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We give rogues advantage on the first round of combat if they attack someone who has not gone yet. Not sure where that came from...

Lots of 3.5 and Pathfinder rules creep into my brain when playing 5E. The Opportunity Attack stuff is especially middled at this point...

Not a hard-coded rule, but I could see how DM discretion regarding advantage/disadvantage could turn high ground advantage into a de...

Regaining half your hit dice on a long rest. I knew the rule and ran it as such for a while. Somewhere down the line I forgot it and as...

That was probably what re-ignited my original illusion...

It happens, and when it happens for many combatants in a row (perhaps even spanning multiple rounds) it can in fact raise the boredom...

I played 5e for years assuming that higher ground granted advantage, but eventually realized there isn't such rule 🙃. Then I played very...

I think I disagree with the premise, that a single miss in combat creates a frozen narrative. If the state of play hasn't changed...

The challenge with so many of these ideas is that they encroach on other spells, feats, actions, or abilities that do something similar...

Basically never... I tend to run urban and dungeon adventures, and mounts are used for travelling but that happens most often between...

My gut reaction was to say no. Like others have commented, I hated the 3e bloat which allowed players to pick and choose feats to find...

Isn't that what backgrounds and feats are for? The class skills might represent skills that complement the class and the background can...

I will sometimes throw in hidden doors to secret chambers with loot, it's all bonus material though and doesn't really affect the...

And that's appropriate. Choices choices choices... and their consequences.

I think that's a killer point. Want a fighter that's good at stuff other that combat? Look at all those juicy feats. But remember...