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I personally have no issue with a DM wanting a specific setting, genre, tropes, and desiring a certain blend of usual denizens to...

Verisimilitude… reduces immersion…? That’s a first. I don’t agree that an adventuring party full of outlandish characters within an...

Okay, I'd still argue that if the players make a cast of characters that don't fit the DM's vision of a campaign theme, that's a...

And yet, its a common trope both within and without fantasy fiction. How many ensemble groups of characters in movies, TV shows, novels...

No, you start having 4 uses assuming a 16+ Intelligence score, which I think is reasonable for the way that most people will make their...

I think the level of fantastical is definitely a factor, because determines how common a specific species is and how integrated they...

Okay, but that doesn't really change any of what I said. You don't care for "eclectic" adventuring parties. Okay, shrug. What do your...

I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by...

You . . . may wish to read up on the 5e24 Bladesong ability. It is not the same as the 2014 version. For most Bladesingers, on most...

I read the first 30 pages of this thread, so not sure if the issue (fixing control spells) has been resolved in the subsequent 54 pages...

Bladesong AC boost stacks with everything you have there. So it will push your AC to 23. This matches as a baseline what a...

I would offer a slight correction: This "have to be top-tier" thing only applies in one direction, namely, the spellcaster picking up...

4-6 times per day covers the majority of the adventuring most groups actually do.

I feel like the best way to encapsulate the issue with "gish" design is to compare the Bladesinger to the Eldritch Knight. The Eldritch...