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There is no good answer to this. Functionally, conceptually-- the amount of region any given sort of giant would need to control, the amount of resources any single one would need to live... It just isn't possible for any single tribe to have a particularly significant population. And I have...

I know we are 10 pages deep, so its probably way too late to comment on the original premise, but.... I feel like 5E did hit on a sort of racial design that works. Certain benefits become entirely or effectively nullified if you are a class that particularly benefits from the other aspects of...

Hey, I am not going to deny that a good part of my "crusade" against Volos was stating up the Hobgoblin race with an +2 in objectively the worst attribute in the game even though it doesn't remotely fit the racial concept and then "investing" all of the rest of the racial abilities into weapon...

This is the kind of thing that is meant to be hand-waved away. The designers for that book did a crap job across all the races within it. Probably out of the 9 contained in that book, maybe 2 are reasonably enough balanced to actually be worth it. I guarantee you that 0 thought was put into...

Guess my next character will be an Aasimar Druid. But, yes, I imagine that this result is because humans are the most powerful race and fighter is the most powerful class, at least at lower levels before options really start opening up for the others.

Guess my next character will be an Aasimar Druid. But, yes, I imagine that this result is because humans are the most powerful race and fighter is the most powerful class, at least at lower levels before options really start opening up for the others.

All of the creatures found in the back of the PHB were reprinted in the MM. So how exactly does pointing out that a number of the entries were printed twice.... you know what, nevermind. Clearly you either don't own the monster manual or you never bothered to check. What I put together there at...

Animal companion needs to NOT ask players to choose an animal from the Monster Manual. Why is it so difficult for people to not be stupid in this regard? If a significant portion of the class's abilities, particularly their battle capabilities, is going to be derived from this animal and then...

Well, at least they are building it off of the concept that it is about "duty" first and foremost. Given that the meaning of samurai is "one who serves" meaning a dedicated lifelong military officer who is on the payroll of someone from a noble house... well, at least they are on the right track...

Well, at least they are building it off of the concept that it is about "duty" first and foremost. Given that the meaning of samurai is "one who serves" meaning a dedicated lifelong military officer who is on the payroll of someone from a noble house... well, at least they are on the right track...

No, saying you don't like the class doesn't make one small-minded and selfish. Saying that the class should never be officially published in any form for any person to ever play or you will boycott the entire edition and get everyone else you know to do so as well makes one small-minded and...

Every time I have seen traps utilized in 5E so far, it has always been treated as a "make a Perception check to notice you are about to step on a trap" with an Investigation check to find the traps requiring that the person pro-actively make the check which means the 19/20 times there are no...

I don't know that there would be any issues with it... Although, I am not really certain why you wouldn't create the character as a type of Bard given that the Bard already conceptually combines Rogue aspects along with a mix of wizard and cleric spells. It does lack the sneak attack abilities...

It looks like what you are going for here is a gelatinous creature PC race. So its probably best to make this line up with other gelatinous creatures in 5E. Ability scores, age, alignment, size-- those are all fine. But let's take a look at abilities. First, immunity to an entire school of...

I think I did. But, to be a little more fair, given the utter disparity between the sheer ridiculous power of the Dexterity ability score and the complete garbage that is the Intelligence score, without even getting into how dumb it is to try to pull Wisdom in there as well to make one's task...

Enough of the community threw fits about the "Warlord" class that they decided to throw it away in order to appease the small-minded, selfish Grognards. It was literally the only base class of any D&D edition that they didn't properly bring back. And it wasn't a terrible idea at all, it could so...

I don't even need to see the final version of this class before confidently declaring it a failure. The most basic understanding of the mechanics of this game guarantee that this can't be anything but a failure. The Rogue class is by default entirely triggered off of the Dexterity ability...

I don't think it is a good idea. It can be toxic to have a weapon that is 100% heads and above "the best" for a class, nah-- in this case-- an entire race, then it doesn't feel as much a "bonus" for anyone who plays the character in-theme but rather it will come across as a penalty for anyone...

I think you might have missed something.... You see, the thing with elves and gnomes is that they are inherently magical. The problem is, they also inhabit areas that are a bit too familiar. Everyone can go there and we are well aware of the dangers. Elves come from the forest. Humans? Well...

It is very important when creating a new race that it not be the overwhelming best possible race for certain classes. Being able to get free movement and a free melee attack every single time you down an opponent it WAY too good of a bonus to give a Barbarian. Especially at lower levels when...