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Lots of stuff of value to consider, yeah, from the base feature to how to make magic items and artifacts for it. Just be glad I didn't say, "How do you make a character who wields a giant boomerang like Hiraikotsu?"

I'm a she, but, yes, that's precisely what I was asking.

Thinking back on it, I'd probably make it a fighting style that allows you to do more with a shield. This way, you don't have to use feats if you don't want to allow them (especially if it's only one player asking for this). "You can wield a shield as a melee weapon that does 1d6 bludgeoning or...

It works fine for Urban Shadows, and there is a system for it which I will not copy and paste here. But it is fair and it does work.

This thread is coming on the heels of my first readthrough of Urban Shadows. If you have $13 to spare, go ahead and get it then pilfer a lot for your game. One of the main things to take from it is the idea of Debt: who you owe and who owes you. It's not a thing you necessarily roll for or put...

I agree with PointofInspiration in general, but to help you refine your system, I'll offer a few pointers. I play a lot of narrative games, so a more narrative approach to die roll results definitely appeals to me, and I incorporate it into my games when I have the right group (ie, open to...

Does scrolling or tapping the screen to light it up take a bonus action? "...blah blah blah magic babble blah bl--crap. God, I hate this phone."

What are some ways other than a spellbook that you've seen or want to see a wizard's spells known? (Speaking for me, myself, and I, I'd looooove to do tattoos as a wizard's spells.)

Has anyone played a game where the PCs started out as the same non-human race? Was it by chance or by design? What are some observations you had about the game? Alternatively, have you played in a game where all the PCs were from the same village or neighborhood? What was that like?

I'm clearly the 10% who don't powergame since I've played a D&D game with a wood elf paladin flower child who is basically Fluttershy. I don't think there's a way to design around convincing players to play suboptimal or oddball race/class combos. A certain degree of mechanical synergy is, I...

*casts raise dead on this thread* So I did it, and I put the results here. Still tweaking, though. I expect I'll never be finished.

Honestly, trying to write rules around min-maxing powergamers is an exercise in futility. However, if you want to reward a player for choosing an interesting class and race combo that's off the beaten path (a high elf barbarian, a tiefling cleric, half-elf druid, etc.), you could offer...

This is a great idea, and it's something I'd like to try with a group that's open to tweaking and experimentation. But I do like the idea of doing something with races and ability score increases. So the idea I hit on is this: boost the ability score maximum according to race. Something off...

I'm now at a point where I can actually use what I have without confusing anyone (including myself). As it stands, characters get 15 feats (heavily modified from the 5e PHB to be less potent) and 5 ability score increases. The vast majority of feats are available to all classes, with the...

And it looks like my first forays into this created more of a headache than it should have, since using feats is much better for customization and for a more even level progression.

Thanks. I kept myself up trying to give class abilities that work for generic classes, but I may make them class-specific feats instead. And I agree about scratching 5e feats and importing True20 feats, as the 5e feats work better for less frequent progression. What I may wind up doing is...

I really, really, really like True20 as a fantasy adventure roleplaying game. I enjoy the flexibility of 3 simple generic classes so that I can make a variety of concepts that would have required a ridiculous amount of multiclassing and house-ruling in previous editions. I also like only needing...

I don't think using the chart as-is would be advisable, as that would probably scale AC far too high to stay within the +11 cap (+5 attribute bonus, +6 proficiency bonus), especially considering classes that augment AC with other attributes when wearing light armor or no armor. A variant using...

This is an option I'd actually love to have. I was able to make Porthos pretty easily, but I would like more options to make him harder to hit than shoving him in clunky heavy armor. Being able to add his proficiency bonus to his AC when wearing light or no armor would be a great thing to have...

What house rules do you have for multiclassing? What prompted you to use them? What effect have they had on your games?