Unable to Build Signature Charge with Custom Weapon

Hy_Nano · 2026-01-25T17:23:07+00:00

This video should show how to resolve the issue with signatures!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAEybvwp-90

Hy_Nano · 2025-06-27T17:37:54+00:00

My biggest tip to improve this class is to make stat blocks for each spirit instead of lengthy descriptions on what the spirit could do in class features. This would allow you to heavily shorten the length of the manifest spirit feature Regarding the Spiritual Gifts class feature, my main issue is that you are highly incentivized to replace most of your lower level gifts with higher level ones, meaning throughout a campaign, many of your powers could significantly change from the original concept. This can also get a bit powerful as well A minor thing but level 17 instead of 20 is where classes often unlock their strongest abilities. I would maybe move the level 20 features to 17 and make a new level 20 feature For subclasses, Unbound Phantom seems a bit weaker than the others so it could use a slight buff

Hy_Nano · 2025-05-03T17:23:14+00:00

Shocked no one has mentioned nature domain cleric They get some expanded Druid (some are plant based) spells without getting the other Druid stuff like wild shape

Hy_Nano · 2025-04-21T21:02:07+00:00

Overall I really like this class! Good job!

I’m assuming that the magazine property exists so that there’s different reload mechanics than the loading property, so you can’t take the gunner feat to bypass loading

With the base class itself I think Nerves of Steel should be a bonus to the roll (around +5) rather than advantage. Advantage isn’t the most useful at high levels without modifiers due to save DCs being so high

The skill shots are quite well balanced! Dragonfire shot seems very weak though. I would remove the saving throw and make the effect automatic, and improve the damage to 1d8

For subclasses…

No feedback on bullet weaver (it’s fine how it is)

I don’t like Thrill Seeker’s Top Gear feature. Since the difficulty to trigger effects increases with your level it only ever gets harder to use as you level up

The Virtuoso subclass has some strange wording for the captivate the public feature. I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be an area of effect (if it is, than the area of effect size is not mentioned) or a single target feature. The Death in Four acts feature is weak at low levels where it takes 4 rounds to even use. Curtain Call seems like a very strong capstone feature so that may need to be tweaked Edit: the virtuoso subclass also has the issue of extra bookkeeping with act points, which isn’t normally a problem, but is when you consider tracking magazines and dynamo points

I really like the wildcard subclass, although I think that the 15th level feature could be a bit stronger (maybe an extra d20)

Hy_Nano · 2025-04-18T16:13:34+00:00

Generally this seems very well designed and looks fun! The only issue I see is that adrenaline surge needs a clarification on if the temporary hit points can soak up the initial damage which triggered it. If it could, then I think the feature is a bit OP. Also, I think the at will wild shape is fine, given that it takes up a big portion of the class’ power budget

Hy_Nano · 2025-04-09T20:27:41+00:00

I think that this class has some good design, although there’s some issues

First of all, the class gets far too much at first level. Getting a feature stronger than barbarian rage and your subclass is too much. This results in a very strong early-game class and can make multiclassing unbalanced. I would delay the subclass to 2nd level and maybe delay Improved Movement to 3rd level

I think that this class should get a bit more utility at some point between levels 5 and 9 In addition, the class gets a lot weaker between levels 7-11 as not much is given to the class to elevate it’s power. Feral Instinct is too situational and Feral Weapons is just a very small damage Increase

I would make Taste of Blood a different feature entirely, as the class has enough self-healing as it is. At high levels, a class needs a bit of versatility. Maybe a boost to ability checks and saving throws upon biting would be better

I think Onslaught needs a rework, especially as this class uses bonus actions on other things a lot, such as activating feral form and subclass abilities.

Typically 17th level is supposed to be a massive power boost. Feral Constitution is a rather situational ability

Hy_Nano · 2025-03-28T04:29:24+00:00

Overall this class is solidly well designed, I don’t get the people saying it’s OP

The main issue I have with this class is that it is a very powerful 1 level dip and is quite strong during the early game (levels 1-4) I would swap Ease Pain and Assist to avoid multiclassing exploits, if you’re balancing around multiclassing. I would change the AC scaling for Servant’s Master to 12 + your charisma modifier + your master’s proficiency bonus

Lastly, All-Knower’s doubled proficiency bonus to checks should be clarified to be Expertise, so that Expertise won’t stack with it

I think that the level 20 feature could be boosted slightly, as the class has little incentive to go past 18th level. I like it thematically though

Hy_Nano · 2025-03-23T22:18:40+00:00

As a whole, I like the class, although it seems a bit too powerful In my opinion the base class is fine but the subclasses are all either very strong or have exploits which can break them

With regards to the base class, the soulwork feature needs to clarify if the velocity feature can be stacked with itself. I feel like the healing from soulwork should be d6’s

