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The solution is easy-- it is the solution to most of the problems regarding Dex vs. Str builds.. Get rid of the damn rapier from the weapons table. That is the source of all the balance problems with weapon users! Dex fighters already get the high AC without armor, a higher percentage...

That is a... rather skewed and incorrect perception. Not only have at least 4 pretty decent stabs at the class been made since 5E began that you can find on DM's guild, but if you had bothered to look at the board in general, since this discussion started at least 3 people have tried making a...

I don't really see anything too out-of-line at first read. Obviously it helps a lot that you basically took the Paladin and just switched out abilities for very similar one and switched from Cleric spells to Wizard spells. Although I wonder if you shouldn't lower the hit die to D8 given how...

Warforged according to the actual text written about them, despite always being depicted as steampunk robots, are apparently actually plant creatures with armored suits built around them or perhaps they are grown within the suits and fill out whatever shape the suit is? Either way, despite the...

Anyone who played a video game can tell you that the holy trinity is tank, healer, and damage. If the Cleric is literally the only actually effective healer in the game, it is an absolutely essential class for every single party. The whole point of the Warlord was to make the Cleric...

Well, the contrast would be with any other D&D world. If you want it more grounded, then the lines between "good peoples" and "bad peoples" would need to be blurred. Once you have an "always good, always right, never capable of mistakes" people existing within your world, any grounding of the...

To make the Warlord, one would be far better off starting with the Bard than the Fighter. From the Bard, you simply remove the wizard-like spellcasting and the Rogue-like skill focus. Add in some better weapon/armor options so that you could possibly have a Strength-based one. Mix in the...

You should get rid of races. Elves, Half-Elves and Gnomes in the very least do not belong in a gritty, low-magic game at all. You can maybe justify Halflings or Dwarfs, but only if you make them far more flawed peoples than generally presented in the game. In fact, it is incredibly weird that...

Mearls is clearly just an idiot. You cannot make a functioning Warlord as a Fighter subclass because what variation one can squeeze out of a subclass is never going to allow you to make something that functions as a support class as well as a Cleric or a Bard. The main class of Fighter already...

You have clearly just designed the race to give you extra abilities and powers for being a wizard. I can't even say this is even a "race" so much as a wishlist pick of abilities that would compliment the Wizard class. There is certainly nothing about this that says "orc" to me. A well-made race...

I don't really view the differences between the giant races and the goblinoids being quite the same as the elves. The differences between the elves strike me as simply wanting to take the same races, same size, same shape, same features... give it a slightly different color and then min/max it...

I terms of what D&D calls "races" there is only one. The fact that you think there are massive irreconcilable differences between whites, blacks and asians demonstrates a massive misunderstanding on your part. There is less diversity in all of humanity, yes-- that means between what you think...

Putting it right out there... This is :):):):):):):) behavior on your behalf. It just is, it is inescapable. Let me break this down in a way you might possibly be able to comprehend. As the DM, you control every aspect of the world. So don't go blaming what was written in this or that book or...

The problem with 2d6 is that it isn't coming from a weapon, it is coming from a natural attack that cannot be disarmed. Moreover, it is specifically narratively the bite of a dog. The bite of a wolf deals 2d4 damage and can cause knock-down. And wolves generally have far greater biting strength...

Instead of armor proficiency, you should probably give this class natural armor like the Barbarian gets (add constitution bonus to AC). 2d6 is absolutely insane damage for a bite attack. I understand that this was an attempt to balance out all the major disadvantages this character would have...

I think the first reply, the 5 bards is the correct one. Everything else here, the characters can all simultaneously contribute to the success of the party. But because of the way concentration spells work and because one can only have a single bardic inspiration at a time, one bard using their...

The answer to how to go with monsters in the world depends on how you want to handle them.... My first suggestion goes very much opposite of your initial aims, but in terms of what you want available to the PCs could still work... For example, if you are going to have random creatures...

You aren't missing anything, but do understand that rules are meant to be a guideline and the ultimate Rule 0 is that the DM has the final word. The intention of this rule is no doubt that because PCs can come in a variety of shapes and sizes, generally one wants to avoid the situation where...

It looks like the consensus here is entirely unanimous, but... Well, as a devil's advocate point of view... if items come from some loot table, they are meant to be part of the reward for having defeated the challenge rather than to ramp up the challenge. In fact, it has traditionally been...

This seems like some barrel-bottom scratching desperation. "Hey! That thing seems big at the moment! Let's jump on that bandwagon!!" No, D&D as an eSport could not work because D&D lacks a number of aspects that a decent video game would have. To have competitive D&D you would need a few...