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There seems to be a lot of people misunderstanding passive checks, they seem to think there is an "active" vs "passive" dynamic, where you only use your passive score when not trying to do something this is wrong. "Such a check can represent the average result for a task done repeatedly."...

This is very cool, I have like the RIFTS setting for a long time just have a large amount of dislike for the system mechanics. I have been using a game called Breachworld, it uses the mini D6 system to scratch my RIFTS itch as it is almost a direct clone of the setting.

This seems hard to appraise, the value of being able to cast those two spells as rituals is tricky. The biggest benefit is obviously being able to cast them without spending the spell slot. Glyph of Warding would take an hour and ten minutes to cast, still use up 200 gp in materials, and...

Just like shillelagh another druid cantrip magic stone is dependent on the number of attacks you can make to do extra damage. An 11th level fighter with this cantrip could bonus action cast then throw all three stones on his turn. That is how it scales. This means it doesn't scale for single...

This. Invocations are the thing that make warlocks stand out especially out of combat. In combat they are just essentially archers that shoot every round. Out of combat the choice of invocations make for remarkably different and intriguing warlocks.

Well you do add STR mod to the d4 damage. It is an attack with the weapon, so also any buffs on the weapon apply, also it is a two handed weapon attack so the +10 damage from GWF and re-rolling 1's and 2's for the fighting style apply. You only take the -5 to hit when you have buffs going, like...

No. But I would purchase a softcover version of the players guide to the campaign, and you can for 9.99. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/145542?src=DTRPGFB This gets you all the spells, and even more races than what appears in the campaign guide, and now you can have a physical copy not...

Why? You can be a paladin (vengeance) of Thor, a cleric (trickery) of Loki, and a warlock (chain - fey) with a pact to the Svartalfar (dark elves). There are no limits, rejoice in that, and come up with cool and intriguing character concepts.

You never stop getting warlock abilities once you have them. You never stop getting paladin abilities, well OK you can become an Oath Breaker and get a few different subclass abilities. You never stop getting cleric abilities. The patrons, gods, forces, what have you are all fluff and don't...

As soon as I saw the photo I knew I had to do this. Ohh and that is amazing work, love the gazebo the best but all of them are wonderful.

No they don't, no magic items and no spells a fighter still does more damage. Fighter - Great Weapon Fighting style - great weapon master (feat) That is 4 attacks doing 2d6+5+10 each (8d6+20+40) min 68, average 88, max 108. Compared to 1 attack from a rogue using sharpshooter(feat) that is...

Two problems with that. Risk is not worth the reward, you run a much greater risk of missing and the chance to not do any more damage than if you didn't. Multiple instances of disadvantage don't stack, this is why the feat as written doesn't impose disadvantage but instead gives a -5 penalty...

Polearm master with quarterstaff in one hand and shield in the other is the "advanced dueling" option in my opinion. Use a shield, get a bonus action staff strike for 1d4+2+str mod, attack of opportunity when creature moves into your reach, lots of extra attacks each getting the +2 dueling...

The best house rule I have seen for this is to not gain your proficiency bonus on the attacks and do damage equal to twice the bonus. This addresses my major concerns of mitigating wiff factor and damage scaling with level. It is much easier to accept a 1st level human taking a -2 to hit for a...

Jeremy Crawford answered this here http://www.sageadvice.eu/2014/11/04/draconic-resilence/ According to him they do stack so that is good enough for me.

The aim action is not a good idea either. Why nerf firearms users like this. A fighter using a gun has to use his bonus action to get prof to hit with just one of his attacks, while the others would not get the bonus. Compare to an archer who gets proficiency bonus to attack on all attacks...

The DR doesn't even work like normal DR. DR in 3.0/3.5/Pathfinder works where the key word damage type after the / is what gets through the damage reduction. So as written if using d20 modern rules the DR 2/ballistic armor would reduce damage from everything except ballistic damage by 2 points...

Must have, I doubt it. I mean the cost of getting a feat is not getting a +2 to an ability score or another feat. So if dexterity based fighter it would be better to get a bonus to dexterity until you had a 20. Then once you have a 20 dexterity you have to decide if you want this feat or...

Is anyone else bothered by his inclusion of damage reduction, it doesn't exist in 5th edition as a concept. He doesn't explain what it is. Some people coming into 5th edition will be very confused and have no idea. This does seem like just a random blog or forum post in the house rules...

Interesting question, is an improvised weapon still a weapon if it is not being used? I would say yes it is, once you take the dual wielder feat, holding anything in your off hand gives you a +1 to AC, because the item can be used as a weapon for a bonus action off hand attack. It shouldn't...