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Some of my favorite classes from 3e were the martial adepts, warriors who learned epic maneuvers allowing them to perform martial feats far beyond what their mundane counterparts were capable of. These martial adepts had a number of options, giving them meaningful tactical choices to make on a...

In 5e, most martial characters hit a plateau quite earlier in their careers. For the most part, they stop gaining new capabilities around level 7. Sure, they get more features, but those features are mostly bigger numbers, more attacks, and the like. A spellcaster on the other hand continues to...

I love the idea of feats. As a player, I want to choose feats over ability score increases. As a GM, I want players to choose feats over ability score increases. I find feats more flavorful and more mechanically interesting than ability score increases. The problem is, certain feats are not...

The 5e Warblade One of my favorite classes from 3e was the Warblade. It was the first time a completely martial warrior was able to accomplish truly heroic martial exploits on the battlefield. It was also the first time a martial warrior was given interesting choices on a round by round basis...

So I noticed that the 5e Warlock has unseen servant as a possible spell known. Since warlock spells recover with a short rest, this means a warlock could have a near permanent unseen servant to do his bidding, both in and out of combat. So, what can you do with everyone's favorite invisible...

So there is a lot of talk about "simple" fighters and how boring they are or aren't, and how they measure up to spellcasters in terms of versatility, variety, and usefullness especially at higher levels. While I personally feel that the fighter is at a good place in terms of pure numerical...

One problem I have long had with D&D is how it handles improvised actions. Actually let me clear tht up. how it doesn't handle improvised actions. There is very little in the way of DM guidelines for improvised actions, which often leads to improvised actions never being all that useful. Since...

Heroes come from all walks of life. Some start as simple farmers destined for greatness, others as wealthy nobles turned vigilantes, while others are the offspring of a mortal and some powerful supernatural entity. Whatever their backstory may be, heroes tend to be exceptional individuals with...

I always felt 4e did at-will magic right. Instead of magic being little more than a reflavored crossbow, at-will spells in 4e often did a variety of interesting things that no weapon user could ever hope to replicate. I feel 5e would be better if the at-will magic was spiced up a little bit. So...

Whenever you are critically hit or whenever you take damage that reduces you below 1 HP, you suffer a wound. You suffer a cumulative -1 penalty to all Constitution rolls and Death rolls for each wound you have. When you complete a long rest, you heal one wound. Options (choose as many or...

Take a moment to imagine a world where both camps who enjoy HP = slowly recovering meat and HP = stamina/fatigue/moral/luck/etc can play the same game and not have any issues with how the game portrays HP. Yeah, that is a lofty goal, but I think we can reach it, or at least get close. So bear...

So I am not really a fan of HD Healing. Something about them just rubs me the wrong way. I want a group of PCs to be capable of multiple combats throughout the day, but I don't think HD healing is the way to do it. So I propose an optional alternative to HD healing. During a rest, you recover...

So I really don't like how AC works in 5e. I don't like that your AC doesn't improve with your combat skill. I don't like that the only way to improve your AC is through spending gold on exotic materials like mithril scale and dragonleather. I don't like how attack bonus scales, but defense...

Exceptional Strength Through divine birth, destiny, fate, being chosen by the gods, or something else your strength far exceeds that of a typical member of your race. You gain the following benefits: Might: You count as a large sized creature whenever it would be advantageous for you to do so...

If damage on a miss was included as an optional ability that no character had to choose, would its inclusion cause you to not purchase 5e?

The Warblade Warblade A warblade is a front-line melee combatant, much like a fighter or barbarian. They engage their enemies toe to toe and defeat them through skill at arms. The Warblade Class Features As a warblade, you gain the following class features. Hit Dice: 1d12 per warblade level...

How much is it worth for a weapon user? A talent? A champion feat? Should it just be avoided altogether? What are your thoughts?

Do you think we will ever see martial classes with interesting martial capabilities in 5e? Do you even want in your game? What are your thoughts regarding an optional book that brings more mechanical variety to weapon users?