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But they didn't just say "uhhh.... Make it up." as many posters like to falsely accuse them of. It's not a highly detailed system but it's there. There's a system for making and buying magic items. There's a system for buying castles and businesses as well. It's all there, but it was...

That's awesome and I'm very glad of the systemic changes that have helped to immerse the characters in the game. I'm looking forward to actually playing and having a character involved in the world. That said, I do understand that there are folks out there who want kick in the door dungeon...

You could always start in-media-res(?) for the next big event. Start them with rolling initiative for a short combat and then when it's over give a short narrative of what led up to that event and then let them go from there.

I wouldn't have a problem with players doing it on occasion. If they abused it though then I would deal with the situation by having it used against them as much as they use it. Once it started getting used against them repeatedly then I think they will have a change of heart about how useful...

Totally workable, but I do think the mechanics of the warlock fit better. Rename pact to bloodline and your done.

I think your test is based on a flawed premise. Armor in DnD is not only whether you get hit or not but it also includes whether you take damage or not. A combatant may land a solid blow on someone but the armor they are wearing turns the blow away. I understand the why they have chosen to...

Gotcha. I never read any of the Volo's material so it's just side fluff for me. I'll never use it, but I appreciate the clarification. One a side note, this right here is the perfect example of my distaste of the realms pre 4e. There are so many peices of information spread out through...

Please enlighten me because I'm a bit confused. Are you talking about in-game they are considered illegal or has WotC been pushing that they aren't allowing maps to be done? There should be art from the NWCS book on WotC's site somewhere.

I don't know if I'd allow them to pick it up without spending a full action since I would interpret the weapon as being at the feet of the original weilder. So lvl 5+ battlemaster could do it with their 2nd attack. Characters should only have access to interact with things in their immediate...

I haven't played on in any addition, but I would not be against new sorcerer bloodlines in any way. I do think the warlock would be a better class model for a divine heritage, especially one as diverse as the Greek pantheon. The warlock pact is just fluff anyway, same as the sorcerer...

It is true they aren't the first, but they're the biggest. When the 800lb gorrilla changes direction it can change the landscape of an industry. The smaller companies may do it first, but they don't make it mainstream. Another thing to consider is that the big companies often play things a...

Agree or not, I won't begrudge you your opinion, but I did have to call this out. On one hand you freely say that it's ok as long as you, as the DM, have a solution but then you say it's 5e's fault that you don't. I mean, I guess I can see where you'd be upset if you expected everything to be...

Bro! Do you even lift?!? :P

I despise the idea of magic marts. I have no issues with black market sales or high end brokers though. But at the same time the players have no control over what is there. Sure they could attend a magic item auction but there's no guarantee that there will even be an item they're interested...

Is his name Monty by any chance? :cool:

That's definitely the classical interpretation of a Warlock, but during this thread it's something that I've been thinking about. Does a warlock really just get power for signing on the dotted line or do they still have to work for it like everyone else. I've started thinking about warlocks as...

While I liked the 4e changes, if what you have are the 2e books then set it in those times. Go with what you know. It might even help some of the more studied players get back that sense of mystery about the realms since all of their 3e+ knowledge doesn't apply.

I've had discussions like this with SirAntoine among others in the past and you'll just have to come to accept that he expresses his personal views on DnD as #TheOneTrueWay to play. I've come to understand that he's been playing for a long time and is very set in his ways. While his opinions...

I find the DnD alignment system (except 4e) good for identifying specific situations and modeling general tendencies, but it completely falls apart as a model of anything even remotely realistic. Real life never falls neatly into those little boxes and playing any heavy RP game doesn't really...

A blade lock can get an extra attack at lvl 5. By PHB Raw, the warlock invocations do not require levels in warlock and only total level so a bard 3/lock 2 would qualify. However Mearls(?) has stated that RAI was meant to be warlock levels. RAF, that's your DMs call. So it will depend on...