Recent content by Frozen_Heart

Doesn't help that 50% of the 5e constituent parts is practically nothing, as the 5e human is practically nothing. You need all the ingredients to make a cake, not just half of them. Luckily it seems that 5.5e is fixing this, and making humans actually exist mechanically as a playable species.

Ideally I'd like all species features to be separated into 'Trait A' and 'Trait B' (not sure if A and B would be equal power, or a major and minor trait). There would then be a variant rule option, where if you want to make a hybrid, you would pick Trait A from one species, and Trait B from the...

You could always just claim 'i'm playing a gnome goliath' (but they're actually just a gnome with 0 goliath traits) if the DM was cool with it. The new method simply removes the rules for the two hybrid species which did exist. It's more limiting than before, and not less. Mechanically, the new...

Yeah no clue how they handle this with Eberron. A: They retcon khoravar and jhorgun'taal into full elves/orcs. B: They create separate species for khoravar and jhorgun'taal, and treat them as completely their own thing. or C: They declare Eberron is problematic, and state that they won't be...

They're explicitly meant to be rare. If they're as common as elves and halfings as NPCs, it goes directly against their lore.

They seem to be outright retconning half elves out of the lore altogether. Established half elf characters are being turned into full elves in newer content.

Not a fan of halo's personally, as they inherently imply a 'high magic' setting. Horns can easily appear 'down to earth' and low magic in appearance. But a glowing magical circle just permanently hovering around is something which just doesn't fit in a low magic campaign. I'm fine with them...

This is why I like both as an option. Some aasimar could pass as a human, with their story being based around uncovering and accepting this hidden link in their ancestry. While some aasimar could look more like eldritch horrors (be not afraid), being some sentient construct created from the...

I personally don't feel ranger 'needs' magic, as a spell-less ranger would still work fine. Especially if things like hunters mark were turned into class abilities. The problem here is that it starts to bump up against rogue a lot more, and a feel that the scout rogue does an ok job of being a...

Ultimately no class is 'needed' apart from fighter, thief, and magic user. So I'm not going to try to argue that ranger is 'needed'. However, ranger is 'desired' by a large amount of DnD players because: A: It's a very famous and popular fantasy archetype. B: It has a long history across...

I love what pathfinder has done with versatile lineages, and if there is ever a 6e, I hope that DnD does the same. Planetouched, damphir, a construct species, and half dragons are all potential lineages which it makes sense to be able to mix with any species.

The genasi are based on the inner planes, that is the planes of earth, fire, water, and air. The planes of law and chaos are outer planes, and the equivalent of the upper and lower planes. Then again reading up on it, it seems that the designers decided to 'squat' limbo in 4e and replace it...

It's a shame we don't have law and chaos versions of aasimar and tieflings. Those planes as a whole have been ignored compared to the good and evil planes in DnD.

I'm definitely not a fan of that silver design at all, especially the colours. I thought it was just a statue at first. While the new designs have far more variation of colour which makes the 'pop' more on the page.

If you mention the s-word in a paleo focused area, it will inevitably devolve into people arguing for days on the topic.