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Nah, I don't see the sorcerer as a buff class. I'd probably nix the sorcery point cost. Edit: Nixed sorcery point cost and put the emphasis on illusions and Insight. Edit: Gave it a little something extra to be a little more useful.

I decided to completely redo a few of them to make them more flavorful and distinct from the draconic origin. Celestial heritage. You are considered a celestial for all spells and effects. You can read, write, and speak Celestial. Additionally, when you make a Charisma check when interacting...

While it's on my mind, I was also thinking of replacing angelic wings with adding dispel evil and good as a bonus spell at 14th level. Might also want to come up with new ways to use sorcery points.

K. Here are the tweaks to a couple of the features. Divine heritage. You are considered a celestial for all spells and effects. You can read, write, and speak Celestial. Additionally, when you make a Charisma check when interacting with celestials, your proficiency is doubled if it applies to...

A few preliminary notes: Bloodline features kick in at 1st (2 features), 6th, 14th, and 18th. Things to consider: radiant damage, wings, divine presence Perhaps base off dragon bloodline and tweak a few things from there Bonus cantrip. At 1st level, you gain the light cantrip if you don't...

Fey bloodline looks great. Don't play with many aberrant characters, but that looks fine to me. Gonna dig into the PHB to get ideas for some celestial and fiendish stuff.

Looks pretty good. One question about Fey Spellcaster: How often do you think that benefit would actually kick in?

The thing that springs to mind about a celestial origin is that spark of the divine. Not sure how that would work mechanically, but I definitely see radiant damage being one of their things. Not in the way of clerics and paladins serving a deity or cause, but with sorcerers being like their...

First of all, I'm delighted that someone besides me wants to see more origins for sorcerers. Secondly, I'm glad I'm not the only one who'd want something for changelings and other humanoids who would have ties to the fey. I can't really comment on the mechanics because, frankly, that's not my...

I'm getting started on running a city-based campaign, and I'm having a lot of fun with it, but just for my own amusement, and to create a fighter that's awesome, I want to make Master Piandao because this character fits the cultural and aesthetic elements of my campaign very well. Key elements...

*dons black shades and whips out a Neuralizer* *FLASH!* This was not an actual gamer. What you saw was swamp gas reflecting off the surface of Venus. *removes glasses and tucks away Neuralizer*

Crap! They know!

This makes sense. To make it a bit simpler, what if this is what a shield used as a weapon would be like? Shield. Martial melee weapon. 10gp. 1d6 bludgeoning. 6lb. Thrown (range 20/60), special*. *When using a shield as both armor and weapon, its AC bonus is reduced to +1.

If a player wanted a 1st-level fighter or paladin of any race who could wield a shield just like Captain America, how should I, as DM, go about doing it? Would the best way be to create a new type of (martial?) weapon based on stats from another weapon that does comparable bashing damage...

Figures. So, in the interest of actually staying on topic, how about we talk about what we look forward to DMing with this new edition and how our DMing styles may be impacted or supported by the rules?

How did this thread go from me talking about how I'm looking forward to DMing this game to another debate on the merits of D&D mechanics?

Oh, sweeeeet!

I have a few players eager to get started on my campaign. They have characters and motives, some stats, and a few hooks to get them started. Years ago, I ran a game via IRC, and I loved that. I know that 5E can be run without a battlemat or minis, so I'm wondering how people who run text-based...

...it's a lot easier to adjust monsters and NPCs than I remember. Maybe I'm just more savvy these days, but I'm not as intimidated by CRs as I was in 3E/3.5E, and I like having more flexibility in tweaking monsters and NPCs than the impression I got from 4E. If I want something specific or off...

Personally, I'd ask for a Wisdom (Survival) check. I think of a dungeon as no different from a forest, a desert, or the ocean. For the more abstract stuff, like things you've read about specific creatures, I can go with Intelligence (Arcana), Intelligence (Nature), or Intelligence (Religion)...