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If it is, the (stance) notation others have got left out.

I would guess that multiclass characters who get maneuvers all use the same chart for maximum maneuver degree, so it probably is partly for compatibility with multiclassing.

Hmm. Then that makes Instinctive Counterattack make even less sense. It costs 2 exertion points, but its effect is: "When your exertion pool is not empty, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack." The only way that makes sense to me is if it is possible to have an empty...

That "reserve" feature on the fighter table also looks interesting. Based on some odd wording in one of the combat maneuvers, I'm guessing it might mean that fighters get that many exertion points for free on each of their turns, before they have to dig into their pool. (It might not be that...

I'm making a different change to lycanthropes. The newer presentation of wereravens gives up the immunity in favor of regeneration. It's deactivated by silver...but also by spells. Which is ridiculous because PC parties pack cantrips from first level. My change to that will be that it has to be...

Some monsters are resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and others are immune. The monster building guidelines treat the immunity as worth more. But if you have access to magic weapon attacks (whether through spells, features, or magic weapons) immunity is no better than...

I like the idea of allowing my players to mix and match O5e and Level Up base classes and subclasses. One of the cool things about the Adept is that it trades out the required mystical stuff allowing for some interesting options. One that immediately stands out as appealing to me is using Kensai...

That's not the only interpretation of those subclasses. It can also be looked at as their arcane magic producing effects normally only available through divine magic, much like how bards can cast healing spells with arcane magic. You could even say that they are accessing divine or psionic...

I feel similarly unhappy about how they treat the Dark Powers in VRGtR. While they give a few options as to their exact nature, all of those options take for granted that they are some sort of multiple actual beings, which is too much to assume. Ravenloft could be a sentient plane, or it could...

And if I recall correctly the 3e dragonnel was a dragon-horse.

Not too different from what I was expecting. I'm slightly concerned about whether the new names for draconians is just a strangely unneeded re-naming exersize, or whether the name "draconian" is getting the eladrin treatment and being reused for an entirely different creature.

You’re right, there’s a lot of nuance I won’t know about until I have the full rules. My reaction is primarily based on my general dissatisfaction with how 5e has done medium armor. The 5e rules treat armor categories as being tiered in their power: you need light armor proficiency as a...

Kind of concerned that with half-plate moved to heavy the best + Dex mod light armor can give you a better AC than the best + Dex mod (max 2) medium (unless mithral’s high quality property deals with that, but mithril seems like not really an ordinary material either, so I‘m not sure that‘s a...

If there is a Level Up system that supports using 5e rules as well as content (like standard rules for Expertise, etc), and can use imported 5e material, that would be good at a basic level. The issue is that it won‘t be compatible with 5e mods, and while Foundry is solid and functional without...

What would be awesome would be a Foundry module that can be used in connection with the Foundry 5e D&D system to allow people to make full use of their ability to integrate and pick and choose which parts (or all parts) to choose. It would be messier having to choose to use one system and not...

From the current examples of the new stat blocks, they won’t. The best we can do if we would rather that stay (unless you‘re a personal friend of those in charge and call up and say “Yo man, what the crap? If you haven’t heard the issues some people have with this, lemme explain“) is to make...

Are you sure you're averaging right? The only numbers that you average together are the final defensive CR with the final offensive CR. The system for determining each of those CRs starts with one number and increases or decreases it based on other considerations.

Because of its unusual position in the role-playing game ecosystem, D&D has--to a greater extent than other games--created a phenomenon where many people playing the same edition of the game are not actually playing the same game in a very real way. There are many different ways to play 5e D&D...

The biggest issue for me is that it can be done just as easily without alienating people, yet they choose not to. Which is easier for the DM: -A list of 1/day spells where you have to jot down the name of each spell used so far, or -The MM standard list of spells known and slots per level where...

Except Level Up keeps the normal spell slot economy; they just include an abbreviated action listing for the combat spells that are simple enough that you don't have to look them up. There's nothing objectionable about that. I know you weren't really addressing this, but it's the way they are...