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Stoneskin has always felt underwhelming to me. At the same time, I can understand why they went with the version in the PHB: it is devilishly hard to balance it well. I think what really makes it feel underwhelming is that it both requires concentration and costs gold. But just removing one or...

I know I bought old TSR titles from Drivethrurpg when I was in Washington state in that time frame, and I'd buy more if they'd put up the three still-missing 2e Monstrous Compendium appendices.

Sorry for the delay; I forgot to get back to this. So the main question I think has to be addressed to decide how you want to do it in your game, is where do you included choice, and why? Traditionally, you don't pick your ability scores, or you hit points, or the spells you learn on level up...

I've never gotten around to the novels; how did the Knight capabilities differ from the game sourcebooks?

I'm not really following the 5.5e playtest because I know I won't be able to adopt the edition change in general. But that doesn't mean I won't snag ideas I like from the SRD when it's done. And I happen to run across a news article that said the bard is being changed to a prepared caster...

This is the attunement rule for monsters from the DMG, and I think could be adapted to PCs. "If the prerequisite is to be a spellcaster, a creature qualifies if it can cast at least one spell using its traits or features, not using a magic item or the like."

For those who don't want to think through all of that: Random Stats Quick Fix: Each player randomly generates an array of 6 ability scores. Then each player can choose to use any of those randomly generated arrays, and more than one player can choose the same array. If you want to avoid the...

I'm a fan if D&D traditions, but random stats and hit points are something I'm highly opposed to. The reason is that they are incongruous with other character creation elements. They are one time random rolls that create permanent character traits. Nothing else does that. If it did, we would...

Unfortunately I'm on the other side--I need them to put up PDFs to complete my collection.

They are still completely missing (no pdf) three of the 2e Monstrous Compendiums: Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix I Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix II Monstrous Compendium Annual - Volume II This is rather inconvienient, since they have all of the remaining ones (including...

I expect this is the kind of thing everyone has to decide for themselves. We had a fight where the caravan the party was with was surrounded and attacked while by a group of fire giants and ogres while camped. I decided to have the healer be able to heal his Marshal on the Marshal's turn, and I...

So, let me explain the reason I see for the different opinions here. For some, there is a basic premise of D&D that the PCs can accomplish anything, including ascend to godhead and defeat other gods. Not only is "if it has stats, we can kill it" taken as an axiom, but "if we try to kill it, the...

My copy of the rules has warlock getting new spell levels at the same rate as full casters...?

An idea I like that is ridiculously complicated to implement is a hybrid class system, something like what 4e did. Pick two classes, and you get about half of what they each get at each level. You could also make feats specifically designed to enhance certain combinations. So much potential in...

I tell them that I will let them auto-succeed on some things based on their skills, abilities, and situation, so asking to make a check is asking to have a chance of failure where they wouldn't necessarily. (I will still give them auto-success if they mention a check and it occurs to me they...

Welp, we have the rarer lunar and solar dragons, but not the more archetypal radiant dragon. sigh I expected as much. I ordered anyway because I know I can use some of the material. For those who are wondering, it feels kind of like when 4e left gnomes out of PHB 1.

I noticed that a5e.tools has the spell hex and attributes it to the Adventurer's Guide, but my pdf doesn't have it. I redownloaded it from Drivethrurpg, but the new file is identical (and lacking the spell). Is this an upcoming errata that hasn't been implemented yet? Are there any other spells...

With resurrection magic (especially as cheap as it is by default in 5e, given the 5e tag), I'm not sure why a group would opt for no character death (at least, once those those options are affordable). I mean, the game itself is designed to make death a temporary inconvenience--no house rules...

Since there has been a lot more implemented on the system, is it a good time for feedback and feature requests for those planning to run a hybrid 5e/LU, or are we still too early in the process?

It occurs to me, once the system is complete, that the best way to get 5e content from elsewhere into it might actually be a Level Up converter module that will take content formatted for the Foundry 5e system (whether a purchased adventure, content imported from DnD Beyond, content manually...