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Not cool man, put a warning on that. I don't need to see someone's arm do that. It starts off looking educational.

I actually briefly played a character just like this. He was a dwarf who's family was killed while he was unarmed and he could not protect them. He went mad and became a Battlerager. He only felt OK when encumbered with too many weapons, and putting them down was unthinkable to him. His "Spiked...

I carry a hatchet and dagger every time I go on a long bushwalk. They don't really enter into the equation of being cumbersome at all. I would imagine pretty much any outdoors person carries as hatchet, and every PC carries a dagger, in addition to their normal weapons. So all he is really...

For the Tank, don't go messing up the beauty of the all rogue party with a level of Fighter. Stay rogue, go Swashbuckler, as they get a great taunt later and can fight 1v1 unlike other rogues. Being strength based, I would go Dwarf for the Medium Armor proficiency. You likely want +2 Dex anyway...

Out of interest, what does a traditional XP system add to the game? What do you feel would be lost by switching to a milestone system? I am genuinely curious. Personally, I think that milestone systems are the most honest way of rewarding outcomes rather than giving XP for murderhobo...

I found that writing messages from the "gods" to the people in villages was highly effective. I got them to execute a whole bunch of cult leaders for fear of the wrath of Thor descending on them. In a lower magic campaign, people will assume this is a divine sign. <Also, I tend to play immature...

IMC all metallic dragons are from asian cultures, hence those cultures venerate dragon-emperors and their like, rather than fear and loath them. So they tend to have asian accents, ranging from the hyperactive schoolboy copper dragon, to the confucious-sounding golden politicians or...

Sounds pretty cool, but could you lipread somebody 30 meters away? I wouldn't think so. That being said, I wonder if the 30 meter thing is only for when the person is a mile away. If they are 800m away, then would they count as about 15m away? I would give the PC the benefit of the doubt and...

Yes, yes it is. It is kind of my fault too. It became famous though when I used it on a villianous lord as he was addressing his troops with a big inspiring speech. My trickery cleric remained hidden, then did the command then hid again. The vocal component was proceeded by shouting "OMG! Is he...

IMO it's a pretty crap addition to a very solid chassis. The Fighter is a solid character class, it can survive having a bad subclass added to it and still be fine. Comparing it to the Bladesinger, it is bad. The Bladesinger gives us a fully functioning wizard with some solid and viable melee...

I like this idea a lot. I would be tempted to say that the Druid has to actively try NOT to change their affinity. If you are attuned to the coast, then go to the desert you can change across in a long rest, in wisdom stat (not bonus) days time, you will lose your attunement to the coast, like...

I would 100% let "Revert" work as a command. Anything to discourage the PCs from constantly using Command "Masturbate" will be a blessing.

I for one appreciate the brevity. A lot of people write a lot of words to express no particular thought or opinion. This post included. --- As for expedition based adventuring, I found it handy to run it as episodic. Have you seen Clone Wars? Those episodes always start in the thick of the...

In my group, you can take a disability in order to kind of clarify your low stats. As a reward for RPing this, you can come across times where that low stat is not an issue. As I mentioned earlier I had the guy with an acquired brain injury. We have had a guy with a knee locked in straight...

I have played a guy with 6 int before, he was a barbarian too. He had a dagger blade stuck in his head, he had an acquired brain injury, he was not stupid. He was completely dyslexic, so maps, numbers and letters eluded him, but he knew how they worked. He also had a terrible medium term memory...

Right or wrong, the DM has to know how players will react to something like that. The DM has to know they will feel cheated out of loot, people don't generally blame themselves. Even if they do blame themselves, the situation still has them feeling crappy. So is it worth it? Right or wrong, is...

Ouch, Monk is a very stat dependent class, those stats are not ideal for the class, but I am sure you knew that. What was his father like? Is he an efreeti merchant trying to amass gold? A lawful cop? a slaver trader? I think that will largely influence your character. Does he want to go home...

I'm sure you don't need another person to tell you to skip the scene, but I'll expand on some practical ideas here. - Firstly, everybody talks. Everybody. Given time and the will, you can make anybody talk, barring some magical effects. - So give the PCs the basic info, it moves the plot...

I had a similar instance, when we got together to talk about what to do next, I just said that I do not enjoy GMing for player X (while he was there) and won't do it again. So if anybody else wants to GM it is their turn. Of course I said this knowing that nobody else wanted to GM, but I would...

In my experience, Strength based classes become more rare under such rules. Polearm Mastery and GWM gave significant reasons to play a Strength based guy over a Dex based one if you were pursuing melee damage. Str based guys also care less about their main stat that Dex guys do. To them it is +1...