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    Yesterday, 03:56 AM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    A thought experiment is exactly what this is. If it evolves well enough, I might consider using it in my games, but I'm not looking to impose a...
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    2024-05-07, 11:33 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    You know, I'm not opposed to the idea that favored class was tied to a Background instead. It would make it somewhat easier to import the concept...
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    2024-05-07, 10:50 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    What isn't bloat? Every new content in addition to the basic three books is bloat. And even they include optional rules, such as feats and...
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    2024-05-07, 03:10 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    Been meaning to reply to this. This is a good Default list, but I think there is no real merit for humans being "fighters", since they are the most...
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    2024-05-07, 02:37 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    1) Appreciated. I don't want to start/derail into another debate either, and I've said my piece on the matter. Definitely! A setting-related...
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    2024-05-07, 02:01 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    Relaxed requirements seem fair and could certainly be an elegant solution, but I think it still needs to be better spelled out what it actually...
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    2024-05-07, 12:31 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    I realize now that I clicked "submit reply" a bit hastily. My intention was to make it clear that the additional level in a calculation of a class...
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    2024-05-07, 05:41 AM
    Correct. Paladin's Channel Divinity uses and effects are interchangeable with Cleric's Channel Divinity uses and effects, and vice versa, and as per...
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    2024-05-06, 09:19 AM
    Arkhios replied to a thread Favored Classes in 5e in D&D 5e/Next
    I definitely agree that Pathfinder's approach would be better than ideal, especially because multiclassing doesn't impose EXP penalties. A simple...
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    2024-05-05, 03:06 PM
    DISCLAIMER: This is a thought experiment, nothing else. If reasonably good ideas come up from it, feel free to use them in your games, I'm not trying...
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    2024-05-02, 10:04 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    You're ignoring (apparently) the explicit explanation of what the is, especially in the subclass feature context, and otherwise. It's explained...
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    2024-05-01, 03:56 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    Indeed. Unless you can provide an exact quote describing the statistics of an Arcane Firearm, it is not a weapon. According to DMG, these are the...
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    2024-04-30, 02:26 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    Ok, let me rephrase. Sure, it's an Arcane Firearm, as written, but it's not a weapon per se. Besides, it does say it. It turns a wand, staff, or...
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    2024-04-29, 11:26 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    By my reading (and I read it several times over) Arcane Firearm doesn't specify a type of firearm, and it seems to me that it's not an actual weapon,...
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    2024-04-28, 02:39 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    I mean, I know that Gagdeteer is a word in itself, but the whole idea (for me) came from realization of that the word could be a portmanteau of a...
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    2024-04-28, 07:13 AM
    Arkhios replied to a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    Artillerist is an option, sure, but why reskin Eldritch Cannon, if there are actual rules for a musket, and an actual optional rule available to ALL...
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    2024-04-28, 06:08 AM
    Arkhios started a thread The Gadgeteer in D&D 5e/Next
    I got struck by a lightning... ahem, like a lightning from clear sky, with an idea, that boils down to wordplay with Gadgets and a Musketeer. ...
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    2024-04-25, 11:04 PM
    not specifically "5e" as written, but "5th edition"? All the time. And that's fine. My issues are my own, and I have to live with them. Can't...
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    2024-04-25, 10:51 AM
    ...did anyone else pay attention to them referring to it as Revised Player's Handbook and not 5.5e? (ok, I jest, now. I understand why people would...
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    2024-04-24, 02:36 AM
    Yes, I have. Especially with people who have never before played any TTRPG's. I have many acquaintances who I have lured to the hobby, and the only...
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    2024-04-23, 05:10 AM
    Pfft. "kids" these days. Back in the day, I had dozens of characters that had to count dozens of cirmcumstantial bonuses and/or penalties from...
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    2024-04-23, 12:09 AM
    That's not an issue. Just go with the official one that's also in the book. Anything else is your "own problem" so to speak. With that said, even...
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    2024-04-22, 07:32 AM
    To be honest, I've always felt that advantage from flanking is perhaps a little too much, given how (too) easy it makes getting advantage, and I've...
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    2024-04-21, 11:22 PM
    I think I'd keep Extra Attack as an optional feature that needs to be chosen day-by-day, like a spell, or part of a potential semi-subclass (maybe a...
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    2024-04-21, 03:42 AM
    To be fair, you could've left Wisdom 8 (or 9 with Resilient). The difference between 8 and 10 ability modifiers' isn't that big. The big benefit...
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    2024-04-21, 02:52 AM
    Ok, let me open that up a bit. Currently, the 5th edition "guidelines" to creating characters is relatively vague. It lists the things to do, no...
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    2024-04-17, 11:45 PM
    Arkhios replied to a thread D&D 5e/Next They're at the gates! in Homebrew Design
    What are the reasons behind this invasion? To be painfully honest, I don't know what isekai means in this context, other than apparently "another...
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    2024-04-17, 01:58 PM
    Q418 When you use Wild Shape, do you retain your own AC that you have from your equipment (e.g. a hide armor, shield), and the assumed beast...
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    2024-04-16, 11:26 PM
    Please refrain from hijacking a thread for your own purposes, even though I trust your intentions were good, and your question does relate to the...
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I am an honest and outspoken personality. I'm also a bit of a perfectionist in regards to writing English, especially because I'm not a native speaker, so I tend to pay a lot more attention to grammar and thus you may see me fixing/editing my own errors and sometimes even pointing them out to others. I'm sorry if this offends you somehow. I'm sarcastic occasionally; not because I'm trying to insult, but rather to draw attention to something I find to be silly or otherwise erroneous.
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Base Class: Warlord | Roguish Archetype: Inquisitor | Roguish Archetype: Thug | Primal Path: Rage Mage


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