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I want the 5E Fighter to be able to uniquely fill his role as the best front-line all-around adventurer. There should be no way for any other class - even with magic - to consistently fill fighter's shoes in this specific and valuable role. No matter how they do 5E fighter, if other classes...

Custom Class. Maybe not in Core, but IMO we need an official Custom Class. There are already lot of home-brew out there for EVERY edition. It's an undeniable truth that people want their own classes. It should be like the class customization from AD&D 2nd edition Player's Option, but much...

A Runequest-session long time ago: We were bunch of penniless wanna-be-peasants exploring in countryside on foot. A couple wild dogs attacked us and one of them critted my character's arm, tearing it off with just one bite. I rolled a "Fort save" and also critted. My character was left standing...

Well, about my current game... Dear fellow gamers, I need plenty of good luck wishes right now! My girlfriend is planning to leave for a vacation for some weeks to see her parents and she'll not be able to call me because the signal is nonexistent there. So now I just need to persuade my...

17. Clerical duties. Instead of just being a heal-bot, the cleric occasionally does sacred rites of religion (marriage, baptism etc.) This idea can be used if the player doesn't show up.

My all-time favourite was an abandoned siege tower. It was left behind by orcs who had fumbled while moving it around - it got stuck in a mud. Players had to climb all the way to the top-floor of the siege-engine, because there were lot of treasures there (so burning it down was a bit poor...

I honestly did research about scrying (Complete Arcane etc.) but I'm still a bit confused about this irritating spell which certainly does confuse many DMs out there. So here we go: Scenario: A human disguised as half-orc comes and vandalizes a temple during a night. The next morning the high...

IMO there are lots great opinions for and against guns in this thread, but my humble opinion is that I like guns in fantasy if they are simple muskets and pistols and unable to completely replace crossbows, bows and other ranged weapons. If standard fantasy weapons and gunpower weapons are in...

For the longest time I've been toying with the idea of pitting good against good, but unfortunately in my current long-running campaign there has been very little room for it. I'd like to hear your ideas and past experiences with campaigns and adventures that have had good guys vs. good guys...

Good points, added some clarification. The idea with whooping cough and pharyngitis is that it's a flat penalty for the entire duration of the disease. Penalties end when the disease ends. Too bad I can't XP you. Also too bad that no one has any diseases to propose!

Contagion is an interesting and nasty spell, but IMO the problem is that it's using fantasy diseases while there were plenty of normal diseases around. Since several spells have lesser versions, I'd like to create a 1st-level "lesser"-version of Contagion which would include normal (mild)...

I'm not the first to mention this but... ...could it be possible that Knowledge (local) just has an epicly failed name? You know... like they call Greenland a Greenland?

Well, unfortunately the right answer by RAW is Knowledge (local). I'm almost sure that there is no argument that Knowledge (local) is a pretty vague skill and often subject to house-ruling. Having a high Knowledge (local) skill would make your character a biologist, anthropologist, lawyer...

If you add a half-dragon template or any other template that changes your type, do you still gain all the abilities of the base creature? Half-human half-dragon is a dragon, that's a fact. So does he/she gain these: 1 extra feat at 1st level. 4 extra skill points at 1st level and 1 extra...

I remember when 4e came out and read the DMG and PHB. Our first night playing 4e was hilarious! We laughed a lot while shaking our heads in disbelief. The first thing I did the next morning was to post negative criticism to WotC's board and to my amazement people actually didn't support my...

When I still belonged to a local roleplaying club, my only concern was that only males dominated GMing. Sometimes I pondered why does it matter? Does the gender of a DM really matter at all? IMO having female GMs is important because... ...I just don't want this to be male-dominated hobby...

With certain kinds of players I have a great chemistry. When you have players with chemistry X and I share the same chemistry with them, great games are bound to happen. I could have no chemistry at all (antisocial etc.) or some other sort of chemistry, but I have this one and I'm happy I share...

About mass-battles I highly remommend Red Hand of Doom. The only problem is that it's basically "good guys vs. bad guys" so it really doesn't cover human vs. human battles. Otherwise it's easy to adapt to almost any situation involving epic large-scale combats. Other than that I recommend...

I appreciate all the comments and I will certainly take note of them, but I just want to say that if you want to create a character in 3 minutes and 21 seconds, my list has proven to be somewhat nice, at least for my players. With those MacGyver-links and that rather short list from PHB II I get...

Well... I do thank you and I did XP you for this post, but quite frankly these threads are filled with a bit broken stuff and several of these items have to be checked with one's DM. I was thinking a bit more Core, you know? :) Shin Okada PHB II is nice, thank you for the thought.