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I think you somewhat demonstrated my point. Your objection is not based as much on whether it not the mathematical change would be helpful or harmful to the game but rather in the fact that rolling 3d6 instead of d20 no longer feels like d&d to you (even though universally using d20 for all...

Agreed! I for example have considered how skills might work better using 3d6 instead of 1d20 because this weighs thing heavily in favor of those who have bonuses in a skill; it naturally removes the problem that it's nearly guaranteed that someone will succeed at a roll if everyone gets to roll...

Everybody is talking doctor who and I'm like "ooh, someone's into Jeremy Bentham"

I would like to see intimidate named "Impress" and use it for situations where you intend to invoke an emotion or gut reaction. It could still be used for intimidating, but would have more obvious "positive" uses that presently default to persuasion such as flirting, joking and making merry, or...

Man, all these years later, and metaplot is still a thing in Earthdawn. I remember a book not unlike that was slated for release right when the line went under. Near 20 years later... and here we go.

What a great example! With just the tiniest amount of detail, you can go ahead with all the silly, gonzo wizard nonsense you want and it serves to actually pull the players into the world rather than break verisimilitude. As a player, I really appreciate this sort of detail, and as a DM, I...

In my world I actually canonized "a wizard did it" as an in-game phenomenon. The stress of pushing ever more arcane power into one's head had a tendency to eventually cause the mind to snap in a phenomenon called "mage madness". Such mages had erratic and unpredictable behavior, and it commonly...

This was also the term used by Earthdawn.

death dog seems an obvious choice no one has suggested yet.

I haven't read through all 14 pages of this, so sorry if someone has mentioned this already. I think 5th edition gave us a sort of compromise on the "orcs are inherently evil" via the half-orc entry in the PHB. There it says that half-orcs all experience a call from Gruumsh pulling them towards...

1/10th seemed very high to me too. It might be a little more reasonable if we change it not to people who are actively adventuring, but simply all the people in the world who could feasibly have levels in player's classes. Wizards researching in towers, bards in the court of kings, veteran...

Also, I don't believe anyone else has pointed out that raise dead also appears on the bard list in this edition. This doubles (assuming the population of bards and clerics is roughly equal) the number of resurrections available and also provides an easily available secular avenue to receive a...

Some have commented that clerics wouldn't agree to resurrect people outside their faith. I tend to think a sort of mutual contract is likely to arise among those capable of resurrection. Clerics certainly want the members of their faith to be resurrected -- but there's no guarantee that a cleric...

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This looks perfect -- I know a few such artists also let you download the individual assets, which would be great but probably not available here.

I'm running my players through a spelljammer inspired campaign and are sending them into a clockwork death star built by the clockwork horrors. Does anyone have any appropriate maps or map resources that I can use to create battlemaps with an appropriate mechanical flavor?

Point #8 is the most interesting to me. It reminds me a bit of 13th age "One unique thing" except with some actual hard rules. A special distinguishing feature that will separate you from most other characters is something 5th edition hasn't really had yet. I might cannibalize that part for my...

Oh man, after the flame wars of 4th edition, very little bugs me. Those were really dark times for the community. Trust me, it could be worse.

This was the standout issue that came to my mind about the action economy. I understand it's a balance issue, but it's so weird and jarring when you learn about it because it breaks with the system in such an unexpected way. Other than that, I think players sometimes wish they had the option of...

I'll add here, that if you bring in the injury rules described in the DMG, that can be a great way to provide consequences for a failure in a skill challenge that takes several days since it provides a consequence that can last more than a single day. If the group is forced to go through an...