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It's possible to do lilliputians as a hive. Swarms of rats and bats are in the MM, why not try it for PCs? Instead of one 6-inch tall character, you are a group of 100 energetic 6-inch-tall folks. To keep them from just spreading out across an entire town (talk about splitting the party!)...

Is it worth it to get only 17 levels in warlock? Yes. The real question is when to take the fighter levels. Most people would say to get your 3rd level spells first (ftr1/warlock5), but after that it's a matter of priority. Some get the fighter level(s) next, some put it off for another 10...

Yes, that's what I meant by the way I reworded it. Anyway, this means that you can no longer forgo your first attack for your friend. Your friend's attack must come after all of your attacks.

I would argue this isn't quite true, except by the transitive property. "It used to be that healing was almost mandatory in a party." and "Clerics were the only healers" combined to make that statement true. The first statement is still true. But the second statement has been intentionally...

Now a bard with Battle Magic must make his weapon attack *after* he casts his spell. Which means sheathing a sword in order to free a hand for spellcasting is a problem. I presume that it's ok to draw a weapon after the spell but before the bonus action, but can imagine other rulings. Anyway...

Is there any discussion, description, detail, mention, or whatever of Tieflings and Aasimars, or Tiefling or Aasimar cultures?

My first thought is... what if you try to drain undead? But I imagine just saying 'it doesn't work' dodges the whole problem. But here's some other things to think about: What if you replace every use of the words "Sexual Ki" with "Life Ki"? Some of the fluff might change slightly, but not...

They break one of the core rules of the game: the separation between melee attacks and spells. That's useful in various clever exploits. Melee attacks scale in frequency (extra attack, bonus action attacks, AOO, Haste, etc) while spells scale in damage directly (cantrips by level, upcasting...

The INT 13 requirement is significant. But if you have it, great. One of the best reasons to do it is for spells that don't scale from first level, such as Shield or Feather Fall. As a warlock, it always feels a shame to use a 4th or 5th level spell slot to cast one of those, but with a level...

That book remains a favorite, and comes to mind frequently even decades later. As much or more than Lord of the Rings. Pretty good for a short little paperback for kids (it even has pictures). Cute and cuddly as they are, the older Quozl leaders really need to be cast as Lawful Evil villians...

There are all sorts of multiclass builds. Some are theoretical about what you'll get at level 20, or some other high level, but some aren't. First of all, remember that many single-class builds don't really come online until level 5 or 6 either. Many of the classes in 5th edition are indeed...

Ability scores also make half-feats viable. It may not seem like an explicitly stated rule, but it does have effects and consequences. Many a character has chosen a half-feat when they have an odd score. But it has consequences even when a character intends to take two half-feats in a row...

Thanks for pointing that out about all the attack spells. I hadn't noticed it because I was focusing on the warlock spell list. I thought I'd found something different about those two spells because they were the only two without the 'target you can see' phrase. But it turns out those are the...

I was thinking that maybe Witch Bolt had an extra feature, because the 'you can see' was omitted. I was thinking I could use it as a pseudo-Faerie Fire to hit someone in the general area even without knowing where they are. Just let the magic of the spell find them. And then once the spell...

Suppose you're a warlock in a battle and your enemy turns invisble. You know he's still in the room somewhere, but you're not sure where. Can you cast Witch Bolt on the invisible enemy? Context: Most spells can only be cast on targets you can see. But two of the spells often considered to be...

I rather like the idea of houseruling how finesse weapons work. One suggestion above was to keep STR to damage even on finesse weapons. I've been thinking of keeping DEX to finesse damage, but with a cap of twice the STR bonus. That way, a fighter with 12 or 13 STR would never get more than...

Longsword of Self-Measurement When drawn from its scabbard, this ordinary shortsword appears to be an impressive longsword, but only to its wielder. Club of Enlightenment: This unusual weapon functions like a fast-acting Tome of Clear Thought. Used about the head during an argument, this club...

I suspect that the authors of the feats believed, when they were writing those feats, that they were dishing out abilities that normal characters usually wouldn't have. They believed that the things specified in the feats were things that the DM would normally not allow. because only real...

If you meant the *actual* Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2, in the gold box style, that would be nice.

Gosh, there are lots of ways this could go. Warlord isn't the only previous-editions class that could be updated. Cavalier, for instance, has appeared one way or another in every edition. If I must pick just one, I guess that's it. Archer, perhaps? Oh sure, the Fighter and Ranger exist...