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RAI: the claws are not meant to be a main weapon. Tabaxi are not big cats; they are humanoids with some feline features. What's the non-monk unarmed strike in the PHB? 1 bludgeoning damage (p. 149). 1d4 slashing damage is a nice, flavorful bump, and that's all it should be imho. The same...

@Sword of Spirit. This is an excellent explanation of aspects of the sorcerer class that concern you. I am especially impressed that you did not include any solutions that presume to fix any problem, instead leaving the discussion far more open than otherwise. (Would that I demonstrated such...

Love it!

Points to clarify: 1. I assume this invocation becomes available at 5th level; true? 2a. Is this invocation progressive, in that as the warlock gains levels, he/she can choose any prerequisite-appropriate spell from the list? 2b. Or must the warlock choose 1 specific spell from the list when...

I like the idea of variation among groups of rangers. Kind of like edition-preferences among D&D fans, eh?

Had to look it up ... but, yup, giant octopus, CR 1. There it is. Takes 8 levels of druid to get there, so I'm going to have to recalibrate my ASI/class suggestions. LOL Even better: I was playing in a 4e adventure when the DM decided to introduce us to the decapus - a ten-tentacled arboreal...

Another consideration is the ASI, since it is tied to class level, not to character level. Seven levels of monk nets only the one ASI at 4th level. Adding 12 levels of rogue would give you ASI options at rogue levels 4, 8, 10, and 12, for the typical 5 ASI that most classes end with at level...

mellored - Very nice, concise assessment.

Looking over the earlier kobold offering from this thread and this newer version, I like what I'm seeing. The wide variety offered by the 5 Draconic Gifts and 12 Kobold Mutations are delightful - I can imagine that if Tucker's Kobolds had this much variety, that we might never have heard of...

I think it comes from the development of the ranger class in early editions of the game. The Vancian mechanic of needing spell components was built in to ranger spell casting. What follows is my brainstorming on possible reasons. Some things to consider: 1) Where most other spell casters have...

I'm glad you found it. Although I've got a copy of it, I couldn't find where I'd originally come across it.

I just noticed your mention of color-based magic. Recently, I read one of Brandon Sanderson's recent novels about a world in which magic is also color-based. It's a pretty good tale; perhaps you've already read it. If not, the unfolding explanations of how color is incorporated into magic and...

Good suggestions. Maybe incorporating a variant Magic Initiate feat into the Cantor's 3rd-level features, with the feature taking a 1st-level spell granted by the favored Domain, but not getting the Domain itself. The two cantrips and the spell would then count as bard spells, so Charisma would...

I came across this thread after this: Last edited by Hathorym; Yesterday at 06:37 PM. This is wonderful. Having just seen the Dr. Strange movie, it seems you have shared this with us at a fortuitous time. I really like this. The ki cost mechanic is well structured. I...

Yes, regarding new class/archetype options. From what I've seen, the one class that has seen the fewest proposed 3rd-party/homebrew options is the paladin. Maybe that's because the paladin as described in the PHB meets expectations of what the class should be better than the other classes do?

Delightful assessment! Replace the poison condition with imposing disadvantage on saving throws until the end of the target's next turn, essentially and momentarily "poisoning" the target's self-confidence. It seems to me that would better suit the theme of the college. Make the scaled...

Intriguing concept, and worth developing further.

When my first copy of the 5e PHB started falling apart (I did eventually buy a later printing), I decided to put the time into separating all the pages and putting them into a 3-ring binder. It may not be a solution for others, but it works for me. I keep the binder beside my home computer for...

http://www.sageadvice.eu/2016/01/07/madness-at-gardmore-abbey-5e-conversion/ I had to Google to find where I'd run across it, but this link will bring up the article and the link to the adventure is found within that. I was mistaken about it's being a DMs Guild offering.

There's a "Madness at Gardmore Abbey - a fan-made conversion for D&D 5E" - available from the DMs Guild. The last 10 pages are conversions of monsters and NPCs. The copy I downloaded shows a "Last Updated May 30, 2015", so there may be a more recent update on it. That's the only one I know of...