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Your reason why had me wondering for a moment if it would be possible to have all the players re-do their stats at every game.

Intriguing. This is a variant I have not heard of before.

My warped mind has already cross-bred these with Star Trek's tribbles. They're born pregnant ... and hungry.

Point buy, in order to promote balance between PCs in the group. My experience with dice-rolling ability scores has been that, while a player might want to re-roll the attributes if the first results were very lousy, I've never known a player who wanted to re-roll results that are up in the...

This is a workable alternative. The character I developed to get a better idea of the class started to become unwieldy in the 2nd tier; it already had too many options. It seems to me that steeldragons' scaled-down, prestige-class suggestion captures the essence of what bedir than was seeking...

The side bar itself is an ooze, and randomly moves around the book.

Yes, for starting ability scores. On the test PC I'm developing, I used the 27-point purchase method for ability scores. It's the variant human build, and the breakdown of costs/scores led to 5/13 on three abilities (Str/Con/Wis) and 4/12 on the remaining abilities. Str and Wis got the extra...

You didn't ask for fluff, but I'm providing some anyway since I prep all my character sheets with what I label as "(Class) Culture". Uncommoner Culture Pragmatic, Stoic, and Stubborn. Often described as the salt-of-the-earth, an uncommoner regards whining as a waste of time. If one runs into...

I second the motion to limit the starting maximum ability scores to 14 at the highest. The level progression includes 7 ASIs, which is equal to the ASIs for the Fighter class; that's more than sufficient to bring an Uncommoner PC up to snuff with the rest of the party. Otherwise, I'm really...

None of the 20 listed categories (PHB p132) fits what you're describing. I would recommend cobbling together a mix of Guild Artisan and Sage for the PC's background.

Double-posted, therefore deleted.

It seems to me that a physician's Sneak Attack ability would be informed by a knowledge of anatomy and, from proficiency with the herbalism kit, various toxins. A related question: in the physician's game-world culture, is there the equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath? Regarding the relation of...

Mostly, I like it, but I feel that for purposes of balance, some of the features are a little over-powered. 1. Bone Setting. I would limit the re-roll to just on an original roll of 1, keeping the proviso that if the result of the re-roll is also a 1, it must be kept. 2. Alchemy. The spell...

Oh, the image this post inspired: The warlock: Charlie Brown (Peanuts) with Thing-like skin (Fantastic Four), with an earth mephit/imp reminiscent of Pigpen (Peanuts again). Aside from that image, I really like your character concept and background.

Another consideration would be transportation of heavy and Large or larger objects, so hiring workers with Animal Handling and Vehicles (Land) might be necessary.

My thinking when I replied was based on the PHB entry for Drow Magic (p24; mind you, this was not the updated 2nd printing) which doesn't mention that limitation. I failed to check the SA Compendium (v1.03) which confirms your clarification, so I stand corrected: "Can you cast darkness with a...

Yes, you're reading it right, but bear in mind that Darkness can be cast with a higher spell-slot level, too. It's a spell-casting version of an arms race.

The Darkness spell states that it "If any of this spell’s area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled." Faerie Fire is a 1st-level spell, so yes, it is dispelled.

Your situation fascinates me. I went down the spell lists and pulled out all the sorcerer spells that have no material components to see what you have to work with. Sorcerer spells w/o material components: Cantrips: Acid Splash, Blade Ward, Chill Touch, Fire Bolt, Mage Hand, Poison Spray...

I have a multi-classing player whose PC started with 2 levels of rogue, then gained the next 2 levels as a monk, having been imprisoned for an extended period. Her reasoning, which I accepted, was that during the years behind bars, the PC had to learn how to protect herself without weapons...