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I'm very pro-homebrew at my table, so if they don't like existing options (A5e or O5e), I'd tell them to write it, submit it to me with enough time before the game that I can review it for balance concerns, and then we'll work together as gameplay progresses to keep it in line with other...

It might be too powerful in the sense that I was growing concerned that I was giving the Monk too much at level 1—it's hard to judge how many features are too much and how many are just right. I was also trying to keep in mind multiclassing. Now, I'm personally a fan of multiclassing-friendly...

We have a fundamental misunderstanding here. Rogues solely need Dexterity, really; Wizards Intelligence; Clerics and Druids Wisdom. Those classes only need to focus on one stat to do whatever the class needs to do to be effective, but that doesn’t obviate Constitution being used to increase HP...

I think the idea is worth experimentation, but not necessary if the goal of the Monk is to not be hit in the first place.

After reading ChameleonX's proposed monk fix, I decided to try my hand at my own Here are my goals for this rework: Lean into the fact that I think Monk's should be hard-hitting skirmishers and not tanks. Make Monk fun and fully functional when focusing solely on Wisdom and Dexterity, rather...

I think most people agree that the monk is a class that’s trying to do too much with too little, but one mistake that many people make in trying to improve the monk is making it tankier, trying to get the class to match up with fighter or barbarian. That’s not what the monk was ever intended to...

Oh, you’re good. I’m just saying I like it. The berserker’s main abilities are either very limited use (rage) or you can’t control when, or even if, it’ll happen (Furious Critical). Little always-on treats here and there make me happy.

I like it.

The Gate Pass 3rd Party Gazette — or GP3PG. It’s a palindrome!

Here's my read: With Additional Attack, you can attack three times. With Two-Weapon Fighting, you can make two additional attacks with your off-hand weapon (provided the above-mentioned conditions are met). With Unlikely Wield, you can wield a third weapon (most creatures are limited to wielding...

Here's a tangent—anyone else go through Artificer and wish it was a full caster? Could do something kinda like what Pact Magic warlock does—have spell level progression match full casting, cap out at 5th level spells, then have an alternative system provide 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th-level spells.

As a growing fan of the GPG artificer, I approve of the various thoughts going on here. I like this, I think it's a fair compromise, and I would hope something like this gets noted in future errata. I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity that this wasn't just included in the base class. I...

At some point the A5e heads will need to decide we’ve got enough schools of magic, otherwise this retroactive work will never end.

Woohoo! Let’s go!

We'll see what the final playtest report says after it goes live and finishes. Some loud people who have never liked warlock may rejoice now that it has been butchered. Other players who love what makes the warlock different may be praising what good changes there were (such as to Pact options)...

@Neonchameleon I'm impressed you still have the energy to keep debating this with people. Warlock in the playtest packet 5 sucks and completely misunderstands the class, ruining what was the best-designed 2014 class (solely with regards to the spellcasting change—other changes were positive)...

THIS. And this is just one big reason why making warlocks like traditional spellcasters is anathema. Keep it simple, keep it fun, keep it different. Some huge warlock fans see the best way to go about that is tweaking the recharge mechanics, others want to leave spell slots behind and lean hard...

Sssssh! Don’t point that out to WotC! They’ll cut it out of the final draft!

You're right in every respect. That said, my purpose is not to say that warlock spellcasting is equal in raw power to wizard spellcasting—I don't think even the most diehard warlock fan genuinely believes that. My purpose was to show how the underlying mechanics support that Pact Magic and...

This is a better solution. My suggestion of 1 Meditation/Channel Patron (I really like that term) at lower levels was just to keep, by my metrics, warlocks and traditional casters more even, but warlocks aren't much ahead of traditional casters if they get 2 Meditations/Channel Patrons at...