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  1. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) XP for gold 5th Edition campaign

    Interestingly enough, this lets PCs negotiate for their XP from an adventure when undertaking mercenary work. I love it, I love everything about it. I have moved towards milestone leveling for quite some time, but this might be good enough to be worth dealing with individual xp again. I...
  2. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) You find a magical _____, it does _____

    Balmer's Ride Home Once per 24 hour period, this enchanted hand cart can summon an invisible servant that will persist for up to an hour, following the orders of whoever is touching the cart when its command word is spoken. The servant cannot move farther than 30 feet from the cart, but can...
  3. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Multiclassing

    I have had a love hate relationship with multiclassing, but in 5e, for me, it comes down to feeling a bit too easy and abuse-able since we have so many levels (20) to work with. In my game we use 10 levels, and choosing to multiclass is a big deal, budgeting which 10 character levels you are...
  4. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) So...Skill Challenges

    I cobbled together my owngroup skill challenge system. Basically, it creates a skill based combat against a challenge that has a skill DC like a an AC, and each point skills exceed that number away strip off its difficulty like HP, or add to it in the case of failures, until either it grows...
  5. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) You find a magical _____, it does _____

    Arkemn's Buckle Apparently belonging to someone known as "Arkemn", due to the gaudy and bejeweled name appearing on it, this buckle seems to radiate a powerful aura of magic. When the command word is spoken as a bonus action(Glaucos), any armor that the speaker is wearing disappears from...
  6. Capn Charlie

    Please critique my cultural caste (racial) traits

    Aatma Caste: Spell duration increase text "Twice your level" is meaningless. Twice your level what? Additionally, most spells with duration last one minute, and there is not a lot of difference between one and two minutes. A better option might be to say that "when casting a spell whose...
  7. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Sacred Cow Bites The Dust.

    I have had a love/hate relationship with XP over the last few decades that has soured to the point that in 5e when I read about milestone leveling, I just shrugged, and moved on. I have never felt freer. Before I had players that would go out of their way to force more fights for xp, that...
  8. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    It looks pretty good. My formatting was all done in microsoft word, so it was spaced and laid out accordingly, but this definitely looks good. This should be the last revision of the core document for some time, I left the table of contents blank intentionally, since I didn't know how...
  9. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    Alright, here's the newest update. Version: 0.5 Notes • Gloemn technicians should be less bouncy now that Prodigious leap is limited to once per round. • Soldiers may now specialize as Mobile Infantry, taking advantage of the new armor mods system • Officers now less snooty, able to take...
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  11. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Shield Upgrades, please critique

    Let me clarify the buckler. I envision it as functioning as a normal shield, most of the time, with the exceptions being it only provides +1 ac vs ranged attacks, and is strapped to the arm of the user. It can be readied (so the user can benefit from its ac bonus) as part of any action...
  12. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Shield Upgrades, please critique

    I have been running a gritty low-magic game for a while now and am about to roll out a weapon and armor masterwork system, as opposed to magical items, and instead of just rehashing +1 bonuses I wanted something... grittier. Right now on my plate are two shield upgrades. Conceptually these...
  13. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Do you use the flanking rule?

    We use miniatures and a grid for combats, and use flanking quite extensively. It is fast and easy, and my players rarely have a problem with it, except for occasionally trying to understand a flank on a huge creature. My group really enjoys this rule, and was one of the first optional rules...
  14. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    You should be able to download it here. http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1339 Thanks man, it's comments like this that make me take the gun out of my mouth in the morning. I have further updates incoming, just so much going on through the holidays, hard...
  15. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Custom Creature Balance Assessment

    Accurate attacks to hit consistently, resistance to most AOE spells and crowd control in the form of high dex and wis saves, lower AC and hp along with modest damage, paired with a good debuff effect... seems good. I'd throw a wave of them at the party, then have a second wave come in if the...
  16. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    The combat system isn't too drastically reworked. While some complexity is added there is a fair bit removed from the lack of spells and magic. The world can definitely be more lethal, especially if players make poor decisions. The biggest change, for most, is a much stronger focus on ranged...
  17. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    This guy gets it. Yes, this ruleset pairs best with strong narrative control. In most fantasy games the players have massive freedoms and can do just about anything they want to, to anyone. Less so in fifth edition, more suicidal to slap the king here, but it is still there... this assumption...
  18. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    I have a few things in the pipe right now, just hammered by other concerns and projects. Right now in the development hopper: *Refined Weapon and Armor mods system, with tier upgrades and concrete prices *New Specializations (Powered Infantry, Sergeant, Oathsworn) *New Feats (Better Hand to...
  19. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Fifth Age: A hard science fiction 5e conversion

    Yes, it is also a WIP but is functional. This is an old thread before the forum crash, and the links are not up to date. The best versions can be found in the downloads section, here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1339 Here is a direct link to my...
  20. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) [Guidance] What, +1d4 to every check ever?

    I would add a required tithe or sacrifice. Every time he casts the spell, he "owes" his god a special candle to be lit and prayed over in their temple over a 4 hour period. As long as the caster keeps up his "tab" and does his devotions later and during downtime, we're good. For that matter...
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