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HELL HOUND Small or medium beast (fiend, dog) AC: 13 Speed: 40' Hit Dice: 4d8 (18 hp) Immune to fire Str 14, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 8, Wis 13, Cha 8 Senses: scent Languages: usually can't speak but understands Infernal Bite: +5 to hit, 1d6 piercing damage plus 1d6 fire damage. Pack Tactics...

Not to even mention homebrew. That's the real killer for me- any online system that won't easily support and integrate my homebrew material is a red hot failure for my game. I have too many custom races/species, subclasses, magic items, monsters, and spells to count. And my players and I use...

I have literally run Basic, 1e, 2e, 3e, and 4e adventures in 5e, adapting them by importing 5e stat blocks for monsters and traps, with no other real changes (except for those necessary to make it fit into my campaign setting). That doesn't mean they were all the same edition- it just means...

How about doubling healing, increasing many spells' damage, massively boosting monks, significantly increasing the abilities of other martials, completely rewriting a bunch of magic items, and changing the stats of many or all the monsters, including in ways that completely change how they play?

Charm person is 1st level. Charm monster is 4th level. I would say that, given that goblins are a quintessential first level foe, requiring a 4th level spell to charm them is a bit weird. On the other hand, bringing charm monster down in level makes it very overpowered.

Well, spells that target humanoids now don't work on them- things like hold person, charm person, etc. Which have always worked on them in the past.

To be clear- I am fine with variants of monsters having non-traditional abilities. A "stone golem forcecaster" with that stat block would be fine. Hell, I have dozens of variants of monsters that break their traditional molds in a lot of ways. But I prefer to have older versions, especially...

The stone golem: Again, not a huge fan of adding abilities that have never been there. And in this case, adding a ranged attack means it's harder for pcs to make meaningful tactical choices to make an encounter easier to manage. That said, there's a right way to do it. This isn't quite on the...

I'm still not over Drow as pcs. Also their seeming ubiquity. Drow should be scary monsters known only in legends and spoken of only in whispers. Personally, I only use them about once or twice per edition, and I treat them like 1e did before G3- nobody knows about them except for a few elven...

I am fine with monsters being multiple types, or having the same stat block representing multiple monsters via changing the Type line only- I have will-o-wisps as both Undead and Fey, for instance. I'd be fine with a simple paragraph in the MM suggesting that goblinoids (again, f'rex) could be...

But that doesn't have anything to do with their history in dnd. It's not a surprise, but it's still a disappointment. Goblinoids have been quintessential examples of "Humanoids" since before we even had actual creature types, and now they aren't. Not a fan.

I have mixed reactions to this. The blink dog: Dislike the removal of keen hearing and smell. This change really seems to me to be one of many that are basically designed for VTT play at the expense of flavor and world building elements. Moving the teleport to a bonus action, I really like...

Here in the giant frog entries you'll see one of my pet peeves removed: the whole idea that a monster can grab you from out of your normal reach and you can't attack the limb grabbing you. Not in my perfect D&D! Also, I notice that my write up of filth fever under the giant rat doesn't use...

DIGESTER Medium beast AC: 13 Speed: 50' Hit Dice: 7d8 (31 hp) Str 13, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 3, Wis 12, Cha 8 Senses keen vision Rake: +5 to hit, 1d8 slashing damage. Acid Spray: +7 to hit, 3d6 acid damage plus ongoing 1d10 acid (Con save ends, or ends if washed off with a gallon of liquid or...

BANDIT Small or medium humanoid (tags vary) AC: 11 (leather) Speed: 30' Shifty: Spend 5' of movement to not trigger OAs until end of turn. Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp) Str 10, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 9 Senses: varies by race Languages: Common, oftenothers by race Short Sword: +2 to hit...

So... monsters! These are all in very embryonic form. I have statted up only a few monsters. Some probably still have mechanics that have been updated already- for instance, using ability damage is a fairly recent change I made, so there might be a monster or two with poison that does hit...

Oh shoot, I completely missed that there were multiple sheets. D'oh!

I think you're missing the level titles from Unearthed Arcana. I don't think there were any in OA, but I could be misremembering. Also, in AD&D, a first level magic-user and illusionist both had the level title of prestidigitator, IIRC.

Ongoing damage is typically each round, but exceptions are noted. See greenblood oil for one example of this- I usually put in "after 1 minute" or whatnot. Ideally, I'll eventually have dozens more poisons, as well as types of inhaled poison. There was an old, 1e-era Dragon Magazine article-...

Okay, on to gear! A couple of notes: These are some of the least developed rules I have for this system. Some things are no doubt missing, but will be filled in as necessary (or lifted from the books from one edition or another). Here you will find the rules for casting in armor. (Clerics...