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The simplest definition of compacted soil vs loose soil is "a shovel doesn't work". Do you need a metal implement to break the soil before you can move it with a shovel? Spell fails. Does a shovel actually dig into the ground in when you step on the shovel? Spell works. If Mold Earth...

I think cantrips would be impactful on battles, just not damaging ones. Low level casters do essentially the same damage using a crossbow as a cantrip. Thats not materially impactful. Now...what if they could interfere with enemy formations? Mold Earth can make a 5ft cubic hole with a 5ft...

Another winning strategy is shooting the enemy when they can't shoot back. Given the short range of the spells, an archer-based army would stay back and focus on killing all the pack animals. Much easier targets at range and can kill an army even more efficiently from an ammunition stand...

That is a very situation-dependent comparison. How often does an archer run out of arrows? If never, unlimited is irrelevant. How often is a caster unable to use spells because the target is greater than 120ft away? If never, range is irrelevant. The answer to both is almost certainly...

I feel it failed twice. #1 Most books shouldn't need a "how to use this book" guide #2 it needs a "how to use" section but doesn't have it.

If you have a 5th level caster, why not think a bit outside the box. You could set a pursuing enemy's sails on fire....or leave troops submerged beneath the waves with hand drills. Waterbreathing is a 3rd level ritual that affects 10 people and lasts 24 hours. And Mending doesn't work if...

While no person was on guard, I bet you have construct servants. Smoke alarms to warn you if the house catches fire. A thermostat to make sure you don't freeze to death. Possibly even a security system. It's good having Artificers around.

Shape Water cantrip can be very effective in winter campaigns, clearing snow & ice from roads, building igloos and ice houses, removing ice from firewood, creating ice-bridges over streams, etc Mold Earth cantrip can dig ditches, make berms, and repair roads. Create Bonfire cantrip produces a...

Always post a guard. If everyone sleeps, everyone dies.

Fiest you need to define the kind of winter the territory experiences. The war you can wage will vary. Is this kind of winter where the mountain passes are closed because it snows every day, until the snow is 15ft deep. cold wind freezes every river solid but rarely brings precipitation...

the mending cantrip can repair a lot of broken arrows.

The magical weapons that supply their own ammo tend to make it fall by the wayside. That or the storage item. Or a mule. 10lbs gives you 100 arrows+quivers. Skip the individual quivers to buy a large leather drum and it's closer to 150. If you have horses, every saddle carrying a quiver of...

In the 1990s we rarely did did, unless it was explicitly the pitch (Let's play the old Desert of Desolation series), something highly atypical (who wants to go to Athas or Ravenloft?) Or if you had other GMs in the game who might have it/buy it. These days you need to so players can avoid...

Anecdotal but my lived experience differs. I have to believe that for every Master box sold that at least 4 people played at 26+. There were two recessions in the 80s plus an almost-recession; we spent the money on the black box, we were by gosh going to play it! Back in the days where I...

To summarize in 5e equivalents, the following could be applied to the caster of a spell, the recipient of a spell, or both: damage, that heals normally long-term damage (reducing max hit points) that can't be healed for days weeks, months, years, or never (similar to homunculus) Use of recovery...

Look at Earthdawn. It has multiple mechanics for affecting the "cost" of a spell. It is a whole system tat attempts to take the tropes of 1e d&d and make them "in-game canon". It is also chock full of magical technology. Light crystals, flying ships, pots that get hot on command, cloaks that...

Oh, they absolutely could in earlier editions. BUT....they wouldn't. The opportunity cost of "wasted" spells was brutal, almost paralyzing. 1e casters had way more leveled spells than 5e characters and they were, relatively speaking, far more powerful because hit point inflation didn't exist...

Could be as simple as donkeys/mules pulling carts. Lots of street car systems were drawn by horses at different point. If you go the chain/cable drive system, there are several options. You could have horse or ox-pulled capstans power the system. Alternately, you could use some kind of...

If you want to explore what kinds of multiclassing you do/dont like, the multiclassing happened at various points for different reasons. The monk added rogue at 2nd level after "the locked door incident." I wasn't there but I understand a house was burned down. The warlock and fighter both...

The monk 18/rogue1/druid-magic initiate usually has guidance up the 1st round of combat The warlock14/bard5 probably uses a cantrip every other round of combat. The cleric14/paladin3 uses Toll the Dead probably every 3rd round of combat The paladin 18/warlock1 forgets he has cantrips, so maybe 1...