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I would say that the main part of D&D is the progression of the story made by DM(of published). If you kill everyone the story ends...

I agree that adding new cool features to NPCs is a good thing and as a DM you should do it, I do also agree that you do not need more...

I like NPCs as PC built. Short rest mechanics are tripled and used as Long rest and casters use Spellpoints so they can go "nova" vs...

true, but in 25+ years, I have seen that most campaigns go for 8-10 levels of advancements or about 1-1,5 years.

I would say that game starts at levels 5/6. 1-4 is just training wheels. then you can keep the average campaigns to levels 12-15.

Custom backgrounds is the standard in my campaigns. Lets players have what they feel is best suited to their character.

Every DM cries tears of joy when a "mage" player decides to play a "blaster". it's just damage. and not that good of a damage source...

I would like to play 1E same way that I would like to drive Ford model T. Maybe once, so I can say I have driven it, but that is it.

custom background...

18 works great. move chainshirt to light armor so light AC stays the same 12+5 vs 13+4. remove background/species ASI and have starting...

if you do not want that here is a variant house rule for you. Use ability scores ONLY for ABILITY checks. everything else ability...

that is why they are called half-feats, you take two for one "feat slot" :p

I like that rule and we used it few times. But agreeing players to reduce power can sometimes be like pulling teeth, hehe. I have also...

Yep, we currently cap ability scores at 18 in my game. If you want something above 18 you need a magic item to get you there.

And I said what solution could be. Either +1 mod or take 2 feats together without ASI bump. no need to track +1/2 mod in the background...