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As a DM - I try to encourage players to get at least one 16 on their PC one way or another as I find that even with the best and noblest...

Here are a few thoughts: Limiting Save or Suck: The easiest approach is to limit save or suck. While the math can be annoying to...

Do you think being hit by a bus would be bad? I mean, it rarely happens, so why would we think it is bad? The rolled stats discrepancy...

... and? The point was you can have huge discrepancies and they have an impact. It was demonstrative of how big those impacts can be...

No. 300%. See my example above where a 2nd level barbarian with a 20 strength is outdamaging a 2nd level fighter with sword and board...

We're not just talking more effective though - we're talking 300% more effective. In a great game with a great DM a player with low...

I have a few Homebrew Campaigns. Each has an epilogue. The first ends in a little bit of a Railroad as the PCs discover that something...

I have run a lot of D&D for new and experienced players. There is an overwhelmingly strong tendency through every edition for...

When casting on yourself, you're often trying to reduce your vulnerabilities more than gain advantages. To that end, becoming an ooze...

Blindness is no longer necromantic.

Generally agreed with your conclusion, but I don't agree that the game is not designed for 20 ability scores as early as level 1...

Blindness / Deafness - it lasts for a minute or until the save is made. Blinding enemies and given them disadvantage on the save is...

My homebrew psion version has this element (which explains why I want it included). The idea is to replicate the psionic Superhero...

Are you looking for things that are essentially a 'signal degradation' of reality? Things that seem like they're twisted off the real...

In D&D, psionic characters should cover the following concepts if they want to fill all the voids in my game: Telepath (Professor X)...