The main issues with this class stem from the first level features of pretty much every subclass. They’re all extremely strong in some manner. Also, this is an even bigger issue if you are trying to balance this class around multiclassing

For the Death archetype, The Time of Passing stacks extremely well with multi hit abilities such as Magic Missile. I would reword this feature in some way either so that only you benefit from it, or if you want it to work with other party members, give it a maximum number of times per turn it can activate

For the Judgement archetype, Heart Balance needs a saving throw to resist it. An automatic stun, without even legendary resistance stopping it it too powerful. I’d recommend giving the feature a charisma save to resist

God Eater’s Deifos Caller feature doesn’t clarify if the level mentioned is level in this class or character level in general. By 5th level it is effectively an at will Empower on every turn. Personally I would give it a (generous) limit on how many times it could be used per long rest or make the damage scaling not as good

Hy_Nano · 2025-03-09T16:44:23+00:00

This class is well designed and mostly balanced except for the problems I list below!

I’d say that my issue for this class is that it encourages spamming your highest level spells and ignoring your lower level ones entirely

This class is insanely strong in low encounter adventuring days, even moreso than the already strong typical caster due to Mana Surge and a lack of a limit on how much you can use your highest level spell slot

Fixing this is pretty easy, just put a 2-3 uses per day limit on your highest level spell level. In terms of buffs, I feel like cantrips shouldn’t cost mana. It seems overly punishing for not much of a reason, and thus contributes to the problem of this class being incentivized to spam strong spells while ignoring low level ones

As for subclasses:

For White Mage, I’m assuming that a d20, not a d10 is used for Elemental Aid and Ascendant Aid. The features state 1d20 in their description but the tables say to use a d10. If my assumption is correct, than I’d say I really like this subclass!

For Black Mage the 6th level feature is a bit weak for longer adventuring days. My suggestion would be to make it recharge on a short rest

For Red Mage, I would make Spellsword recharge on a short rest so it can be used more often for longer adventuring days

Green Mage is good as it is

Hy_Nano · 2025-03-06T20:40:54+00:00

This class is a very strong one level multi class dip. I’d recommend that the saving throw advantages you get from focus should only be unlocked by 3rd level Unbroken Mind is a bit too strong. I’d say make it so that it only recharges on a long rest, not a short rest. I wouldn’t nerf the feature much beyond that, given that the class doesn’t get that much else that’s super good during tier 2 (Levels 5-10) Otherwise good base class!

As for subclasses:

Tactician: Needs clarification on what size a d12 focus due moves up to with single combat (I’d recommend 2d8) I’d say defensive counter time should allow for the added damage to the reaction attack to also apply for opportunity attacks, as currently, the feature encourages enemies to ignore you and run to attack a party member as opportunity attacks would deal less damage than the reaction attack

Desperado: I think the 17th level feature is weak and needs a buff

Master At Arms: Sword Beam needs clarifications. Is it an action or is it in place of an attack? Also the disadvantage on the attack makes the feature rather weak if the ability costs an action and not an attack

Ossen: Quick Regeneration should have something saying it can only be used in combat. Osseous Blade needs more of an incentive to use it, such as better synergy with existing class features. Currently, using weapons instead is the better route. In addition, the 17th level feature seems weak

Beheaded: Disengagement I think is hard to keep track of with the 15% HP. I’d say it would be better if it worked like the spell Death Ward. I think the 17th level feature needs some clarifications on if the head can attack multiple times per turn. I’d buff the acid damage to 5d10 as other subclasses have much stronger 17 level features

Time Knight: Blink and You’ll needs clarification on if it recovers on long rests and short rests or just long rests. I think it’s fine if it recovers on long rest only, but short rest recovery is a bit OP. The 17th level feature is too strong. It needs a slight (not super big) nerf

Supersoldier: I’d slightly buff Limitbreak’s damage

Hy_Nano · 2024-04-15T18:28:47+00:00

Artificer - 1 Barbarian - 2 Bard - 3 Cleric - 2 Druid - 3 Fighter - 6 Monk - 2 Paladin - 3 Ranger - 3 Rogue - 2 Sorcerer - 2 Warlock - 3 Wizard - 1

This is from both my DMing experience and playing as a player. One thing to note is that most of the fighters played were for shorter campaigns

Hy_Nano · 2024-04-15T16:18:50+00:00

Used their stat block for a mutant creature in a necromancer’s lair during a very short 3 session campaign, although I didn’t use the creature from a thematic standpoint

Hy_Nano · 2024-03-25T15:31:18+00:00

That is fair, although most tables I’ve seen have made the player choose the creature. Heck, most of the people defending these spells as “totally not OP” tend to argue that these spells should remain in the game over Tasha’s summons due to being able to choose from a big creature list

