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If they were all turned to stone by a Medusa, the easiest “fix” would be for some powerful third party to mysteriously come fix that...in return for the party promising to do something for him once all this business on Chult is done. TPK solved *and* next campaign determined!

Since I play in Dragonlance, I don’t see where this will come into play for that world (except perhaps in some odd individual case) without Corellon, but I do like some of the ideas that folks have spitballed here. In terms of elvish language, I think that it would work similar to Finnish or...

That’s the exciting part in my eyes, seeing a proper megadungeon (with the tools for a DM to populate and respawn it) instead of another one-and-done, alongside a similar toolkit on running urban-based campaigns. As someone who tends to play in sort of “megacampaigns” where multiple groups under...

If so, it makes for the easiest answer of how to integrate new characters into the campaign as time goes on. “You all meet up in a tavern...”

Having multiple ACs is still simply a matter of knowing which target number to roll against in that case — it’s not a matter of rolling contested checks to parry or consulting multiple tables like other systems use. I personally prefer limiting the number of ACs that a character has, but having...

The simplicity of AC is part of the beauty of D&D. At the time that the game was taking off, other nascent RPGs all seemed to have complex tables and series of rolls upon rolls for contested hits. Meanwhile, D&D assigned classes for types of defense that covered different sorts of protection...

*whistles* <i>Begging the question! Five yard penalty!</i> Who’s to say that both are available in a given case? Often only partial cover of some sort is available — imagine a fight in lightly wooded areas where ducking behind bushes and trees doesn’t necessarily hide one’s position but makes...

My guess is that, given how it would define the city and set up connections for the characters, allowing for replayability is largely a matter of letting the campaign remain based out of Waterdeep afterwards, whether playing whichever Undermountain adventure we all expect to see announced next...

Being armed already contributes to defenses: it makes you less likely to be targeted (especially for melee attacks) compared to those without armed capabilities. That’s why the original Armor Class system in the naval war games* that Gygax and others played didn’t include weaponry in that...

So, my homebrew system of replacing d20 rolls with consulting entrails for signs from the gods means that the feat is likely out the window?

No, in the beginning was the fighting man, doing 1d6 damage (regardless of weapon). Differences in weapon damage and bonuses to damage from strength came in later supplements. If you’re going to have a pretense of authority, do your research.

It makes me sad to see how many of you are talking about “the pirate in bondage gear”...the dude is dressed like Zed from Zardoz! It’s a classic Sean Connery character and film, folks, practically ripped from Appendix N!

I’ve held Prestidigitation to be the greatest spell in the game for thirty years and don’t expect to ever change my mind* — my mages have always been clean and well-tailored whilst traipsing through the dungeons besides their filthy blood-soaked adventuring companions... (* although I do love...

A thought that I had while reading this thread is how the mitigation of the penalty on these feats has such an opportunity cost both the character him/herself and for the party overall. Yes, the choice of a given maneuver or fighting style can reduce that penalty, but that also means not taking...

The other option, given the tight connection the Eladrin have to the Feywild to define their extra elvishness, is to simply rule that a child of an eladrin and a human is a standard half-elf; their human blood obviates the extra planar “gift” and treats the child’s elvish blood as material...

D&D is not a soliloquy. You can design the most fascinating build or interesting backstory, but the emergence of a character is in the interaction of the player and PC with the other players and DM and their characters/NPCs. Just as how we perceive ourselves is not the same as how others...

To a certain degree, there’s a difference between psionic powers and a full psychic (or mystic) class. In recent editions, attack and defense modes have been sadly subsumed into standard powers rather than being their own set of abilities (however oddly designed), but there’s design space for a...

Sounds fun. What you’re looking at is a mixture of specializations instead of broader generalizations. Consider the various uses that a given attribute has versus the specific uses that a feat’s new ability (even with its better bonus) has. It’s definitely doable, but you might want to work in...

I don’t see a problem with that. Firstly, the mind-affecting nature of bardic magic (distinct from other casters) touches upon the psionic. Secondly, any psionic spell taken means a cost of another spell from a different list not taken (so there’s not a power difference, just more variety in...