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I wrote and ran a 13-20 campaign, I'm currently running a high magic availability Baldur's Gate II 5e campaign, and I'm currently running an epic module (playtest) with multiple epic boons. I have a pretty free hand with magic items and don't see it as a problem. In the 13-20 campaign, the...

I've seen lots of dwarves, humans, elves half-elves, and half-orcs. A few tieflings, goliaths, dragonborn, and halflings. No Aasimars, gnomes, eladrin. I feel like I'm leaving something out but I don't know what.

DuckDuckGo results indicate he left in 2016 after helping develop 5e.

I updated Brutal Critical to give a flat bonus = barbarian level on critical hits. I had long ago houseruled Berserker to be better. I updated Indomitable to give +Fighter Level on the reroll and healing when used. I think that's it.

"The sword magically makes your swing just a bit faster, and the edge is magically sharp and durable. It doesn't rust and you don't have to sharpen it after every battle." There, it's a +1. Slightly more likely to hit, slightly sharper, and it doesn't rust.

My grandpappy says that his brother Earl was an adventurer. He went off and fought in the Grell Wars, and came home with a magic sword. People kept trying to steal it, so grandpappy said Earl hid it in a cave. Earl died a decade ago and gramps kind of forgot about it for a while. An owlbear...

Depending on the game world's economy, that +1 sword might be worth several years earnings. "Risk your life for treasure?" is a question that throughout history some people answer with "Yes."

It sounds like that may be happening with Battletech Gothic.

Had me for a little while. They look well done.

That's mostly because there is no free choice. At work we have to run Windows 11. I am running a much older version at home because a working Recent Documents menu and data privacy is more important to me than the newest AI gizmo. I lose 5-10 minutes per day in Windows 11 switching documents...

Thank you! It's encouraging to know that someone at WOTC is at least aware of this :)

Hi! Some of us have experienced numerous problem running 2014 games because players who are less detail-oriented or aware of the differences accidentally create characters that use 5.24 content. Would it be possible to get a checkbox in the allowed sources section to disable 2024 rules entirely...

Hanlon's razor... "Never attribute to malice what can instead be chalked up to simple incompetence." Beyond spent 5+ years not being able to implement Barbarian Rage or add a way to show that a character had Mage Armor active. If they could spend all this time failing to implement a...

Yes, there's no toggle to turn the 2024 rules off across the board for a character sheet. You get both spell lists visible for your characters and have to pick "Legacy." Similar for the weapons. Lance and monk damage were changed to 2024 rules, and probably a few other things like magic...

I have also had a rogue outlast the entire rest of the party in a tough encounter due to the ability to Disengage and Uncanny Dodge.

Rogues are generally OK in my experience. The one caveat is that they don't have the ability to greatly increase their damage, which makes them seem weak in nova situations. Fighters can action surge (+ubercrit/maneuver/fighting spirit), Paladins can smite+smite+smite spell, casters can use...

I recently did a game where I had an adult silver dragon character. I ended up running it with the Silver Dragon statblock + feats/ASIs/class features for a 15th level storm sorcerer, but no extra HP. The sorcerer levels added versatility but did not appreciably increase damage. That's on the...

LA was too flawed. 5e is more homebrew friendly, and I think it's up to the DM to make adjustments. Since the space between the power floor and the power ceiling is substantially lower, I'd probably homebrew things. Someone wants to play an troll or ogre? Ok. +4 str, Large, -2 Dex, +2 Con...

I've done some of my own rules, but I've also had to look up edge cases. My players have come up with a few that don't even have a Stackexchange thread!

It's 5e. He's mostly using the Short Sword of Backstabbing +2 (+2 short sword, +2d6 sneak attack) and the Tuigan Bow +1 (Short Bow +1 of speed).