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I am thinking about running a hexcrawl as my next campaign and have put together some thoughts on how I will run it. Obviously this is all theorycrafting, so I welcome any input. Long Rests I don’t like one encounter adventuring days, so my idea is to have short rests take 8 hours and long...

5E has tactical rules the way the Transformers movies have a plot - yeah, technically something meeting that definition is present, it just doesn't seem like anyone has put any real thought into it. For example using the DMG optional flanking rule without some houserule changes to AoO means...

While I agree with most of that, I have more concern with further encouraging the 5 minute adventuring day. You are effectively giving the PCs one more resource they can burn if they nova+long rest while conversely penalizing them for using short rest healing. Not an issue for everyone, but...

Personally, I would just consider doing this as "Hero Points" (DMG p. 264) or some similar mechanic independent of HD. In my games HD tend to be an important resource for short rest healing and, as the OP notes, if players are burning them to boost rolls you lose out on them as a healing resource.

I did something like this a while back using Paladin as a base class just changing smite from radiant damage to elemental, revamping the spell list, and swapping out abilities like Lay on Hands that don't fit. The paladin smite plus the various "smite" spells sounds exactly like what you are...

I'm playing 5E. Those older editions are just for people who.... /sigh. Fine. I like 5E.

Are you familiar with either Gloomhaven or the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game? Both are hybrids with both RPG and deckbuilding elements that are somewhat along the lines of what you are describing above. Pathfinder ACG is available as an app with a free demo if you were interested in checking...

Use standard combat but add "Wrestling Maneuvers" - you can attempt each of these once per match as a free action. Trash talk: Make an Intimidate check, if you succeed your opponent is frightened of you until the next time they hit you. Off the Turnbuckle: Make an acrobatics check. If you...

I'm surprised that Healer and Inspiring Leader didn't make the top 20. Both provide far more overall benefit for a group than any of the others on the list. My 8th level bard can give the party 13 THP each with inspiring leader - which is almost as good as if everyone in the party had had the...

I've got a bad feeling about this.... "Today Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast are excited to announce the latest official D&D setting is…..Monopoly! Yes, now your adventurers can finally explore iconic locations like Park Place and Boardwalk! Loot legendary treasure from the mythical Community...

I don't think it is game breaking. Personally, it seems unnecessarily complex just to accommodate one PC's concept. I't just go with: "With DM's permission you can use one point from your racial ability score increase to increase your class' primary ability by one point."

You could make exactly the same argument about martial classes. The only difference between a fighter hitting with a longsword and a barbarian hitting with a battleaxe is that the fighter gets a +2 damage bonus from a fighting style whereas the barbarian gets his +2 damage bonus from rage...

Angular size is inversely proportional to distance. So pulling numbers off the this site and doing rough calculations: Io would appear slightly smaller than the moon appears from Earth Europa and Ganymede would both appear roughly half the size of our moon Callisto would be about a quarter...

Yoko Oni is trying to break up the Fire Beetles.

I'd like to see sorcerers get "domain" spells BUT I'd also like to see those spells go toward more situational and utility spells. Currently the limited spell selection means sorcerers end up going with the "usual suspects" of combat spells. You just don't have the slots to spare for those...

This is a developer that is just licensing the Pathfinder IP. I believe the MMO was essentially done in-house by Paizo....which might have been part of the problem.

I've used both Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 for 150+ hours each. Both work well - neither one is a bad choice, but I prefer FG for a couple of reasons: 1) I like the UI better in FG. For example, navigating the character sheets are easier. FG sheets are small with lots of tabs along the side...

You have some cool ideas. Now think about the sorts of conflicts those ideas would create and build adventures around those: 1) If sorcerers are the new nobles....what happened to the old nobles? The former elites are probably not going sit idle while their power and status slips away. Maybe...

I generally give half cover even if the ally doesn't directly block the line of fire. A melee would be more chaotic than can represented by static miniatures on a grid where everything stays neatly centered in its own 5' square. The possibility that someone is going to dodge or lunge at the...

I'd think if your a game company it would be cheaper and easier to develop new IP as tabletop setting and then invest in the CRPG once you have something you think works. This is like Marvel making movies with original characters in order to develop ideas for new comic books.