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Then that one 9th level cleric is a very important person. We call him shai-halud, the one who brings the dead back to life.

I have always kind of felt like in D&D resurrection spells were treated like something that only adventurers really used, which is really, really odd to me. Diamond dust would be the most important commodity ever. It would define culture. Nobility would be defined by being able to afford it...

I think from a worldbuilding perspective, I like that resurrection carries that kind of risk. Here's how I might do it: When cast, the spellcaster goes into a trance, being unable to move or observe their surroundings. He petitions the powers to return the target to life, and to do so the...

Regarding killing squirrels, compare this to the Warlock's invocation that allows you to cast false life at will. There isn't anything stopping you from spamming that spell until you get the maximum roll of 4. If your players want to go find a squirrel, that's why God invented encounter tables...

I probably would have had the paladin remain, while the creature was banished. Unless the paladin was dead. At which point, his body becomes a thing and thus a possession of the creature.

I think this article might be helpful: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/pie-fights-2016-11-14 For your personality questions, they should probably be framed thus: Q1: Good of the Group vs. Good of the Individual 💮 vs. ⚫ Q2: Head vs. Heart 🥶 vs. 😡 Q3: Free Will vs...

We saw them pretty frequently when we ran 3.5. I played a Psion who used only mind-effects and telekinesis with a little psychoportation last year in eberron. On paper he was lawful good but against human opponents he regularly used Dominate to take them out of the fight His reasoning is that...

One approach is that the Vulpin character recognizes the similarities between itself and the wolf, but ultimately sees the relationship like we would look at a gorilla or chimpanzee. I walk on two legs, wear clothes, use sophisticated tools, etc. It walks on all fours, likes to smell butts, eats...

Aarokocra were a core race in the revised boxed set, just saying Medium not-lizardmen.

In games that have such titles, at the table people tend to forget them (what's level 3 called again?) but I am glad to have them for when NPC's talk about them. "Oh, he's a journeyman Invoker" or some such.

The concept, I think was something out of Dune... bards were political gifts that nobles and the like would send to each other. They were often assassins, but it was also a faux pas to refuse a gift. They couldn't backstab, though. Perhaps a rogue subclass that gives them inspiration abilities...

Just a few things I have noticed nobody seems to be interested in seeing again... -Pterrans -Trader class -Poisoner Bard

I can only assume in a world where spells like Detect Alignment exists, that Alignment is more than just a debatable description of a person's ethics/politics/etc. It's a physical reality with physical consequences. Whether or not they know is a matter of whether or not they have cast the spell...

In my experience, one check is all you need.

If you rub it on your chest you get advantage on charisma checks against bears. ;)

I don't think taking a "medieval POV" is useful in alignment discussions. We don't live in a medieval period, and trying to add a "medieval filter" to how we interpret the alignment system only makes using alignment even more difficult than it already is. We don't live in the medieval era. We...

I just wanted to necro this thread to mention that according to the greyhawk timeline here, the Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh takes place in the CY 570's which puts it pre-GHW. The module also puts King Skotti on the throne of Keoland, as according to Living Greyhawk, Skotti dies in 594 and is...

Which again, seems odd because the Cleric is the one that wields all of the divine power. Paladins are fighters with a little divine oomph behind them. You would think if either were chosen by the gods, it would be the one with divine magic coming out his earballs.

The D&D cleric has always struck me as a bit of an anomaly. We have this other class, the paladin, that covers the crusading warrior, who dons armor and weapon to vanquish enemies of the faith. And I think it does that job well. So what is the cleric, then? Well, the answer seems to be a...