Recent content by Mephista

Ehhh... yes and no. Like, its a d10 roll added on but takes a Second Wind use, so they're better than a Rogue with Expertise when it comes to a single roll, but they do have limited uses unlike a passive expertise. So, they're great for pinch hitting, but I wouldn't put them down for being a...

Nitpick - 1dnd Fighteer has the power to add to their skill rolls now. So that's no longer 100% true.

What are humans? Nothing more than a miserable pile of secrets! -- Strahd? To put it simply, we are humans, and humans are us. Whereas every other species reflects some other aspect of the human condition writ large (fantasy is filled with metaphors), humanity is just... us. The human...

What I want to see happen - * wizard spell list trimmed down, with a number of spells going to other casters. The wizard can then pick some back up with subclass spell lists. This will help make different wizard subclasses feel different from each other. * an official way to have paladin...

peeks in Hrm. Lets recap the Psion debate. "We want a Psion class" (translation: we want new mechanics that aren't martial or spellcasting, and using "psionics" as the traditional word to represent this third option) "But we already have psions." (translation: we have multiple classes that...

Tricky tricky. Do you assume that martials won't need Extra Attack, but casters will as part of the progression? I'd need to see more, since the default assumptions between caster and martial would potentially make contradictory abilities.

I'm basing this off the gw2 mmo, where there were lots of choices, specializations, support abilities, and each weapon brought a suite of 5 different abilities per weapon. well, that's not how I've seen any game do things, not even dnd, so gonna disagree with ya.

Embrace the sin!

I mean... it depends on the design goals. There's a lot that depends on the overall system and stories the game is intending on telling. Personally, I'm happy with a system of 9 - Fighter, Paladin/Cleric merge, Barbarian/Warlock (!!) merge, Rogue, Artificer, Ranger/Druid merge, Bard/Psychic...

Meh. At best, this is a complaint about using gluten free flour instead of whole wheat flour. We still have the cake.

"Class fantasy" is the most commonly used phrase for thematic identity, I found. Mechanical identity seems to be "fighting style" with a bit of exploration and social skill use mixed in. The problem with fighting style is that's a mechanic too, so it doesn't quite work.

This comment certainly hasn't aged well.

No, I'm saying that if the half-elf was brought forwards into 5.5e for some reason, it's mechanics would need to be reimagined and updated because the 2014 ones aren't good enough to carry it anymore. The ASIs were doing a lot of lifting.

As a side note.... Whatever happened to people saying "flavor is free?" Used to be everywhere. I don't see it anymore.

Note that the first half is entirely cultural - diplomats and wanderers especially. The two worlds bit isn't literal, since the half-elf is not necessarily from the Feywild. But if instead we're talking just "the child of two peoples," that again is cultural - because its assuming those two...