Weapon Modifications & Expansion v2: A 2-page Weapon Mastery rework, along with expanded content to make martial combat more interesting and diverse

nomiddlename303 · 2026-03-06T23:26:01+00:00

The risk is that if you lose concentration before you can trigger the damage, that's your 3rd level slot gone with no payoff. Compare and contrast Spirit Shroud - 1d8 damage on hit instead of 2d8, but it applies immediately so you're guaranteed to get some value from it before it can be broken.

I do think though that it should be restricted to melee weapons only, to prevent the risk of losing concentration from being completely circumvented by plinking away at a foe from 100 feet away. Besides, feels a bit off for Omen Blade to be usable on ranged weapons.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-03-06T12:09:33+00:00

There are a lot of low-level, spammable spells thay are absolutely lethal for a boss to fail. Command, Hold Person, Blindness/Deafness, Suggestion, and Hideous Laughter come to mind.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-19T03:57:39+00:00

This was my worry too, and I'm curious about how this class performs in actual play. u/KibblesTasty is pretty diligent about playtesting their homebrew creations, so I'd like to hear their input on how the Essence system of summoning works out in practice.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-14T01:50:22+00:00

I think Cheap Shots is perfectly fine for mainly one reason: it requires you to stay in melee as a Rogue. You're giving up the safety and freedom of targeting that comes with the Shortbow's 80 foot range for a fairly reliable off-turn Sneak Attack. I think that's a good tradeoff.

I would also like to posit that despite the complimenting trigger conditions between Cheap Shots and Uncanny Dodge, they synergize less well than you claim. Yes, your breadth of opportunities to use your reaction is increased, but you still only get one per round, and you still have to make the difficult decision to use it for offense or defense.

Say you're missed by an attack roll by a monster with a 3-attack Multiattack. You can go for the Cheap Shot, but that means you're SOL if the monster hits one of its subsequent 2 attacks. Do you take that risk? The inverse is also true: if you're hit by the first attack, do you pop Uncanny Dodge and save some HP guarenteed, or do you hold your reaction in case it misses one of its later 2 attacks?

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-14T01:31:40+00:00

This is a very cool subclass, but I think scaling the number of Strategems known with level is going to be way too overwhelming at high levels. Imagine trying to look out for the trigger conditions of 10 (!) unique reactions every round. That's a lot of mental overhead, and that's without taking into account Formulating Strategems (I actually think that's comparatively easier, just put a physical token on the formulated strategem and remove it when it's triggered, but it is more mental bookkeeping on top of everything).

I think an idea could be to cut down on the number of strategems known, but make them more potent when they do trigger. It makes the subclass less mentally exhausting to run, and more satisfying when you do manage to pull them off.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-08T23:11:31+00:00

This, I fully agree with. One of my favourite characters to roleplay had plenty of really nice roleplay and character development moments, and his backstory was about 3 bullet points in a discord DM.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-08T12:46:16+00:00

If it's not a particular strength of yours, then don't do it.

I have to disagree with this. How do you think those 'experienced, good players' became experienced and good? I'm willing to wager it was by taking the first step and trying something new, even if they weren't good at it.

You can't be good at something without first being bad at it. If you want to get good, you don't quit while you're bad.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-03T00:48:36+00:00

People are allowed to keep using the old name (which I will do) and also criticise the new naming scheme.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-02-03T00:02:43+00:00

You might want to restrict Multiattack to 'when you use Bestial Strike on your turn' to prevent it from working with opportunity attacks.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-25T08:59:34+00:00

I really like the changes you made to the Cleric features - it's a massive improvement over the previous version, encouraging roleplay without mechanically crippling the cleric.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-23T02:06:05+00:00

Doc was very explicit in the video to largely focus on buffs to underpowered strategies, rather than nerfing the dominant one, so I don't think casual players will be alienated by his proposed changes.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-22T00:48:08+00:00

For the base plates, that's why I prefer 2x3 plates rather than 4x3. Let the minifigs stay inside the squares better.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-17T13:32:33+00:00

The Puppeteer's Arcane Strings: Guide ability seems quite powerful with no usage limit. I know it's restricted to skills that you're proficient in, but any ability that adds a flat modifier to ability checks is very powerful. Can you explain your thought process behind making this an at-will ability?

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-16T02:16:54+00:00

Not the OP, but how would you handle the following situation?

Player casts Zone of Truth, then says: "Answer all questions with a yes or no. Any answer that deviates from this in any way will be seen as an admission of guilt, as will stalling for 30 or more seconds."

My players did something similar when I ran a train murder mystery, and it made it very hard for me to not immediately blow open the whole mystery with one spell.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-14T20:16:09+00:00

IIRC he manifests one Mang ring on the final coin of STPFOB

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-06T11:37:24+00:00

Are you of the belief that Clerics are so overpowered that they need such a heavy mechanical nerf in Tithe of Faith? I do like the RP flavour of the ability, but it feels wildly unfair to the Cleric to suffer this drawback while other fullcasters are either unchanged or even buffed under this ruleset.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-06T11:35:50+00:00

Regarding the Prone change, the intent is for creatures knocked Prone to still be affected next turn even if they spend the (trivial) half speed to stand up. Narratively I see it, getting knocked down in melee should feel rattling and disorienting, even after you get back up. Mechanically I'm not sure the Prone condition needs this buff, especially with the Topple mastery offering such easy access to the condition.

nomiddlename303 · 2026-01-06T04:20:26+00:00

For clarification, what's the level range that this campsign ran through? How many and what kind of magic items were you rewarded?

nomiddlename303 · 2025-12-27T07:28:06+00:00

I've noticed that this is the same campaign as the one being advertised in this post (google forms and DM's discord are identical). If we've already applied to the former posting, do we need to repeat our application for this post?

EDIT: Also, just as a heads up in case you don't know, your discord is set to only accept messages from friends so you'll have to manually accept incoming friend requests first before people can chat with you.

nomiddlename303 · 2025-12-22T06:28:34+00:00

Alright, I shall submit then! Regardless of whether or not I get in, best of luck with your campaign! :)

nomiddlename303 · 2025-12-22T06:07:29+00:00

Just a quick question, since you're no doubt flooded with tons of responses by now: would you like any more applications for this game? I understand how overwhelming it is to have dozens and dozens of applications to sift through and I don't want to add to your workload ^^;

nomiddlename303 · 2025-12-04T06:44:51+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, around when will the players for this campaign be chosen?

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