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Against the Tarrasque, AC 21 will help you exactly as much as AC 10. Maybe your DM is just not using the right enemies? ;)

No, for my second post I took the same baseline for all percentages (chainmail + greatsword with no fighting style). Using percentages feels easier to compare different effects like +dmg and +hit, but you can just multiply with the baseline DPR to get absolute numbers if you prefer. The same...

I'm not sure why we're discussing feats in a thread that's specifically about fighting styles in the absence of feats. That being said, it seems my previous comparison was comparing apples to oranges because the baseline for each fighting style is very different. So let's try again and compare...

Oh naughty word I screwed up the numbers for twf at high levels, you're right it's only 17%.

Ok, to answer this question we need to compare dueling with other fighting styles that are generally not considered "weak". So let's put duelist against archery, defense, and TWF. I'm also throwing in GWF to see if my claim that it's underpowered is actually correct. Assuming a level 1 character...

In my house rules, I've gone the other way and buffed the GW and protection fighting styles to bring them in line with the other styles: Great weapon fighting: When you deal damage with a heavy weapon, you roll an extra damage die and drop the lowest result. Protection: While you are holding a...

I'd like to have more settings that restrict player's choices to things that make thematic sense within that setting. However, FR is anyway a kitchensink setting so if you want to add psion as a player class, why not?

I have toyed with the idea of getting rid of the exhaustion table, and replacing it with a cumulative -1 to all rolls (ability checks, attack rolls and saving throws), -(level) to max HP, and -5 ft to movement per level of exhaustion. This makes the progression much 'smoother' and would prevent...

Favorite: Drinking a potion is a bonus action (but administering one to someone else is still an action). Least favorite: Any change to HP recovery that is supposed to make the game more 'gritty' but in reality only forces the healer to spend all their spell slots on healing.

The Hidden Halls of Hazakor is a very good kid-friendly campaign for levels 1-5 with lots of fun encounters and very good art (The Hidden Halls of Hazakor - Insane Angel Studios | DriveThruRPG.com). There's also a follow-up adventure for levels 5-8 currently on kickstarter: Mystery at Millwarren!

The real question is: do you wait until february to get the book? Or do you ALSO get the hardback next week?

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So, someone has a link to what's new in this edition apart from the cover?

One of my favourite mechanics are the Darkness Points from Coriolis (there's also a similar mechanic in the Metal Adventures rpg). Basically, the players can choose to improve their chances at certain actions, but in exchange the GM gets some darkness points that they can spend at some later...

Here's a list of some new maneuvers that found online and/or thought up myself some time ago. I haven't really tested any of them in play since I haven't had any battlemasters, so there may be some balance issues. Disorientating Attack. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can...

I'd really like a new version of the DMG II from 4e. It had a lot of really useful tools for storytelling, skill challenges, encounter building, customizing monsters, ... It even had a 20 page description of Sigil thrown in there for good measure.

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Seems like an interesting concept. However Fireball is intentionally overpowered so it is not a very good point of comparison. One thing to consider (and potential balancing effect) is whether it also affects allies -- I would say it should. Overall I would say this spell would be powerful but...

I'd take a look at the section on "Other religious systems" in chapter 1 of the DMG, in particular "Forces and Philosophies" on p 13: