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It was a bit of a meme during the UA process for the PHB that the WotC devs had a hard time adding subclass features that weren't just...

Monk subclass probably works if the spell slots<>focus points ability was moved down to level 3. Spellguard Paladin feels very niche...

We had fun discussing these slides on episode 268 of Mastering Dungeons. The data there is surprising, but also it's a very specific set...

The way minions worked in 4e, and I believe this was the correct way to do it, was they have 1 HP, but they never take damage from...

As someone who just ran a TON of 11th level 5e24 combats in the past few weeks, I found that 11 HP was very easy to one-shot kill. I...

I know this sounds like heresy to some, but I think the 4e Wizard was a step in the right direction. You kept replacing lower level...

Addressing the actual content of the post... This feels like a half step toward the actual solution. Essentially, he's 1) turning low...

I too sometimes experience cognitive dissonance when Mearls says "Here's what's wrong with 5E!" But in Mearls' defense, his job with...

I don't know the exact answer, but it really depends on their accuracy and damage output. If they can hit reliably and do meaningful...

I've played about 75 sessions of 5E with characters in Tier 3 and Tier 4. DMs complain about how high CR monsters don't hit hard enough...

Brethen’s Sky Island Archipelago High over the Hazel Hills are a set of floating islands that seem to be locked together as a set...

I worked at TSR Hobbies in 1980-81 and saw firsthand much of what has been reported since. I will say in brief that by that time (if not...

It's the kind of mindset that ultimately ends up in failure. Unless he could personally do every part of the production supply chain, he...

Crows' combination of gear, skills, and basebuilding also sounds like a good framework for a post-apocalyptic scifi game. I mean, that's...

This sounds like Knave, which I read for the first time just a few days ago. Character progression is entirely gear based. It's simple...