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Changes in canon involving how a race is perceived, it seems to me, is akin to changes in propaganda when nations go to war with each other. When America entered WW I, for example, Germans all-of-a-sudden went from just being another group of people to being monstrous. I suspect that this...

My own preference is to consider them as sub-races of the same Fey race.

Around the time that the 5e Player Handbook was first coming out, Remathlis had posted his own ideas for a number of player races. You might want to take a look at his thread (it still exists): http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?361168-D-amp-D-Conversion-Races#ixzz3CwFd8iCM There's...

If I recollect correctly, the Tallfolk halflings were inspired by Merry and Pippin in the Lord of the Rings; their exceptional growth was a side effect of the time they spent with the Ent, Treebeard. Other than that, there wasn't any difference with other hobbits. I don't have my old 2e books...

To all the DMs out there running games and making up their own stuff, I just want to say "Thank you!" for using your superpowers for Good. — (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) October 15, 2016 Tweeted in Sage Advice.

The shading is excellent - dark enough to clarify, not dark enough to obscure.

You're right. I'm overthinking the action mechanic. What was in my mind was the idea of retrieving an item during combat. Some things will be at the top of a backpack, others will be lower in it, taking moments longer to get at. I have a tendency to pull complicating factors into play, even...

Perhaps applying advantage/disadvantage to a retrieve item check, depending on where it's been stored?

In the 5e Players Handbook, Chapter 6, page 168.

I always like the detail of placing items in specific containers/locations. A point of interest: you chose Strength in re Encumbrance as a threshold for extra items. I tend to chose Dexterity in re "retrieving items" as the critical consideration. That puts us in that apples and onions...

I like the feat idea. Simply make it Pious Initiate, using Magic Initiate as a general template, limiting the choices to cleric Domains and spells, rather than any other spell-casting class. The PC taking this feat gets two cantrips, one of which must be the bonus cantrip granted by the Domain...

I built a half-orc bard who favors his human ancestry in appearance, used the race's +2 Str simply to raise the PC's Str to average, maxed Cha to the extent the rules allow, with Int & Dex sharing 2nd place. This is on the Standard Array point-buy. I stole/adapted the rogue's Mastermind...

You're welcome. I confess, I get carried away sometimes.

War Horse Trampling Charge I would house-rule this as a bonus action usable anytime you've charged the requisite 20-foot distance on an attack. If the charge travels more than 20 feet, I'd define the targets as any creatures of Large size or smaller in the spaces traveled through during the...

Regarding a horse's Attack (Hooves), these come in two types. There's a rearing kick with the fore-hooves, a pawing, wind-milling assault that thankfully, I've never had to face. Depending on circumstances, I might require a Wisdom (Animal Handling) check for a rider when its mount...

I cannot picture combat on horses that are not trained for it as anything less than chaotic. As a DM, I would have the PCs make a Wisdom (Animal Handling) check vs. DC 10 in the first round of combat, specifically because a riding horse has not received the training that a war horse has. For a...

WotC's DnD Insider for 4e had some wonderful illustrations for their online PC character sheets. Unfortunately, it's the only thing that comes to mind and I'm unsure if it's still available.

No, but it sounds like a hell of an adventure setting! P.S. You forgot the Daleks.

Likewise; Jester David says it well. First example that comes to mind of auteurs changing canon comes from Star Wars, not D&D. The newest movie ignored the canon that had been maintained through the first six movies and well over a hundred novels set in the Star Wars universe, making...

CCS: I've never met your halfling warlock, but I like it already. <<Uh, that's not some kind of charm spell, is it? Dang, I hate it when I fail my save vs. charm!>>