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Why? The dungeon master does not have to follow the same rules as the players. The dungeon master isn't the opponent of the players. He DOES not have to play by the same rules for the monsters. This is great! -YRUSirius

These are no healing surges. This is effectively changing the 15 minute workday into the 15 minute workshift. 4 old adventuring days condensed into 1 new adventuring day. Balance the spells appropriately. Sometimes I don't get you people. You ask for ressource management, I present a way for...

What if you only got 4 effective short rests per 24 hours, that heal your hp and let you memorize/prepare your 'rest/encounter' spells? But the fifth short rest isn't effective anymore, so you'll need a long 8 hour rest. Bam! Ressource management is back in the game and you get 'vancian...

The cleric, ranger and barbarian have the same role as the fighter in the battle? The cleric's role might be to support the whole group, and he does this with buffing the group, healing the group, etc. The ranger might single out an enemy on the battlefield and hunts him down, either with...

Okay, the fronts have been cleared, I'm out of this conversation. We both agree that it's a game and every group has a different style of genre they want to emulate with their rules. You can accomplish this with pretty easy rules if you want (if you fall in lava you die etc.) - heroic or...

How can that be handled? By a DM. Yeah, it's called suspension of disbelief for the greater good of playability. EVERY rule in D&D can be bend like you did. NOTHING in D&D is realistic. It's a GAME. It's not a theory of everything. Then tell me, triqui, where do YOU draw the line? When does...

They get different class features for their role in combat. -YRUSirius

Yeah, what's the problem with spells that can be prepared in a 15 minute short rest? Okay it might not be classic vancian magic, okay. So it is neoclassic vancian magic. The wizard Vance said: "Hey guys, I devised a new way to cast spells, cool, isn't it?" -YRUSirius

Okay, then let's use common sense, shall we? Why does a character survive a dragon stepping ON him that has a crush ability? Cause the dragon doesn't crush him completely, but only get's his arm, only his leg under his feet. Dragon still pins him down and the dragon still deals massive damage...

Easy solution: Don't make a level 6/6/3 mind-flayer fighter/rogue/assassin just make a level 15 mindflayer assassin. :) Dick-headed players that start this kind of argument can leave my game. The DM can do whatever he wants with his game and with his monsters. Salve 4E! Yes, this might pose...

Yeah, exactly. Why does a housecat need statistics? Do you want to see a house cat in a fight? Against what? A mice? -YRUSirius

Yeah, exactly. I'm selectively blind. With purpose. I don't want characters to survive if they fall into lava. I don't want characters to survive if they fall a very high fall. BUT: I DO want them to survive a T-Rex attack, I DO want them to survive a dragon's breath attack, etc. (T-Rex could...

I was thinking this was for the 5th Edition because Wizards of the Coast normally doesn't comission concept art just for a splat book. We always see this concept art comissions before a new edition for a design bible for all new artists. And I was thinking this was for the 5th Edition because...

I'd like to see spells that don't scale and level 20 wizards who can cast 20 spells per day or rest (short rest) at most. :) We'll get the first for sure. I'm waiting for the second. :) -YRUSirius

Hm, then maybe just add 6 of his highest possible spells at the most? -YRUSirius

Did we get our first look at the new Forgotten Realms... ....when Jon Schindehette posted this article? In this article we get this picture: and this picture: and this: What I'm seeing here are people from rasheman. Note the rashemi witch mask and their overall barbaric...

What if class levels on monsters only have to add class features, and not much else? Say you take a goblin and want to add 5 levels of the fighter class. You look at the fighter advancement table and see that a level 5 fighter got like 4-5 class features in total. You add those 4-5 features...

I'm not sure if I like conditions giving ability penalties. Ad-hoc math and all that. -YRUSirius

You can dodge a Tyrannosauraus Rex. Wanna see how you dodge a lava pit if you're already falling. -YRUSirius

I'd like to see Opportunity Attacks only as a class feature for Guardian Fighters (Guardian being a class theme for Fighters - Slayer/Archer/Tempest being other class themes for the Fighter). They are the guardians after all. All the other classes would never have to think about OA. And this...