Godspeed to ya! I'll take 3) Magic Items and 1) Archetypes for 4(00), Alex. (oh we can only vote for 1. done!)
ADHD meds vary from person to person, as far as what works for whom and to what efficacy. I've been through almost the whole range, stimulants and non, adderall XR seems to work best...
Re: multiclassing it really depends on what you want out of it. I hate the splash/dips, they're purely for #SickComboz. Multiclassing has been with us for a looong time, but I really dislike 5e's way of doing it (to be fair, it was originally supposed to be optional, stated that it wasn't tested...
High end melee characters end up with an AC of like.. 25 or more. So that goblin won't be threatening them, if I understand it right, but on the other hand those high end casters with 18 AC could get hit decently hard.. in fact it'd give a reason to use Shield spell against attacks that hit, if...
Re: mini levels, I did make an incremental advance rule for my dark sun game inspired by 13th Age's. 13A did it per session, I did it with XP, but I thought the idea was neat:
Incremental Advances:
When you've gained 25% of the experience necessary to reach the your character's next level, you...
You think the primary difference is the names of the gods? I mean, that's a difference but it's a difference that every string has.. I really wouldn't call those the key differences 😅
I don't think something like "Humans, halflings, and half-orcs, paladins, and wizards don't exist in the setting" or "the setting is pulp-action," or "the setting is gothic horror" has any great bearing on campaign length, with the exception that it may have some effect on the players that you...
AFAIK older versions are? Like, he makes v1.4 of a class, v1.3 goes up for free. Something like that? Not sure of everything that's included in his patreon. But I get where you're coming from.