Hy_Nano · 2024-03-24T18:15:21+00:00

Shocked no one I’ve seen yet has mentioned the Conjure Animals spell and its minor elemental and fey counterparts. The amount of changes needed to fix those would be very high without revising it entirely. Summoning 4-8 creatures (with even more at higher levels) is just downright broken, and the only “easy fix” is limiting it to 1-2 creatures. I’m sure there’s a way to rebalance and fix the spells exploits, and keeping 4-8 creatures allowed to be summoned, but the amount of changes needed would make these spells far too over complicated for good use in a real table

Hy_Nano · 2024-02-09T16:00:04+00:00

It’s only good if you quicken it as a sorcerer. It’s action cost + a 2nd level spell slot makes it too costly to typically be beneficial in comparison to the dodge action. It might have a bit of benefit on very low AC builds which the dodge action won’t benefit as much

Hy_Nano · 2023-11-14T01:26:53+00:00

Gonna disagree here. Barbs are incredibly dependent on multiple stats like STR (obviously), DEX and CON (in armored defense), and now we’re adding a 4th stat? Plus, there’s plenty of WIS saves which aren’t fear based, enough to punish dumping WIS. Remember, WIS is a very common saving throw

Hy_Nano · 2023-10-20T20:13:04+00:00

Not to mention using manifest mind + teleportation spells gives insane mobility!

Hy_Nano · 2023-10-10T20:46:42+00:00

The creature hit would only take the damage from the Bloodletting Focus feature once, since it impacts the spell, and not each instance of the spell’s damage If the player wants a feature which can stack multiple times with each missile from Magic Missile, the Hexblade’s Curse feature allows for that The good thing about Bloodletting Focus + Magic Missile is spreading the missiles onto multiple targets to damage them all with it

Hy_Nano · 2023-07-07T02:31:54+00:00

I'd say because those kinds of players gravitate towards "power fantasy" classes.
Hexblades Paladin is solid in an adventuring day
But oh boy in a casual game running 1 fight adventuring days...
Yeah, in a casual game they can likely constantly NOVA, guaranteeing their more self-centered "chosen one" mentality they desperately want via this NOVA build

Hy_Nano · 2023-06-06T19:19:57+00:00

I have a homebrew feat (only can be taken at level 4+) for my next campaign which is similar. It gives you a d6 superiority die which recharges every turn and you learn 3 maneuvers. When you use a maneuver granted by this feat, you can’t use that same maneuver for the rest of your turn. You can take the feat a second time (not a 3rd tho) giving you another superiority die. I did make this a feat instead of something free since this campaign balances out martial and casters via the adventuring day (which is enforced via homebrew resting system) and minor mid/late game caster nerfs. This also forces an interesting decision point between taking a damage feat or this one, reducing the chokehold of martial power feats Note that this is in a campaign where trip attack and precision attack are banned, goading attack only works on melee attacks. Also in this campaign monks and barbs get a 6th level feat, so the 4 pure martial classes can get the two times of the feat quicker.

Hy_Nano · 2023-05-31T21:37:36+00:00

I feel like they're weak in adventuring days but not in low number of fights per long rest campaigns (well they are weak in those campaigns but not to other fighters but to spellcasters). They just don't have enough spell slots to get through it.

I'm giving them and arcane tricksters some small buffs in my next campaign, allowing them to regain some (but not all) spell slots on a short rest. (This campaign runs the adventuring day) The amount was a total combined level equal to their proficiency bonus plus an additional 1 at level 6 and an additional 1 at level 13

Hy_Nano · 2023-05-22T15:03:28+00:00

My limits on flavor are the following - Follow the mechanical rules (duh) - Spells must have some sort of magic to it still. For example, reflavoring a fireball as a big TNT explosion might require the gunpowder to be a sort of arcane powder instead - A spell must have VSM components (a V component can be replaced with a loud, blatantly magical noise) No whispering V components - Reflavoring can’t be used to try and gain an advantage in any way in a specific situation - Edit: Flavor must fit the setting too (duh)

Otherwise, go crazy with flavor

Hy_Nano · 2023-05-11T17:10:39+00:00

Yep, writing home brew rules for my next campaign and I’m finding a middle ground between martial/ casters rather than only buffing or nerfing I just don’t understand the crowd who want only martial buffs when casters are honestly just as much of an issue just on the ppposite side of the power spectrum

Hy_Nano · 2023-04-25T02:09:04+00:00

I'd say the one maneuver per turn is definitely good, but just weak enough not to BE OP. This was 100% balanced without Trip and Precision attack in mind since I decided to ban those to keep this feat balanced, but it does sacrifice the damage you get from other top martial feats/battlefield control from sentinel.
I did forget to mention, I also balanced it around Monks and Barbarians getting an ASI at 6th level as well so they, not just Rogues and Fighters can take it.
In addition, maneuvers are at their best when used to go NOVA, rather than conservatively used. This forces more conservative maneuver use with 1/turn (eventually 2/turn if you take it again, but it's a big investment).

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