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I think Unarmored Defense is currently one of the most frequently mis-interpreted abilities in the game, so I'd rather avoid that. If Totem Armor as an ability is too radical, I'd probably just let people reskin chain shirt and breastplate. Maybe add a sidebar such as: Tribal Armor With your...

Any thoughts about adding the following (DM's optional) ability to let the shaman continue to wear his hide armor while not losing out on the better stats of chain shirt and breastplate? The only difference between hide, chain shirt, and breastplate are the weight, cost, and AC bonus. Totem...

That's completely fair. I think it's a toss-up that really can only be determined with extensive playtesting. Playing it conservative for now is probably the better plan.

Thanks PC. If you do use it, let me know how it goes. I haven't had an opportunity to do any playtesting with it. To address your questions: The 4e version of that ability specified a creature other than the original heal spell's target, but I don't think a few extra points of healing to the...

Ok, here's what I've come up with for an update. Shamanism Domain Rather than worship a specific god, you revere the spirits of your ancestors or the spiritual energy of the world itself. The spirits are your close, trusted friends and you can see them wherever you go, even if others cannot...

Actually I hope to be taking a look at it this weekend. I know some things need updating for the final version of the rules, and I think I have an idea for the capstone ability.

Super-chunky feats. The Magic Initiate feats really make it easy to add a spice of magic to other classes, moreso than any previous edition. Inspiring Leader, letting anyone be Theoden before the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (movie version, at least). The human noble thief in my group took...

I have found the rulings on this topic to be frustratingly inconsistent. For my part, I'll be letting casters go through their somatic gestures with their weapon hand. If a material component is also necessary, they can draw that as part of the spellcasting action for free. Two-handed weapon...

Furniture and meat.

Ok, how many folks agreeing with the OP are 20+ year veteran DMs who have been to the rodeo a few times? How many are new to DMing with 5th edition? You might want to keep those folks in mind before complaining too loudly about clarifications. You are always free to ignore them. I'd at least...

I think this may be superfluous? PHB Page 195 says movement only provokes when the attacker can see you. There may be other actions that trigger OA that I'm unaware of, I haven't fully read the combat rules yet. Do you want this to work any time the gnome is invisible (say, from other...

I think one of the playtests had a spell that dazed the target, preventing them from taking reactions. It was a pseudo-condition imparted by the spell, rather than a full-fledged condition. Can't remember which spell it was however.

It's a two-handed weapon, so scimitar wouldn't work.

What if it was something more akin to the LotR elven glaive? I could see the case for this being a finesse weapon, especially considering how they tend to spin it around.

I haven't examined the existing origins in detail but I don't see anything controversial here. I might move the charm resistance to 6th level. Since invisibility always seemed to me to be a key trait of fey I might add in something like the following: Fey Trickery: Starting at 6th level, if...

I picked the blue because 4e's adult red hasn't been updated for post-Monster Vault math, unfortunately. If I had looked harder I would've picked this elder red, from the Monster Vault. Its 4e level of 22 is pretty close to equivalent for 5e's CR 17 adult red. In this case the 5e adult red with...

I think (and I have been known to be wrong before) that most of the people expressing dissatisfaction with 5e monster simplicity are advocating for an approach closer to the 4e versions than the 3e versions. And those 4e versions are darn near identical to the 5e versions in substance except...

A little disappointed that the big bads (dragons, bone devil, umber hulk, etc) we've seen previewed so far don't have one or two additional exception-based tactical options available. One thing I did for my 4e Fallout game was create every NPC as a simple Type X (brute, soldier, leader, or...