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In a more general sense, I used to be a huge fan of using custom build NPCs with PC classes etc... but it's a lot of work for not that much payout. A lot of my NPCs, even fairly important ones, are just done with templates. They are easier to run and take no effort/prep time to build. Could...

That sounds like a very fun background. I played a fighter with the sage background and the chef feat reskinned as alchemy and it worked quiet well too.

The armorer really benefits from a bit of multiclassing. 3 levels of EK to get the shield spell, fighter damage boosts etc is a decent example, but there are other ways I'm sure (In a game I run the party's armorer is a warforged and they multiclassed into wizard). But single class it does...

I see that this is a reference to the RAW fact that you can give someone else a potion as an action, but you can't with an elixir unless they are unconscious. I wasn't aware of this and it seems... silly. (why on earth would it be different?!?) The solution is simply make it work as a potion...

so there are some combats boosts in there. First, by having 3 cantrips (vs 2), the alchemist doesn't have to decide between attack cantrip, mending and guidance, ensuring that they do have an attack cantrip. Why is mending important? Because of homonculus. Second, said homonculus is a mini...

As mentioned, that would not be a lazy fix would it? Besides, as mentioned, I've already created an alchemist class, I just don't want to do the work to make it work in 5e :P

It's a seminal resource in my opinion. It has a lot of useful "ecology" information, for DMs who like that kind of stuff :)

The dungeon I've enjoyed the most as a DM, by far, is the Gates of Firestorm Peak. But it's not really a megadungeon. "Kilodungeon" is how I like to call it. There are 125 ish rooms, and several "zones" - it's not all the same, there are factions, combat can be vicious but often (not always!)...

Hello The artillerist also doesn't get an extra attack, but it does get a turret. Both the alchemist and the artillerist get a bonus to their spell or cantrip damage at level 5. So an alchemist doing firebolt does 2d10+statbonus, which is better than say a wizard's cantrip (2d10) but not as...

I'm sure this is a very cool class - but it's not a lazy fix is it ;) I was mostly looking for feedback - are my proposed changes "enough but not too much"? (edit: my own efforts, but not for 5e, is here: The GLOG alchemist and The GLOG alchemist: a playtest , based on Alchemists and...

I too find fairness very important as a DM, but ... ultimately I see my power as DM as pretty high. If I honestly and fairly feel that the game "should" work this way, and I think it's important, I will run the game the way I want. In another thread, I just realize my campaign already has 12...

Hello (I know 5.5 is coming, but the artificer won't be updated for a while, so "tweaks" are still relevant :) ) The alchemist is by far the worse artificer subclass. It's underwhelming. I thought it needed 2 things: a) a small power boost b) an improvement to the "potions" power (the...

I recently checked, and my game has 8 house rule already (... 9...) and I don't want to add more. If I had a more "I will run the game exactly like I want attitude, hell yes I would have low light vision. Too many races have dark vision these days!

a dex-build fighter can be reasonably stealthy and is a pretty useful and flexible character to have around. A monk could be a lot of fun too.

a few ideas and notions: 1: this party, at level 1, is green and unimpressive. They are not the people you ask for a delicate mission. Now this sounds like I'm poo-pooing your setting. I'm not! Rather, they have been asked to do something they are (in theory) not qualified for... why? Why...

Last time I checked the fathomless warlock still had a bug (their tentacle "turret"'s damage is wrong)

NO... not at first at least. The 2 campaigns I'm in (one running, one playing) will stick with 5e until they are over. After that, I will re-evaluate.

One thing ice knife has as an AOE over thunderwave or burning hand is range. It still is weak, but there is that.

At the low end of tier 1 it's actually quite good. But the main purpose of AOEs is minion cleerance/softening up. And with 2d6 AOE damage, as soon as those minions start having any kind of substance... Kobolds, goblins, bandits even, sure. But as soon as you hit the CR 1/2 level... it's...

This is a very good point... and it's even worse than this. If you don't upscale, for some spells, the utility is "flat", while others are level dependent. You're level 2 and your using iceknife to hit the goblin chief and his 2 minions? Great! You use shield to deflect a heavy blow from said...