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Crossbows with a decent amount of punch take time to reload. Historically, you got a higher rate of fire out of conventional bows, but better armor penetration out of your crossbows.

Player familiarity with the characters and a table culture that encourages "Know what you're doing before it's your turn, and have your dice ready. Possibly even roll before the DM calls on you." Some of my players can take 10 seconds to complete a turn. Others take 3 minutes.

Oh and *posting in this thread does not grant any permission or express any particular interest in being placed into this or any other similar interplanar/cross-world scenario. I'm content where I am, thank you. (I don't actually believe in that stuff being possible - committed Christian - but...

Shortbow (I draw about a 40lb bow +-, so longbow would be too much) Spear & shield (ACOUP has a nice series about the Mediterranean Omni-Spear - there's a reason it's so prevalent) plus shortsword as backup. Light to medium armor, in D&D terms a chain shirt. Then supporting gear in terms of...

Very nice!

1. No blobs of just HP and attacks. Attack things other than AC. Force saving throws and skill checks. One of the few times I made my 18th level part run away was when they were investigating an old mine that was set up as a baited trap by a nearby mindflayer city. The paladin looked into a...

My high level campaign (13-20+2 epic boons each) had some player shifts due to RL, but the ending party was Vengeance Paladin Fathomless Warlock Samurai Fighter Kensei Monk 18/Rogue 2 Only one full caster. Not a ton of healing either. The original Castle Dracula party that preceded it was...

It usually doesn't match up to the fantasy players are looking for. I had a player who started as a trickster cleric and went tempest. In my games, at least, regular healing is preferred over Healing Word, partly because going to 0 gets you a level of exhaustion. Cleric or druid would both be...

RAW yes Rule of Cool yes Doylist yes: It gives the barbarian some actual use in a campaign where spying and being stealthy and gathering info without beating people up is worth doing.

We have a Belt of Dwarvenkind, and boots and cloaks of Elvenkind. What edition did they originate in, and why don't we have, I don't know, Vests of Halflingkind, Dragonborn pendants, a shark-tooth Necklace of Orcishness, etc.?

I saw it used once (someone showed up with a pre-made character including the spell and a few others from books I don't allow). It was very meh. I think the main use was the charm function, which they used via yelling through a door to get the troll to stop blocking them.

Which is a bit funny considering even Tolkein had a Green Dragon. It was a pub...but still, the idea was out there.

This looks like a super awesome setting book. I would love to play in this or run it.

Yeah, if you get rid of full plate you nerf armored Str characters. Chitin or ankylosaurus shell might be an option, too.

Are any of them carrying caltrops or ball bearings? If this is shaping up to be a hide/seek/disengage encounter, those might be worth using to slow the troll down.

This looks like fun. I'd love to play in a campaign in this setting! How did they handle the weight of Stone full plate armor? Lava Leap looks like it competes with Thunder Step. Bolt of Ush is like Teleport but without error and with Style! I'd take it. This is what you use when you're...

No, no, you've got it all wrong. Athas is the guy who picked up the cold sword in that game with the orcs (the one with the dwarfs and goblins and magic and stuff) and then became the lord of the undead on an iceberg after killing a bunch of elves. I really don't know any Warcraft plot after a...

Some of it may also be a question of definition. Castlevania games get listed as "Horror" even though, at least through the NES/SNES era, they were "Platform and kill monsters" where the monsters happened to be themed around "serves Dracula in a massive castle." Very little true horror, at...

I changed both GWM and SS to provide +2 to damage. They still end up better than a fighting style for the price thanks to the other benefits, so they are worthwhile without creating a major numerical imbalance.

This comment caused another thought to percolate up: Not everyone uses D&D Beyond or online encounter builders. Whatever replaces CR needs to be something that can be used without a computer/phone or calculator to be truly useful. The current way to use CR, per the DMG, is: 1. Look up your...