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Picking just one class is tough. As someone who has had to DM, and admittedly wanted to, for time immemorial I haven't played a PC for a long time. Because of this I often find myself dreaming up character after character coming up with race, class, background (of both the mechanical variety...

I let it all in and make it work. I've never been so attached to a campaign world I've built that I couldn't chop it up a bit and shoehorn something in if my players really wanted to play something outside the norm. All races, all classes, and all alignments. If you can dream up the character...

As others have said, there's nothing surprising about the situation you find yourself in, you've chosen to play one of the slower races in the game. You'd be in the same boat if you had decided to play a Halfling or a Gnome. Without special class features, feats, spells or magic items you're...

If Warrior of Reconciliation is too overtly magical, for some, as written, perhaps mashing it with some of the mechanics from the Swashbucklers Panache ability would make it more palatable? When an enemy is reduced to 0 hit points rather than having them automatically charmed they make an...

Hey, I'm the only one who voted "no strong feeling wither way"... I'm that guy. I don't know whether I should feel special or outcast... I have no strong feeling either way about that either! I am a lost soul, adrift in a sea of definitive opinions.

First reply is best reply? Seriously though, pukunui essentially hit the nail on the head, the PHB backgrounds are just examples to give players and DMs an idea of how to put them together. They're essentially a small bundle of extra proficiencies, a few trinkets and bit of a quasi-mechanical...

The Drunken Master I'm a bit disappointed with, though I can't completely put my finger on why. Gun to my head I think it'd be Tipsy Sway being once per short/long rest rather than just using your reaction or something. It's a minor thing to be sure, but it just leaves me a bit less interested...

There is much heresy in this thread. The Dice Gods are displeased. There will be a cleansing, purification by flame. Always roll your dice. Do it in front of your players too, so they can sit on the edge of their seat, foreheads beading with sweat in the knowledge that with every bounce of...

As others have said the formatting of the original post makes following it a bit more difficult than it ought to be, but I'll give this a go and hopefully be of some help... though keep in mind I may not address the questions quite in order, I'm phone-posting so keeping my own formatting easy to...

Not to continue to derail the thread with the new example of the Mystic and Mantle of Command, but I think it's a poor example to illustrate your point. It's just my opinion of course, let's make that clear, but I see no narrative issues with the action resolution for the example you've...

I'll take a closer look at this later. I don't mind the account sign up, I was expecting something along those lines, but all I'm seeing is a web interface right now, no option to download anything. Of course, maybe that's because I haven't created an account yet. Either way my interest in this...

So this UA is a big one and I'm still digesting it before I really form my opinions on it, but I figured this would be pretty quick to respond to. Speaking for myself, I'd basically allow it to work, or at least narrate it, as objects being flung at enemies rather than being dropped on them...

First and foremost how do your other players feel about the entire situation? I have no issues with having a mix of evil and otherwise aligned PCs all in the same group in my games, so that's not my issue here, but the point of the game is to have an enjoyable shared experience. If one player is...

How much psionics should differ from magic has always seemed to be one of the biggest sticking points for people when it comes to how they feel it ought to be implemented in the game. While I've always been fairly indifferent about the subject myself, it seems quite plain to me that treating...

This is such a completely opposite view point from what I've experienced in the "real world" I almost feel like you're just pulling my leg. I know that's not the case, so I'm not criticizing your opinion, I just don't share it... not by a long shot. Anecdotal as it might be, in my line of work...

Editions don't pressure anyone to build a character one way or another, people do. It's about having shared goals and expectations with the people you sit down with at the table. It's a social game, it always has been... no matter how much pop culture likes to portray it as the hobby for...

I'm posting from my phone, and not with any fancy apps, so I'll try to keep this brief since formatting is a beast posting like this... Yes, I feel that even without multi-classing "class bloat" would be a bad thing. My reasoning on this is fairly simple: I don't believe the two concepts...

This is fairly interesting. Not for me or my group, but it's pretty cool all the same. One suggestion I'll make after a quick skim: Separate the choice of magical source from the key ability modifier. Right now, for example, all arcane spell casters are "academic" in so far as intelligence...

It's unfortunate that he had to take the time to say this, but wonderful at the same time precisely because he did take the time to say it. Critical Role is an excellent show and I'm glad Matt & Co. have let us all take a look at their personal game. The show singlehandedly got me to pick the...

It's got less to do with the telekinesis spell and more to do with what kind of damage you want a one-thousand pound boulder to do. It doesn't matter if it's a spell caster dropping it with telekinesis or a trap being triggered, not to me anyway so opinions will vary. So that said I'd probably...