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"Mwahahahahah! It shambles about once more! It veritably oozes meta-recursion as a years-dead thread on necromancy is reanimated! A triumph!" - faceless necromancer

A PC's "weight class" is a set of numbers on a page compared to another page with a different set of numbers. Erase a number on the second page, the one next to "CR", and replace it with a lower number. Ta-da. We just got a new set of scales. Encounter balancing is always something of an...

When I see if players want to be in a game, I have the basic world events planned for 18-24 months of game sessions. I don't revise those based on party make up. I revise them based on player agency. And honestly, when the NPCs tailor their actions to the party, it is generally NOT to the...

I don't thinks martials are ineffective in 5e but they seem boring at many points. At every level, full casters get 1-2 notable new spells. Martials tend to hit stretches of "just more of the same".

I would rather buff martial more. 5e has significantly fewer spell slots than previous editions. A 3e caster could have 4-6x spell slots of all levels. Yes, they could cast multiple wishes/miracles each day. And a 3e sorcerer had more spells known than a 5e wizard can prepare. Plus a...

Really seems like a job for druids. No metal shields or armor,shillelagh cudgel in hand, and claws/fangs & summons the rest of the time. Except for the fact the druid planted it. You think the wizard is opposed to armor? They need their canned-meat-shield. Druids are more likely to drop...

The occassional zombie outbreak, a goblin horde ot just a thundering herd of charging herbivores are good places for fireball to show its value.

Biweekly for 6-7 hour sessions. (Clarification: the version of "biweekly" that means "once every other week" I assume the "twice a week" form of biweekly is captured by "more than once a week")

It is a +25% hp increase, inline with the troll. That 1hp may seem immaterial but to a low level character it is the difference between a Magic Missile killing kobolds 50% of the time vs 25% of the time. Or a dagger/dart/sling.

Sure. If your barbarian gets lucky that's great. Our fighter failed his save and began beating the wizard like a rug with Action Surge. The Raksasha was hiding behind a minor illusion. When the fighter finally made his save, the Raksasha used minor illusion (no verbal components) to draw...

You know, the Yugoloths could be devils and demons who ceased to be Lawful or Chaotic and their physiology changed to match their new alignments. (Which fits with a fallen angel becoming fiend) Maybe a devil wants to break contracts or a demon wants to actually stick to a plan. Yugoloths...

I like the 2025 Raksasha because it is less powerful than 2014. The 2014 one was game breaking. Let's review: The 2014 Raksasha "can't be affected or detected by spells of 6th level or lower unless it wishes to be. It has advantage on saving throws against all other spells and magical...

For anyone who read the subject line and doesn't know, Yugoloths are the neutral evil fiend. Devil LE, Demon CE, Yugoloth NE. In settings with the demon-devil Blood War, yugoloths are mercenaries, willing to fight for anyone who can meet their price.

The bounded accuracy does mean there is less wiggle room in many situations, making finding the balance quite difficult. In my current game, us PCs are constantly at risk of dying and waxing the bbeg faster than expected. Last fight two characters were bouncing around 25% hp and eating Heal...

I will counter with more common foes A 1e & 2e troll was 33hp (hd6+6), 3e was 68hp (6d8+36) and a 5e troll is 84hp (8d10 + 40). Kobolds in 5e have 5hp (2d6-2) vs 1e 2.5hp (1/2 d8), or 3e 4hp (d8) Hit points inflation is the norm, of not a rule.

I play a Bard, what do you think? Oh, I could have power gamed a 2014 bard but I picked story. Even my "power" choices were story driven Magic initiate...sorcerer/warlock? Of course not. Druid! Fey touched....after GM sends us to Feywild to muck around with a fey court Shadow...

From memory they dropped 2 nukes plus artillery. The "artillery" was when the re-education camp fences blew down and all the guards' weaponry bounced off. Nuke #1 was when a large military force, including aircraft, was destroyed by tornados and other freak weather. Nuke #2 was blowing 4...

Plant Growth, is, oddly, one of the best defenses against terrestrial invaders. Quarter movement means defenders get so many more chances to use ranged weapons. Add caltrops to create blockages. Even when they get to the edge, you only have to fight one rank at a time. Earthdawn has blood...

Yes and no. The walls of Constantinople are super expensive. An earthen berm, moat and a hedge is cheap. Mold Earth can make a surprisingly big moat and berm in a matter of days. Plant a hedge on the exterior face. (Or get someone to cast the Instant effect of Plant Growth). Will it stop an...

That changed last century. Spell Locks were removed from the game in 1998 with SR3. Shall we also say d&d rules are a mess because of ThAC0, Saving Throw vs Wands and Strength percentiles? Those were around until 2000 when 3e d&d came out.