Recent content by DeviousQuail

Homebrew 95% of the time. It's mainly that we have so many people who want to make and run their own stuff and getting burned by some bad pre-made stuff (HotDQ and Strixhaven being the big culprits there).

When I design cities for my campaigns I like to include a design "flaw", a major historical event, a quirk, and the current talk of the town. Four to six bullet points that give it flavor. Otherwise I assume things like water, food, government, etc. are roughly standard fair. In a campaign where...

I think the joke is that Fournival has been telling the dragon, and maybe others as well, that they are the one true love and soulmate of Arisen. Not sure if Arisen is a name or a title. Anyway, Arisen says that's not true and the dragon starts floundering because this ruins their whole "fight...

Your Turn: What’s the non-human dominant species in your fantasy world? My most recent setting spans multiple worlds. With the exception of two, every group originated on their own world. They are adapted to unique aspects of these worlds, but not geographical aspects for the most part...

I never had an issue with this, but I'm not mad if they made it easier. I'm most interested in this bit. I've come full circle starting with not a fan, but I get it -> played more and the mechanics make more sense -> "Everything is connected! We are all one!" -> starts to feel limiting -> not a...

I've been running a modern setting campaign and it's been really fun. I've had to remake and homebrew some stuff to make it work. Borrowed bits from UA and used some spells from Mage Hand Press' Arcane Archive. That's fine. But I would love a more cohesive redesign of classes, spells, and...

Coriolis by Free League is an example of option 2. Ranged Combat is used for guns and ship weapons, Technology can repair cars and ship modules, Command aids allies that follow your orders on foot and in space, Data Djinn (aka hacking) can bypass terminals and overwhelm enemy systems attacking...

They even used the word squish. Not sure how I missed it. Thanks for finding this.

I think @Horwath said it pretty well. There are cool features that never really see the light of day in my games. By having them show up earlier I get to see them and have a chance to use them before the campaign ends. That was the main issue that other variants I found didn't address well. Less...

Subclass features come online at different levels across classes and their power/purpose isn't consistent. For the original three Paladin subclasses their level 15 subclass features are a fairly simple reactive and/or passive benefit. Combining that with offensively minded Improved Divine Smite...

Before I start, I found my "squished leveling" variant in an old notebook of mine recently. I wasn't able to find a similar "squished leveling" variant online when I made this in the pre-Xanathar's days of 5e. Plenty of stuff about E6 and E10 variants for 3e and 3.5e though. Nothing that quite...

Sounds cool to me. If you're looking for other component ideas can I suggest (E) Energized? I call it charged in my games, but C is already taken. Anyway, I use it for powerful enemies, items, and spells. You have to use some amount of action economy to "power up" before using the ability. This...

Initially I was going to say a standalone Blitzball game (from FFX). Taking that a step further, a game with a bunch of fantastical sports included. They could be fantastical versions of normal sports, taking a lot of inspiration from NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Mario Strikers, etc. Or they could be...

In my experience reading about witchcraft a familiar and a fetch are two different things. A familiar is a spirit, most often in the form of an animal, that a witch bonds with. They work together, but the familiar is always it's own being with their own distinct personality. Whereas a fetch is...

This is interesting. In my mind I view druids as covering things that are elemental or naturally occurring. Whereas, clerics can make use of those things, but there is more intent or emotion behind it. Like a druid is a "noun" druid while a cleric is simultaneously a "noun" and "adjective"...