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Yeah, that's one of the things that bothered me about combinations--obvious options being orphans. I ended up going beyond just adding "Voice" as an instrument, and instead made Artistic Styles (Dance, Poetry (includes prose and oration), Song, and Spectacle (you actually have to pick what you...

Which is exactly why Advantage isn't the appropriate bonus in all cases. It is used in a lot of places, but not in all cases because sometimes you need a stackable bonus like with Bless. Fair opinion to think Expertise would be too powerful though. I think its a better option given the details...

I didn't like this rule when it first appeared back in Xanathar's, and I don't like it now. I just feel like Advantage is the wrong boost here--it prevents it from being able to stack with other sources of Advantage. In my own skill revision, if you have both a skill and a tool or language...

I could take either Charisma or Intelligence but no others. Also, I think it needs to be one or the other, not varying by individual. I like spellcasting to have clear definition. So I would play in the game of a DM that kept it as Cha or switched it to Int; I might grudgingly play in a game...

Actually I don't. I'm a fan of warriors picking up whatever they find and being just as good with it. 5e's fighting styles are going about as far I can stomach, and I don't allow the damage type focus feats. So my interest is trying to understand how this design was supposed to be useful for...

Given that you can change at least one of your weapon masteries each long rest, why do you even need to pick them? A character is only likely to want to use a weapon they lack mastery in if they happen to find a really cool magic weapon. And if it's not significantly better than what you are...

I house ruled that you can use either Dex or Con for Medium armor. I've liked the results.

Let me clarify what I meant by wilderness "rogue". I did not just mean having wilderness skills. Of course they have always had those. What I primarily meant was being closer in class function/role to a fragile "striker" rogue than to a "sturdy warrior". Secondarily, I include having lots of...

Ranger was orginally--and for quite a long time--squarely in the full warrior category. There was no hint of seeing them as in any sort of thief/rogue combat role. This was true least from 1e through 3.0e D&D. In 3.5e rangers got their hp reduced from the warrior's d10s to d8s (but rogues and...

I tend not to enjoy narrative focused or ultra light systems...but this one actually sounds interesting, especially in context of the setting.

I really miss this. This thread brings back a lot of memories. I still remember getting my Basic D&D red box (Mentzer) at a big toy store when I was 11. There it was, magically waiting for me in the middle of one of those enormous walls of toys and games.

I have almost the opposite problem. I mean sure, there some spells I have prepared that get used more regularly and some are more situational (though I do try to shake it up just to try out new spells). But I always feel like I can't prepare enough spells. I would like to use more variety in...

I think what we've done in the past is if the patry can all get themselves out of melee and a little ways away (to the edge of the map, or some other distance that feels appropriate) they can retreat automatically if the other side is content to let them go, or if they succeed on an Athletics or...

Try random stats where if they don't all add up to the same number you roll other dice to add or subtract until they do. For instance, let's say you want to use 4d6 drop lowest. If the mean result of that causes abilities to add up 73 (quick search showed that--I have not verified), then you...

You say that likes it's a bad thing. ;-). I actually very much prefer that model to the full campaign adventure model for a couple of reasons. The first is that full campaigns lock you into a theme. Whether its based around a type of monsters, or an environment, or a thematic genre, the whole...

Oh, so the Faerun earth motes are just the Tears of Selune?

Interesting. What regions were these found in? What edition are they first referenced in? Now you've got me curious about FR stuff.

Of course, the game uses the terms basically the opposite. "Move into" means voluntarily go into, while "enter" means happen to find yourself in the area if effect by any means.

Lol! Yeah. The funny thing is that even DM's sometimes seem to put on those "player goggles" when they are in the role of player rather than DM. And this is with honest players, lol! From memory, here's what the basic 2014 types of area of effect damage are and why they are that way. Type 1...

Good point. I've been using the "creatures of your choice" phrasing when I want the option there, but in the back of my mind that still leaves questions about what if there is a creature you don't know is in the area. So far I haven't worded my spells to deal with it, and will just have to look...