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I like how 13th Age handles stat bonuses at character creation. Generally your race gives +2 to one of two set stats for that race. Then your class gives you a similar choice of +2 to one of two stats associated with that class. You cannot choose the same stat twice (so no +4 to a single stat)...

My human paladin of Erathis. Comissioned from Neurith Forge. I commissioned this after the campaign had been going on for a couple years. It was nice to finally have a piece of art that matched what was in my head.

I voted for most but not all books, but I was a little torn between that and the next one down. I buy all the books primarily focused on rules and monsters. The settings and adventures are where I only buy the ones that I have direct interest in. I feel like I currently own enough material...

@PsyzhranV2 Duergar were given as a dwarf subrace in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. But otherwise great job in compiling everything!

In order to just keep things consistent across the board would you also convert other long rest resources into short rest ones? Paladin lay on hands for example. A lot of the subclasses also have features that are limited to long rest recharge as well like the samurai fighting spirit 3 times per...

From personal experience in a game where I play a paladin the DMs decided that donning or doffing a shield as an item interaction is fine. This was somewhat influenced by my paladin being given a magic item that has the ability to transform into any other type of melee weapon as a bonus action...

One of the first things I noticed about the art was that the various depictions of Tasha depict her with styles that if she didn't have her tattoo I'd have trouble saying that they were all paintings of the same person. I know that hair style and dress can go a long way in making someone look...

I could see someone tinkering with the magic of existing sending stone and making a series of breakthroughs to improve them. First improve the rate of communication by removing the limits on the number of words spent and eventually the number of times messages can be sent over them. Then...

I haven't had a chance to play with the new rules yet either as we are just about to resume our Descent into Avernus campaign after a break playing something else. But I actively play to encourage my players in that game to take the Tasha's Summon spells over the PHB Conjure spells because of...

I have noticed what is probably a typo in the Summon Construct stat block. The HP calculation says "40 + 15 for each spell level above 3rd" even though the spell is 4th level. RAW this means that a 4th level summon construct has 55 hp. The spell is listed as 4th level in the start of chapter...

Creating a spell for each level could be possible but I think the designers thought that would be too abstract. I recall that during the initial 5e playtests that they received negative feedback the first time they introduced the concept of replacing summon spells with generic stat blocks...

Alright so adjustments have been made based on taking into account abilities as well as resistances and fly speeds. There are no saving throw proficiencies in the stat blocks so I didn't have to worry about those. Increases to effective stats used for CR calculations are in the notes section on...

It looks like I will have to go through the more detailed steps to more accurately calculate the CR. Most of the stat blocks don't have anything that will impact things too much so the changes will not be drastic but to get more accurate results it will have to be done. Will update once I get...

Ah, I don't create custom monsters much so it seems I got a bit ahead of myself. I followed the "Creating Quick Monster Stats" instructions on page 274 rather than the much more detailed steps a bit later. Regardless, I think the only creature this would apply to is the earth spirit elemental...

So I quite like the implementation of the new Summon spells from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. Having a generic stat block makes things run easier in terms of player expectations and game prep. But with a lot of different spells I was curious as to how they compare against each other. So I...

In this party I would probably go strength. You have two melee tanks with the barbarian and the paladin but with a party of 8 PCs combat encounters are likely to be big so an off tank cleric will help hold the line. The ancestral barbarian will certainly be happy to have an additional melee...

As for the Mislead spell I think like many illusion spells the effectiveness will depend heavily on player creativity and how much the DM is willing to have creatures react to your illusions. Since it makes you invisible and provides an illusion the use that immediately jumps out at me is to...

I think it primarily comes down to the question "do you want to be a front line melee character or stay back and play at range?" Strength will let you hold your own in melee with heavy armor and will let you better support your fellow front liners. Dex is better suited for staying in the back...

I'll second that dread ambush is a good feature. Even in straight forward, normal combats where neither side is surprised getting an extra attack with extra damage on turn 1 is spicy. The burst is good enough that it either takes something out directly or puts something in a position to be taken...