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I think this monster has huge potential. I like how it isn't monstrous so much as it creates a reason for people to be monstrous. That is fantastic! I expect the celestial lobster didn't fit the cosmology that James has going. At its core, this monster is awesome and coudl be used to build an adventure around. Even better, it could replace the God That Crawls under the church in the event someone destroys/defeats the crawling god.

To play like your group wants to play, there's not really anything you need to do to fit Ravenloft into the Deluxe version of LotFP. It's even better if you download the new version of the rules with firearms. Black powder firearms pop up here and there in the Ravenloft modules and fiction. Adding that component will help you get that gothic horror vibe that makes Ravenloft so cool.

I'm not certain what would happen when casting Summon in the demiplane of dread since it's supposed to be a one-way trip in. That's your can of worms to open if you want.

The last thing I would suggest is picking up "A Red and Pleasant Land" and popping it in as a domain. The Land of Unreason, with its human population hiding in colonies under the forests, makes a brilliant domain because it is actually a contested domain that is not fully under the control of the sovereigns who fight the slow war over it.

I'd let someone push their opponent back towards the edge by taking the AC penalty for the Press without getting the bonus to hit since the effect is the movement rather than damage. Depending on position at the start, it would be one hit to get the position set and another to force the opponent off the ledge.

I find you get more consistent results by relating judgement calls to rules that already exist.

When I run LotFP as is I run it in a pseudo-historical Earth setting. In that I don't use any demi humans at all. I reskinned the demi-human classes. I renamed dwarfs as barbarians with Climb replacing Architecture. Halflings became Rangers with the change that they can't use any of their special abilities if more than lightly encumbered. I completely reworked the Elf as a dark, sorcerous human class with a modified spellcasting system and a progression of witch marks.

There are a few threads on this forum about converting the demi-human classes to a human only world.

Encumbrance comes as much from the size and bulk of an item as it does from its weight. Strength doesn't necessarily come into play. Think about the last time you moved furniture.

Also, if you start giving bonuses for high strength you need to give penalties for low strength. That means low strength Magic Users are going to hit the encumbrance level where they can't cast spells even more quickly.

Yes, that is correct. Dwarves have other abilities, higher hit points and amazing saving throws. They are natural dungeoneers and far more resilient than other characters. That makes up for the attack bonus which is basically the fighter's only thing. Elves have spellcasting and a host of special abilities and features that balance them out as well.

They are all martial classes so they can do the special maneuvers that can make them more effective in certain combat situations and give them more flexibility when fighting.

Actually each day of rations takes a slot.

I usually let characters get two days out of a waterskin unless it's hot. There is usually a stream or some other water feature on the map or in the dungeon where water can be found so it can be refilled easily enough so I don't necessarily track water.

But this is why retainers and horses are so very useful.

You could take it a little farther to balance out the small spell list.

Give the Elf "Read Magic" as a special ability that they can use any time rather than as a spell due to their magical nature. That way they can use scrolls more easily than magic users. You could also make it possible for them to learn a spell they find on a scroll or book in addition to the spells they get when they level.

For casting you could give the Elf more flexibility. Your elf from the example above with his two first level and one second level spells would have a total of four spell levels to use in a day. So he could cast four 1st level spells or two second level or 2 and 1 as per normal. I would limit the repeat use of spells by adding an extra spell level to the cost of a spell that has been cast before that day. So the second time an elf casts "Magic Missile" it costs two spell levels instead of one.

I hope that helps.

Technically, the intellegence score represents the education of a character so any knowledge roll can use that.

I like the poacher with the tinker skill. He reminds me if one of my Scottish ancestors who was referred to only as "Gun Rab" by the family. He had reworked his shotgun to quickly break into two pieces so he could put the barrel down one pant leg and the stock and rear assembly down the other. He'd swagger into the woods "unarmed" and come out later with a bag of game.

I agree with Justin. You should pick up the Grindhouse Boxed Set. There is no new edition on the horizon, James has been clear on that, and any revisions made to the hard cover will be updated in the PDF which you get anyway with the Boxed Set. So you can't lose.

The main reason to get the boxed set is the Referee's Book. A lot of the best of what the game is and can be is in that book. It is a valuable resource for making your games awesome.