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In the interest of allowing humanoids to have diverse cultures I often have the term "Gnomes" cover all kinds of small wingless fey humanoids including Redcap, Brownies/Dobies , Domovoi (Tundra gnomes), Xvart (Shadowfell), Leprechauns (Feywild) and Smurfs. Then theres the speculated connection...

On earth we're lucky there isn't an effective competitor in our "social Builder" niche, however DnD humans don't get that luxury, they compete with all kinds of social, creative races as capable as they are - so how do they remain dominant?

humans also have to sleep, creatures with darkvision thus get to use night time stealth to sneak down into the plains get close to the sleeping humans, attack by surprise and then get advantage against humans being night-blind. Its even worse when you consider that Orcs are as intelligent as...

its all about family :) It has been posited that Homo Sapiens succeeded over other lineages (Neanderthals) due to having a greater level of Social Cohesion and Social Intelligence and thus were more actively sharing and caring. Maybe its our fundamental need to associate with 'family' that...

yeah me knowing how to shoot a rabbit doesnt mean I have the skills to match a military sniper

I'd be down for a Umberhulk - its a much cooler bug than rust monster

Thats not entirely true Rangers were only D8 HP instead of D10 and both Ranger and Paladin had more restrictions and markedly slower XP progression than Fighter. With the removal of restrictions and penalties the other classes have come to match the Fighter plus get their magical and skill...

Owlbears have the advantage of looking both cool and cute Beholders just look silly

I think "unparalleled mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat" is a distinct identity that sets Fighter apart from others even more so when you add "staring death defiantly in the face". The problem is that the people keep denying the Fighter their...

I understand the confusion but it needs to be restated that Paladins were never connected to the Crusades nor did they ever go on a crusade to the Holy Lands. The Paladins were the 12 peers of Charlemagne (the word Paladino literally means "of the palace") who defended France from invasion...

only the turn undead ability was derived from van Helsing as vampire hunter, the whole militant heavy armour wearing cleric is straight Crusader, the original weapon restriction (bludgeon only) was from Bishop Odo of Bayeux who had taken vows to not draw blood.

I think you need a broader understanding of history of both the real medieval and of the game. Firstly the Matter of France is based primarily on the Ummayad invasion of Gaul in which the Paladins were the locals. Also look up the Faris of Zakhara, Holy Warriors and essentially the Al-Qadim...

Yeah no cap, Dex (Acrobatics) save to catch a wall, and if you take more than 50 damage you roll con save or drop to 0

yes, yes you can, but I like the 3.5e ones better

I never played 4 so cant comment on that (though the concensus here seems to be it was excellent) I didnt find the tables in the 3.5 iteration hard to use and liked that I could compare different ages at a glance - especially as I'd put them on a separate tactics card once I'd decided which one...

I'd say it's pretty clearly a Controller - you put on the battlefield a "passive damage aura (fire)" and an "active grapple +shove" effect to move opponents into the fire aura. As to soldier personally I'd drop that role and change it to Defender Role bits alignment because Roles are action...

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