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Fair. The sorcerer is still lame even with these feats.

Great, so now sorcerers have a feat tax.

I understand that the designers didn't want to grant more skills at 1st level so as not to water down the already somewhat reduced skill list. 5E strikes a delicate balance between offering choices but not too much, and when it doubt, the designers favored less choice. I 100% there needs to be...

Just a random thought/observation while doing some design work lately. Why doesn't the Wizard get proficiency in Arcana for free? Why doesn't the Druid or Ranger get Nature or Survival? Why doesn't the Beast Master doesn't get Animal Handling? Nature domain gets a choice of a skill, including...

I'm becoming less and less thrilled with these "kitchen sink" feats. Many of these don't need to be feats at all or are simply variations of existing feats. Because of how much "value" each feat has, the design space needs to be filled with extra rules or ability score increases. Each feat UA...

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There's been a lot of heavy topics lately so feels like a good time for another nice and calm ranger discussion. :LOL: Anyway, I'm I'm starting a new campaign (coastal/island sandbox with Saltmarsh as the home base) and I finally have a player who is going to play a ranger. I'm definitely in...

Agreed. I'm pretty much at the point where I ignore the criteria for staying in a rage. Managing when to use a rage is much more significant balancing factor for the class than maintaining the rage. Things like this are why I wish there was a more granular feat and subclass system. Being able...

I allow sneak attack with any non-heavy weapon.

I've been following along (as much as I can) the numerous discussions on WotC's recent statements. For the record, I'm in favor of anything that makes the game more inclusive and welcoming for everyone at the table. The main question I have is whether a culture of sentient beings (or "race" for...

Full stop. A creature that survives solely by killing other sentient creatures isn't a creature you befriend, it's a creature you exterminate. Mind flayers are literally the embodiment of evil in D&D. They are powerful, cold, and merciless. They enslave sentient races like cattle for food...

As much as I like the mind flayer/goblin idea in this thread, I still want to throw an evil necromancer/lich/humanoid warband/whatever that is up to no good and the PCs need to bring the pain. Everything doesn't need to be a moral conundrum.

Great thread! All the advice so far has been great. I'll also add that you - the DM - need to do your homework. A good DM can think on his feet and improvise. You improve on that with practice but also have a diverse toolbelt of knowledge to draw upon. Read!, especially the classics (Lovecraft...

AKA one of the greatest video games of all time!! The world-building is absolutely amazing. Unbelievably immersive and a lesson in creating ambiance.

I'm running an intro adventure before CoS so been getting into gothic/Victorian horror lately: Netflix: Penny Dreadful Frankenstein Chronicles Ripper Street Dracula mini-series (episodes 1&2 at least, ep3 was...interesting) Castlevania animated series (which is amazing) Finally getting around...

This series is a really good start to a campaign. Some need tweaking (like Chemlimber's Descent, which isn't uncommon for AL modules) but overall it's a really nice arc with lots of non-combat options and interesting combats. Since it begins with the players in a desert, I was starting to put...

Cool post! To answer the question you posed, I've played in ToEE, some of Rappan Athuk, and most of The Vault of Larrin Karr (which you didn't list, although it isn't "mega" per se). I've read Lost City of Barakus, Tomb of Abysthor, and a host of others. My favorite mega-dungeons are those...

I've also largely removed alignment from my games. That said, why isn't it ok for a sentient fantasy species (like orc) to be inherently predisposed to taking resources, food, goods, money, etc from other sentient species by force, of which is essentially considered "evil" by most people's...

I don't get to play much (I usually the DM) but my favorite 5E character was a halfling barbarian who I played as a cross between Matt McConaughey from dazed & Confused (basically all of his movies) and Rhah from Platoon. He was absolutely fearless and stayed heavily medicated most of the time...

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