Recent content by Remathilis

Interestingly, WotC put a bunch of NPCs with specific species in both the recent Forgotten Realms and Eberron books. Lets look at the traits they get that are uniquely species: Eberron: Forge of the Artificer: Boromar Undreboss (halfling): Hustle (Halfling Nimbleness) Cannifth Artificer...

Its worth considering that not all dragonborn breath weapons are equal. Even PC dragonborn breath weapons rank up with level, so its not unreasonable that NPC dragonborn could have weaker breath weapons and less frequent uses. Perhaps the basic warrior NPC dragonborn only does 1d6 or 1d8 damage...

Ultimately this is always the problem with "race as hat" argument. What else can they be? They are made and played by humans. I don't think players would want to even try to play a mind that isn't somewhat identifiable, like a species that cannot feel empathy or a species who see the world only...

I think Eberron's cosmopolitan nature is a bit overblown when it comes to the uniqueness of Eberron. Yeah, it's a place where different species intermix, but I don't find that particularly unique to Eberron. Lots of metropolitan cities in D&D are mixed like that. Even Greyhawk. And despite the...

It's worth noting that while the base artificer is no longer proficient with firearms, two of the five subclasses (artillerist and battle smith) can still use them.

It reminds me of the infamous lava rules for 3e "if you fall into lava, you die (no save)" and how the conflict between unrealistic playability and complicated realism fight for the heart of RPGs.

Well, they removed them in 5.24, so we'll see if that helps.

Rakasta were also mostly locked into Mystara/Basic era D&D. I think the only AD&D stats were in Red Steel.

Does Beyond account for the fact that species not in the SRD are paywalled? How many of those humans elves and half-elves were created by free accounts who didn't buy anything, maybe not even the PHB? It reminds me of the people who comment on how the most popular fighter subclass on Beyond...

My last game was Ravenloft, but I had two humans, a dhampir, a hexblood, a reborn, and a (homebrew) awakened cat. My Eberron game before that was a shifter, changeling, gnome, warforged, and half-elf. The last game I played in was Spelljammer and we had a giff, thri-kreen, hadozee, githyanki...

Good for you. My boss drinks nothing but Diet Coke. Doesn't mean that's all I want stocked in the vending machine.

The Majority of the time I go to Taco Bell, I order the Mexican Pizza. However, there are plenty of times I order the Crunchwrap Supreme, Nachos or monthly special. If you looked at the stats of my orders, you would assess that only the Mexican Pizza is worth keeping as I rarely order the other...

It's almost like people get tired of the same handful of options and crave different experiences, even if it's just Taco Bell rearranging the same ingredients into a new combination.

I try to have a few character ideas in mind when I get to play. I keep at least one of them generic (meaning, PHB only) but I will usually have a few ideas that are PHB plus supplements or PHB plus a single 3pp option that I feel WotC hasn't covered. My current want to play is a dhampir...

While true, I don't think it's that big a problem. They still mostly work, even if they're not up to count l current standards.