a fan of 3 levels of Indomitable. Is this 3 uses of a once per encounter power that allows you to re-roll a failed save? If so that seems like a lot of saves. I would probably put it at only one per encounter. However, if you want it to be 3 saves per...

A little confusing here. You state that you have three saving throws, but they are not named the same as the ability scores? Is there a reason why you made that decision? Was it just a carryover from an old write up of the rules? I would think that the saving throws and ability scores would...

This is a good idea! I'm liking the overall picture especially the minimalism. I would like to have such a simple game that you can explain it all on the spot. It gives it a pickup and play style on the level of board games. I dig it!

I've updated my idea with design notes and additional subclasses. I appreciate the feedback. http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/BJX-IRuOXW

I've updated the Reaction based Fighter idea I posted earlier in this thread. If anyone is still interested, let me know your thoughts. http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/BJX-IRuOXW

I am saying that Psionics, Ki, and Sorcery points are all 3 different systems to explain a characters internal reserve of power. I think that having them be three separate things is superfluous and muddles up the concept. I am also saying that I believe that the Monk fits in this group...

This is very true, and I feel the Fighter is overlooked quite often, but with all the arguments over the Fighter, it seems that it may be lost as a casualty of war. At least if I give up hope on WotC ever making a cool Fighter again, I can just bury my favorite class and remember him fondly. ;)

So 12-15 hitpoints? Yeah I agree with you about this. I wouldn't attempt to put the Monk class into the Mystic. I would, however, fold the Sorcerer into the Mystic. So you would have elemental (dragon magic) and chaos (wild magic) disciplines. In addition, I would make one or two Mystic...

20 hitpoints? That's the difference between d8 and d10 over 20 levels.?