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It occurs to me that there is room for a feat or variant rule here. As a variant rule ("Cleric and Warlock Dependencies") it could be a campaign decision and have both some specific guidance on consequences, as well as some general rules on extra benefits gained under this system. Maybe add in...

I don't mind the idea of a deity permanently taking away a cleric's divine powers for gross or consistent misconduct. What I dislike is the idea of them dealing out piecemeal punishments by not allowing them to get some of their daily spells, etc. Most players are going to hate that, and I'm...

I like what they were going for in the 2014 PHB in trying to combine and consolidate the numerous domains into a more manageable and definite number. The way it's written, the seven domains in the PHB plus the Death domain from the DMG were supposed to cover all divine portfolios. But...some of...

I implemented a rule (inspired by a Hadozee trait) that a flying creature that is knocked prone can use their reaction to fall at half speed and take no damage when they land. I figure if gliders can do something like that, full flyers should also be able to. So with that, you'd have to use up...

It's been much slower going, because there are too many unknown variables in that side, and no neat correlation like on the Defensive. However, I may have had a breakthrough, but I haven't run the numbers to find out yet. Hopefully I'll be able to know whether it works by tomorrow.

I'm determining a descriptive rather than prescriptive formula. Prescritive formulas are like most third party ones you've seen, or 4e D&D. You pick a CR and it guides you to assign stats the creature should have. A descriptive formula lets you make a monster with any stats you want, and then...

Single book: Planewalker's Handbook (2e) Free option: Planescape Campaign Setting 3e (authorized fan work from www.planewalker.com) Can't go wrong: Add the original 2e boxed set to either or both

Yep, I'd be in.

About right here. If you have a solid opaque blindfold on, then you would have to at least use an object interaction to remove it in order to see. You have legitimately imposed a condition on yourself. Looking away or keeping your eyes closed is an attempt not a certainty, especially in a...

I'll think what I'd probably do is something along these lines: 1) Use a normal 2D map, and mark the altitude of participants 2) Each cube moved up costs 10', and each cube moved down costs 2.5'. Creatures that can Hover move up at full speed. (If you move in cubes like this, you don't need to...

I used to use Team speak for voice chat only, and when we needed to switch to Discord around 2017-2019 for some reason I really didn't like it. It seemed like there were always performance issues and other things bothering me. But eventually those issues went away. In my experience it's been...

Since I'm seeing more interest in monster design, I thought I'd share a tidbit of the official math I was able to derive during my attempts to reverse engineer it. The rule of adjusting Defensive CR up/down by +1/-1 per each +2/-2 of AC difference from the 2014 DMG chart is a simplified...

Charlaquin explained why the targeting wasn't a problem in 2014. I'd recommend finding a way to implement that same concept in 2024. As far as the issue of disadvantage and advantage canceling each other out that was a problem I either edition. It doesn't come up much, but it can lead to...

Thanks to both of you; that's quite helpful! Is there a version of that link that still has the graphs?

I'm working on reverse engineering the actual rules of monster creation in 5e, and I realized that 4e math could really help me out, because it was based on research, and the 5e designers took note of that. For example, the assumed chance of a PC to hit a monster in 5e is assumed to be 65%...

I like 3rd level combat magic to be something not terribly common. It's what makes sense in the world to me. Sure, some opponents are going to plan around the possibilty their targets have some sort of magic grenades, but most won't. I don't think most real world muggers/bandits (current or...

When in a situation where the party has no way of knowing the actual directions, I've told them we are going to designate a certain direction as "north" (typically the one at the top of a map if there is a map) for ease of communication. It's probably reasonable to introduce boxed text in a...

Thanks! Yeah, the ones I know I had heard about were command and Tasha's Hideous Laughter. I only adopted the multi-target improvements, so that means command is unchanged and shouldn't be a problem. With THL, I'm guessing my proposed every second level upcasting should keep it under control.

Thanks! I checked my math again, and I'm actually thinking that the design intent as for them to be roughly equal. It's still conjecture, and some other analysis I'm doing should help me come up with the answer, but that's how it's looking. I hope that's right, because it's a good way to do it.

So, correct me if I came to a wrong conclusion about how the relative power of attack versus save cantrips work. I believed for years that attacks were more effective than saves. I mean, they are 2 points higher and you can crit, right? But then, a couple months ago, I wondered if that was...