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I like the concept and flavor of warlock. I think pact magic is a bad and intuitive mechanic. I was so elated when they were finally going to make them half-casters and remove all the cheese that comes with pact slots. Anyway, the important thing is that psion hopefully doesn't suffer the fate...

Mechanically distinct and narratively distinct are two separate things

Don't want to derail the thread. Suffice to say I find it the catalyst for every broken combo involving spells starts with pact magic.

Yup, nope. Because I can make that exact argument for barbarians, rangers, paladins, druids, bards, sorcerers, and warlocks. I like my classes distinct, thank you.

I understand. I'm still dedicated to the destruction of Pact Magic. It's bad enough it avoided the axe in 2024, I will make damn sure its cancer doesn't spread to other classes.

So I decided to look back at Ego Whip throughout the years. In AD&D, it was a psionic attack mode. The 1e PHB gives it a cost and range but doesn't list an effect. Presumably, there is more info the DMG but I don't have access to it at the moment. 2e's Complete Psionics Handbook uses the...

2e Psionicist could cast disintegrate at 6th level. This feels a lot more like 3.5 psion.

Ironically, I'm starting to think this might be a Forge of the Artificer type book due to all the new and reprinted spells, plus feats, backgrounds, magic items, etc. I would not be surprised if it's released alongside Dark Sun, but I think it will be released separately and the Dark Sun book...

I'm happy to see psion survived the negative Nancys who couldn't stand it was a.) psionics and or b.) using spellcasting. We're into the fine tuning and I'm liking what I'm seeing. It's not perfect, but I'm excited to try one soon.

Conceptually, they are not the same for a couple of important reasons. First, ranged combat is significantly more advantageous than melee due to cover, distance, etc. it's balanced by limited uses. Melee is more dangerous (being up close with foe) but had "unlimited" uses of your sword. A system...

Lord of the Rings is D&D. https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/all-rulebooks-1/DB0000154

That's what he's saying. Of course, grabbing a glaive would potentially give you polearm master, great weapon master, slasher, great weapon fighting and graze mastery in addition to heavy and reach.

Unclear. Its implied the Carnival domain itself travels across the other domains and even ignores closed domain borders. It was implied it can show up in other places as well and trap people into Ravenloft, but it doesn't outright say it.

Let's look at this from the other side of the game. Imagine if as a spellcaster, you get to pick your cantrips, but every leveled spell you get is randomly determined per day. Not in the old "magic user randomly generated their spellbook" style, but more a "here is a deck with all the first...

I see you are a fan of the "flurry of misses" style monk that made them such a beloved class in 3e...

The Witchlight Carnival can travel to anywhere in theory, but they avoid Ravenloft specifically since that's where the OTHER carnival operates primarily (though it also seems to travel the multiverse) and if the two carnivals ever meet again, they have to switch owners (something both carnivals...

I mean, using a turnip with a coal in it is the earliest way to make a jack-o'-lantern, but I wouldn't call it "more traditional" than the pumpkin version...

Please don't introduce a body injury system into D&D. I've never seen a system where death, dismemberment or permanent injury isn't always hurting players far more than it ever makes things fun.

The problem is these two elements cancel each other out. I have my golf bag full with my dragon slaying sword, giant slaying axe, and undead slaying mace that I save ONLY for those types of fights due to the chance of breakage. Then I get fireballed by a wizard, roll poorly and lose them all...

A fine balance to be sure. There is a lot of antagonism towards the idea of high magic/bountiful magic items in D&D (the Monty Haul scenario) which is hilarious since one of the hallmarks of D&D is be up to your eyeballs in +1 swords. You'd have to create an expectation that while you won't be...