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Kinematics updated Level Up character sheet with a new update entry: Knack labels Read the rest of this update entry...

Added a label describing the various knack names, to make it easier to understand what belongs in that block. Made fields for hit dice auto-resize the text.

Got mine today too. :) Got the email notice this morning at like 7 AM, but the fedex tracking wasn't valid yet, so just figured they'd show up sometime this week. And then a box shows up about an hour ago, and it took a minute to figure out what it might be. Heavy box. Books! Woot!

I'd go for a 10 minute short rest rather than 5 minutes, because of the way the time interacts with other mechanics. In particular: 1) What you can do during a short rest. EG: Casting a ritual spell (takes 10 minutes) or certain other spells such as Prayer of Healing (10 minute cast time)...

Of course he was also comparing to a baseline fighter, not a baseline monk, so it's not clear how well this monk does compared to a standard monk. Given that you're already choosing to play monk, basing all his conclusions on, "If you played a fighter..." feels really disingenuous.

This doesn't seem to be in conflict. If drawing a weapon can be done as part of an attack, doing so doesn't require the use of the free action on your turn, so you can use that free action for something else. Drawing a weapon involves taking the weapon from a prepared location (typically a...

I think the first A5e is supposed to be O5e? a5e -> A5e a5e -> A5e a5e -> A5e a5e -> A5e

The max CR listed on the chart appears to be the "50% higher than the character level" rating from the section titled "Maximum Monster CR" on page 42. Also, I misread. It's not that "50% higher" is the impossible matchup; it's greater than "50% higher". So for level 4 characters, CR 6 is the...

At surface, it seems correct. However the note about Maximum Monster CR on page 42 of T&T indicates that because the highest monster's CR (6) is 50% higher than the average character level (4), it should be considered an "impossible matchup". Edit: Also, from your description, the main wolf...

Given the rules for customizing armaments (p321), I'd create a heavy scimitar (heavy relative to the base scimitar, not the "heavy" property). Take the scimitar base, but increase its size. Because of that, it loses its dual-wielding property, but instead gains a versatile property. That gives...

Yeah, the words you're saying do not match the math you're showing. This is clearly designed for extremely low stats, and calling even the highest point buy "extremely powerful" is very disingenuous. Of course, even the justifications you give for lowering attribute values don't make sense...

Chain shirt (PHB) has always been medium armor in 5E. Full-body chain mail (renamed hauberk in LU, I believe) is heavy armor. I don't know what either of those were classified as in editions prior to 5E, so I don't know if they 'changed'.

Law to me is the idea that mankind is responsible for itself, and that "rule of law" matters. The gods have removed themselves from the material plane so that the mortal races can rule themselves, and forge their own destiny. Law is mankind as a whole trying to shape its own future. There may...

So, there's a problem in the premise of the thread. The thread OP presents the problem in an abstract manner: an arbitrary BBEG vs an arbitrary party. People then consider issues such as typical defenses against scrying (eg: non-detection), and expect that those would come into play in such a...

You mean GPG? (thread title)

The first thought I had on how I'd construct the mechanics is a little jumbled, but here goes... You start with 2 power usage points. These act similar to O5E's druid's Wildshape, or a combat maneuver stance, but use concentration (so also similar to Hunter's Mark). You can use 1 point to...

Hmm. Last 3 D&D sessions were one long fight with a dragon. To be fair, this is based on an adventure module, which will have a strong influence on how much of the adventure is about combat. Plus, we're coming up on the end of the module, which means we're running into a lot of big fights to...

Hmm. This makes me think of legendary abilities, where the creature gets an ability back on some value of a d6 roll (eg: 4-6). Using that idea, if you used a short rest ability, then at the end of the encounter you can roll a d6 to see if you get it back and are able to use it in the next...

So is that why the Drow went underground? The strategic advantage against flying enemies when they were fighting wars with other elves, who probably had entire corps of flying magicians? Caveat: I actually don't remember what the historical rationale for Drow living underground was, other than...

The first book I ever owned was AD&D 2E. I played a bit of an Al Qadim campaign, which was pretty much all the D&D I played pre-2015. The first version of the game that I actively liked (as a game system; I did like the Al Qadim setting) was 5E.