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I'm with Fanaelialae here. It's a good idea for them to be aware of the ramifications of carelessly changing people's lives, but not so much that the good deed is utterly destroyed. So the elder distributes wealth to help with losses, to get farms back into shape, and repurchase livestock...

I just woke up and started reading through myself. They greatly disappointed me with the Oath of Redemption path (one of the first things I looked for). I've always found the notion of an unarmored paladin interesting (though granted, the 16 + Dex from before was ridiculous). Now the concept...

I've backed four of these mentioned - good quality list here.

Fighter 7 (Eldritch Knight) / Paladin 2+ From here dipping a few levels into Warlock for guaranteed smites every short rest, and it is truly a destructive combination. Use Green Flame or Booming Blade, throw a smite on it; bonus action melee attack, throw a smite on it. From all I've found on...

I really liked this in the Sword Coast's guide. Still not entirely behind all the repeats into Xanathar's, but it is what it is.

Backed Happily - can't wait to see the results.

Seeing this article, I thought it'd be amusing to have my players fill it out on my behalf. I was genuinely curious what they'd say. I promised them no repercussions for being honest, invited them over this morning early (we usually start playing around noon) and we sat down and laughed our...

I use three Homebrew rules to address this (when we're playing our typical gamestyle, which is gritty with the expectation of lots of folk dying). Vigor/Health - I divide hit points into Vigor and Health. Vigor is more of stamina; you strain yourself to avoid the giant's club inflicting 30...

I pretty much only read reviews for video games and RPGs. Can't stand the movie theatre, so I'll just watch the movie for free when it hits Netflix. If it's a bad one, meh - nothing but an hour or two lost, but a lot of the times, reviewers have nowhere near my tastes for movies. As for Video...

An interesting find - reminds me of the optional non-weapon proficiency system that 2E brought about (roll under stat, modify for difficulty). I had never heard of this, so reading through soon. Thanks once again for a nice article.

Yep, and quite a strict city at that. Because it wasn't quite so intrinsic to the post, I left out the increasing heat, the questioning, and all the other derived parts of the DM's master plan - what few of them came to fruition, anyway. Eventually the campaign shifted away from Khorvaire...

So many lucky people here, hah. I've been playing with my core home group for many years now, and I'm not allowed to not run a character alongside them when I DM. Anytime I start up a campaign, they make sure I have a character ready to go too. I usually fill in the gaps with what is missing...

This. Elf barbarian is one of my favorite race/class combinations because of how well-rounded it makes the character. (Big fan of the Kagonesti, obviously).

I'll add to the list with Xaelvaen, my Valenar (Valaes Tairn) Ranger. Started as a fairly simple double-scimitar wielding Elf that just really hated halflings. I don't remember what alignment to be honest, I just know it had Chaotic... something in it, probably Chaotic Good with Neutral...

For my homebrew, I added a Composite Bow designed to reward rangers who didn't want to strength dump - afterall, they should still want a decent Athletics. Composite Longbow (14) - Requires Strength 14 or higher, has the normal range for a Longbow, and deals 1d10 damage instead of 1d8...

This... this is not a post to which I should be responding. It is with great willpower that I present but one, gaming-specific answer: Players speaking in-character using modern vernacular - the type of drivel they'd put in a 'tweet' or a 'text', spewing forth from their characters' mouths...

Backed immediately - goodluck, Morrus!

Entirely group dependent. When I'm doing a public game for newcomers down at the FLGS, I make sure to keep all their information memorized or on a stick-it note so that I can help them quickly access any information they need. Of course, when you're talking about my grognard game, they help me...

Interesting to read a direction that's opposite of what we do for custom ability scores around our table. We usually inflate to 8 (+2), and you've found an elegant way to shrink to 4 (-2).

Well done, Morrus - I'm quite happy to see W.O.I.N. getting more attention like this.