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It should be noted though, that while much of what solidified some of the stuff for Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs was Tolkien, all of his versions of them were not 100% his creation, but come from much various versions of Nordic and Germanic folklore. While great to encourage diversity in settings so...

Honestly? I welcome it. Damned elves have had their fun in the spotlight long enough. Jokes aside though, I don't forsee this honestly being a huge game breaking concern. At our table we are about as cavalier with allowing alternate racials as one could be already and we have yet to see any one...

Yeah, I like the subclass conceptually, but can tell you that if it isn't a typo (like control warmer), they VERY first houserule I apply to that subclass is making those d3's a d4. The second (assuming there isn't a tweaked wild magic chart already) is to apply my houserule of wild magic I...

I like a lot of the changes suggested here. I'll probably nap the ones for Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster as while I don't think that they are weak, adding the option to pick two spell schools would open up more options for character diversity and be a good thing. For myself, the changes...

Exactly this. I feel a lot of the people who tend to have the "gardening" approach to storytelling (those who create characters and books and only care what emerges from the players) seem to sometimes have a fundamental misunderstanding about the benefits of "planned" storytelling approach. Yes...

Personally I have seen multiple pact of the blade warlocks, both as hexblade and celestial patron (don't underestimate a "dex pally" warlock blade build as a celestial patron). I do agree that they are slightly less survivable but I would hardly claim they aren't at least decent. As said...

Your previous post said otherwise.

Frankly speaking? The short answer is that it's not for any melee focused cleric build. A wisdom of 16 is highly gettable by 20th level no matter what you start with and is perfectly passable for most situations. You just have to rely on choosing spells that minimize the need for wisdom and...

My thoughts on the trickery Domain are similar, hence why for my games I've house ruled in the past to switch Invoke Duplicity to be an at will ability as a bonus action and make the Stealth Buff the channel Divinity. Given that it uses the concentration slot it's not as game breaking as it...

That you chose to call them fire, water, and wind stances and not use the traditional animal based stances (crane, tiger, dragon, etc.) of martial arts is a bit of a pet peeve of mine 😅, but overall I like the idea of this a lot. I do post the same comment here as I did in the other thread, I...

So I like a lot of the changes suggested and will likely consider implementing them in some form as options in my games. My only comments are the following: 1) I don't like the change to Unarmored defense for two reasons. First, it completely eliminates the possibility of a high wisdom with...

I also suggest rogue, either swashbuckler or mastermind (assuming he is taught how the help action works this is a HELL of a good support class for something simple). Another option if he's wanting to play caster is actually bard of valor or ranger. Just have him pick spells that are focused on...

I say what I always say in the discussion regarding Sharpshooter. My house rules are to a) make the Range Fighting style change to "ignores half cover and treats three-quarters cover as half cover" and b) make any sharpshooter pick ONE of the bullet options with each arrow/bolt they fire. It...

I have long ago described the different tiers of play as such to my players: Tier 1 (1-4th level): Game of Thrones or any other fantasy one would describe as "gritty" The characters are suicidal if they try to fight a high level fantastical threat without major help (usually in the form of...

Personally in my games I just have either Elemental Adept add treating immunity as resistance if taken as a feat, or if I have such a strong elemental themed character I just consider giving them a magic item that let's then treat immunity as resistance and by spending charges on the item (like...

Objectively I feel the alternative class variants already linked previously do largely address the concerns of the base class. In regards to beastmaster, it is less an issue of the pet's damage and action economy being complicated and more an two different issues of preference and performance...

To address your point directly: I actually question how many designers there are left that the Greyhawk fans would actually trust that WoTC could actually hire. I hate to keep calling out the passage of time but I don't imagine that is a large pool to draw from, particularly from a business...

Well, for starters, you need to have them figure out that unfortunately a growing number of them frankly just a) simply do not care about Gary Gygax or b) his style of games. My players LOATHE dungeon crawls and have outright told me that they never want to run one without an actual reason for...

To be perfectly frank, the first thing I'd do if I wanted to make dnd 5e "crunchier" and ensure that a) meaningful choice happens every level and b) multiclassing is not just 100% more optimal is to remove classes period. Give each character a set package of "perks" (call them whatever you want)...

Ankheg 21 Behir 24 Bulette 11 +1 = 12 - Lard sharks are apparently now an endangered species. Got to do my part. Carrion Crawler 19 Catoblepas 18 Displacer Beast 20 Froghemoth 20 - 2 = 18 - Never understood why people like this monster.