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True, but the multi-classing is mostly about the huge AC buff. You don't need it for the proficiency, because you're proficient with whatever weapon you bond anyway. In your typical module, magic weapons are far more common that pact keeper rods... and they add to both attack and damage (PC rods...

I've never felt that pact blade is suffering in comparison to other classes. Only the fighter gets three (or four) attacks per round with a melee weapon. Pact blade attacks are not directly comparable to eldritch blast. Let me give you an example, using the existing rules: 1) Warlock #1 (Wlk...

If you can't decide between the class abilities and spells, here's another way of looking at it: how do you like paying the game from an abilities perspective? If you enjoy playing a "Face" (e.g. a character that talks a lot with NPCs, likes to achieve success in social interactions), go with...

Y...eah. Okay. Kind of an interesting premise, and an even more interesting resolution. I'd dispute the thought that healing spells are crap. Your hypothetical 17th level cleric is complaining about healing the paladin for 3d8 damage, and then he goes down again, so what's the point of healing...

For D&D CRPGs (like Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights), my favorite class is always the rogue. There is one simple reason for this: locks. A locked chest drives me wild. Even if it likely only has a few GP and a moldy cheese inside, I need to get that sucker open. It preys on my mind, and...

Depends on the power, the campaign, and the DM. If I was the DM, I'd probably prefer 1 / short rest. I strongly apply the DMG guidelines on encounters per day. If the party attempts a long rest without completing an "expected" number of encounters, the encounters will usually come to them...

Hmm... good questions. My 5e records also include D&D Next, so let's call it about 3.5 years of play. We play every Thursday night, for about 5 hours... and every other Saturday for about 7 hours. So, let's call it 17 hours every two weeks. If the "typical" D&D session is 4 hours, then that's...

Our first death occurred due to the first attack in the first round of the first combat of our experience with 5e. My five players had rolled up a mix of characters, and we were kicking off with the module Murder in Baldur's Gate. In the first encounter, they were attempting to stop some...

Ecurb Enyaw, Protector of the Waterdeep Streets Height: 6'2 Weight: 210 lbs Voice (quality and affectations): Hoarse and raspy, as if he suffered severe damage to his vocal cords many years ago. Given he usually covers up his neck, some suspect he may have survived a hanging. Skin color: Pale...

Heh. Cute. As an Economics major, I appreciate the argument. :-) In actuality, my campaigns do have a basic application of supply-and-demand. My players, upon hearing that someone has diamonds for sale, will always sigh heavily and ask how much the NPC is demanding for 300gp worth. Yeah, it's...

I like the edits. I still think it's very potent. Again, if the goal isn't necessarily to have a balanced race, I think it's fine. D&D doesn't always have to be about perfect balance. Theme and story counts for a lot. The biggest balance problem remains the flight. I like the clarity around...

Without having seen the book, can I just say this as a general response to any calls for harder modules or more lethal dungeons: not every player is a 30-year grognard who picks their racial ability bonuses to match their class, and browses charops boards for ways to abuse contagion. D&D...

Oh, one more thing: even if you make no other changes, I'd remove the bit about creatures of the same gender automatically making their saves against the draining kiss. It's unnecessary. Powers that only work on certain genders (or opposite genders) are very 1e... in other words, 30-40 years out...

Flight is a formidable racial ability, especially when the race provides ability bonuses best suited to ranged attackers. The aarakocra race gets flight and virtually nothing else, and yet there are threads devoted to whether it's over-powered. Your succubus race gets flight and a whole gamut of...

Sure. Equally, Conan could be modeled as a Ranger 20 as well. He uses the sign of Jhebbal Sag (spell use!?!) to ward off animals in Beyond the Black River, he arguably has Primeval Awareness (he usually "senses" supernatural presences before spotting them), both Colossus Slayer and Horde Breaker...

Well, the only way he's getting that +4 Str/Con is if he's Barbarian 20, with no levels of fighter or rogue at all. And that's just not consistent with the character as described in the books. He has extensive organized military training and has been employed as a soldier, captain and general in...

I like giving Conan a few levels of rogue (no more than 3!) simply for the class abilities. His athletic ability is beyond extraordinary, particularly in the area of climbing. His scaling of the Elephant Tower is matched only by Taurus of Nemedia, who is called a Prince of Thieves. He scales...

I'd go fewer levels of barbarian and thief, and more of fighter. R E Howard published 18 Conan stories in his lifetime, with 3 more published after his death, and another 4 stories in fragmentary form only. The chronology of the stories is a topic of some dispute (in other words, it's not clear...

My initial thought is: "Why?" If you want to trim alignments, then just trim them all. Make it an alignment-less system. People (and gods) have complex motivations, which can't be easily pigeon-holed into good or evil. You're fundamentally proposing four alignments: Good, Evil, Lawful...

For a start, I'd give the gargoyle a breath weapon! The thing that we normally associate with D&D gargoyles (a demonic statue on a rooftop) is actually called a "grotesque" in the real world; a fanciful statue. The word gargoyle comes from the French word for "throat", because the definition of...