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I think the wizard should lean more on its theme of "magic as science" and eat the artificer trope. Remove all spell slots from them and give them the ability to infuse 2 wands of cantrip X Y Z with 3 charges, recover 1d4 at dawn, at 1st level, and make them craft 2 x 1 scrolls of 3rd level...

because it was designed to be interacted with at a relatively low level; its an actual gameplay element, while the others are more theorical concept of worldbuilding. The Great Wheel is a great reading piece of esoterical cosmology, but I dont think it interact all that much with your day to day...

Word Axis, by far.

Con score + average at 1st, Average without con mod after this.

Id suggest doing the same as the AiME line's aventure books: pick a region, fill it with a bunch of small adventures with an optional overarching theme you can use to weave (or not) a full campaing but is usually asumed as disparate quests.

I think it should be doable, with a good dose of passive features from class/background. Like, instead of str, fighter can have more powerful/meaningful fighting styles, a feature adding a flat bonus to athletic skill check, a flat bonus to carrying weight, etc. Monks, would start with a...

I'd maybe try something like this: Might (athletic, melee attacks, riding, ranged weapon range, armor and weapon proficiencies, HP) Precision (use tools, AC, ranged and finesse attack) Cunning (lore, riddles, coerce, search/spot) Magic (both offense and magic defense against spells) Then all...

Maybe the strongbox contains a way to regain his throne (proof of lineage or whatnot)? Like, the 'yanki PC himself is the one hiring the rest of the group to find the lost ship and get back his stuff. Like, the undead 'yanki crew in the derelict ship is actually from his House, but they...

Maybe a mix of two adventures from Saltmarsh: Salvage Operation and Tamreraut's Fate, but refflufed as astral ships instead of regular ships? Part A) 1) The party is hired to salvage a derelict ship to recover a mysterious steel crate. 2) The ship is full of crazed undeads of both humans and...

Not bad, I'd go with something like; str: battlemaster con: rune knight dex: samurai wis: psi warrior cha: knight int: arcane archer 3 spell-less, 3 with magic, yet no spell slots in sight.

Str: warrior Dex: crafter Int: warlock Con: explorer Wis: wizard Cha: orator

Somehow, I dont think that's reassuring to them...

''I'll reply to every post in the thread, one by one, with an insulting snark. That'll show them how bad-ass I am! God, I'm impressive!''

even better! If going for Sword and Sorcery, I'd avoid any classic races such as dwarves and elves that have become the standard for medieval fantasy. I'd go with things like (for either PC or monster races): Galatean -> Stone-like constructs with a society based around beauty and the arts...

Honestly, I'd play anything at this point, if offered. Human is my go-to race, but I would not mind a game/setting without them. BUT! I'd prefer a setting without human AND without any of the most common fantasy races. Give me a setting with only Dhampir, Plasmoid, Autognome, Hexborn, Satyr...