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And the Joys of At Least Occasional "Simulationism" There's an approach to rule-making that shows up in a few places in D&D 5e (and...

From what I could gather, there seemed to be enough ways around niche protection in 4e that in the end there really wasn't very much...

Every version of a swordmage I've ever seen has been someone's attempt to be able to have the features of both a Fighter and a Wizard...

That's correct. I don't see the problem. What I think you're describing (correct me if I'm wrong) is the way it works. The DM has always...

Yeah, I've experienced about the same. Most campaigns I'd consider "long running" still conclude somewhere in the 12th-14th level range...

Which rather defeats the whole point of distinct classes and niche protection, right? It also blows up the idea of recognizable...

Marry me. And we will eliminate some of subclasses and the warlock.

Rough math tells me that's between 52 and 78 possible class-subclass combinations, each one needing its own rules and write-up and each...

Heh... well I think there's a reason why none of us are bothering to make posts like you suggest... because there's no real point...

Which is fine: it should be more challenging to play a less-well-rounded party. And if nobody wants to play a Cleric but the party...

Way more than that. The arcane-divine divide becomes sacrosanct; even spells that are superficially similar e.g. Detect Magic are cast...

1 - you don't need every last detail of background etc. unless the PCs are likely to get to know the NPC beyond combat. 2 - if...

If the mechanics are not representing portions of the fiction, then they have failed at their job. If you have different mechanical...

But a dropped PC never stays dropped. Healing Word and bonus action poitons of healing basically ensures that even if they don't have...

Which tells me loud and clear that the PCs need some serious toning down across the board in order to fit in better with their settings...