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Not IMO. I think barbarian should be a subclass or feat chain under the fighter class. But I think we only need 3-4 classes: Warrior /...

problem with fighters is that is made simple for whatever reasons and presents some mundane fighter without any special flavor or...

it's a nice overview and attempt to merge reality with gameplay logics and that it does not need to meet 100% of the time. also I agree...

Going to give it 7, maybe it was a 6, but in general I love 5E and how easy is to modify it for house rules. why not higher or even 10...

Sure it did. It just didn't intend that to be the default. You don't provide for something you don't intend to be a part of the game...

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...