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Another suggestion that may or not be useful. The early episodes of Dice, Camera, Action have the party starting out in Curse of Strahd. For those not familiar, it is DM'd by Chris Perkins, one of the designers for Wizards. He chose to make a few tweaks fo the book himself to help integrate the...

To each their own. For our game the Abbot was an absolutely indespensbile character and was nearly as important to the story as Strahd himself. He made it clear that the only two ways this could end happy for the souls lost to Barovia was either a) Strahd gets Ireena and basically beats the...

I've spoken on this subject at length in other threads, though to elaborate on what toucanbuzz has said, a other factor to consider is that Strahd is NOT the true master of Barovia, the dark powers are. They will not let him die or leave willingly. Even *if* he is slain, Strahd will eventually...

So, for my version of Curse of Strahd, I had similar ways of working in the characters. The Paladin who started as an Oathbreaker and ended up by the end an Oath of the Ancients (I'll get into it in a minute) I implied over the game was the reincarnation of Sergei and had a backstory tailored to...

Were I to roll Loki, I envision him as a Fey patron warlock with pact of the blade and possibly a couple levels in rogue. Trickery cleric works as well, but sorcerer or warlock seem to fit him far better as he is very clearly more a charisma character than an intelligence or wisdom one.

In previous editions, Wizards who specializes in Evocation or Conjuration could be any of the three colors. Black robes were Necromancy and Enchantment, Red robes were Illusion and Transmutation, and White robes were Divination or Abjuration. There may have been restrictions on those who wished...

While I'm on the fence about Magic Initiate, I do like the idea of a magical familar. That said, were I rolling this character I'd probably take Mending, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, or Vicious Mockery as cantrip options over what you listed. The first would be amazing for fixing/moving objects...

One other thing of note than most seem to neglect. Tweak the stat black within reason if you wish. First? Get rid of the stupid ruling of him not turning into a cloud of he dies in sunlight or from radiant damage. The game assumes the party has a sunblade and at least one character suitable to...

I know not enough about darksun offhand to be of much help, though I'd assume a race with a name like "half-gisnt" to be strong hearty and maybe a little dim. Personally? I'd just suggest reskinning a race like goliath, bugbear, or something similar. Many of the settings dont have all the...

Mind blank, mage armor, mirror image, fire shield, and either stone skin or globe of invulnerability all stack to make a devastating defensive combo. The first two buffs should already up before combat, and the last two I listed are both concentration. I'll concede that the latter is immune to...

You dont. You cast dispell the turn after the mage time stops and puts up all his buffs, thus wasting his only 9th level spell, his action, and any spell slots he's also used on himself for buffs (including the aforementioned crappy stone skin, which will likely have fallen off anyway because...

A friend of mine was played a cleric of a warrior God as a lizard folk. He was more a war cleric, but forge would've worked equally well. His personality was that at any point he asked himself this: 1) Can I eat this, fight this, or *&@% this? 2) Will anyone get upset with me if I do, and if so...

My biggest issue with stoneskin isn't the spell itself. As a player using it, it has its uses. What frustrates me about stoneskin is the concentration aspect, specifically enemy caster npcs (i.e. archmages, archdruids, etc). Their challenge rating and effective health is designed around keeping...

I don't really have much of an opinion on the concept of stores charging for use of their space, albeit I feel it would be a poor business model for them to charge too much. However, on the flip side of that same coin, if you play in a gaming space regularly you should support the store through...

I like this a lot as a patron. Side note, implying that Disney or Blizzard somehow created the image of an ice mage is amusing. Folklore and the snow queen people! :P As for the specifics? I feel overall it is good. I think it may actually be a bit weak. The spell choices are great. My thoughts...

I would definitely rule that they can be magically compelled, just as I would also rule to allow the hornblower to have the option to choose to end the effect of the summon led creatures as an action (or maybe a bonus action, I don't have the horn stats in front of me to see if it specifies)...

I do feel that this was their intended thing. I just feel at present it's a little too close to both the chaos sorcerer and metamagic for comfort. Wizards don't need sorcerer's toys as well as their own. I also feel if they were going for the mad gadgeteer route, it should be implemented in a...

It's almost like there's a subclass for the sorcerer that is precisely designed to be just that: chaotic and random...or a base sorcerer mechanic in place that let's them tweak and adjust their spells using a daily replenishing resource...but that would be crazy right? God forbid the wizard not...

I agree with where you are going, and it's all good. I was just chiming in my opinion for consideration. Familiars are definitely a classic wizard thing as well. To be honest one of my biggest gripes about sorcerer is thst they *dont* get the spell, despite them releasing *several* "sorcerer"...

One thing to keep in mind is that high charisma does not inherently mean a character is attractive physically and vice versa. A high charisma can also be represented by being a smooth talker and a low charisma can be a player character is very unfriendly to others. Skills proficiencies and...