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I'm not convinced that the actual druid spell list ( Druid Spells - 5th Edition SRD ) supports this viewpoint. Apart from a few fire-related spells such as flame blade, flaming sphere, etc. (which the GM is free to ban under the general rule against "artillery spells" if he feels they are too...

For those of you who have access to one or more of the Xoth adventure modules (XP1 to XP4), you'll know that they contain a disclaimer under the heading "A word to the wise": I'm going to include the same disclaimer in the Player's Guide as well.

Thanks for all the input on the topic of "races" vs ethnicities, tribes, nations, etc. I've decided to keep the original term in the "Races of Xoth" chapter, as that's a term all D&D players are familiar with, and I trust the mature audience this book is intended for to understand that the term...

It's intended to "cause big swings in combat", that's the purpose of a Battle Cry! :) That said, I'm going to adjust this so that Battle Cry has a range of 30 feet and only applies to each ally's first hit in the round, and Improved Battle Cry increases the range to 60 feet and applies to all...

Interesting perspective, I've never thought of it that way. But what do you do with the Druid then? The way I've implemented it, by using the Bard as a basis for another "social" class, gives one more option for PCs, not one less.

Why do you feel it's overpowered? It gives each ally an automatic crit, if they hit, so that's one extra damage die per creature. It lasts one round. It can be used once per long rest per point of Charisma bonus. The conqueror has MAD (multiple attribute dependency) because Strength...

I see your point, I guess I'm just using "race" out of habit since that term has been used in D&D since forever. That said, there are many definitions of the word "race", such as "a group of persons related by common descent or heredity" and "any people united by common history, language...

I see your point and I'm going to change it to "...are used to..." to make it clear that you must choose a culture. Once again, I see your point and I agree that (early) choice of culture will (should!) focus the character's concept in the player's mind. I'll let this simmer a bit before I do...

Fair enough, I've edited the first post to add the NSFW disclaimer and put the link within a spoiler section.

Thanks! Dark Sun, that's a badass sword and sorcery setting, one of my all-time favorite settings from any publisher. Would love to see an illustrated "Player's Guide to Dark Sun for 5E"... ;-)

Thanks, many people seem to like this solution as it avoids undue focus on the races. Cultures are not intended to be optional, though; see "Summary of Character Creation" on page 8, step 3 (pick your culture). It's placed after step 2 (pick your race) because each race description has notes on...

Personally, I allow feats, except the three feats known to cause a lot of problems: Great Weapon Master, Lucky, and Sharpshooter. The tips about Inspired Leader and Healer are good. The general philosophy when it comes to healing (as you'll see when you get to the Classes and Sorcery chapters)...

Thanks for the detailed feedback! My comments follow below... Good points, I'll rephrase those sections. +1 to 5E for already handling this in a sensible manner! By default, under the 5E rules you are instantly killed if brought to (negative your max hit points) from a single attack. As you...

No, I'm one of those uncorrupted, "wholesome barbarians" that @CapnZapp was talking about... :-) Cool! Are you using the Pathfinder or 5E version of Primeval Thule?

Huh. I didn't post any pictures, just a link to the book. I'm always surprised by the fact that monsters, blood and violence seems to be OK in movies, comics and games; but some nipples must be censored like the plague. Anyway, if you just google "world of xoth", you should be able to find the...

No immediate plans to update old stuff to 5E, I would rather focus on publishing new material. That said, I don't think it will be too hard to convert the older adventures, mostly by replacing the NPCs and monsters with similar NPC/monster stat blocks from the 5E MM. Also, I can highly recommend...

Thanks! Credit where it's due: The artists are Mark Allen, Kent Burles, Storn Cook, Tommaso Galmacci, and Steve Lines. I fully agree with everything you said there and in the following paragraphs. That said, I think that GMs and players could (and should) shake up the genre stereotypes if they...

No, there's no Kickstarter planned. The World of Xoth is an established setting with a number of books (adventure modules) already published (see xoth.net publishing - sword and sorcery roleplaying adventures ), but so far those books have been for 3.5/Pathfinder. Future books will be using the...

The Player's Guide to the World of Xoth is a free PDF with more than 60 pages of sword and sorcery material for fifth edition that allows you to play in adventures inspired by the stories of Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. Venture in the footsteps of Conan the Cimmerian, Satampra Zeiros...

Hi all Game Masters out there, Today I am excited to tell you about my latest project, which is an online tool for Game Masters such as yourself to manage your campaigns. It is not intended to replace face to face gaming, but rather to be a digital companion to traditional pen and paper gaming...