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In the Conan stories by REH you mean? I can't remember any such thing. Or did you mean in any S&S story? I just re-read The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles by Clark Ashton Smith the other day, and it features (minor spoiler alert!) a powder that produces hallucinations causing fear in those...

My position on this is that spellcasters are so good compared to other classes, that you could take out half the spells and class balance is still fine. Especially in a S&S world where there are not other spellcasters and magic-using creatures on every corner. (Let's pretend you are a warlock...

The stuff that comes to mind are the puffballs used by the Black Seers of Yimsha in People of the Black Circle (although this only affects one target per ball) : And the battlefield trick used by Natohk / Thugra Khotan in Black Colossus, which is clearly more of an alchemical thing than a...

This just goes to show that 5E is a pretty good fit for S&S to begin with, which is obviously one of the main reasons I like the system. It's still useful (in a guide to players) to list the things that makes S&S distinct from regular fantasy, even though the rules are left mostly intact...

Exactly. As the title of this thread indicates, this book is about using the D&D fifth edition rules to play games inspired by swords and sorcery fiction. If you don't think 5E is a good choice for S&S, then by all means use a different gaming system (by the way, the World of Xoth has been...

I forgot to add to my first answer, "that is, if the target of the spell decides to go adventuring instead of getting on with the "fertility business"... ;) )

No reason other than there not really being a direct 5E equivalent, and in the interest of simplifying the rules in the spirit of 5E. You could houserule it back in by giving advantage to relevant ability checks?

Thanks! Sure, the book was originally written for 3E/Pathfinder so there may still be some Pathfinder leftovers that need to be excised. That said, none of your comments below seem to indicate any actual violations of 5E rules as such, they seem more to be suggestions as to how you would...

It's okay for the GM to roll using computer tools, but players should roll physical dice. It's an important part of the table experience.

I'm not convinced that the actual druid spell list ( Druid Spells - 5th Edition SRD ) supports this viewpoint. Apart from a few fire-related spells such as flame blade, flaming sphere, etc. (which the GM is free to ban under the general rule against "artillery spells" if he feels they are too...

For those of you who have access to one or more of the Xoth adventure modules (XP1 to XP4), you'll know that they contain a disclaimer under the heading "A word to the wise": I'm going to include the same disclaimer in the Player's Guide as well.

Thanks for all the input on the topic of "races" vs ethnicities, tribes, nations, etc. I've decided to keep the original term in the "Races of Xoth" chapter, as that's a term all D&D players are familiar with, and I trust the mature audience this book is intended for to understand that the term...

It's intended to "cause big swings in combat", that's the purpose of a Battle Cry! :) That said, I'm going to adjust this so that Battle Cry has a range of 30 feet and only applies to each ally's first hit in the round, and Improved Battle Cry increases the range to 60 feet and applies to all...

Interesting perspective, I've never thought of it that way. But what do you do with the Druid then? The way I've implemented it, by using the Bard as a basis for another "social" class, gives one more option for PCs, not one less.

Why do you feel it's overpowered? It gives each ally an automatic crit, if they hit, so that's one extra damage die per creature. It lasts one round. It can be used once per long rest per point of Charisma bonus. The conqueror has MAD (multiple attribute dependency) because Strength...

I see your point, I guess I'm just using "race" out of habit since that term has been used in D&D since forever. That said, there are many definitions of the word "race", such as "a group of persons related by common descent or heredity" and "any people united by common history, language...

I see your point and I'm going to change it to "...are used to..." to make it clear that you must choose a culture. Once again, I see your point and I agree that (early) choice of culture will (should!) focus the character's concept in the player's mind. I'll let this simmer a bit before I do...

Fair enough, I've edited the first post to add the NSFW disclaimer and put the link within a spoiler section.

Thanks! Dark Sun, that's a badass sword and sorcery setting, one of my all-time favorite settings from any publisher. Would love to see an illustrated "Player's Guide to Dark Sun for 5E"... ;-)

Thanks, many people seem to like this solution as it avoids undue focus on the races. Cultures are not intended to be optional, though; see "Summary of Character Creation" on page 8, step 3 (pick your culture). It's placed after step 2 (pick your race) because each race description has notes on...