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The cloak of elvenkind gives the effect that "Wisdom (Perception) checks made to see you have disadvantage, and you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide, as the cloak's color shifts to camouflage you." Yet, as far as I can tell, being completely invisible does NOT...

Technically those are two different states. You are "Wounded" as long as you have any levels of wounds, regardless of what your current HP are. You are "Staggered" as long as you are at 0 HP. But feel free to edit to taste. :)

As others have mentioned, exhaustion levels are very hard to heal. Creating a new system that works the same way as exhaustion levels, but is slightly easier to heal, might serve you better. That was essentially what I did for my games: http://www.mindplaces.com/pictures/wound%20doc.pdf

I found the lingering injuries table a bit too harsh as well. I'm not sure my wound system is as structured as yours, but you might find it useful: http://www.mindplaces.com/house_rules.htm

"In all three cases the target can see the attacker, and so the attacker is not considered "unseen"." How can the guard see someone who is behind them?

According to the PH: "When a creature can’t see you, you have advantage on attack rolls against it." "In combat, most creatures stay alert for signs of danger all around, so if you come out of hiding and approach a creature, it usually sees you." What about out of combat? Situation 1: A...

I'm not suggesting otherwise. However, I'd suggest that the Fighter is the most specialized / least balanced of the existing classes. Is there any other class designed around a single pillar to the exclusion of the others? That's not necessarily a problem--if you want to focus on combat, the...

Wow, I'm surprised to see so much love for the fighter. D&D is supposed to be about three pillars, and it seems like the fighter is the one class that has absolutely nothing special for two of the three pillars. If you don't get into a lot of combats, what makes a fighter able to compete with...

According to the RAW, there really isn't any way to restrain spellcasters. Even with a hood, gag, and manacles, there are still plenty of magical abilities that will function. A druid could wildshape into a snake and slither out of their bonds. A fey Warlock could charm any jailer within 10...

Being surprised and getting advantage are two different things. I would say it's possible for the goblins to NOT be surprised (because they see the wagon and are expecting a fight) and still give the rogue advantage from attacking unseen if he manages to successfully: 1. hide from the goblins...

Thanks, I've got some options to think about.

Right, if your PCs get captured or you capture an enemy wizard, you're not playing D&D. Props for the most pointlessly snarky comment in the thread.

It's not necessarily for use _against_ the players. Assume the players want to keep an enemy wizard captive. Barring some kind of anti-magic prison, how do they keep wizards from being able to break out with magical abilities that essentially do what spells do but aren't spells? On a similar...

Normally, you can effectively immobilize a wizard by binding and gagging him. There are no spells (to my knowledge) that can be cast without Verbal and Somatic components. However, certain Arcane Tradition abilities make no mention of this. For example, Minor Conjuration allows the wizard to...

Use the long rest rules varient? That would dramatically decrease the frequency of spell-casting (at least non-cantrips). Of course, that penalizes non-casters too. I don't know if it would be feasible to use regular rest rules for non-casting abilities, but long rest rules for casting?

Another High School English teacher here. I agree there is a lot of overlap.

Feel like sharing? I'd be interested in seeing what you've come up with.

Every time the character casts a cantrip, have them roll a d20. On a 1, they drain themselves and lose their ability to cast any further cantrips until they have a short rest. If they cast a cantrip last round, they drain on a 1-5. That would stop stop characters from spamming cantrips, and...

Shouting an alarm is an action? How would you justify that?

I'm finding Intimidation a difficult skill to wrap my head around. 1. How does the DM decide the DC of an intimidation check? What factors should determine whether it is "Very Hard" or just "Medium"? Let's say a dwarf fighter is trying to intimidate a goblin into giving up a secret. It...