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Damage was primarily restricted to just cold, fire, and lightning. I thought about adding acid, poison, and thunder but they didn't really feel right. Same with necrotic and radiant, which probably could operate under their own spellcrafting rules. For additional effects depending on damage...

So this is my take on a "chaotic good" society. For my setting I think of elves as essentially being utopian anarchists (hippies, basically). They don't have kingdoms or empires, nor do they have lords or nobles. Authority and anything approach political organization is based on mutual consent...

DnD is sorely missing an insectiod PC option. Besides the obvious choice of Thri-kreens, An ant-like race would be a nice option. You could divide the race into various subraces based on caste; strong workers, agile warriors, magically skilled queens. I think the only real issue with an...

This really reminds me of a Skyrim-inspired system I had for spellcrafting. Basically allowing a spellcaster to choose the Element, Form, and Potency instead of choosing a normal spell. Really, it's basically the transmuted Spell Metamagic option from Tasha's, but more systematic. I never...

I would love to see a list for miscellaneous items, really gold sinks that maybe encourage roleplay. How much does a normal silver ring cost? A gold necklace with an emerald inset? A nice hat? a velvet cloak? Want your players to spend money? Give them something to spend it on. Tracking...

On one hand, the DM can control how fast a party levels up. If they want to run a campaign were leveling up occurs over the course of weeks, months, or years, they can. On the other hand, all official material assumes the party is going to be leveling up fast, sometimes even multiple levels in...

Welp. I couldn't help myself. The point I was trying to make (albeit poorly) and the point which I think the presented definition of a deity is getting into, is these interactions with otherworldly beings elevates consciousness beyond mundane concerns. The knowledge that something like an...

I hope to keep things relatively modest, more frontier town than kingdom-building. I think this one of the reason I've been waffling on running this type of sandbox campaign; I'm not certain whether to make the settlement building side of things simulationist or narrativist: "You can invest X...

Thanks! I watched a review of the video game and was thinking, "yeah, this sounds about right".

I haven't had a chance to actually use it at the table, but I really like what I've read of Brukesian Duchy Hexcrawl. It's system agnostic, so you could use it with 5e with minimal fuss.

In regards to finding a use for gold beyond the usual plate armor and potions of healing, one idea for a sandbox campaign that I've been brainstorming is having the player's be explorers responsible for the establishment of a settlement in a frontier region. So during sessions they're going out...

I could respond to some of this, but I'm just going to go ahead and concede to whatever this argument has become. Nothing is going to be accomplished by continuing it.

I like this observation, as I definitely fall into the former. I wonder how applicable it is to others, though.

How does it not? The presence of gods, demons, devils, aberrations, fey, etc. all reveal that there exists worlds and realities beyond the mundane and familiar. An invisible world previously unknown is glimpsed by the existence of these creatures. To a simple fisherman, learning the existence...

Okay then, we're operating under incompatible definitions of what a deity is. You prefer the more restrictive, monotheistic definition. I prefer the more open-ended polytheistic definition. Note: From here on out I'm going to be using the term deity, to avoid any misunderstanding regards...

That bow animation, yikes.

Bane is a god under most definitions of the word. Omnipotence is a very narrow definition for a god (or deity, to use the better term), and really only comes out of a monotheistic tradition. If a powerful being that often personifies an aspect of the world and can give power in exchange for...

Emphasis mine. From where are you drawing these definitions? Not trying to be argumentative, I'm genuinely curious. Despite how passive aggressive "I'm genuinely curious" may sound.

At the risk of hijacking the thread and going off topic... What is a god if not a powerful being/outsider? And how is being formerly mortal or killable disqualifying? By that metric most gods from a multitude of different mythologies wouldn't qualify as gods.

Count me amongst the anti-magic shop crowd. To me nothing saps the wonder out of setting faster than a magic shop. Commissioning a blacksmith to craft a custom magical weapon or suit of armor? Maybe even involving the acquisition of a rare and exotic ingredient? Super cool. Buying a magic...