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I think spellcasting may not impact CR if the baseline CR is already relatively high: normally spellcasting costs one action, and high CR creatures may have standard attacks that are comparable to low/mid level spells. But for a low/mid CR creature, spellcasting can substantially increase the...

I'm no lawyer, but I'd hope one cannot "copyright" the mechanics of a 6d6 damage fire aoe spell, or of an invisibility spell.

This is quite normal, the funding rate tends to have a U shaped profile. Expect a significant rise in the last day or two ;)

I'll expand here what I wrote on another thread: I absolutely love LU, and I'm 100% certain that it will become the D&D system for me in the foreseeable future, so removing any threats for product viability or future expansion is probably a must, even by just considering how much effort was put...

I really hope WOIN gets more support and new releases this year. It's a fantastic system, and as much as I love what you did with LU, I think WOIN has even more potential.

Not very often, but I think LU is trying to make combat a bit more tactical, especially with positioning. I can totally see a group being surrounded by mobs and a bigger threat, with the tank facing the bigger threat by planting the shield while the other members protect his sides. Sure, but...

Man, I don't understand why you remove the important audible aspect that clarifies why you need a roll in the first place. Heck, even on the invisible condition it is written that while invisible your position can still be deduced if you make noise. Stealth is precisely not to give your position...

I mean, this is a simplification and a game, but tower shields were used in melee, and especially in close formation fighting. Enemies were not running around you to stab in the back because your back was covered by someone else. Also, most of melee fighting was literally pushing the other line...

I was seeing it as a legionnaire's tower shield (scutum). The pavise was used by crossbowman to protect themselves from enemies' volleys while they were recharging their heavy crossbows (which took quite some time), while the legionnaire's tower shield was used in close formation fighting. In...

I really don't see the difficulty. Heavily obscured means that vision is blocked and the "seer" is to be considered blinded. Full cover gives the same benefit. In these conditions, if you're unheard, you can roll for stealth. The feat allows a previously unnoticed character to roll for stealth...

I'd say that you still need to hold the shield: even if you're strong enough to firmly plant it on the ground (which could happen only on boggy soil or clay), a kick or shield bash would be enough to knock it down and render it useless. On a rocky terrain the "planting" option would become...

You need to roll for "stealth" (not hide) because you can make noise even if you're out of sight. Being unseen and unheard (so far) is a requirement to keep staying so

No, in ad&d 2e they were classes on their own, but part of the warriors class group

I think this is an excellent exercise. Most likely some traditions will be better suited than others, but it I'm all in to have more general maneuvers.

More than sub-classes, I could see them as multiclass: fighter-cleric and fighter-druid-rogue. But the paladin works very well in o5e and even better in a5e, because it does not specialize in a non-core part of the game, while the ranger does. I think an interesting ranger would be more of a...

"Notify on launch" button pressed ;)

Of course it can happen, but it's statistically way less likely, and the more dice you throw the less that's going to happen

That's an interesting observation, I misremembered it as doubling the dice instead of doubling the result. This has some interesting consequences: the former(rolling more dice) squeezes the distribution of the results towards the average, while the second is quicker to run at the table but...