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    D&D 5E (2014) My homebrewed Warlord version 7! I'm back at it!

    I don't like this: it's strictly better than the Extra Attack of all other classes. Either you help or you attack. Having the option should wait until 11th level, when the Fighter gets her third attack, the Paladin her damage boost, and so on.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Spear houserule

    Watch the duel between Achilles and Hector in Troy: both start with spears and shields and both clearly have the PAM feat, striking with their spear butts.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Spear houserule

    Just give the spear reach when held two-handed. Or this.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is the best class for a single class only campaign?

    I think it depends upon what sort of campaign you want to run. A group of paladins could be aspirant Knights of the Round Table, for instance. A group of fighters or barbarians could be a warband.
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    Aphonion Tales: The Archducal Council -- Unedited notes; later posts are edited transcripts (posts MWF, update 3/1/23)

    Ah, someone had read the adventure from Dungeon with the house hunters. :)
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    D&D General What are your Core races?

    I’ll have one core race: human. That’s it. Anything else is specific to the campaign, milieu, and so on.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What houserules would best support my campaign premise?

    Rather than removing spells, how about making individual spells more and more difficult to cast? A DC 1 check isn't onerous, but it's still a check, and the DC grows over time so it later rises to a DC 10 check, then DC 20, and in the fullness of time it becomes a DC 30 check. And have the PCs...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [Hit Points] What method do you use to determine HP after level 1?

    Yes, but they can still roll low numbers for subsequent levels. Let's take a typical fighter PC who starts with 14 Con so has 12 HP at first level. Suppose she rolls an average of 2 for the next 4 levels. So at 5th level she has a whole 28 HP when her maximum is 60. Is she really going to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [Hit Points] What method do you use to determine HP after level 1?

    If you're doing that you should make your CON bonus the floor, or maybe a re-roll if you get below that number. Low HP warriors are pretty terrible in every edition and randomness works against them. Yes, it should average out in the long run but a low HP warrior will likely not survive to see...
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    D&D 5E (2014) [Hit Points] What method do you use to determine HP after level 1?

    Pick a number N between 0 and 3. Everyone starts with max HP at first level, maybe second level too, and thereafter gets MAX (HD) - N per level. This allows us to steepen or lessen the difficulty level. For example, if N is 3, Wizards, using d6, get 3 HP per level and Barbarians, using d12...
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    Dragonlance (+) What Would You Want From 5e Dragonlance?

    If you're going to do an adventure path, I wouldn't redo the Second War of the Lance but create one for the First War of the Lance. Let someone play Huma. Let someone play Magius. Let someone play Kaz. Let someone play the silver dragon, Gwyneth, later on.
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    D&D General "What is D&D?" The elevator pitch

    D&D is a collaborative fantasy adventure storytelling experience in which players control the actors within a structured framework of challenge resolution.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Epic Monsters: Thoth

    I just love your creations. Reject the Dead seems a little wimpy, even given the origin. How about having the undead - regardless of CR - roll a second die if the first save fails and if that too fails then it is destroyed? Also, as is, I think it would be cleaner if the CR for those destroyed...
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    D&D General My Problem(s) With Halflings, and How To Create Engaging/Interesting Fantasy Races

    I have that book and it is well worth reading.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Version 6 of my Homebrewed Warlord class!

    Lots of stuff already covered so I won't repeat that. I do have one textual issue. Throughout the document you refer to 'd6'. I think you should refer to 'die' or 'dice' throughout the document. I.e instead of have and instead of have (change italicised) This allows for the d6 to be...
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    That seems to have done the trick. Thanks.
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    Dragonlance (+) What Would You Want From 5e Dragonlance?

    I want a rebooted Dragonlance set between the founding of the Knights of Solamnia and the first war of the Lance.
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    Got one just after posting the above!
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