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I'm currently running a short series play testing rules to set D&D 5e in a cyberpunk + biopunk setting called Gene Funk 2090. I've only run 1 session of it so far but it's been fun to explore the character options. I'm most excited for the much expanded equipment options. Between cybernetic and...

Changing the damage type to necrotic is fine if you as the DM know that the game will heavily feature monsters that are flat out immune to poison damage. Having two damage types might be confusing as it's not really a thing in the game so personally I'd just port it over fully to necrotic. Some...

You forgot about working with the DM to determine the nature of your pact and how active the entity you made a pact with will be in your life. But to be fair questions 1,2,3, 4, and 7 are questions players of any class will want clarified.

I totally forgot about the races in MToF! The only thing I can think of that even comes close to pushing boundaries is the Githyanki which gets free proficiency with greatswords and afaik it's the only race to grant proficiency with a two handed weapon. But that's very much a stretch and I don't...

The only releases since Xanathar's that have player options would be the Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron and the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica. I haven't looked through Wayfinder's but I can speak for Guildmaster's. While the class options are presented in the context of Ravnica the subclasses and...

Sunless Citadel is a pretty straight forward set up. But I also like that it leaves the group choices on how to handle the situation with the kobolds and the goblins. There is opportunity for diplomacy with the kobolds or they can just fight through it all. It's always nice to allow new players...

The math may be as simple but it is less intuitive as a mental model. Larger numbers usually means more of something. So having lower AC represent having more armour is counter intuitive. It also creates confusion when these models are inconsistent across mechanics. "You mean I want my strength...

Keith Baker posted to his website an article that had this as one of the sections addressing concerns people had about the artificer. That was back when the previous iteration came out in March, but since this version is basically just an iteration on that one it still applies...

The next stretch goal on the Kickstarter is for Roll20 character sheets, as well as tokens. I'm hoping it gets his as I almost exclusively play on Roll20 these days due to distance of the group members. I just upgraded my pledge to get the hard cover last night!

Implementing the sanity score and alien technology identification optional rules from the DMG would be a good start. Have characters make sanity saving throws whenever they encounter something disturbing or something that calls their beliefs into question. The consequences can be something as...

I really like. I'm not a fan of Eberron so I started out pretty indifferent to the Artificer class but the latest version's Battlesmith class has me excited for it. I think a couple tweaks are in order with level 7 being pretty empty and the huge range on the Archivist's invulnerable scout. But...

I now play almost exclusively online on Roll20 so I don't know if this will help anyone's game, but I figured I'll share my experiences anyway on the off chance that they're interesting. In the game I'm in as a player there are two DMs that each do a lot of work to draw out detailed maps and...

My only critique would be that level 7 is strangely empty. No new feature, increase to spellcasting is minor gaining an additional 2nd level slot. You learn an additional infusion, but the number of active infusions remains the same and the level requirement on the better infusions seems to be...

Magic items would be a good way to go about doing this. The Wand of Lightning Bolts was already mentioned but you can really put any spell into a wand or any collection of spells into a staff and then give it an appropriate rarity based on the level of spells. The DMG encourages magic item...

As written I don't think this revised Bless actually would shore up your weak saving throws. You only add your proficiency bonus to saves in which you are proficient. Reassigning your proficiency bonus to be a specific number will only affect rolls in which you add your proficiency bonus. I'm...

Thought provoking article. It's easy to forget when learning about existing factions or when creating your own that it is still made up of individuals that can and often will get into conflict with each other. When the Ravnica book first came out I was glad that it briefly talked about how the...

What you are probably looking for is Player's Handbook Races: Tieflings and Player's Handbook Races: Dragonborn. They each expanded on the lore of the races. They are both on Drive Thru RPG.

Looks like the OP hasn't posted here since November, but I guess it can't hurt to ask. Are you still looking for playtesters? I've been playing nothing but fantasy games for years now and I'd like to try something new. Even if it's only a brief break from my D&D campaign. A game based on 5e...

In the game I currently run when the group was level 4 I pit them against a young, bronze, shadow dragon in an encounter that I had modified to be tough, yet fair and I think I succeeded. The arena was in a demiplane created to store an artifact tainted by demonic power. The dragon was...

I might add a condition that the swarm only gets advantage to attack rolls against creatures of the swarm's size or smaller. I don't see them being as effective against something that they can't effectively surround. Multiattack makes perfect sense and would be a good way to up challenge the...