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I made adjustments to the concentration mechanic by adding a skill called Focusing and Sorcerers get expertise in that skill. Effectively, it means that sorcerers have an easier time "Multicasting" than other caster classes. I really wish they had done something different with the sorcerer this...

It blows my mind how many basic logic failures are embedded in posts like this. Firstly - yes, emotional reactions can be wrong, because they emerge from cognitive biases, not so much raw experience, and routinely need to be reevaluated. It's much better to help people mature in that process...

Thing is - all of these things are more ideological narratives stemming from obsessions with the past than they are salient points about modern society. Native Americans are born US citizens and can leave reservations, pursue education, anything they want. White people are far more criticized...

Again, though, it's not really so much about their experiences - it's about the way emotions are shaped by biases. This is why we have an increasing problem with entitlement and people screaming over each other instead of taking the time to absorb different perspectives.

I mostly agree with this, but there's a signficant caveat. Feelings and emotions are a result of biases shaped from years of being taught how to think moreso than they are a result of just baseline experience. It's not only important to challenge facts, but also to challenge (respectually) the...

There's really no such thing as anti-cultural appropropriation. The idea of cultural appropriation is nonsensical in virtually every context under which it is applied. Culture is shared organically and it is usually a sign of progress. Battling cultural diffusion is something that is motivated...

Racism is a term that has become dramatically overused to try to smear people that have no ill intent. There's nothing more inherently racist about Oriental Adventures than there is about all of the Western tropes included in many generic fantasy settings. It's far more racist to infantalize...

Swordmage is one of my favorites, however, it is an example of one I consider to be a little too specific to be a full class for 5e. I think the artificer in this edition was designed in a broad enough way that sword mage works quite well as a subclass option for it. I actually like your...

This isn't really about any specific existing homebrew classes that people have floating around. Rather, I wanted to get some insights on what concepts people consider that may be missing from the standard class list and aren't necessarily ideal to just add via a subclass to one of the existing...

This is the common argument, but I see it as more of an after-the-fact rationalization on why we don't have a witch class. When thinking in terms of fantasy, witch calls to mind some fairly specific themes and concepts that do not neatly fit inside any of the core classes without significant...

This is the fundamental problem that exists at the core of many of these discussions. D&D's core classes are a combination of really broad concepts and really narrow ones when ideally they would all be broad. Druid is really too specific a concept to apply to entire class IMO, and druids should...

I don't really see a properly done version of witch as a subclass for any existing class, however, it's also a bit of a stretch to make it its own full class. Rather, my favorite approach is to roll witch as an archetype into a broader general primal caster class that includes other concepts...

I agree that it's something of an issue, although I think the problem is as much that casters & spell choices are too convoluted as it is that martials are too simple (one reason we need a witch and/or shaman class!) I also always use feats, which mitigates it to a large degree. Otherwise, I've...

I don't disagree, and that's more or less what I meant when I used the qualifier of a theme supporting a full class. There is definitely some subjectivity with that, but a general rule of thumb is - a.) is it common in whatever world you're playing in, and b.) is it a "large" enough concept that...

So what about me enjoying fleshing out concepts as new classes for my world as a DM? Or people just generally discussing these things on the board? What exactly is so wrong about that that you feel the need to naysay it in a discussion instead of just ignoring it?

Of course that would be impossible. That's not what anyone is trying to do. Instead, people are taking note of well-established concepts that are missing or really refined concepts that can't be approximated well by existing classes. There's no rational reason to act like there's anything wrong...

You are 100% correct. Frankly, it's a hivemind problem and it turns into a debate in every single thread like this, which is absurd. That's not to mention the idea that every new concept should be done as a subclass just leads to subclass bloat, which after a point, gets even worse than class...

My favorite is a homebrew "Occultist" class that contains concepts for various primal archetypes in its subclasses including shamans, witches, and oracles. All of these concepts blend arcane and divine within a primal theme, which opens up tons of player options without class bloat and provides...

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You missed one - replacing it with something more like ability scores: I currently use a secondary ability score supplement that handles morality through "tertiary" ability scores that change dynamically through character action and can be utilized in die rolls: Honor, Empathy, and Piety.