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I may be the weird one here, but when I read "King/Queen", or "Prince/Princess" or even "innkeeper/blacksmith" I do not understand any sexual orientation as implied. Like, at all. If it is not specified and it would not affect the game story, I feel pretty much free to assign whatever...

Really, if we go the route of "unless a creature takes an action to hide, you continue to know where it is even when you lose sight of it", then you can just let someone run away as far as they can and, unless they spend an action hiding, you always know where they are, no matter how far...

It depends on gaming styles. In some tables, feats such as actor or keen mind might have more impact than GWM or CE, as they can be cleverly used to avoid or overcome situations that could have been deadly if approached by the combat route. In some other tables, a lot of improvised actions might...

Not at all. As I have stated, we practice even more restrictive rulings regarding what goes in our gaming table around here. Nothing unfair or badwrongfun in that. The thing is, the same way a DM can decide that feats and multiclassing are in or out, or that in their campaign only a handful of...

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I know that strictly according to the wording in the basic rulebooks the above statement is correct, but I still find it somewhat curious. What exactly makes some portion of a RPG system optional, or for that sake, non-optional? When I think about how I use the rules of any RPG I play, I could...

It is funny that you paint yourself as lacking imagination but have built an interesting picture so far. I agree with other posters that there are some details that need some working, but I do like the whole idea. Do you like/have intention to use any of the published adventure paths? If so, I...

Oh, thanks, that clarifies the point. So you actually have to do one step with the values you have prior to applying either ABI or feat, in order to calculate the ratio. And this step includes adding the +1 dmg from ABI to your base damage (which becomes the D in your formula) and subtracting...

Can you help me out with your math? I think I did not understand it. Let's say I have a D of 10 and H is 0.5. This results in a ratio of 20. If I take GWM and use it, D goes to 20 but H drops to 0.25, right? And in both cases, average damage would be 5. But taking the ABI would raise D to 11 and...

This. Getting better at resisting stuff just by rolling dice is not really interesting, but being able to protect yourself by being smart, doing recon on the enemy and actively raising defenses against their capabilities is. Lower level adventurers rely a little bit more on luck (as PCs have way...

First of all: Oh, man, you have your group of buddies, lucky you, don't listen to anybody telling you not to risk yourself, just go for it. You will mess up some, but it will be fun, memorable, and you guys will learn together. A lot of people here started playing very young with other young...

I find it a nice feature that the dynamics involved in saves change as players progress in levels. At the lower levels, being proficient or not in a save does not have that much impact, and to have a big difference between saves usually requires proficiency in a save in which the character also...

Well, most of the dragons in the council have unfinished business with the smaller races, but they are already inclined to somehow help, as the adventure is about the coming of the mother-of-all-evil, as dragons understand it. Anyhow, Elia is not really hostile towards the presence of dwarves...

You know, the champion will make better use of the cleaving bullet than a battle master, but will fare worse with the power attack bullet. So, all in all, to me it is still a wash.

This. Also, while the idea of adding the same attribute twice for damage seems legit by the book, I would not let it fly in my games. It really feels to me allowing this would send the rules interactions somewhere out of place, as if you were being rewarded twice for the same thing. Anyhow, if...

This is really interesting. Some folks think that metamagic fits well in the class and that 3e kinda missed the point by actually punishing sorcerers that would go for them, while others don't see a connection. I apparently find myself in a sorta unique position, as I don't care much for this...

I would not call it even an exploit, as it hasn't proved to be overpowered, at least in the games I DM. What I don't like about it is that I feel this was supposed to be something to emulate those drow fighting tropes, where the drow warrior opens with a shot from his pre-loaded hand crossbow...

Thank you very much! This exhaustion idea is really interesting, would you care to share the general impact it has on adventuring pacing? This idea is simply golden, I think with this on I can be more forgiving about my villains modus operandi. It brings a kind of tension which I suspect my...

Maybe a minority, but certainly not alone.

Not really. Feats are for campaigns where people like more options and possibility for overspecialization. Grittiness can always be adjusted by the DM according to whatever the group can dish out, and feats are not necessarily the best combat boosters over ABIs in all circumstances, even when...