Thanks for the suggestions. I am looking for something fairly simple in play.
Adding to the existing Dwarven Resilience: "You gain proficiency with either Wisdom or Constitution saving throws."
New Stone Cunning: "You have advantage on History and Investigation checks related to stonework...
So this new dwarf trait is driving me crazy in play. It doesn’t feel dwarfy and can be hard to adjudicate.
Some alternatives I am thinking of include just a +1 to AC or adding fire to poison resistance. Plus maybe something like an older version of stone cunning.
Please let me know what you...
OSR totally took off with 4e. The fact that both OSR and Pathfinder became so popular so fast was yet another bad omen for 4e.
I know that 2014 brough back people who had played various pre 4e editions. Unclear if 2024 will keep them.
It makes options more visible and tangible. But even by 3rd level there will be a lot of options and it will start to get cumbersome.
You could design a game to work like this indefinitely. But 2024 D&D is not that game.
You could play a drow and ally with orcs in 1e (by Gygax!). Tiefling were created to be a player race in 2e and non-evil Gith have been around for decades. As for 3e, its most famous module hinged on allying with kobolds.
But if you have an adventure where the party needs to fight through and...