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Doesn't the word "wizard" come from the same root as "vizier"? My understanding of the RW role of viziers was that they had enough education and experience to enable them to advise leaders as to possible consequences of different courses of action. They weren't always right, and their...

Yes. Quick, to-the-point, and it seems reasonable to add to the Champion archetype. It treads a little on the Battlemaster's Maneuvers, but not enough to be a steal.

Since Dodge (Parry) is generally a reaction to being attacked, it doesn't make a good fit for an Extra Attack action on a PC's turn. Helping another character, though: that I like.

So, "maþþumgyfa" might share the origin root for Tolkien's hobbit cultural giving of "mathoms" (if I remember the correct word) on their birthdays? And such a hobbit would then be the maþþumgyfa. Cool!

Fanaelialae - (no XP Award option showing; re comment #10 on this thread). Very good suggestions.

I really like MerricB's idea of the side-quests (see comment #8 in this thread). It keeps the game moving forward without letting it drop into a TPK, and may also be utilized to provide foreshadowing for when the party is ready for the more dangerous scenarios. Here's a notion that can be used...

FYI: "Redthistle" is the clan name of my favorite gnome PC (Pathfinder game). He's a rogue/sorcerer, but I could add a level of bard just for your nightmares' sake ... ;) Your comment triggered a memory of a meme making the rounds, might have been back in the 1990s. The idea then was that...

Can I stir the debate, and suggest it be named the Brandegoris College of Bardic Dance? Heh-heh-heh!

Well, that, too. ;)

Watch a movie combat scene with the sound on mute. Watch the scene again with the soundtrack playing. The difference is bardic influence.

The ounce is the basic unit of measure (can I call it archaic?) in this system: 1 ounce of water sets the standard for a weight of 1 ounce. There are 128 ounces in a gallon. There are 16 ounces to a pound of weight. 128/16 = 8; therefore, a gallon weighs 8 pounds. I love it that according...

"You done good," as Joe Don Baker used to say, in the role of a club-toting lawman on a TV show back in the day, whose name has slipped my aging brain. "Walking Tall" was the name of the show.

I was revisiting threads I hadn't looked at in awhile, and got to thinking about this spell. As I sometimes try to create PCs inspired theme-wise by comic book super-heroes, this spell got me to musing on the X-Men's Ice Man. Ice Shape would need some changes to fit Bobby's ability to move...

Not if the Raven Queen has anything to say about it. Nyuk-nyuk.

My PC does that after an hour or two in the tavern. Then again, he's a forest gnome, so he starts out a bit "d'illusioned".

So do I, and I love that the art is included here.

I'm happy to see this; Brave New World was my favorite of the super hero games.

Odd numbers are not a bad thing for a starting character. If you have a pair of them, you can use an ASI level to bump both scores by +1, and "Sha-zam!", two stats just improved their modifiers. If your DM allows feats, a number of those give +1 to a single stat, and some other beneficial...

This just gave me a flash-back from decades back while watching a televised film adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot. I hadn't read the novel yet, so I had no idea what was going to happen in the kitchen scene where the nosferatu and the priest confronted each other. All these years later...

TheCosmicKid and Cap'n Kobold cover most of the RAW, which generally do not allow you to use the tabaxi's claw attack along with your weapon attack. The exception that would allow you to use the claw attack is your reaction, which can be used either on your own turn or on someone else's (PHB...