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I use the same rules as a crocodile's Bite, kuo-toa's Pincer Staff, or the Net - so it would be a set DC to escape, not a contested roll. I don't see the need to complicate it further and it would slow the combat down too much for my liking. Some of the above suggestions are cool ideas, but in...

I agree with your thoughts, and this does reflect a lot of how I run my own games. For a complete overanalysis read below, but TL;DR version: Garroting is balanced on the standard three (3)-round combat encounter, and adds a really cool option for exploration challenges. It is extremely powerful...

That works great, but usually DCs are set as 8+proficiency bonus+stat mod. Not a big change (sorry for nitpicking), but it does give higher CR creatures a bit more of a bump up in threat. I find they need any help they can get as characters level. My 2cp for strangling/suffocating: I always...

Seems pretty straight-forward based on the Ettercap and Ghauld statblocks. I allow any creature weapons (eg. Kuo-Toa's Pincer Staff or Lizardfolk's Spiked Shield) in my own games to be used by PCs, but class them as exotic weapons. Characters can gain proficiency in exotic weapons through the...

Jeez, I hope this isn’t a contradictory question. Of course there are actions not covered by a skill. This is a role-playing game involving real people, with a dedicated DM to handle this. The whole point of the game is to have actions not involving a skill, or else it would simply be a matter...

I will find it and post elsewhere and give you a shout out. Might take a couple days to polish it up for others to view :) It is only balanced with the PHB, SCAG, and Volo's (non-monstrous only, as WotC specifically called out that the monstrous races were not designed to be balanced against...

In this case, you can look at the existing feats as a template - they require proficiency in previous armour types before being able to be acquired. For example, the Heavily Armoured feat (gain heavy armour prof) requires you to be proficient in medium armour first. This is reinforced by looking...

You are correct, armour proficiency is worth more than weapons. Fighter and Paladins would not be losing any of their 27 point buy - so they might not be getting anything extra, but they don't need to sacrifice anything either. Whereas a wizard using a longsword would only have a 25 point buy...

Using Human, Half-Elf, and Elf races as a rosetta stone, you can figure out how balanced each racial trait is worth and then compare to other races to gage what other traits are valued at. Elves get racial weapon training, which is equal to +1 to any ability score (typically a “primary”* score...

You can use the racial weapon training traits as a default (eg. Dwarves; Elves) to find out the equivalent point cost (2 points from Standard 27 point buy). So a character can use 25 point buy instead and start with whatever weapon proficiencies and it should shake out OK.

I took this feat on my Aarokocra Barbarian. It was the perfect fit - it helped round my Strength score to 16, and the ‘5 ft from prone’ kept me mobile and alive after falling from flying, which was frequent enough to be used often. I know this is not a common character choice, but I think this...

in a flip side, my table’s hydra fight was one of our worst (I was a player). Our DM did a great job of foreshadowing the Hydra and raising the tension. Then as soon as there was ripple in the water, our Wizard used Banishment*, everyone readied attacks, and 2 rounds later it was finished...

You could try what Dungeon World does, and weapon attacks are based on class. In 5e you could easily use the HD amount as damage die to replicate this - Wizards would deal a d6 Dmg, while a Fighter would deal d10, Barbarians would remain the big guns with their d12

You are both correct, but in my experience I have only had a couple players start with an 18 out of this. Many of the +1 feats are limited in their additional scopes, and it never really affected anything. The risk of having a truly bad dump stat in either CON/DEX/WIS or limit their other roles...

Whenever I run a game, I use point buy (27 points). Any player can spend 4 points on a feat (leaving 23 points), and a character can only have one feat at 1st level. it has worked out great and I haven’t seen any balance issues yet. Opens up a lot more options for players, and usually 1-2...

A Tanurukk - a demon-tainted orc Or an Ogre - a classic trope of distracting a simple but brutish guard but tricking them into moving away from the key ring

Any DM that would allow a situation where a tier 1 wizard can fly around like a mosquito to kill the CR 30, world-ending terror of the Tarrasque, without improvising or allowing any deviations from a monster’s stat block, is not a game I would ever play in and IMO is a poor DM who needs to...

Dungeon World uses some simple statements that describe actions or tactics a monster may use. A small list makes it easy to pick one depending on the situation. Example of a DW Gargoyle: Claw (d6 damage); 3 HP; 2 Armor; Close Special Qualities: Wings Instinct: To guard Attack with the element...

Yoink! great idea

Finesse and Versatile are pretty much ribbon tags to any weapon. You can add one or both to any item and it wouldn't break anything past Tier 1.