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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Einlanzer0" data-source="post: 6869529" data-attributes="member: 6788934">Crit threat range is now affected by Dexterity. You apply half of your dex bonus, rounded down, to increase your threat range. I.e. a +2 dex means you have a crit threshold of 19. +4 dex means 18. This stacks with the Champion's increased threat range. Note that this applies to all types of attacks, since even heavier weapons and spell channeling benefit from higher dexterity. Conversely, light weapons still benefit from higher strength, so they will use str for damage rolls instead of dex as in 3rd edition. In effect, this makes Str + Dex (and Tha + Dex) builds a more legitimate choice than they are currently, without overshadowing other options.Initiative and unarmored AC have been moved to Agility, along with with Acrobatics and Stealth. Dex is overloaded in core 5e, and this separation makes conceptual sense since Agility and Dexterity actually have very little to do with each other. An animal may have very high agility but poor dexterity, while a paraplegic may have high dexterity but poor agility. Knowledge skills have been refined. Culture now includes all general knowledge skills (history, religion, etc). Arcana has been moved to Thaumaturgy. Medicine has moved from Wis to Int, and Mechanics is a new knowledge category for Int. Non spellcasters can train in Arcana, but they do not use an ability modifier for it. Arcana is only used to directly detect or interact with magic. General knowledge surrounding magic falls under the Culture skill.Perception is no longer a skill. It's always passive, and is simply 10+wis mod, but it's often also modified by race/species. Active perception checks have been rolled into either Investigation (Int) or Focus (Con). Wisdom remains an important stat for its role in perception checks, particularly to avoid being surprised or ambushed. Spotting or listening may just be a passive perception check, or it might also involve a focus check, depending on the difficulty. If Sanity is used, this becomes an expansion for Wisdom. Nurturing is generalized skill that I'm still trying to flesh out, but I'm imagining it as a combination of Animal Handling, general support, and long-term caregiving. Note that knowledge of Medicine has moved to Int, so Int will (appropriately, IMO) play the bigger role in treatment of injury and disease. Tactical Points replace Hero Points, but use the effect of Inspiration in the core rules. All characters have 2 + int modifier max TP. They are used to gain advantage or eliminate disadvantage on any d20 roll. Max TP can be permanently sacrificed to permanently gain a +2 to any skill (1 point for 1 skill). They recover at 1/2 on long rest, like HD do. This is a significant mechanical expansion for Int into the realm of combat, since Int is widely regarded as the biggest dump stat in 5e. Inspiration remains, but it uses the effect of Hero Points and Bardic Inspiration, while the original effect of Inspiration is given to TP. It grants an additional d6 to any die roll. When Inspiration is awarded by the DM, all of the recipient's allies can make a d20 roll using the recipient's Charisma modifier. If they pass DC 15, they also become inspired. Inspiration is still binary - you either have it or you don't. No stacking. Inspiration is a mechanical expansion to Charisma into the realm of combat so it competes better with other stats.I'll probably leave Honor as it is in the DMG. It'll just be an extra stat that may or may not see use depending on the campaign setting. I've added a spot for it by alignment on the character sheet. If I ever play an Eastern style campaign I might try to refine it. I'm heavily modifying Sanity. I think it should be a resource based on Wisdom rather than its own ability score. Currently, I'm thinking 10 + wisdom modifier + proficiency bonus for Sanity Points. Sanity damage doesn't scale the same way HP does - most sanity damage will be in the range of 1d4 to 1d8 regardless of level. You normally defend against Sanity loss using the Composure skill, but other options are possible (such as making a Cha save). Anytime you lose any sanity, you take a short term madness. If you reach 0 sanity,  you take a long term madness. If you take sanity damage while at 0 sanity, you acquire an indefinite madness. I use the slow natural healing rules (HD is only recovered at 1 + con mod on long rest), so I have sanity recovering at a rate of 1 + wisdom mod per long rest (minimum of 1). This needs a lot of playtesting and will probably need refinement. Consult the DMG for rules on madness. My current version of Sanity is balanced around the assumption of it seeing only situational usage. Depending on how liberally Sanity attacks are used, Wisdom could become disproportionately important as an ability score and these rules will need modification. Renown and Piety, if used, work just like in the DMG except your rank is modified by your Charisma score.That's all!</blockquote>

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