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For the longest time I've had a secret dislike as a DM for moon druids. Not because they are overpowered, but because I just couldn't make any sense of why they are called moon druids. The player's handbook description was so lame, I couldn't stand it.... Their order gathers during the full...

But how many of them were thieves? Somehow that was the point

A friend of mine recently shared this with me: I also found a reference to why thieves were allowed unlimited advancement in levels... “A demi-human is unlimited in thief level only,” Gary explained, “as this is a class not destined to control the fate of major groups or states.”

Just to keep it practical: A quick perusal of this list http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?495735-List-of-published-5e-skill-DCs to glean published DCs for knowledge checks shows, by my count, 29 knowledge checks of 15 or lower and 8 higher than 15, with 15 being the most common DC...

The problem is that the combined knowledge of two 8 intelligence barbarians is be going to be roughly comparable to a single 16 intelligence wizard in a trivia contest assuming all three don't have any proficiency in knowledge checks. I know there are plenty of things that don't make sense in...

I think smart people should be smart. I give +1 knowledge skill (history, religion, nature, arcana) per point of intelligence modifier. Its a tragedy that intelligence is so underwhelming in 5e. Heck even wizards don't have to have high intelligence scores to be effective. Its amazing that...

I completely agree with this Like the OP I find the monster to hit ability too low especially at mid to high levels. My solution is to adjust the proficiency bonus by challenge rating up by +1 for all monsters with a challenge rating of 1 or higher. This especially helps bring NPCs that I...

I'm in favor of allowing druids to wear bone breastplates https://wanderingbull.com/archives/bone-breastplate/

Yes, it was changed to include spear. Players Handbook errata 2018: Polearm Master (p. 168). A second sentence has been added to the first benefit: “This attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack.” Both instances of “or quarterstaff” have been changed to “quarterstaff...

Go for the Hoplite build: spear and shield with dueling and polearm master.. your min/maxer will be satisfied...

From what I can tell everyone has their own ideas of what would be an " improvement" to the weapon system. My personal short list is: Great clubs are heavy. Quarterstaff and spear are reach weapons when used two-handed. Longsword is finesse when used two-handed. Whip damage is 1 point...

It could be a matter of scale and balance. Iron production is forest ending. There are plenty of ways to get animal and plant parts in small quantities that are either balanced, or don't require you to kill living creatures. Trees die to disease, lightning, floods and fires, animals die to...

In my world druids don't wear metal because smelting iron requires charcoal and charcoal requires trees. Most of the original deforestation of England and the eastern US happened because of iron manufacturing. Because of this, if a druid saw another druid wearing metal armor it would be...

I use familiars for a second concentration as well, but if the familiar dies the caster loses hit points equal to the familiar's hit points.

I've been playing a house rule where concentration checks from taking damage are eliminated, but casters can still only have one concentration spell active. Concentration is disrupted if the caster loses consciousness. I also rule that casting a 1-action concentration spell can provoke attacks...

This goblin thing is a deal breaker for me. I'm out

I was trying to find where it must be +2 physical, +2 mental, -2 variable stat idea originally came from, and the best I could find was that it was following the pattern of PF1 not necessarily from anything officially released about PF2. Anyone have anything official from Paizo on that topic...

I think that's the biggest problem. As soon as you give goblins a bonus for any of the mental stats, and then you compare goblins to the other races and say, "OK now goblins are the best at this... better than humans and tied with one other ancestry that really excels in this ability." It just...

Mechanically they are easily intimidated (the DC of which would be determined by the goblin's wisdom), they are easily fooled (bluff checks are determined against sense motive, ie wisdom), they have low wisdom saves and are thus easily manipulated by magic. But again, what does Intelligence...

Wisdom is a poor fit for a bonus, because they have already decided that goblins have poor impulse control,are easily swayed by charismatic leaders, and have a hard time intuiting the unintended consequences of their actions. Arguably, intelligence could fit for a bonus. Apparently they have a...