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Swordsman: On a martial chassis, probably fighter-type. Assuming 5e for Proficiency Bonus to allow scaling. At the beginning of each turn while wielding a sword (alternatively: Martial melee weapon with which he is proficient), the swordsman can alter his stance by an amount equal to his...

Matt Colville has done this with some of his designs, like the monster pet book (don't recall the name).

Someone trying a well-balanced points-based spellcasting system. Your character knows Fire. This is a touch-range spell dealing 1d6 damage by default. 1 point upgrades the range from touch to 30' and then another 2 points get it to 120'. 1 point upgrade it from a single-target spell to 10'...

I ran out of room on the 200-word "what can we do to improve?" short answer section. 200 words was at least room for my top 3 points.

The Shadow Monk covers 90%+ of the pop-culture ninja themes quite well. Stealthy, shadow teleporting, surprise attacks, nerve cluster poke disables, martial weapon use (monk dedicated weapon), wall-running, etc. The only thing it doesn't really provide is the ability to do disguises or poison...

Hypnolich has a BG1 campaign log currently going on GITP. He's using an interesting mechanic where the players can only have 1 active NPC at a time, but the passive NPCs give an always-on bonus each.

Rewriting Beyond is probably the right solution. To level-set expectations, as with almost every corporate software project it will be over budget and behind schedule by 1-2 years. 5.24 is a different ruleset, BUT from everything I have seen, it's reasonably compatible with 5e to the point...

My knight uses the lance at first (one-handed with shield), then switches to his battleaxe or mace in melee. I was pretty intentional in not picking up a +1 Lance because it's a sometimes weapon. Then there are all the times we fight dismounted... but when mounted, advantage on melee attacks...

I'm in one right now (play by post). My Battlemaster 8 is a mounted knight and also the roving recruiter for the King's Army. Skilled feat + non-dumped Cha + 2/5 maneuvers being social. My Persuasion checks are 1d20+8+1d8 so I hit some pretty ridiculous numbers as the party face in addition...

Archery in 5e is just fine, in that it's annoyingly over-optimal for many circumstances. The Swashbuckler in my current game does just as well using Steady Aim with his bow as he does moving into melee despite having class features that aid melee and do nothing for ranged combat. Archery also...

The Staff of Power has what you're looking for. +2 to attack, damage, AC, saves, and spell attack rolls. The only thing it doesn't boost is spell DCs.

How do authors send in their adventures to be added to the list?

Don't a lot of the Adventurers League seasons correspond with the big campaign book for the year? If so, this would set up a payoff for the AL players at least.

Statement: Vecna has name recognition. It is disappointing that they failed to follow through on their metaplot. Interrogative: Do they not have a lore bible and master plan they work from?

I think D&D probably popularized green orcs with tusks (more porcine) over Tolkien's monochrome/pale goblins and orcs. At least, I'm pretty sure D&D had that before Warcraft did.