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On p 164 of the PHB, it says that you only gain some of the new class' starting proficiencies as in the table. Since saving throw proficiencies are not mentioned here, I understand it that you don't gain any saving throw proficiencies from the new class.

Interesting. Do you know whether the main reason to do it is offensive or defensive? That could give us some idea how to implement a mechanic for it. One very straightforward idea is to make dual wielding into the offensive variant of holding a shield, i.e. it gives you +2 to all attack rolls...

Do you know the usage die mechanic from the black hack? Basically, every resource is represented by a die (d4/d6/d8/d10/d12) that you roll every time you use it, and when you roll a 1-2 the die degrades by one step. If you roll a 1-2 on a d4 the resource is depleted. I usually don't keep track...

I have wondered the same thing before so I did a quick calculation. I calculated the following situations: Situation 1: attacker rolls with 1d20+A against passive defence of 10+B, attacker wins on a tie Situation 2: attacker rolls with 1d20+A against active defence of 1d20+B, attacker wins...

Beholder 8 Mind Flayer/Illithid 5 Owlbear 3 Rust Monster 2

Beholder 9 Mind Flayer/Illithid 10 Owlbear 7 Rust Monster 10

Anyone else wish they'd also put out a version with just the 5e content? I'd be interested in running this but I don't need a 300+ page historical document (no matter how interesting this may be to some people).

Beholder 34 Displacer Beast 21 Gelatinous Cube 22 Githyanki 6 Lich 26 Mimic 26 Mind Flayer/Illithid 24 Owlbear 19 Purple Worm 24 Rust Monster 18

If you don't like feats at level 1 but you still want to give humans some more choice, how about just taking the variant human and replacing the feat by a +2 to any stat? So then you'd get: - +2 to one stat, and +1 to two other stats - Proficiency in one skill of your choice That seems...

The hill giant from the Giantslayer adventure by MT Black (on the DM's guild) is by far my favorite level 1 boss. I've run it multiple times for both new and experienced players and it never resulted in a TPK. The trick is to give the party plenty of time to prepare traps and gather allies...

If you have the Extra Attack class feature, two-weapon fighting doesn’t use your bonus action. Readying an attack only uses up one of your attacks. If a character gets surrounded by two or more attackers, the attackers can divide themselves in two groups flanking the character. The character...

I'd be ok with removing ability scores from the game altogether and only using modifiers. But then again, I only started playing when 4e was released, so...

They already get a blanket +2 bonus to intelligence, so the proficiency is built in.

Thanks for the comments! Yes, I agree. Though I want to leave in some encouragement to roleplay, I don't want people to mistake it for a boardgame. Good idea, I'll see if I can include a shortened version. I'll let you know once I've tried it out. Sure, go ahead. Even with pregenerated...

In the past, I've had several opportunities to introduce new players to D&D. One of the biggest hurdles is explaining all the rules, many of which are not necessary for a first game but are hard to avoid because they are interleaved with the rest of the rules. This is less of a problem with 5e...

In discussions about spells in 5e, I quite often see the argument that some spells are "iconic" D&D spells and are for that reason more powerful than other spells of the same level. For example, fireball and lightning bolt seem to be considered iconic. So I was wondering, what are the other...

Second both Tales from the Loop and Blue Rose AGE!

Here are the house rules I currently use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uW9X6fi_UFq2F83ZvapUtiMiYvt3XpW-UTMDqaJG0Oo/edit?usp=sharing I try to keep it to a minimum, but I just can't stop myself from tweaking certain things that just seem broken. There's also links at the bottom to two...

How about combining the Savage Attacker and Charger feats into one? Thematically it makes sense and both feats are considered to be on the weak side. You could either just combine the two feats as written or incorporate some of the other suggestions in this thread. Here is my proposal: Savage...

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