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Right, but it's not just about carrying a secondary weapon. If you carry a secondary weapon and can't use your class abilities with it, it can be very frustrating.

Swashbuckler Rogue / Oath of Vengeance Paladin is pretty much Inigo Montoya.

And I think that this would be important to consider and maintain for balance reasons. If a barbarian could apply rage and reckless attack, or a paladin smite at long range with javelins and daggers that could become an issue. I think these feats would become must haves for paladins and...

That could be one route, but personally I don't think a concept of a ranged barbarian or paladin is robust enough to build a whole subclass around (though I admit this may be more due to my own short-sightedness or design bias). Plus it doesn't address the core issue that I see, which is most...

Hey all. So I know that thrown weapons use your strength modifier for attacks and damage at range unless they have the finesse property (like daggers). Thrown weapons are also typically bigger, meaning without a magic item you can only carry a few at a time. For example, I don't see a character...

So I really like this idea. After thinking about it, I think I agree with @cbwjm that these abilities should be used at will whenever specific conditions are met. I like the idea of these being an alternative to Brutal Critical, and I think the key is making the triggering conditions a bit more...

Yea, the intent was that the full damage from Hand of Weal and Woe would be applied to the healing pool, not just the extra martial arts die. Good catch with Hand of Life and Death. I meant to add in the line that it could be cast once per long rest and must've forgot. As for the resurrection...

So I'm not a fan of the UA's Way of Mercy. Conceptually it is interesting, but mechanically the execution doesn't match with what I would expect from the subclass. So I have a few ideas. They are admittedly a bit rough. I tried to limit Ki usage (monks are already starved for it) and instead...

IIRC, per the nature of devil's and their contracts (which I believe is explained in the BG: DIA book), when a mortal contracts with a devil for their soul, upon that creature's death they go to one of the hells and their essence is transformed into a lemure or some other lowest form of devil...

Naw. I'm not a fan of abilities like Power Critical or Improved Critical. They are perfectly, statistically increase DPR, and lend themselves to particular play style. However I take issue with the fact that they are entirely dependent upon the will of the Dice Gods. I tend to prefer abilities...

As I think about it, warcries could serve as a neat alternate ability to power critical. It comes a little late but I think that might make sense. I really like the idea of the mechanic you presented. I'm just trying to figure out how I might yoink your idea into my own design/play style.

How does one gain new shouts? Are any of them level gated? Seems an interesting mechanic. Personally I might incorpirate something like this into a new Primal Path, but that's just me.

So I would say in order to use a Pavise, you would need to have proficiency in heavy armor. It does not provide an AC bonus. Instead, you must use an action to set it. Once set it provides you and any ally within 5ft half cover. While set your movement is reduced to 10ft. While set you are only...

I mean, considering what a low level teleport does, I imagine it requires line of sight and would prevent attacks of opportunity. Right off the bat this just seems like reskinning a rogue's cunning action disengage or the mobile feat when you move after an attack. That's simple enough. Adding a...

I can't recall anything that I've had, but it reminds me of the cabbage vendor in Avatar: The Last Airbender who eventually grew from the ashes of his busted cabbage carts to eventually launch Cabbage Corps by Legend of Korra. :-P

I don't know that half-elf needs a nerf, but that's mostly because I prefer to limit nerfs and typically do my rebalancing by buffing other options. That said, what classes have these individuals played? Are the half-elf characters picking classes that synergize well with Charisma? If so, the...

@vincegetorix In your write-up you mention the Burdens, which I assume are your subclasses/archetypes, but they are not included in your post. :-(

I have homebrewed that when Goliaths wield a versatile weapon with one hand, they deal damage as if they were wielding it with two. I didn't word it exactly like that (so as to avoid one-handed GWM antics) but that's the gist. I'm also considering reworking stone's endurance to grant resistance...

The 5e Curse of Strahd does a good job of giving you the tools you need to put the players in a game world. The campaign is able to be set up to be very sandbox rather than a linear adventure. It provides lots of npcs with clear relationships and motivations and areas that are all unique...

So I think its dependent on the context. I run one group of fairly experienced role players. In those games, I typically won't remind players, but there are times I will when it is clearly something that the player and character would do in a situation. Often times, the reminder will enhance the...