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So I was wondering do Dungeon Masters habitually restrict what races are available in the campaigns they run? And if so, how do you do it and why? For those who don't do it, why not? Whenever I game I personally do restrict what races are available and the only time I have played under a DM who...

DEX 14, CON 14, INT 16. How could that be better?

As I said I would allow a rebuild which means they keep everything about the character's story, however they change whatever mechanical aspects they want to. That said, if you change your background that means you change the background feature. You still might be second in charge, but you won't...

This is very much an "expect table variation" scenario. I personally wouldn't rule it as only applying to your own kingdom and I think that's the most restrictive interpretation possible, but I can understand a DM ruling it as such. Personally if a player ever took something and I introduced...

That's an...interesting Ranger build you've got. I can't say I've seen an archer build where the Ranger relies on having 10 Dex. Why don't we bump that up to 16 (assuming human or a race with +1 or +2 Dex) and let's put the feat choice as +2 Dex for simplicity. You're now dealing 2d10+12 (23...

Is this for 5th edition? If so I'd definitely be interested in knowing how you're using life paths/skill points. If not, I'd still be interested in knowing the particulars and/or the game :)

I've been working on languages for my game as I am not a fan of how D&D 4th edition and 5th edition handled languages. Players begin play being able to speak 1 pre-determined language based on race/ethnicity (humans are split into a number of ethnicities) and 1 pre-determined language based on...

How I sandbox: Every adventure has two plothooks to two different adventures. Some plothooks might lead to the same adventure (but never have two plothooks that lead to the same adventure in the same adventure). Adventures are designed with rough levels in mind but may not be level appropriate...

Just got a copy for myself. I know many will be unhappy with "needing" to pay for such a big map when in the past maps were provided in digital format for free. I don't know of any map that has quite this resolution though. It's very big. A few oddities (cities aren't marked in Cormyr but are...

Great stuff. That is exactly the state I hoped Dragonborn would be in. Good to hear they're respecting 4th edition lore where appropriate :)

No, the people who like playing the 5th edition version of the class aren't asking for it. That is not the same as saying people who like sorcerers aren't asking for it. That said I certainly understand and respect the decision. But that's not the same to say bonus spells would make sorcerers...

My reading of it was everyone loved the extra spells, yet most agreed it was significantly better than the PHB subclasses. WotC looked over the power (rather than the enjoyability) and found that the PHB Sorcerer wasn't underpowered. So they decided not to devalue the existing subclasses. The...

Thanks for taking the time to notice that and then post it. This is exactly what I was hoping for. If they ever do revisit Maztica (big if here. We don't even know if the rest of Faerun outside of the Sword Coast will be revisited)I hope they use its time in Abeir as an excuse to help undo some...

Your DM clearly had no problem with you choosing this ability and presumably it hasn't caused problems during play. Have you considered asking him to let you keep your character as is? for me the days of having to implement errata are gone. I'll look at it and then decide if it's fixing any...

With the recent news on the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide I'm tempted to update my notes and convert my next campaign from being set in the 1st edition era of the Forgotten Realms to the current one. To help set the parameters and tone of my version of the Forgotten Realms I've boiled down 3...

Thanks everyone. Annoying that we have a campaign book with a timeline in it up to the present day but no actual indication as to what the present day year actually is (assuming people haven't just missed it which is completely possible). Last year adventurers league present year was 1489, so...

What is the current year of the Forgotten Realms?

Thanks for that.

Are there any mechanics whatsoever? My impression from previous replies is no, but I'm thinking there is some wiggle room in the phrase "offered very little"

I agree with a lot of people here regarding Bladesingers. I'm someone who actually likes the idea of human-only Paladins, but even I came around to the 5th edition style of thinking and came up with a narrative to explain why other races were being allowed to be Paladins in my homebrew world...