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As as GM I have never really had armor resize itself to fit a character. I just make it the right size for whoever ends up with it most times. Just don't describe the exact sizes etc until the PCs decide who they want to get it. Most times the armor is really only designed for one PC anyway. I...

In Thailand they say "Have you eaten?" as a polite greeting. They look a little confused at you when you reply about how you enjoyed your breakfast. You can see how it is a polite thing to ask and how it could have become a greeting, its lovely really, but it is pretty confusing not knowing why...

For me this article points out two things: 1) I love the fact that 5e is so easy to make stuff up in. Imagine putting out 4e classes and subclasses this regularly. It would be a headache. 2) I am worried about things like the +CHA to Fire and Radiant. Not from a power point of view, but from...

For every one time that having different languages adds to the fun or flavour of the campaign, there are two more times where they are an impediment to the plot or story telling we want to do. Hand-waving them or adding in people that can translate breaks down more verisimilitude than having...

Eis, I have a few suggestions for having a character who comes in and out of sessions. I have had to do that a fair bit. To make it smoother, some options include: - The character has a serious health issue. I played a character with a faulty heart valve. It was great, it played normally, but...

I rather like the imagery of a leader visiting the different campfires around his army inspiring different groups with his pep talks before moving on to the next. I also think that having an inspiring leader (so inspiring that they took a feat for it) leading a posse or militia etc should...

I really don't think I would like the level of randomness that this implies if I were a player. I certainly would not go scouting anything if my rogue had at least a 45% chance of failing to do the thing she was built to do. For that matter, I would not play a rogue or anybody with a skill focus...

Would exhaustion kill you instantly? If not it won't trigger Death Ward. I would think by its very nature it is a long protracted death. I don't think it is meant to represent your heart exploding, but rather that point of malnutrition or hypothermia etc from which your body simply cannot...

In medium scale battles: I just look at the match ups and say that each Guard delivers 5 damage to whoever it attacks each turn, each Orc delivers 6, Archers deliver 3 or whatever. Just pick a rough number that would be their average damage and take that off each guy they target every turn. In...

Regarding the Black Spider, I added what I feel was an interesting element to him. He has a torc and a belt that clearly don't look comfortable. They are fashioned like a row of spiders biting into him and are indeed locked into his flesh. The torc has a ring on it too that makes it look like a...

I would add an addendum to the common wisdom of "Is it affecting your day to day life, if not it is OK" When I was playing a lot of games, in hindsight the question I should have asked myself is "Am I happy for every aspect of my life to remain the same as it is?" The thing is, while...

Simply being Large increases the threatened squares of a character enormously. That alone makes them great defenders. I am picturing a guy with a reach weapon covering a huge portion of the battlefield. If a weapon has a 10' reach, a large one would likely be at least 15'. That would be a 25'...

Thanks so much for the write up @Nebulous. I am thinking of running PotA next after Lost Mines and this write up has really helped me. I have a few questions: 1) Given the amount of wrangling you had to do to make a purpose for the delegation, wouldn't it have been OK to just leave them out...

It does seem weak to me in comparison to other sub-classes features. Most of my games go from levels 3-8 at most, so the level three feature is really the defining one. Taking overall balance etc is not particularly useful if you are going to play the majority of your adventures in a level range...

I love Mage Hand on my Acrane Trickster. I love crossbow users. I once had guards looking for me, they had loaded crossbows, so I reached out and squeezed the trigger on one, making one guy shoot another in the back. Combined with a sound illusion of "For the true king!" coming from the...

Personally, I would not let somebody with Int 0 call for divine aid. He cannot even remember his name, let alone his gods. He is a high level guy though, his deity might wonder why he has not prayed for a while. It would come down to whether the PC RPed well or not. Is he a high priest of a...

This presents a few problems for me the big ones are: 1) The fighter is damn near unkillable first thing in the morning. If he is rested when he turns up to fight the enemy, he will be parrying and disarming all over the place. It is really hard to take out a fighter with 8d10+ of parry up his...

You don't need them all to be non-combat encounters. You can have hand waved combats. "You come across a bunch of kobolds, they fight with unusual ferocity, you soon realise they are protecting their lair/nursery. Do you take the long way around or push through their lair as they fight to the...

I ran a Death Dog style encounter myself a while ago. It was summoned by a PC unknowingly killing a kinsman, or breaking an oath, I can't remember which. The PC who is was hunting would auto-fail any attempt to attack it, though they did not know it and it was intangible to him, and it never...

It looks good, but not very overly knightly. Bonuses to initiative, and the measured cut avoiding opportunity attacks seem a bit flashy to me, more in line with a swashblucker type fighter. It's interesting how easily stuff ported over, it looks like a good way to mine for ideas for some...