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Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I've rolled as much as I can into this magic item. I'll be working it in at some point, with the following 2 caveats for the player: 1) If she does manage to start completely outdamaging the other party members, it's getting demoted to 1d10 2) This will be...

Yeah, this is going to be a one-off thing for this particular character, and only because its a weird situation where its important to the character but they weren't built to take advantage of it. It would definitely be a magic weapon (without the +1) so I can require attunement. That way...

So I'm running a PotA campaign, and one of my players envisioned her character as using a massive greatsword. Which is cool in my book, but for some reason the actual PC is a dex-based ranger. I told her that this was extremely sub-optimal for a great weapon user, but she went with it anyway. In...

For what its worth, I have 8 players in my current player pool, 6 of whom are women and several of whom are on the LGBT spectrum. I don't think any of them started with 5e, but I think all of them are in favor of inclusiveness :)

I'm curious as to where the boundary between 'magical' and 'non-magical' is. Let's take the monk for example. Monks don't have spell slots or the spellcasting class feature, outside of the weird edge case of the Way of Four Elements subclass. They're at first glance a martial class. And yet, Ki...

Actually, that sounds awesome. Not a crafting entity, but maybe a rogue element on Mechanus, who wants to bring greater order to the Material Plane? Get some crafting abilities, mending and the like as domain spells and maybe a modron familiar with Pact of the Chain.

A lot of Prestige Classes had to do with organization membership, right? Maybe what we need isn't prestige classes, but prestige BACKGROUNDS. Make the requirements based on the renown system from the DMG and give a skill proficiency plus a relevant ribbon ability. Maybe something like: HARPER...

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I voted no. I like the idea mechanically, but the flavor appears to be incompatible with 5e. Namely, the demand that the class needs to be able to heal like a cleric or inspire like a bard, but it absolutely can't be magical in nature. I suspect that's why half the arguments still seem to...

Alternately, maybe Force damage works by attacking your midichlorians! *flees*

Some sort of electromagnetic phenomena? It can't be light, because that appears to be radiant damage. But that leaves microwave/x-ray damage... Consult a cleric if you spot any unusual moles or spots after being exposed to magic missiles.

Hmm. Reading over this thread, I think I see two main points I agree with: 1) In terms of AC progression, medium armor sounds like it should be slightly better than light armor, and slightly worse than heavy armor. Instead, its equivalent to light armor assuming breastplate + medium armor...

I would say probably not without some magical assistance. Have they considered adoption? Lots of little urchins out there who need love and XP so they can grow up big and strong!

I just tracked down a pdf, you may have been factoring in the whole page of treasure in its hoard. :) Appropriately epic.

I think so far I've given out a total of 2 feats to all of the 5e NPCs/enemy combatants my current players have encountered. I gave Healer to a long-term npc the party has recruited, and I gave Polearm Master to an elite vampire mook who had done nothing for most of the fight but stand guard...

So, after he appeared in a horrible pile of unmentionable belongings...did the other players play along automatically and act like they didn't know who he was?

Oh wow, the feathergale knights are way cooler than their griffin counterparts. Not due to any system comparison reasons, mind you. Simply because of their awesome wingsuits.

I will agree that class features in 5e do add up quickly though, even if I love the general consistency of the core mechanics. Every so often I gently remind one of my players about an ability they've used maybe once. The monk in particular -- flurry of blows gets a lot of use, but stunning...

You're right, Elminster just happened to be the first one I stumbled across. Here's a random mook from the City of Splendors book. He's doing pretty well for himself -- he's got 8 feats and more magic items than most of my PCs put together :) I know, I know, I'm poking fun at an edition I never...