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Barbarians wield greataxes. The Warlord wields Barbarians.

While Warlord healing is consistent with what Gygax says about hit points in the AD&D DMG, since most of the ways to regain hit points quickly are magical, it's not entirely unfair for there to be a disconnect in people's minds. Also, there are circumstances where hit point loss almost has to...

Don't forget how flavorful Warlord powers were as well. One of my personal favorites came from the ranged Warlord,"Race the Arrow", where you shoot at someone and simultaneously tell an ally to charge the target.

Just a minor quibble. The Warlock was created in 3.5, in Complete Arcane.

In my last session, the players fought an NPC Archmage. They weren't pleased to find that not only did she have Magic Resistance, but was also resistant to spell damage! "How come she gets that?" "Well, she's an Archmage." "Funny, I don't see an option for that in the Wizard class." But it...

I don't think there should be only one class that prioritizes Intelligence, really. What if you don't want to play a spellcaster, let alone a Wizard? Should you get penalized for Int checks because of that? Because it's not like putting a 16 in Int benefits other classes, unless they chose an...

I mean, they kind of do, with all the bonus action attack options martials get. Plus, let's be honest, by the time you're doing 4d10 with firebolt, even CR 13's have 110-230 hit points. So what's 22 fire damage once per round at that point? The Rogue 17 can fire a lousy normal crossbow for 41...

Which at this point, I wonder why there isn't a "conjure arrow" spell. I mean, technically the Conjuration Wizard could do it, but only one at a time, which isn't particularly helpful.

I know it wasn't probably what the poll is asking about, but I'd like to see something like 3.5's Dragon Shaman. It's auras provide support buffs to a party making them a force multiplier like the Warlord, but because their abilities are strictly supernatural, I think they'll go over better...

Even though I never used much of it, I did enjoy The Ruins of Undermountain, it was great to read, even if running a megadungeon is a lot more work than I was ready for.

Look different groups have different tastes when it comes to gaming. It just so happens that there are more people who want to play Risk than The Campaign for North Africa. That's not an indictment or even saying one approach is "superior". If games streamline concepts like carrying capacity...

In fact, firearms in The Realms came from two sources- Gond gave the Lantanese smoke powder and the arquebus, and later, a Spelljammer visited Waterdeep to sell some wheellock pistols!

Oh man, how did I forget Forgotten Realms Adventures! I love that book!

I think this comes down to, if you make rules to have something randomly occur, you don't want them to be either so rare as to be never seen nor so minor that it seems like a waste of time. I once made fumble rules that had fairly minor effects, for example, and pretty quickly I realized the...

Of course most of those were never on the DMG treasure table, and you'd need the entire EM to even think about using it to randomly generate treasure. Like, don't get me wrong, I know full well that you shouldn't really randomly roll treasure- the DM should always be ready to chuck or alter the...

Wizard money making scheme #1 Step 1: be 7th level. Step 2: acquire the spell fabricate. Step 3: acquire (or conjure!) a large amount of raw materials.* Step 4: cast fabricate to convert materials into saleable goods.** Step 5: Profit! *this was easier when you had access to wall of iron...

I've often said this before, but I don't actually believe AD&D spellcasters were all that powerful compared to their modern counterparts. Consider the following: *Spells above 7th level were relegated to Wizards only. *Spells not only could be easily interrupted if you took so much as a point...

I think psionics could very well justify a return to encounter abilities. The powers are things you can just do, without any points or spell slots, but they are mentally and physically taxing enough that you need at least a brief amount of time to utilize them again. These are powers a...

It's kind of like how in 4e, magic thrown weapons instantly return to hand as a matter of course, making a thrown build viable (as opposed to 3e, where you specifically need "returning" slapped on your weapon, and even then, you had to wait until the end of the round, no multiple throws per turn...

Here's another fun quote. Remember kids, 3rd party products are the Devil!