5e Dark Sun

[Provos]

Has anyone done anything with Dark Sun in 5e. I was looking to run it in a few months. Most of my players use Hero Lab so it would be convenient.

[Provos]

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When adding a race that is similar to a 5e race is it better to use Race or Subrace?

[Fenris447]

It kinda depends. If your new version is going to remove something that's present on the existing base race, then it's easier to just make a new race. If it's only adding to features that are already on the race, then go with subrace.

[Provos]

They change base features.

[Fenris447]

New base race it is. Unless you really want to make things overly complicated...

[Provos]

Looking to do an ability score thing of a custom race.

It says You gain a total increase of 4 between your Strength and Constitution scores. You may divide that increase between these two abilities as you see fit, though you must increase each ability score by at least 1

The variant human lets you pic two ability scores to increase by +1. I thought this would be a good place to start. Just not sure where to go from there.

[Fenris447]

Check out c5CFBOrcuASI. In the editor, you can pull it up in the Class > Custom Ability tab. Of course, you'll want to recreate it as a similar Racial Special and attach it to your custom race. The important parts to copy over are the Array-Based Menu and the matching Eval Script, switching out INT and WIS for STR and CON.

This one is written as "up to +4", so you can actually lose some of the options that don't total to +4 if you want.

[Provos]

Trying to add a weapon called the Tortoise Blade. It is a buckler type item with a blade on it. Should I add it under armor or weapon do you think?

[Provos]

It only makes sense to put it in armor.