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That's a core component of the idea - that the Warlord transfers their own offense to others for situational gain. Its why I think transferring an attack is OK, but transferring an attack + some other benefit (advantage, bonus, etc) is not. I'm not expecting at will - I think a good fit would...

Mechanically, the concept is simple, very flexible - the subclass can give its class features to other characters - and on-point to meet the stated must-have lists I've seen (looks like it checks all the boxes). But really, I don't really have to have reasons - and for that matter neither do...

I'm just not seeing it how a subclass has a "lack of design space." It sounds like an artificial justification for "because I want a full class to justify it." Which, to be clear, is a perfectly reasonable thing for someone to say. Its not required to justify individual taste, and no artificial...

I don't get why there's so much pushback on the warlord-as-a-subclass route (aside from the lazy version, which bears so little resemblance to traditional D&D roles I don't think it's possible without going back to the drawing board). The Fighter chassis has most of the pieces required to meet...

Use this. Gibberings, well, gibber. And when they do they impose a concentration check of ever increasing difficulty (to match the suggested 1d4+1 rounds of the bonfire in the module - make sure that by round 4 the checks will cause (almost) certain failure.

You too? Mine was "Hogar the Ogar." Great, ridiculous fun.

Just throwing this out there, but blasphemy was just the evil version of holy word, which was already updated as 5e’s Divine Word, a 7th level cleric spell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That this “classic” didn’t immediately come to mind is a travesty. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Personal experience tells me that "never" is too strong a term - I've seen the scenario play out more or less exactly the same way I described it more than once, with a GM having NPCs engage in surrender/parley first as a way to massage expectations. Certainly, players understand that PCs are...

It occurs to me that the solution to the original question isn't mechanical at all, but is instead social - its really about trust. If, as a DM, I want to see the players treat surrender as an option in that situation, I need to "go first." Have a group of hostile NPCs which could conceivably...

Actually, Tolkein's Fellowship misses on #2 a well. All of the non-hobbit members were well known in their spheres of influence, and most were acknowledged as powerful/heroic (with the possible exception of Gimli, who seems to be a prototypical dwarf prince, and fairly young to boot). I don't...

This cannot stand! Drow #19 Solar #44 Forgotten Realms #40 Zagig Yrageme #43 + 1 = #44 Animate Dead #32 Firbolg #60 Sorcerer #51 N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God #41 Shield +1 #30 Cursed #49 Deep Speech #60 Queen Ehlissa's Marvelous Nightingale #45 Shambling Mound #20 Death Knight #26...

Move along, nothing to see here.

I love this post so much.

My favorite pic was the pirate ship with the "Suck It" flag.

I've been involved in about a dozen campaigns like this over the years: * All from the same small village (multiple campaigns) * All apprentices * Fledgling thieves guild * All dwarves * All halflings * And of course multiple "all humans" campaign.

That's easy. Mastadon stampede.

I was going to recommend Brust, but not this series (or Taltos). The Phoenix Guards, however, reads like a D&D campaign.

This. Much of the shared experience of early 80's D&D was built on exactly this kind of product (repackaged tournament modules from conventions).

Are you a capitalist? Some strategic word replacement and this tirade is positively Randian.