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What about the subclasses and such added by UA?

Favored Soul-Why did they have to take the one gish I liked and kill it? Stone Sorcery-Oh...that's why, welcome back 4e Swordmage, you've been gone FAR too long. If I'm ever able to play instead of DMing I know exactly what I'd actually roll now. Half-Elf Stone Sorc looks super fun and might...

Blep boop I'm an idiot and forgot I already posted in here.

Part of it is I'm only DMing a 5e game because the group at the FLGS wanted to play 5e, all my normal games are still 4e (though heavily modified). The other part is that the 5e books are bloody expensive if you buy them anywhere that's not Amazon. If players want an option in my game they can...

The "how much do you spend" question could perhaps be amended to "how much have you spent on 5e". I've yet to spend a dime on 5e, DMing solely off of WotC's freely released material and a handy "expected difficulty" chart. The rest I pull from the books I already have for other editions...

I honestly don't know if it is balanced, which is one reason I posted it. I've played with "deals one less dice of damage" but can't tell if that would be too strong then. I like the concept, but it certainly needs a little work. The Fighting Style houserule was one of those things that just...

After watching the video the other week I've been thinking if 4e would have had a different reception if WotC HAD used different language to describe powers. Tie things to rests like 5e (Short Rest Spell/Ten Minute Duration) and I think lots of the "They are just cooldowns like an MMO"...

I have been playing with making an "Arcanist" class that follows that sort of thinking. You start with a set of Burst/Blast/Line/Cone and then various class features let you modify it. Subclasses would be some flavor of Gish, a straight damage dealer, and a "lingering effects" style caster...

Currently working on a pair of rules, mostly aimed at making combat a bit meatier. Both are very rough. Short Rest Casting Variant Under this variant, characters alter their spells, expanding less energy to cast, but also producing less potent effects. Whenever a character casts a spell using...

Honestly, I currently DM 5e with the 4e PHBs and Sly Flourish's DM math cheat sheet. I flip to the monsters I want in the 4e monster manual, lift their abilities wholesale, and then find the CR level I want for everything else. It's quick, easy, flexible, and lets me toss in interesting monsters...

Good-Spellcasting feels unique and interesting again. It has both utility and combat application. All classes have some interesting roleplaying hooks or abilities, with most having at least some form of out of combat utility. Bad-Melee characters are relatively boring again. Spellcasting at...

I've been playing around with just straight yanking monster abilities from 4e, some of them are grossly overpowered, but I've also heavily adjusted how spells recharge and given martial characters some at-wills so it balance back out. Anyway, some examples from my game last night. The party is...

Martial Cantrips you say? They aren't "finished" but I've been working on something pretty similar for some time. Most were lifted from 4e At-Wills, though my next pass will probably add material from Tome of Battle. http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/H1Q4-pCu Kobold Press also has a...

Any chance they'll be...some sort of offer for people who bought the original? I still get fairly regular emails with updates for 4e and Pathfinder.

3e-Tome of Battle: I'm mining it for Martial options. I think a combination of its Maneuver/Classes could be made into a cool series of subclasses, possibly even shared between various classes. Crusader as a sub-class for Paladin is easy enough, Warblade goes to Fighter, and maybe Swordsage as a...

Do you have a working download link for Masterplan? The primary site is giving me a "site down or moved" notice.

First, thanks for the direct review and feedback, it's the actual crunch these needed to help beat it into shape. Now then, sure dead is nice, but that status won't be imposed immediately. Combat is going to last at least a few rounds. Getting direct tactical options outside of that make each...

Multiclassing was one of those last minute "shoot, how do I stop this being silly overpowered when dipping between classes that learn these, but also make a two level dip worth it for other classes". Your suggestion is elegant though, and I'll probably include something close to it with a "you...

That sounds interesting, mind sharing? I'm about to start a 4e game with some of my veterans (started playing it together the day the edition launched) and a host of newbies, so any "helper" sheets like that would be very useful.

Looking at this and seeing your name/frothsof makes me smile remembering the old days. The simplified monster rules and "throw backs" aren't something I love, but of course I've houseruled 4e to pieces, so I can't vault that. Overall, it looks good and honestly I'd be tempted to contribute if...