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I think that's an awesome idea. I'll point out that they're going to have a lot of conflict with other towns when they come close enough to poach their resources. Fun options for politics, diplomacy or battle there.

We used to let anyone with infravision track fleeing enemies by the heat of their footprints. Some movie—was it Predator?—influenced our AD&D game far more than it should have. It used to be the case that anyone using infravision or ultravision was blinded for a round when regular light was...

I dunno. If he's been appraised by the container guild as a container, I think the answer is pretty clear. I'm a little more concerned that he's normally full of blood, not water.

Now I'm curious how Of Sound Mind would translate to 5e. Pretty well, probably. I may go poke at that when I have time.

Jhaelen, Three Musketeers got AWESOME as soon as you realized it was a RPG Steampunk swashbuckling game run by 14 year olds. Once I accepted that, it was totally stupid fun. How was the chupacabra/Alamo movie?

Reading your argument, KD, I think you're right that low lvl wizards do less damage. I was succumbing to confirmation bias. That said, it doesn't bother me enough to not want to play a wizard.

That's okay! I don't particularly care if you buy it or not, because I'm not trying to convince you. That's more work than I need this morning. :) I'm just stating what I've seen. In particular, though, our low-level wizards are filling a much different niche than the stabby classes. I don't...

DM opinion, not RAW: it's consistent with genre to let barbarians get EVEN ANGRIER, and it doesn't break anything. If anything it's less powerful than going into a frenzy right away. I'd certainly allow it.

I disagree with the initial premise. I'm sure it varies by DM, but our impression has been "holy crap, Wizards are fun again!" That's largely influenced by unlimited cantrip use (accompanied by some really useful cantrips), good damage on most spells, and the nifty bonus abilities gained by...

Dammit, Hypersmurf, what's the beautifully elegant system you ran at Gen Con -- where you have three stereotypes, with dice attached to each? That'd be perfect.

Mytholder and I are both Gumshoe writers, and he's a principal writer on Dracula Dossier. Ask questions! Mutant City Blues, possibly hacking in the Stitch action point mechanic from TimeWatch, handles superheroes (even powered heroes) incredibly well. If you want the world's greatest detective...

The fight was phenomenal. Three PCs got separated from the group, all dashing in different directions, and they had to do some fast thinking and use good tactics to pull it out. Best moment: one rises from the earth and claws the wizard for 64 damage. The paladin crits while smithing, doing 78...

In tonight's high lvl game: I'm partnering a low-level monster (reskinned harpies) with a high-lvl monster (wheat divers, ankhegs crossed with vastly tuned down mariliths) that only attack when the PCs are separated. My hope is that a flock of harpies will draw PCs out in many different...

One more vote for a minimum of 1 on either. Side story: in 1e, I watched my best friend roll up a PC with the stats 18, 17, 16, 16, 14, 4. It was that last 4 that was the killer. He put it in Con, and his elven wizard suddenly had a lot in common with Elric. 1-2 hp max per level caused him to...

Let me just say, incidentally, that the 5e flavor text for kenku is amazing. I'd play one of these as a PC in a heartbeat.

Disadvantage definitely wins for simplicity, but there are two reasons to do the "crap-ton of saves" method: 1. The buzzardfolk will be up against lvl 15 PCs, far above their normal level, so we'll give them some small chance 2. The paladin deserves to reap the benefit of his aura of...

There's a huge difference between "I disagree with you" or "I think you're mistaken," and "you are lying to me." Words are important. Please think twice when choosing your phrasing in the future; accusing someone of lying (when that isn't their intent) is a great way to start an argument and...

steeldragons, perfect. Great idea. Rules check: 5 singing harpies equals 5 saving throws for everyone, right? And a PC stops making saves as soon as they fail?

So many good ideas. Thank you, everyone! Since I already have a kenku NPC with the party (and not a nice one, although the PCs only suspect that), I'm tempted to stat them up as aarakockra and give them some druidic powers. Nothing says "damn, that's annoying" as spells coming from WAY...

I joined the site in 1999. Dang.