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My thoughts on the trickery Domain are similar, hence why for my games I've house ruled in the past to switch Invoke Duplicity to be an at will ability as a bonus action and make the Stealth Buff the channel Divinity. Given that it uses the concentration slot it's not as game breaking as it...

That you chose to call them fire, water, and wind stances and not use the traditional animal based stances (crane, tiger, dragon, etc.) of martial arts is a bit of a pet peeve of mine 😅, but overall I like the idea of this a lot. I do post the same comment here as I did in the other thread, I...

So I like a lot of the changes suggested and will likely consider implementing them in some form as options in my games. My only comments are the following: 1) I don't like the change to Unarmored defense for two reasons. First, it completely eliminates the possibility of a high wisdom with...

I also suggest rogue, either swashbuckler or mastermind (assuming he is taught how the help action works this is a HELL of a good support class for something simple). Another option if he's wanting to play caster is actually bard of valor or ranger. Just have him pick spells that are focused on...

I say what I always say in the discussion regarding Sharpshooter. My house rules are to a) make the Range Fighting style change to "ignores half cover and treats three-quarters cover as half cover" and b) make any sharpshooter pick ONE of the bullet options with each arrow/bolt they fire. It...

I have long ago described the different tiers of play as such to my players: Tier 1 (1-4th level): Game of Thrones or any other fantasy one would describe as "gritty" The characters are suicidal if they try to fight a high level fantastical threat without major help (usually in the form of...

Personally in my games I just have either Elemental Adept add treating immunity as resistance if taken as a feat, or if I have such a strong elemental themed character I just consider giving them a magic item that let's then treat immunity as resistance and by spending charges on the item (like...

Objectively I feel the alternative class variants already linked previously do largely address the concerns of the base class. In regards to beastmaster, it is less an issue of the pet's damage and action economy being complicated and more an two different issues of preference and performance...

To address your point directly: I actually question how many designers there are left that the Greyhawk fans would actually trust that WoTC could actually hire. I hate to keep calling out the passage of time but I don't imagine that is a large pool to draw from, particularly from a business...

Well, for starters, you need to have them figure out that unfortunately a growing number of them frankly just a) simply do not care about Gary Gygax or b) his style of games. My players LOATHE dungeon crawls and have outright told me that they never want to run one without an actual reason for...

To be perfectly frank, the first thing I'd do if I wanted to make dnd 5e "crunchier" and ensure that a) meaningful choice happens every level and b) multiclassing is not just 100% more optimal is to remove classes period. Give each character a set package of "perks" (call them whatever you want)...

Ankheg 21 Behir 24 Bulette 11 +1 = 12 - Lard sharks are apparently now an endangered species. Got to do my part. Carrion Crawler 19 Catoblepas 18 Displacer Beast 20 Froghemoth 20 - 2 = 18 - Never understood why people like this monster.

The problem with making it a feat is that it would undoubtably become a feat tax due to being too universally good for every spellcaster not to take. I'd suggest keeping it to either a varient ruling, or in the realm of magic items. Something I've consider in the past is allow a second...

I agree that giving them martial weapon proficiency would be odd. If one wishes to slightly buff them the easy option would be give them deception proficiency or even expertise in it. Another option to consider: When I had a trickery cleric in my game, I gave letting him switch the channel...

Honestly the only time speed really becomes a huge factor is in any sort of chase scenario, where a difference in movement speed drastically effects whether or not a target can get away or not. In any situation rogues already have the ability to dash as a bonus action anyway, so let her do as...

Cool. Now do this with the Acid Dragon sorcerer or literally ANY OTHER sorcerer subclass. I'm so freaking tired of every damned sorcerer discussion turning into "fire sorcerers, devine souls, and shadow sorcerers are fine so therefore there is nothing wrong!" It is insufferably predictable and...

A lot of it also has to do with the function of religion in early societal development as well, particularly in the context of how each culture was in a different environment geographically speaking. The groups of people we collectively label under the "Norse" umbrella had very harsh...

This, combined with with the post regarding needing computers to run it are the main reasons why I prefer D&D 5e over Pathfinder. There are certainly elements that I miss (god I miss channel energy, animal companion rules, and some of the fine tuning for characters), and as a player I sort of...

Legally speaking, it came from the Geneva Convention at the end of World War I, which specifically bans the use of several uses of what was collectively viewed as horrific acts of dishonor and disrespect on the warfront, including things like biological/chemical weapons, killing prisoners that...

I am going to agree with the others in this thread whom have claimed that killing prisoners that have surrendered after you have promised to let them go if they give you information is evil. Specifically Chaotic Evil. We literally have international laws that are designed to prevent such actions...