There are two statblocks in the Monster Manual that have grievous errors and require correction. One of them is so surprisingly that most people are shocked to learn it, the other is a choice that unnecessarily detracts from the fun. Cats have darkvision. How on earth did they miss this? Real world cats have theContinue reading “Two Mistakes in the Monster Manual”
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PC Features “à la classe”
One house rule that I’ve offered to players in the past, and definitely will again, is a more flexible approach to subclassing, inspired by Pathfinder 2e’s “class feats.” So I thought I would give it a cheeky name: à la classe. A character à la classe is not limited by a single subclass, but canContinue reading “PC Features “à la classe””
✨ Magic
I was thinking about magic the other day and how I think it works—or at least my default, for settings I run. Being between books this week, I was re-reading random parts of Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicles and one of the sections I read was Kvothe’s introduction to sygaldry. In that universe, sygaldry is theContinue reading “✨ Magic”
House rules I’d like to try
Previously I wrote about some of the house rules I’ve implemented. Here’s a handful of things I would like to try! All of this is, of course, stolen, so I’ve tried to provide some kind of credit where I could. Sometimes it’s a citation of credit. Alternative initiative systems So, I don’t feel like initiativeContinue reading “House rules I’d like to try”
My Version of 5e
My friend Saterade said something interesting the other day: that every DM running 5e really needs to take the game as a template and turn it into their own system. Just like every Forgotten Realms or Eberron out there is its own distinct version of a universe, our house or table rules, our homebrews, theContinue reading “My Version of 5e”
5-Foot Step in 5e
Recently I tried borrowing 3.5e’s 5-Foot Step rule for 5e combat and so far I really like it. The way I introduced it is: if you move no more than 5 feet on your turn, you don’t provoke attacks of opportunity. My motivation came from a couple of places. First, the primary two characters IContinue reading “5-Foot Step in 5e”
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