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See, here’s a perfect use for the arcana skill. Cleric, while grappling the monster with one hand and a weapon in the other needs to cast a spell that requires hand gestures. Maybe with some effort and using their knowledge of the spell the cleric can cast it if a DC 15 arcana check is passed.

Off the top of my head I’m thinking that it might be cool if a hit die was used to allow a character to add a D8 to any roll like Bardic Inspiration. In my homebrew rules, I’ve tied a lot of stuff revolving around healing and stabilizing to the use of hit dice. I like the idea of letting...

1. HP is rolled every level including first. No CON mod added. 2. HP Max is capped at 50. 3. Completely revised weapon and armour list based off of how rare a piece of gear is in the world. Made gauntlets, greaves and helmets separate pieces of armour that increase AC or give damage reduction...

It’s inspiring and refreshing to hear from a member of the community who has been in it for as long as you have talk about how they still love the game. Thanks for sharing.

I’m not a huge fan of the idea and quite frankly it makes no sense to me. For me this takes a lot of the risk away from combat encounters. I need to know that failure is absolutely in the cards or what’s the point of crossing swords? If something advantageous happens from failing to defeat an...

There’s different types of strength. Look at the difference between power lifters, body builders, and gymnasts. All incredibly strong, but in different ways. So for me it’s a matter of how my character uses their strength. I might describe it as the hulking Barbarian who can lift massive stones...

Just wanted to say you’re a ripper legend for doing this and the dungeon crawling rules.

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I think what might help is actually having a visual representation of any sci-fi laser rifle you think would fit and go from there. How it works doesn’t need to be explained, but a description of the gun going off would be needed, and for that you can do as suggested and liken it to scorching...

Those are some great ideas for actions the player can take. Captures the vibe of a boxing match for sure. Here’s what I would add: Make each round one roll of the dice for the player and the opponent. These rolls don’t represent one attack, but how successful all the attacks in that “round”...

I mean sure, if they’re completely stumped and haven’t made any progress, I’d give that player a clue and probably a good one since they took the feat and everything. I’m not a tyrant. I wouldn’t hand them the answer, otherwise they’d spam that every single riddle/puzzle and take all the fun out...

I’m currently running Tomb of Annihilation which has quite a few riddles and puzzles. I haven’t once asked for an intelligence check and don’t plan on it. It’s my players who show up to the table to have fun and be entertained, not the characters. The juice in riddles is in the process of...

I’m tinkering with Damage Reduction as well but adding it as a property of armour in an attempt to balance lowering the power of player characters. The highest DR a character can have is 6 with plate armour (which I have made an extremely rare commodity). I’ve lowered character hp max by having...

I’m a 36 year old Canadian. Born and raised in big city Ontario, who has eventually moved to medium city British Columbia. Currently in my 13th year of policing (yes we have crime in Canada). Started out with Palladium’s “After the Bomb” and a homebrew zombie game my brother ran for just me...

I’ve changed it so they get a number of smite uses equal to their Charisma modifier. Each increase in D8 damage counts as an extra use. Recharges after a long rest. I’m playing with homebrew rules designed to lower the power levels of the game, so I understand how it might not jive with some...

No. Because any changes I want to make to 5E (which are few) I can do myself at this point and I have zero interest in any of the official products WotC is putting out. I’m not angry, just disappointed. After 5E, I’ll be looking to other TTRPG’s. Maybe after a season of other systems will I’ll...

Your first counter is dead on. It’s a pretty hack and slash campaign with a get rich or die trying kinda vibe. No one at the table is taking the game serious enough for there to be an issue with the difference in power levels of a wizard compared to a fighter. PS: Your other counter points were...

Don’t know if this is the time to bring this up, but I have a hard time understanding the so-called issue. As in, I haven’t experienced it as a player or have it be a problem in any of the games I run. I typically play a martial class, Barbarian being my favourite (Me big, me stronk). And I’ve...

If combat is too static, my advice would be to get rid of OA’s entirely and let everyone move around without worry. Getting rid of the grid and moving to zone based encounters also frees up the flow of combat as it allows characters and monsters to move through and interact with the environment...

Just spitballing here, but what if PB was ditched and all skill checks or saving throws need to be rolled under the corresponding ability score? Skill checks and saving throws the characters would normally be proficient in are rolled with advantage. No math. Just comparing the roll to the...