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High end melee characters end up with an AC of like.. 25 or more. So that goblin won't be threatening them, if I understand it right, but on the other hand those high end casters with 18 AC could get hit decently hard.. in fact it'd give a reason to use Shield spell against attacks that hit, if...

Re: mini levels, I did make an incremental advance rule for my dark sun game inspired by 13th Age's. 13A did it per session, I did it with XP, but I thought the idea was neat: Incremental Advances: When you've gained 25% of the experience necessary to reach the your character's next level, you...

You think the primary difference is the names of the gods? I mean, that's a difference but it's a difference that every string has.. I really wouldn't call those the key differences 😅

I'd compare it more to Greyhawk than Forgotten Realms... But I also wouldn't say Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms are super alike.

I don't think something like "Humans, halflings, and half-orcs, paladins, and wizards don't exist in the setting" or "the setting is pulp-action," or "the setting is gothic horror" has any great bearing on campaign length, with the exception that it may have some effect on the players that you...

AFAIK older versions are? Like, he makes v1.4 of a class, v1.3 goes up for free. Something like that? Not sure of everything that's included in his patreon. But I get where you're coming from.

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Well I didn't just make the number up (I guess I exaggerated slightly, I forgot you're always supposed to round down in DnD)

Their rep speaks for itself, as does their $6.5k/month-earning Patreon 😅 I joined for a month when one of my players was looking at the Savant

I imagine they could fund commissioned art with a kickstarter for a book compilation. Actually they already have a (popular) Patreon, come to think of it.

I'm surprised he's still using gmbinder, it's not really reliable iirc it's no longer maintained. Homebrewery is the go-to, I believe. I've only had practical experience with one of his classes, the Savant. The PC was built so the party basically never failed skill-checks :'D

This cover was so great that I picked a copy of the magazine up on eBay years ago. Wonderful piece.

New one looks cool. Old one was cool. My only "disappointment" would be how small it is. The old one's dimensions: Measures 32-inches tall x 24-inches deep x 18-inches wide The new one, we only have "12 inch" to go by. Presumably that's the largest measurement, so it's almost 1/3 the size? I...

I'd probably look at reskinning stuff from both A5E and VRC. If I was looking for inspiration, I would look at the d20 modern books from the 3e era- they had quite a following and A5E definitely reminds me of 3e in some ways.