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1e: the Scout class from Dragon # 161. Way cooler than a Thief! 2e: Priest (of a specific Mythos). I can't pick a specific deity, there's a ton of cool options! 3e: Cloistered Cleric from Unearthed Arcana. All the useful options of the Cleric with actual skill points! Who needs that...

I remember when 3e came out, and some of my players were griping about movement rates being converted into 5' squares, saying it was "arbitrary" that a Human had a 30' speed. "So did you guys ever wonder why Human speed in 2e is listed as 12"? Let's see. If we assume 1" is a 5' square, then...

I don't know why I said 2024 when I meant 2014, oops. The 2024 version is this, apologies: Mind Blast (Recharge 5–6). Intelligence Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 60-foot Cone. Failure: 31 (6d8 + 4) Psychic damage, and the target has the Stunned condition until the end of the mind...

One thing I don't think DM's appreciate is that the difficulty in forcing a loss of concentration is a double-edged sword. I tend to think that a fight against an enemy caster should be a marquee event, but the players just dogpile them and I can't imagine what it would be like if concentration...

Just make sure that the item is limited use (like maybe 3/day you can use a reaction to succeed on a save against a charm effect or something) for when the players inevitably loot it for themselves! I've found that my players react better to NPC's using things that they can theoretically...

Isn't this just the Ranger problem again? The Ranger existing doesn't prevent any other character from saying they are a survivalist/protector of nature/special forces soldier, even though the Ranger is the class that gets special features revolving around that. One can be an expert dungeon...

Note that it can go the other way too. There's monsters out there, beyond the spellcasting ones, that can absolutely decimate a party of heroes, all based on "did you make your X save?". The Mind Flayer's Mind Blast comes to mind- the 2014 version has a 60' cone that demands a DC 15...

Our last D&D session went like this (I wasn't the DM). We had found ourself mired in Shadow Fey (Kobold Press's Midgard setting) politics and were kind of at an impasse, as none of us were A) Shadow Fey or B) Charisma-based characters. Only some quick thinking and my recently watching The...

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From an in-universe example, gods denying priests and other champions their powers (and also, whatever sources druids, rangers, and so on- which can be a god in some settings but not in others) makes sense. Though there are many examples in fiction of people abusing powers granted to them as...

It's going to be funny when this thread exceeds the size that most people say they bounce off of threads at.

It's like when Superman was the Last Son of Krypton- unless you count Superboy, Supergirl, General Zod, the residents of Kandor, Krypto the Superdog...

Yeah but again, forcing us to rely on non-official sources is really doing a disservice to their own game. Like, you could argue "well that's a lot of work, James, do you really expect WotC to do all that?" or "well, James, having scores of Cleric subclasses wouldn't be fair to other classes"...

As a long-time fan, I know that there's a segment of the fandom that's wanted The Rani back for years, but I honestly don't think it's a good idea. They'd need to do something unique with her, and "cold, evil, scientist lady" really is one note. I'll hold out some hope, but at this moment, I'd...

I guess we have to figure out how much gp published adventures do give out. Let's look at the starter adventure, LMoP. Fortunately, someone has done the work for us- LMoP So if these numbers are correct, your newly minted 5th level party has 5,200 gp after completion of LMoP (this doesn't...

Sacrificing the flavor of Gods to make all divine casters be nearly identical to one another is something I don't like about modern D&D. Sure, I know it's a pain when no two Clerics necessarily resemble each other, but Gods have become pretty much vestigial to D&D. And I get there's a lot of...

Even modern Star Trek still manages to churn out good product- Strange New Worlds is an incredible show, and I can't wait for it to return.

Something old school players would attack on sight?

I mean, this isn't anything new either. Remember when The Doctor was leaning on the Shadow Proclamation to get villains to dial it down a notch? Muttering about the "Laws of Time". Nine sending a child to his room? Or Eleven suddenly declaring to the Daleks "If there's one thing I'm allowed...

Hm...centaur lich...(writes down campaign ideas)...