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I'm not sure you want to be near "DM territory" with these builds and the argumentation behind some of the claims. Rocks could fall ;).

Parnast. Visiting the statue of Wallace is always great (and to make sure no one dispelled the flesh to stone).

I think you are confusing Cunning Action and Uncanny Dodge? Like I said, I can easily see how bonus action hide or dash can be given to some classes or races that fit the flavour. A unique reaction like Uncanny dodge; not so much.

Expertise could be much more widely available, especially for things like "the history expert" in the group or so. Parts of Cunning Action are already available to goblins and I think i've seen it pop up in other places aswell. A monk's step of the wind/ patient defense definatly fills the same...

Yeah, the system i described would remove the standard bonus to initiative from dexterity at even breakpoints, not add it on top. And yes, there will be some inevitable power-creep, although the aim is to keep bonuses limited to something akin to+5 feet movement speed. Useful but not...

I like the idea mechanicly, or atleast the idea that Intelligence needs more attention, but thematically I think it suits Wisdom better. Something that I've had in the back of my mind for a long time is a system where your even breakpoints still give the +1 hit/ dmg/ saving throw bonusses like...

I'll just have to take you on your word there ;) However on the real though, I think that for most campaigns you could give a Dwarf something like Religion or History proffeciency (or whatever fits their character) instead of 4 tools, if they want, and it would only add to the storytelling...

You can never compare tool proffeciencies too stats like that. That's like saying "a sneeze is 1/4th of an orgasm so if i sneeze 4x in a row I climax." No. You'd need to sneeze 4x at the same time.

I think it starts by determining a budged for of what a race can get in terms of features and then assign points to the different features available. Something like (And obviously these are VERY rough numbers I just pulled out of my...thumb): +1 Stat: 2 points Feat: 5 points Flying: 6 points...

Adventure League. Some things that go without saying for most tables need to be written down in black and white for AL.

I can see where the resistance against Spell Versatility, esspecialy for a sorceror, comes from. It does definatly step on he toes of the Wizard both mechaniclly and lorewise. But both of those factors get pretty overblown by many people, I think. As far as in-game explanations go I don't think...

Or atleast create some base-line metamagic effects that every sorc gets. It's one of the things that got scrapped from the class variant UA I don't understand at all. Now a sorc's only option still, when they get their iconic ability at level 2, is to turn those sorc points into a lvl 1 spell...

It was just an example, and numbers or wording can always be tweaked to taste. I don't think a sword & board needs the same DPR as a 2-handed character, obviously, but a TWF character probably should (giving up range and raw damage for better reflexes and number of attacks). That is very hard to...

Hehe, nice one. That WAS sarcasm, right ;)?

I think the synergy between feats like Polearm Master, GWM and Sentinel feed into this mostly, building out a package that is much more then just DPR. Esspecialy compared to something like a TWF fighter, who has a hard time forming any identity at all with how their systems are designed. I...

Lots of good ideas here! I like how you adress incompatible casting modifiers on racial spells, increase scaling into the late game on the abilities and play around with different ways to increase crit rating or use hit die. These are things I've always had in the back of my mind aswel as things...

@Crit Welcome dude, and well-written for sure! I'm actually coming around more and more on the Aberrant mind. Having a sort-of free subtle metamagic (and getting only 2 metamagic choices for such a long time always felt limited as a sorc, I think) in your kit that also allows swapping one...

No reasonable optimiser is looking to create something that is the end-all-be-all of builds. The problem is that when they created outliers like GWM + Polearm Master and SS and didn't support 1-handed playsyles the same way it immediatly creates a balance-issue for many players where they feel...

-Artificer Initiate, I think, is fine if you slap on +1 to a stat. it would be a decent choice among many. -Eldritch Adapt would definitly be pretty pushed with +1 to a stat. It kind of depands what choices you go for ofcoarse but Devil's Sight, for example, by itself is very powerful already...

Yet some how your examples conviently ignored many other core factors in the game, like party members or other mechanics to get around the dragon. Or are we going to pretend your "definatly not a white room"-overleveled dragon is the one and only way to the mcguffin and stealth is the only...