Search results

Crit threat range is now affected by Dexterity. You apply half of your dex bonus, rounded down, to increase your threat range. I.e. a +2 dex means you have a crit threshold of 19. +4 dex means 18. This stacks with the Champion's increased threat range. Note that this applies to all types of...

- Character Sheet for anyone interested in playtesting. Feedback welcome. This revision is not designed to make the game more complex, it's instead designed to streamline and clarify some of the categorical buckets we have, and also to mechanically rebalance ability scores relative to one...

As if that wasn't bad enough, the skills tied to the mental stats are more likely to be group focused than individual focused, as opposed to the skills tied to the physical stats. In other words, when one character in the party is good at one of them (say, Arcana), it dramatically reduces the...

As if that wasn't bad enough, the skills tied to the mental stats are more likely to be group focused than individual focused, as opposed to the skills tied to the physical stats. In other words, when one character in the party is good at one of them (say, Arcana), it dramatically reduces the...

Sorry, but I feel I should offer some counterarguments to the above suggestions. First, I do not think that Initiative fits Int better than it fits Wis, but I had failed to consider surprise as an existing factor for Wisdom. Int does not reflect how quick-witted you are, it's simply a composite...

It's no secret that the ability scores aren't very well balanced in 5e, just as they weren't in previous editions. I dislike this as a general rule, because it makes character building less interesting and the resulting characters less diverse. I came up with some simple houserules to rebalance...

Clearly they are all correlated. We aren't talking about a binary here, we're talking about a continuum. My point was that strength and agility have a much closer connection than agility and dexterity, which actually have much less of a connection, and I cited an example of why. You can be...

I addressed all of your questions in the post you quoted. In short - I don't believe that the ability to communicate or influence others should be neatly tied to one ability score. Your ability to communicate effectively is actually related to all of your mental attributes, as is your ability to...

Does anyone else think this is too specific a concept for a subclass? Wouldn't it have made more sense as a prestige class, like those from the recent UA article? Has anyone repurposed it for something a bit more generalized?

Here's what I think my ideal ability score spread would be: Strength Dexterity Constitution Intellect Awareness Resolve *Agility *Thaumaturgy This comprises a few conceptual changes. Thaumaturgy becomes the spellcasting stat for all spellcasters, with all of the mental stats gaining new...

Yeah, I pretty much agree with this.

I almost think Wisdom shouldn't even be a stat. Instead it should just be Perception or Awareness, with a lot of what's currently tied to Wisdom either going to Intelligence or Charisma, and a few things currently tied to other stats (like Initiative) going to Perception/Awareness. Wisdom is...

I've always thought the same, actually, and even posted about it sometime back. All spellcasters should use a "magic power" stat primarily, with various mental stats providing different supplemental effects. Of course, that would necessitate an extensive rewrite of the system. However, I think...

You failed to explain why you thought wisdom makes more sense and why charisma doesn't for any spellcaster.

Wisdom fits for certain kinds of clerics. Where I'm coming from is that it doesn't fit the type of cleric I imagine the iconic D&D cleric to represent. And I will continue to argue that if we assume a cleric's main goal is spreading their faith, charisma is by far the more appropriate ability to...

I don't really have to imagine it. It's explicitly stated in various places that adventuring clerics are normally trying to spread the faith of their deities to other people, as this is how deities grow in power. Although, I will admit that times have changed and there is now a bit more...

No, again, that's precisely what doesn't happen. The evidence for evolution is ubiquitous and drawn from multiple independent sources, and scientists across most fields are well versed in it. It's not about authority, at all, or else you would see scientists from all fields readily discussing...

I do think it's a draconic rule (people should be challenged, honestly) , but I agree completely on the second part.

This is an oversimplification, at best. There is a degree of authority within science as there is anywhere else, but scientific theories are expected to contain both explanatory and predictive power, and they fall apart very quickly when they don't. An astrophysicist is unlikely to challenge...

So, here, you basically admit that you took liberties in interpreting my original post due to your own biases and used that interpretation to derail the thread into a meandering cringe-fest of largely semantic rants motivated from your own personal religious convictions and the false perception...