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  1. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) In fifth-edition D&D, what is gold for?

    When I was doing my 5e sci-fi conversion, I wanted to give the players some idea what amount of money is"enough". There are copious ways to spend in my game, you can dump it on new ships, manpower, downtime activities, and all the other story investment opportunities of an rpg, and I even added...
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  3. Capn Charlie

    SciFi encounter ideas

    Once the party makes it to engineering, they coax the once mighty and now silent engines back to life, hoping to restore light, warmth, and hopefully gravity to the ship... and are horrified to be granted their wish! As the engines roar to life, they begin erratically firing, main engines...
  4. Capn Charlie

    Issue with downloads section

    Works like a charm now! The "recently updated downloads" and "new downloads" section seem to still be mirrored, however.
  5. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Adventure in an Asteroid

    An easy way out is to say the tears have some kind of magical gravity, just so the basic game rules function as written. For fun, give the characters some sort of barsoom-ian effect, from lower gravity, like advantage on athletics and acrobatics to jump or climb, double move speed, double jump...
  6. Capn Charlie

    Lords of Waterdeep

    5 out of 5 rating for Lords of Waterdeep I would have personally preferred Baldur's Gate, over waterdeep for the setting of this game, but being in the realms was good enough. Quick and easy gameplay combine with just enough tactical complexity to hold the attention of this fantastic game...
  7. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) In fifth-edition D&D, what is gold for?

    In a recent game of mine, we are playing super gritty and low magic, the players had a pile of gold and used it to buy better weapons and armor. I have instituted a system where upgraded items can be crafted, and they gleefully piled gold into the hands of craftsmen to make their items better...
  8. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Longswords

    Magic weapons are found most commonly in the types that can and will be used by the group of people finding them. This isn't coincidence, but the enchantment of the weapon fating it to be found by the hand of one to wield it. Or weapon types that are really cool and under utilized, and could...
  9. Capn Charlie

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

    See, xp for gold isn't about having wealth, or being given wealth, or really even spending wealth. XP for gold is about taking wealth. Zero Sum, baby, for one to prosper another must perish. if you are a brutal merchant that destroys the fortunes of others, yeah, you've picked up some of that...
  10. Capn Charlie

    Issue with downloads section

    You know how when you upload a file, it creates a thread in the appropriate forum for discussion? Well, before the big crash a few months back, I had my thread linked to the download properly, but afterwards, I have a thread a mile long about the file, and a two post one linked to it as the...
  11. Capn Charlie

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

    Here's what I have so far, going with the tentative name "Heroes of the Skullthrone". I want a tone kind of like a comically grimdark gallivant. Generic high trope fantasy taken to dark and depressing ends, etc. The orc king invaded at the head of an army of monsters, and lay final siege to...
  12. Capn Charlie

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

    Well, as I understand it, the idea is not to let players spend gold for MORE xp for but rather 'for any xp at all'. The theory being that characters spending their wealth in non-performance enhancing ways is how they get their xp. Drinking and whoring, getting married and building a farm...
  13. Capn Charlie

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

    No, what it would mean is that if you are at least level 4 in a class, you could take a different level 4 class specialization from that same class. Basically, being a marine/heavy gunner, or a scoundrel/bounty hunter. I guess I need another pass on clarity of wording in the feat. I get tied...
  14. Capn Charlie

    Issue with downloads section

    I have been attempting to update a few files I have in the downloads section, but while I managed to upload a new file, twice at that, I cannot find a way to delete old files, there is just this big blank white space with no icons, but some curious mouseovers out in the blankness. It seems...
  15. Capn Charlie

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

    Okay, so I swear I was working on the HH, but I ended up making one more pass at the core book, gonna call it same version revised, and move on. I had to clarify some damage types, and rolled out bookmarks, and a few other bits and pieces. Version: 0.5r Notes • Bookmarks added for...
  16. Capn Charlie

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

    I needed a palate cleansing short game between campaigns, and I have just decided to do this. It was going to be a comically dark game anyway, and this will set a perfect tone. I kind of want the characters to be uneasy amongst each other, and now there is a concrete mechanic to make it out...
  17. Capn Charlie

    D&D 5E (2014) Changing Cantrips

    The more I read this, the more I think that a wizard or cleric should be able to "set" (prepare, memorize, pray for, whatever) additional cantrips like they were any other spell, but cast them as cantrips. The trade-off in utility provided by infinite cast minor spells against preparing spells...
  18. Capn Charlie

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

    Thanks, glad you like it! If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, let me know, feedback is very important to me in the process of ongoing devlopment! To that end, I am currently playing with a feat that allows for multiple archetype abilities from the same class...
  19. Capn Charlie

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

    You've never had players choosing to pick a fight with potential xp rewards as a factor in that decision? That is astonishing to me. I have had bad players that based their decisions almost entirely off of xp, and good players that just let things happen, but even back in the early days of 3e...
  20. Capn Charlie

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

    Re: Magic item pricing, Have you seen the above, by chance? It's fairly spot on.
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