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I like the idea of allowing a familiar to maintain the concentration of a spell. I like it because: 1) It seems to fit the rules (touch spells cast through your familiar act as if the familiar cast the spell) : Yes I'm aware that Crawford has clarified that the original caster is the one who...

The DMG has some rules for resolving these kinds of interactions on page 244 and 245. Here is one I would probably apply in this situation: That said, a hostile creature might be so illdisposed toward the party that no Charisma check can improve its attitude, in which case any attempt to...

I'm liking dexterity to hit and strength for damage. 1) It corrects some problems with tiny high dexterity creatures doing ridiculous amounts of damage (animate objects). 2) It reduces overall damage output by melee and ranged and could help fights last more than one to three rounds. Some...

I use modified slow natural healing (1hp/level + con bonus on a long rest, nothing on a short rest). Using these rules, the party occasionally has to take a second day of rest to recover full health when the are in uncivilized areas without access to healing temples. Also occasionally the...

I would suggest reworking Know Your Enemy: Because currently a battlemaster archer wearing studded leather with 10 strength and an 18 dexterity (AC 16) is so smart he can determine that a heavily muscled goliath wearing full plate and shield (AC 20) is stronger and has a better AC than he does...

Barbarian (Primal Champion) 20 Cleric (Divine Intervention Auto) 21 Druid (Archdruid) 22 Fighter (Third Extra Attack) 18 Truth in advertising. Monk (Perfect Self) 14 Paladin (Sacred Oath Feature/Varies) 23 Rogue (Stroke of Luck) 22 Sorcerer (Sorcerous Restoration) 14 Wizard (Signature Spell) 20...

Yeah run G1, Everyone starts with girdle of giant strength, gauntlets of ogre power and a hammer of thunderbolts or dwarven plate, belt of dwarvenkind and dwarven thrower or boots of flying, bracers of defense, staff of thunder and lightning. There are probably other cool thundergod-like...

Too much cream ale I guess :) When I was thinking of gym class activities I was thinking of sports that might mimic combat (i.e. not bowling or golf). Fencing would be a great example, since it is a formalized combat that tracks initiative specifically (who has priority on attack). Many...

Barbarian (Primal Champion) 21 Cleric (Divine Intervention Auto) 21 Druid (Archdruid) 22 Fighter (Third Extra Attack) 17 Monk (Perfect Self) 15 Paladin (Sacred Oath Feature/Varies) 22 Ranger (Foe Slayer) 1 Rogue (Stroke of Luck) 21 Sorcerer (Sorcerous Restoration) 16 Warlock (Eldritch Master) 11...

Now beasts are bad at perception too? or maybe all beasts really are as smart or smarter than humans? I'm not suggesting it. I think its a bad idea. Did the smart kids in your high school react faster than the quick kids in any game you played during gym class? I mean sure they were faster...

I agree that intelligence has been undervalued in 5e and would benefit from a boost. Reasons I like this: INitiative and INtelligence both begin with the same two letters.:) Reasons I don't like this: All the intelligent people I know suck at initiative IRL. Acting first (in a combat...

Is just a +3 force shield (+5 total to AC) that exists for one round on the wizard's arm. Haven't you guys seen Jupiter Ascending?

I came across this old thread while I was lamenting the loss of older versions of boots of striding and springing. 5e should have just renamed these boots of hauling and springing, because for most people there is no striding. Except for those handicapped by a less than 30 foot movement speed...

A 1000lb boulder my not be as big as you think http://www.delawarequarries.com/landscape/boulders/boulderwt.html If it is just dropping, I'd probably make it a single target (2'x2'x2' = 1200lbs).

I would like to see a consistency pass by the editing team. For example if a wizard can't cast spells wearing padded armor (winter coat and snow pants) or a leather cat suit because he's too hampered, how is that same wizard able to have no trouble casting spells restrained by manacles, wearing...

Not a fan of ASIs. My current solution is E6. That way each character only gets 1 ASI (except fighters which get 2). That makes it work perfect (in my mind). 18-19 becomes the normal high and 20 is attainable but really special, 16 is a common high stat as well. It does leave a slight...

Its really tricky, because there are so many things to consider. For example copper would make a better mace than stone, but flint would make a better arrow head or knife than copper. Obsidian can be sharper than most steels, but steel is much tougher. Perhaps you could be a bit clearer about...

Right, so chainmail has the padded gambeson as per the PHB description(and the stealth disadvantage associated with padded armor), and chain shirt does not. In fact a chain shirt doesn't look like a chain shirt because it as a layer of cloth or leather on the inside and the outside. If it...

I'm not sure how this is significantly different from a regular chain shirt. There is no significant padding in the description of a chain shirt(a layer of cloth). Somehow a regular chain shirt protects against bludgeoning weapons too. Chain Shirt. Made of interlocking metal rings, a chain...

Jack the Giant Killer of 18th century fairy tale fame has 4 magic items (which would all require attunement in 5e): sword of sharpness, boots of speed, cap of knowledge, cloak of invisibility