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That definitely has a connection to primal magic. What power level are you thinking? It should probably grant some basic attack benefits and cast a primal spell; most likely from the ranger list. But what spells are appropriate depends on the level of the user and what other stuff the party has.

Agreed, but it's a dang shame. Backgrounds can add so much if you actually play them.

Stay pure monk. Nothing else really synergizes well with monk, or at least well enough to justify the dip. (Monk dips have value to other classes, but you want more Qi.)

Well, if the only feature the fighter class gives is proficiency with weapons and armor, there's plenty of design space to fit in all weapon-using classes! (And no point to calling them all fighters when it's easier to just list proficiencies by class.)

I've only every handled it RAW, but I've also never had anyone fall off an airship and not get caught by someone or something. If they just fell, they'd need some special feature beyond "a lot of hit points" - or maybe not, depending on the details of the character and scenario.

Also the tarrasque was just a turtle dragon, and could have been a really big snapping turtle if those were a thing in France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarasque

Square. Beards.

Or, in the other direction: the subclass needs to be able to vary its presentation based on the base class. An example of something that I thought could make a decent universal subclass was beastmaster - because anyone could have a pet, especially if it doesn't need to be a beast, but it's too...

I think they're (and I'm) disagreeing with the idea that Apocalypse World is the "face" of Neotrad. The article defining it for purposes of this discussion cites two types of DnD (3e Living Greyhawk and Critical Role's 5e campaigns) as the most-obvious, best known Neotrad games. Saying Prince...

I don't have a clear favorite lore-wise as I tend to just blend it all together anyways. 4e, as usual, had the best mechanics IMO but I get why it bounces off some people. BUT if I want dragon riders to be a core part of the game experience, I need to use the 1e version (with updated math). 5e...

Sure you can - there are no hard rules for playing Neotrad as it's a style not a ruleset - but if everyone's bringing sidekicks I wouldn't peg that as a neotrad game. You can run 5e in almost any style, btw. It's flexible like that.

IIRC it's because in the early Cold War days, it was really hard to find Russian actors. So they went with the closest they could find, which was usually German or Nordic. The most classic example was a Swedish actor (can't find the name now) and it kinda stuck, much the way we think of "pirate...

Hollywood Russian (which is based on Swedish)

I really shouldn't engage but: Trad play does not normally have multiple characters per player. That might be common in OSR or Classic, but one of the things Trad did to differentiate itself was going for one pc the player was attached to rather than a stable of tokens to use ad hoc.

Just because it's normally a controller doesn't mean it can't be used other ways. But just because a tool can be used multiple ways doesn't mean it doesn't have a main intent. And just because something has a title doesn't mean all the information is in the title. Or that you can't houserule...

There's always a set of players wo want to play against type; even if they've never played the game before they want to try the weirdest thing possible. So if half-elves exists, they'll look to play the strangest multiracial combo that the dm doesn't shut down immediately. Dragonborn/aarakokra...

On the other hand, asking for bullet points "to make sure I don't miss the important points" is probably useful if you don't know when you'll get a chance to read it.

Actually an orang-utan is an ape. If you'll excuse me I have to be more then ten meters form you for a moment.

I think a lot of people actually think sorcerer lacks a thematic core, as it's just "you can do magic because reasons" - it's mechanical identity (metamagic) might actually be clearer if underpowered.

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