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An alternative you could consider, if you are genuinely worried about lack of healing, is a Celestial patron warlock with pact of the blade. It may not be as optimal as a hexblade warlock, or eldritch blast spammer, but combined with green flame blade, it has got loads of flavor, the ability to...

It's sort of already been said about the pros and cons. For myself I tend to save riddles strictly for providing hints or extra information about other challenges, rather than making the riddle itself the challenge. I means that solving the riddle remains useful, but does not bring the game to a...

And I would argue from your spell selection that you have just rolled a FIRE sorcerer. See my previous post about how there are two sorcerer specs that are leaps and bounds more effective than any other. Show me how to roll a blaster build that is just as effective focused around the element of...

The Evocationist wizard begs to differ, albeit I'll concede we are mostly talking about higher levels that most tables never reach and while I'd never suggest that someone playing a wizard to blast is "doing it wrong", the class offers so much more in terms of utility and battlefield support...

I fully agree and any DM worth playing with will be open to allowing either a metamagic that changes the element, a player to pick any spell element (aka chromatic orb) for any evocation spell as a flat change, or learn alternative damage element versions of spells. This doesn't help with...

The problem is comes from several issues: First, sorcerers are presented as being masters at manipulating raw magic through metamagic that no others are supposed to be able to do yet the metamagic options are limited as the sorcerer does not get enough to not just pick the couple that are the...

Tweak it to the following: d20 - attack d12 greataxe d10 superiority die from battlemaster fighter of the required level d8 - from green flame blade cantrip (gain through a racial or spell initiate: warlock feat) d6 gain from hex (using the same feat d4 gain from either being enlarged, or...

This certainly true. The Knight Orders are basically Jedi and Sith, and the Gods (whom they serve for much of the setting) could basically be compared to the Force. They are basically handled in universe the same and I often use star wars as a good comparison to if for my players. Of course this...

As pointed out, most of the "we blew up the world" moments in Dragonlance were designed to be a meta way of updating the setting to shifting rules/editions: sorcerers, bards, etc. being added to the world via chaotic magic as an example. It should also be noted that several other settings...

The main problem with the beastmaster has always been two things that both stem from how the health of the pet is calculated. First, certain pets are just outright mechanically better options because the base monsters cr considers how much health they have while the ranger's pet does not, so...

I took a look at the subclasses listed. I find nothing that seems too powerful or weak from a cursory glance. The only real minor thing I could see offhand is the runechild sorcerer makes no mention of how long "charged runes" remain active (one would assume until the sorcerer long rests), so I...

As suggested, the cold weather gear does not negate magically cold fog. Advantage on saving throws against it may be appropriate though. Likewise, the crampons would only really give advantage on strength and dex saves vs slipping and falling from sudden movement from stuff like being shoved...

Honestly? I'd just use the aasimaar racials from volos guide or if not them then the dm's guide version. If you want eradar, just use tieflings. It's far less work for frankly very little gain. Lorewise the Draenai and Eradar are basically just the wow equivalent to Aasimaar and Tieflings...

Another suggestion that may or not be useful. The early episodes of Dice, Camera, Action have the party starting out in Curse of Strahd. For those not familiar, it is DM'd by Chris Perkins, one of the designers for Wizards. He chose to make a few tweaks fo the book himself to help integrate the...

To each their own. For our game the Abbot was an absolutely indespensbile character and was nearly as important to the story as Strahd himself. He made it clear that the only two ways this could end happy for the souls lost to Barovia was either a) Strahd gets Ireena and basically beats the...

I've spoken on this subject at length in other threads, though to elaborate on what toucanbuzz has said, a other factor to consider is that Strahd is NOT the true master of Barovia, the dark powers are. They will not let him die or leave willingly. Even *if* he is slain, Strahd will eventually...

So, for my version of Curse of Strahd, I had similar ways of working in the characters. The Paladin who started as an Oathbreaker and ended up by the end an Oath of the Ancients (I'll get into it in a minute) I implied over the game was the reincarnation of Sergei and had a backstory tailored to...

Were I to roll Loki, I envision him as a Fey patron warlock with pact of the blade and possibly a couple levels in rogue. Trickery cleric works as well, but sorcerer or warlock seem to fit him far better as he is very clearly more a charisma character than an intelligence or wisdom one.

In previous editions, Wizards who specializes in Evocation or Conjuration could be any of the three colors. Black robes were Necromancy and Enchantment, Red robes were Illusion and Transmutation, and White robes were Divination or Abjuration. There may have been restrictions on those who wished...

While I'm on the fence about Magic Initiate, I do like the idea of a magical familar. That said, were I rolling this character I'd probably take Mending, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, or Vicious Mockery as cantrip options over what you listed. The first would be amazing for fixing/moving objects...