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Due to a recent thread about energy drain, I've been toying with the idea of using Hit Dice as more of a resource. To be clear, I'm not talking about changing hit point totals with these ideas -- just the Hit Dice used for recovery during rests. Certain monsters (or diseases) could lower your...

I believe the company itself is based in Australia, but I don't know where their minis are cast.

Yeah, this product is not for me. Hopefully the deluxe screen in January will be better for my needs.

I dunno about you guys, but I can absolutely analyze evidence whilst I soil my undies. :P Kidding aside, welcome to the boards, Haval.

I make them roll, then tell them anyway regardless of the outcome of the dice. That way, they're always wondering how much more they might have learned. I feel like the impression of imperfect information, even if its a false impression, adds something to games. I could be wrong.

Vrock? Depends I guess on if you want it to be a race or just a monster. Edit: Oooh, refluffed kenku... "Carrion-ku". I like it.

I don't get why people think the girdle of hill giant strength should go to the strength-based fighter, or the headband of intellect to the wizard. Why give it to someone who can eek out a mere +1 over their current bonus, when you can give it to the guy who'll get a substantial boost from it...

I love that idea, Henrix. It reminds me somewhat of FATE's character generation/setting generation, which is something I've always wanted to port over to other games.

If the interpretation that "must be on your classes' spell list" is indeed a class restriction is correct, then yes. That seems to be the way people are leaning.

I think some of the problem can be tied to players' lack of setting knowledge. When you don't have perfect knowledge of the world, it can be a little hard to tie yourself to the Order of Ebony or the Justicar's Guild when all the information you have on these things is a paragraph in your DM's...

Do you consider "must be on your classes spell list" to fall under UMD's purview? It states that the thief can ignore class, race and alignment restrictions. IE -- is that a class restriction or another category of restrictions altogether?

So, a friend brought up an issue with the new scroll rules. As written, a non-Trickster rogue can never use a scroll anymore. What do you guys think? Is this a kick in the teeth to an old D&D chestnut? Or is it about time that non-casters kept their mitts off the party's scrolls?

MonkeezOnFire I'll have to check out that tool. Thanks for the link!

Villains, hell. I'd be happy if they would remember their hireling's name. "We'll tell what's-his-name--" "Chadwick." "Yeah, we'll tell Cheese D<redacted> to ..."

The weight of the buckles would probably give him disadvantage on attacks with the spear... so maybe that's sufficient to bring the spear-wielding sorcerer in line with the other classes. Maybe. It'll require playtesting.

(Almost) ALL of them. In no particular order (except alphabetical, it turns out): Birthright Dark Sun Dragonlance Eberron Planescape Ravenloft Spelljammer Each has aspects I want to steal for my own homebrew setting.

I feel like this thread has the potential to generate some really useful and thoughtful conversation if we let it. It boils down to getting the players to engage with the setting instead of the game, if that differentiation makes any sense. It's always been a challenge for me personally. Why...

I have rarely found metagaming to be a problem at my table.

If I may sidetrack the thread a bit, what do you find objectionable with the class design? I'm just curious.

I still feel like the floating castle is just one more bit of evidence that this AP was originally slotted to take place on Krynn. The Rise of Tiamat's storyline only reinforces this perception.