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I'm a firm believer in telling the story that makes sense. The Three Great Cities: I have four great cities that serve as the largest marketplaces in the universe. Sigil, the City of Doors (which for me is in the Astral Plane), The City of Iron in Dis (Hell), The City of Gold (Heavens), and...

The answer would depend on additional factors. Are we prepping for one more combat before a rest? Or do we think there may be many more? Or none and I'm just preparing spells that would help with social or exploration activities? What spells do I have prepared? In truth, I think my approach...

Nothing would happen - and I don't mean that dismissively, I mean that as the plan going forward. Nothing would really change. For example, I'd continue to play D&D based upon the latest edition I liked with the adjustments my group wanted. I've always felt it was likely I'd be locked away...

I agree that it can be complex and address why that it not so bad: 1.) It escalates stealth to being a significant part of the game that deserves the attention (worthy of the complexity), and 2.) (Simultaneously and contradictorily) You can ignore most of the complexity most of the time and...

The key problem here is a three tier system: Advantage/Normal/Disadvantage. Trying to break complex storytelling worlds down into three tiers of benefit/detriment with uniform rules is impossible unless you write a billion and one exceptions. To that end, I favor having the DM override and...

There was a fair amount of Stealth discussion in the Sage Advice column with people commenting on alternate approaches. I thought I'd post (another) new thread for people to post the alternative game system or homebrew approaches they like. For myself, I think I may revert back to something...

We should probably move the stealth discussion to an entire separate thread before it consumes this one...

Right - that was my first sentence ... that the DM plays a heavy role in the efficacy of the EK. EK can be S in some campaigns if the DM handles spells in ways that benefit the EK. It also why my final sentence said, "... in the games in which I play ..."

Something worth considering for EK - your DM plays a heavy role in determining how good this class can be by determining how many and what type of homebrew spells are available, and how much the DM wants to include spells that are designed for a gish in the game. Also, you should be...

Some of what here is clarifying a corner case or confirming that the RAW is RAI. That doesn't need to be in the errata. However, some of this is stuff that should have been clearer in the rules and has fairly broad application, or what is stated here is contradictory to a reasonable reading...

On another note: You could ask AI to write an adventure for you. You could pull the information above together with a little more information into a thorough prompt and see what it creates - and then tweak it until you like it.

I took a quick look at the book I referenced and it seems like the statement you made about the last appearance being in 1360 comes from that book. That is right after the "Grey Box", the first product in the Forgotten Realms line was produced. As far as I know, there is no official storyline...

Right - and I posted how that breakdown doesn't align to your premise and your statements for why you made the system. Specifically, the PCs in your simulations were taking down a Colossus in less than 2 rounds EVERY time you ran it. This is what inspired you to make the system - the PCs were...

Again, the math does not add up. There are inconsistencies that do not align. You're noting one element that can align when one set of the facts are considered, but it does not align with significant elements of the information provided. While dealing 40 damage per turn could result in a...

It is easier to do Chromatic Orb in Excel with a series of rolls and a few formulas. Then you can chart the results. I didn't do it myself for this analysis, but I've done similarly complex stuff before. The most important part of that charting is the Chromatic Orb chart and that fat 20.25%...

You're referencing the Statuette from Prayers for the Faithful (2E book)? Linked to Auril? Pages 84 to 88 of the Prayers to the Faithful? That book has quite a bit about it.. You can get it on DriveThruRPG.

The math doesn't add up. If the mock ups showed the PCs doing 550+ damage in less than 2 rounds, but each PC was averaging 40 damage ... How many PCs were being used? 8? Regardless, the concerns I raised above would guide me away from any system that "resets" per round when you have a fixed...

I usually run my own stuff, but I have multiple uses of: Lost Mine of Phandelver Keep on the Borderlands Sunless Citadel / Forge of Fury Dragonlance Series White Plume Mountain Palace of the Silver Princess Vault of the Drow Temple of Elemental Evil The thing I have run the most is a homebrew...

There are things that can be done in the 5E space that balances the load, better. However, it would essentially require the rewriting of the system for them to all have an equal level of importance. Things you would likely want to achieve: 1.) Decrease the importance of Constitution for hps...

You explicitly did encounter them by your own description of the mechanics. You effectively limited how much damage the PCs could deal to the creature by giving it the 150 hp bubbles to fill out. That was you contriving a way to make the combats last longer. Walk me through something. The...