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The other issue is early D&D felt like it was "roll to kill" rather than "roll to hit" making combat a lot more exciting. Nothing bores...

This is explicitly what Draw Steel!’s rolls do. The better you roll, the better your tier of outcome is, and the more damage/stronger...

Honestly, I am intrigued by the concept of Nimble and other similar games, but my personal taste would be to eliminate the damage roll...

It’s a bit kludgy, but just double their round 1 damage, under the assumption that they get 1 extra round of damage. Would also explain...

They were a rogue. Limited option on your masteries. Other have also commented on masteries being annoying. Ive messed them up as well.

It has built-in flavor (grimdark fantasy), but maybe Deathbringer fits your needs? It's 5e-compatible. Definitely a stripped down...

I think there's a good argument that it's better to not follow detailed PC build rules. I'm less convinced that it's as good to follow...

That said, these assumptions have some problems: Firstly, many classes do not scale attacks per turn past 2, which trashcans their DPR...

Yes. If accuracy is 65%, then with a +1 sword accuracy rises to 70%. Magic weapons are assumed in 5e, just not hard level-locked as they...

Oh! In that case, I have another guess what the problem might be. Blights have False Appearance. The most likely reason they aren’t...

The Grimlock is not a bag of hp - it's an ambush predator from the underdark, with stealth trait and capabilities. Assuming it gets...

So is the idea that there should actually be 3-4 Medium difficulty encounters in an adventuring day, and the Oft-cited 6-8 encounters...

I couldn't tell you the relation between xp values and anything else, but I can tell you those assumptions are wrong. PC accuracy is...

I wouldn't make every class a spell caster, but every character would get level based slots as a fungible resource that can be used for...

I’d say for sure cut ability scores out. Just have the modifier. Basicallly all of my suggestions would be, do it like Nimble. Or at...