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Tod recreates a weird weapon from history:

But it's not studded leather armour for a person; it's a protective leather binding on a spear. It's in the far corner of the Indian / Persian hall. Object 2196 FWIW

The flail is, of course, an agricultural implement so I'm wondering why it's listed as a Martial Weapon in the PHB. Perhaps reducing the damage to 1d6. And how about adding a Great Flail, a two-handed Simple Melee Weapon doing 1d10 bludgeoning, ignores shields, and usable with the Polearm...

I don't have my 5E MM to hand and my curiosity has been piqued. Shadows damage Str and Intellect Devourers damage Int, but what about the other stats?

A video I found interesting, particularly the polearm segment.

The idea: everyone starts with a 10 in all their stats. Now apply racial modifiers (variant human allowed). That's your starting PC. Then pick class, skills, background, etc. As you gain levels you may pick feats or stat increases as normal. How about starting with 11 in all stats? Has anyone...

I'm thinking along the lines of the Battlemaster Fighter or Monk here. Call it the Disciplined Warrior. At some point, perhaps instead of getting Indomitable, the Fighter gets the ability to substitute their Proficiency Bonus for any ability modifier 1 or 2 per Short Rest, at will and for one...

I've only just started but it's great fun so far.

I've just been watching a Matt Easton video about poleaxes and he makes the point that if you make a power blow you leave yourself open. Especially if you miss. In D&D terms this would be equivalent to giving opponents Advantage or -5 AC. I think in this case that -5 AC is much more...

It's classic Conan, going from vagabond to king. And it happened in real life too. But take a look at the typical Fighter, Barbarian, and Rogue: one or more of Int, Wis, and Cha are dump stats. Sure you can take the Skilled Feat, but as a king you're taking important decisions and trying to...

How would you model the war flail in D&D? I'm thinking d10 or d12 damage (because, you know, the damage is swingy), Reach, Bludgeoning or Piercing damage (depending upon whether the flail is spiked or not) and eligible for the Polearm Mastery feat.

Tod Cutler (weapon-maker) and Matt Easton (HEMA tutor) are playing with darts. So, 1d3 + Str for the small ones (plumbata), d4 for the medium ones, and d6 for the big ones? And roll damage with Disadvantage if the target wears metal armour?

It's a trebuchet. He's chucking pumpkins. Need I say more?

I absolutely loved the Tiny Tina DLC in Borderlands 2. It was a love letter to D&D. And Tiny Tina's Wonderlands looks like it's going to be more of the same. Roll for initiative!

If you had a reptilian world, what would the analogues be? Lizardman = human, obviously. Dragonborn = elf or aasimar? Saurial = elf or human? Grippli = gnome or halfling? Kobold = halfling or goblin? Troglodytes = orc. Grung = goblin. Yuan ti = drow? What else? What do you think?

I’m getting them on almost every page on my iPad Pro running Chrome. Not on my PC, also running Chrome. No extensions installed on iPad.

I found this video on YouTube and thought that people here might find it of interest. Various recreations of medieval weapons are tested.

How would you model the gastraphetes or belly bow in 5e? It's far quicker to reload than a standard crossbow but has a far lower accuracy. No goat's foot or cranequin needed. So rather than give it the Loading property, how about making reloads use movement? Say 10' of movement per reload...

Am I reading the second paragraph correctly that it allows the Warlock to have all rituals from all classes?