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Yeah. Moreover, another difference was that upcasting barely existed in 3.5e. There were "heightened spells" which was effectively a...

Yes, I agree in principle… that could be an elegant way of "smoothing out" the spell slot progression for these "fractional levels"...

These are interesting thoughts... I do agree that Magic Initiate goes a long way. It's a pretty powerful feat. And especially with some...

Getting to round up as a single class character versus down as a multiclass character is likely intentional. The point that it makes...

It is weird, but it also isn't. Alice is at the bottom of that tier of spell slots, while Bob is at the top. The one level of wizard is...

IIUC, by the RAW, all classes round up while pure, but the EK and AT transition to rounding down when multi-classing.

It IS weird. The root cause is the "round down" rule, which causes the discrepancy because the actual single class progression for...

I may be missing something but I don’t understand what you mean here… At Wizard7/EK3, the effective caster level would be 8th, which...

Consider Alice, a character who is an Eldritch Knight 7. They get 4 level 1 slots, and 2 level 2 slots. If that character then becomes a...

As I like to say… D&D is a different game with each DM. So I’ve played a few different kinds of D&Ds given that I’ve played with...

the tool I mentioned is at GitHub - G-Ambatte/APItoHB: A tool to convert API responses from DND5eAPI.co into Homebrewery formatted...

The point about doom clocks is interesting. I would argue that a broader approach to clocks can be applied. I mean, a character needing...

...gritty realism with lifestyle rest mechanics works well for me: reins in both five-minute adventuring days and five-week adventuring...

That's pretty much it. If you water down Darksun its not really Darksun or a very good version of it. Think of an R16 movie whose...

Do you use milestone leveling?