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Original- Alignment was the color of your banner more than anything else. Although, you could trust your Lawful ally more than your Chaotic one. Pick a side, there are three, and you're good to go.

The Scavenger's Deep reminds me of Steamboat Rock in Washington state. It would be a perfect fit.

My campaign is curated, so there is a specific list of races, changed classes, and specific sub-classes that are available. I'm pretty open handed with feats as I see those as a good mechanism for flavoring or personalizing a character. I'm getting pretty soured on multi-classing, and am...

It depends. In general, in the circles I gamed in, the DM knows that Bob spends time in Aphonion, but when you sit down to play in The Shardlands Bob may not be available. For the next three months of time in the Shardlands he's on a different plane. You'll have to make a new character. In three...

Having spells like gust of wind might make it so your ship never gets into fireball range. Also, the average merchant may not have a mage on crew, but a naval ship carrying gold to the crown or pay to the colonial soldiers probably would. Keels, main masts, and figureheads are likely to be...

I believe that Adventurer's League, starting with Adventures in Ravens Bluff, was an attempt to recapture that feeling as well as giving people who aged out of their High School or College gaming circles a similar experience. When I was involved a big draw was that you gained and maintained...

Back in the day, absolutely. Characters migrated from my game, my friends, and to a local community center where there were four DMs running games every week. Lots of cross-planar shenanigans there. As long as it was a book race and class you were good. Sometimes your more potent or exotic magic...

Indeed. I still prefer PrC to subclasses, but I re-wrote the 5-6 that we used most often. Along with 2-3 PrCs for the foes. My troglodyte ooze cleric (I forget the official name of the PrC) was hilarious, especially when he used gelatinous cubes as "secret" doors.

"What do you want to drink, hon?" "Ah, I'll have a coke." "You, dear?" "What kind of coke do you got?" "Coke, Diet Coke, Cherry and Vanilla Coke, no Cherry-Vanilla Coke though, but you can just mix those. Sprite, Fanta Orange and Cherry, and... Vernors. What'cha want?"

I am so stealing this. And, I am 100% certain when my PCs hear the tragic song of the Bloody Widow they will say "that was a different PC party, wasn't it?" :)

To follow up, there's too many stories involving the discovering of an item that changes the arc of the protagonist. While animal friends are great, a cup that allows you to see Death, a bag that can imprison anything, a sword that can cleave stone, or an arrow that can kill any one man, god, or...

Magic items Feats Multiclassing

Well, that would complicate the theory, then.* For skills, I would consider Persuasion and Intimidate to mitigate or inspire fear of mortality. Spare the dying and toll the dead to nudge a person one way or the other. *I wonder if a parallel could be drawn with House Cannith and the...

I also made a chart like the Hero page posted. It only has about a dozen languages on it in about five families. My comprehend languages spell is a bit different: Comprehend Languages Level: 1 Duration: 1 hour Range: Self The caster can understand any written language in a book, scroll...

I always considered the Mark of Death to be in some ways the Mark of Hospice. You sense when death is near, the body, mind or both failing, and you can ease the patient's passing. Not hasten, but ease. Suffering is mitigated or removed. After that, then you can speak with dead, animate dead...

Regular? No. Special? Yes. I'm a bit more particular about the regular ammo when there isn't a reasonable resupply option.

My condolences. The last character my friend made in my campaign was for a group of third and fourth sons and daughters. Petty nobles who had a fair bit of cash and a couple of favors, but needed to find their own fortune. His character was a magician by the family name Gaunt, and he had an...

Also, let me add that this is the coolest toy ever! It's not often you get to hear a greybeard giggle like a schoolgirl.

It's opening weekend, and... The platform cracked! New plywood and repaint. The actor dance move split the seam! Restitch with a gusset. The hanging prop is casting a shadow! Climb the ladder and move it. The fan for the cobweb caster is in! Build it and dress the stage front. Everyone is...

I appreciate the concept of attributes being "talent" and level or proficiency bonus being "skill". Eventually, as you gain levels, skill will eclipse talent. However, 5e has an assumption that bonuses from attributes will keep pace with the proficency bonus. If you limit the attribute bonus to...