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I like the idea of giving Rock Gnomes the mending cantrip (tried to quote but it broke), though proficiency in Tinker's Tools overlaps this quite a bit (per tool expansions in XGtE). Perhaps changing their Tinker trait to allow them to fix anything for 1/2 the normal cost or in 1/2 the time. I...

Seconding Mistwell here - I don't know that I've ever seen a character who has (and plans to use) medium armor proficiency have a Dex less than 14, regardless of class, race, or stat generation choice.

The statement was in the context of characters whose primary stat is NOT Dex.

Dwarves are certainly an exception to some of what I stated, but the rest of your points can be summed up as follows: For anyone with any armor proficiency at all and with no other method of calculating AC, wearing the heaviest armor you can will almost always provide the best AC. I don't...

Light armor is for characters using Dex as their primary stat. It requires the most ASI investment to achieve its potential, but chances are you'd be doing so anyway to max your attack and damage rolls. Heavy armor is for characters using Str as their primary (15+ at 1st) OR secondary stat (14+...

While I like the idea in general, I think that even though it may enhance the player's fun to have them roll all the dice, it would certainly detract from mine. I have a lot of fun rolling dice for NPCs and monsters - makes me feel like I'm playing, too, rather than just refereeing. :D

Hey all, Zardnaar has already convinced me - thanks for chiming in, though!

Fair enough. The problem of the white room strikes again! :P

Always good to hear some actual gameplay - thank you. Sounds like they got plenty of chances to use the ability, which kind of brings me back to my question, but I suppose it was deemed much less impactful than the others... I just don't see that being the case. How is reducing elemental damage...

Have you seen a Nature Cleric at 6th+ in play? Did Dampen Elements get used much if at all? What did the player(s) think of the ability?

Technically correct, which is the only kind of correct. That said, it doesn't have to be the nature cleric taking damage - they can grant resistance to any creature they can see within 30 feet. So in an all-out elemental war where the nature cleric wasn't themselves taking damage but were...

Hm... I suppose they probably do have actual data from all the play-tests that corroborates their decision. While it seems to me like the ability would be a game changer, perhaps in actual play it isn't as overpowered as it appears.

EDIT: No, it's not overpowered in typical play due to being very situational. Thanks everyone! Hey all, Just white-room theory-crafting here - I've never actually played nor run a game for a Nature Cleric. That said, looking at the 6th level cleric domain abilities, Dampen Elements sticks out...

Gadget, while you are correct, the Giant Centipede as written in the MM already has this effect with its poison bite, so I don't see any harm in adding that to the Carrion Crawler with a single line modification to make its mechanics better fit its description. Is it necessary? No, not at all...

Updated to a much simpler but equally effective change - append the following to the Tentacle attack's description: "If the target is reduced to 0 hit points by any carrion crawler's tentacle or bite attack while affected by this poison, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even...

I usually just tweak existing monsters rather than creating them from scratch, simple stuff like giving them some armor, adding some extra HD and bumping the proficiency bonus, or adding a few class levels. If I feel like the changes I've made warrant a change in CR, I'll use the DMG as a rough...

Mostly correct - the hour wait only kicks in if they are dropped to 0 hp while still affected by the poison; if the minute is up and they're still standing, they are no longer poisoned. I like that. I wouldn't use it in general, but if I had a group of experienced players up for a more...

This is a good point and yet another reason I left it as save each round. I feel that if a character has continually failed the save AND been reduced to 0 by the crawler, being paralyzed for an hour without any further save is okay. The Giant Centipede, for example, already has an effect that...

I like it, especially when coupled with 5e's bounded accuracy. Hordes are totally relevant and scary.

Oh, now I want to make it so: You wake up, still groggy from the poison, but the carrion crawler is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps it has wandered off in search of other prey while you ripen, or perhaps it is still nearby - in either case, you manage to crawl away to safety without attracting...