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That's usually a good option. But alas I haven't even started my Descent into Avernus campaign so running Odyssey is mostly a thought experiment at this point. I was just curious what other people's thoughts were on the subject. I haven't read through the adventure yet to get an idea of the...

So the other day I was paging through my copy of Odyssey of the Dragonlords that had recently been delivered. For those that aren't aware Odyssey of the Dragonlords takes place in a setting heavily inspired by ancient Greek mythology. There is a section that describes how weapons and armor are...

Defensive style is a weird one and my perspective on it swings back and forth. I currently play a level 9 paladin with this style. As the game progresses to hit bonuses outscale any increases to AC from purchasing better armor. This is true even taking the defensive +1 AC into account. So in...

This actually reminds me of a gap that I'd like to see filled: additional reactions. With new subclasses and feats granting more uses for reactions it feels really restrictive only having one. So how about something like this: Opportunistic Fighting: Whenever you make an attack as part of a...

Would conditional advantage be too powerful for a fighting style? Something like: Polearm Fighting When you make an attack with a weapon with the reach property against a creature not within 5 ft. of you, make the attack roll with advantage.

While not overly powerful I'm a big fan of the minor magical effect cantrips: prestidigitation, thaumaturgy, and druidcraft. They're fun for roleplay situations where your character can just show off their magical nature in a way that's appropriate to their class. Mage Hand is also a very fun...

I really like the design of Caustic Miasma. I've used demons a lot in my last campaign and a tool to help them get into melee would be great for them. Just a minor nitpick is that I'm not a big fan of "Creatures hostile to the hezrou" as that can be vague and leave open questions about neutral...

Hypnotic Pattern mesmerizes enemies with light. Holy Weapon from Xanathar's causes a weapon to emit light and deal radiant damage. And if fire counts: Flaming Sphere emits light. Control Flames can cause flame to emit more light.

I would agree in the general sense that the average consumer probably doesn't tunnel vision in on nostalgia. My post was more about rationalizing the viewpoint of the small, but vocal groups on the internet that will inevitably react to any announcement with "If it's not setting X it is...

It may also be worth bringing up how the current media landscape seems absolutely obsessed with nostalgia. The Marvel and Star Wars movies feature characters originally created in the 60s and 70s. When is the last time a hit new tv series wasn't based on a novel? And any time we get a new video...

Gene Funk 2090 is a cyberpunk and biopunk setting. Featuring all new classes and races have been replaced with different modified genomes.

There are sci-fi and cyberpunk third party hacks for the game and I think they work quite well (though not as thoroughly balanced given their indie nature) since it's not hard to exploring an alien ship or raiding a corporate HQ into a D&D dungeon. If you want a game that focuses on action style...

Before quitting you may want to have a discussion with the group to clarify expectations. You should talk further about who exactly controls background details for characters and where the arc of that character should go. In most of my campaigns this is a collaborative process between player...

Some ideas I've wanted to try: Dragonborn Eldritch Knight multiclassed with Sorcerer. I like gish type characters and what better race to meld together martial and magic prowess than one descended from dragons? Going into sorcerer brings the balance closer to 50/50 and allows you to use...

The most important thing I think is to find a published adventure that you actually like and are excited to run. There's nothing that kills the enthusiasm at the table faster than the DM being bored. Once I choose an adventure the first thing I do is just read the adventure in its entirety...

I had one of my characters become similarly "cursed." Whenever a significant number of our group are going to be away and we know about it well enough in advance we will do one shot sessions. Usually this occurs around the Christmas holidays or in the summer when people travel. While many people...

Turning into a CR 1 creature while retaining the vast majority of your barbarian class features. Our DM ruled that there's no reason a tiger wouldn't still be able to use rage, extra attack, reckless attack, unarmored defense, fast movement and the like. So yea you're getting two attacks at +5...

The person in our party did it so that the druid was the dip and mostly focused on barbarian so the lack of magic wasn't much of an issue. Spell slots were mostly used for utility or out of combat or healing. Damage wasn't amazing compared to my single classed paladin but the character was...

Druid wildshaping allows you to keep any class feature that the new form would be capable of. Animals can get mad [citation needed]. Therefore, a moon druid multiclassed with barbarian is capable of maintaining rage while in their beast form inflating their effective hp pool even further.

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