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The biggest problem I see with this is that a Warlock with the Pact of the Tome and Book of Shadows invocation would have access to all kinds of spells (see 6ENow!'s chart above). I have a Tome/Book of Shadows warlock and it makes my DM's life tough RAW. With this change, he would probably just...

DEMONS Balor 19 Demogorgon 19 Marilith 22-2=20 Orcus 25+1=26 DEVILS Pit Fiend 25 OTHER Rakshasa 42

5th level Ranger (Gloom Stalker)/3rd level Rogue (Assassin). You're invisible to darkvision, you should have a very good initiative modifier since you add Dex AND Wis, you get an extra attack at the start of combat, that attack does an extra d8, you have advantage on attack rolls on the first...

I think the easiest solution to the problem is turning the situation around onto the players. It would be extra bookkeeping on your part, but have them fight large groups of monsters, preferably with a few heavy hitters and swarms of minions. After a few encounters when nearly every enemy attack...

I agree that you shouldn't get a bonus to damage, but if you spent the feat I would probably allow you to take a -5 to hit penalty for a bonus to the DC of the first attempt your target makes to escape.

I had a 2e necromancer who ascended to deityhood. He's not my favorite character but he's the only character I ever had do that.

The orcs in my worlds are vary similar to the 1e version: large, stupid, fecund, brutal, and evil (LAWFUL evil--they're a primitive tribal society and don't have the luxury of being chaotic). There are mountain orcs that are even bigger and tougher and a group of them can present a challenge to...

DEMONS Balor 26 Barlgura 3-2=1 Demogorgon 23 Marilith 27 Nalfeshnee 23 Orcus 28+1=30 DEVILS Pit Fiend 25 OTHER Rakshasa 42 A big monkey isn't that impressive and Orcus is iconic.

DEMONS Balor 30 Barlgura 13-2=11 Demogorgon 23 Marilith 29 Nalfeshnee 27 Orcus 26+1=27 DEVILS Pit Fiend 25 OTHER Rakshasa 42

Considering creatures of Jewish lore, the clay golem is lifted directly from Jewish tradition (although after the medieval period, I believe).

If you're willing to use items from Xanathar's you could give the sorlock a Ruby of the War Mage so she could use her weapon as an arcane focus and still use a shield. It's only an uncommon item that would allow her to use a shield and improve her AC. That's not a complete solution, but if you...

A lot of it depends on the character. Size, race, and statistics might be tough RP tools if you're playing a 5'10" human with most of his stats around the 13-16 range (depending on what the stats of the other players and NPCs are). The easiest way to bring in good role-playing (I've found) is to...

Agreed, but having a standard from which other worlds or campaigns vary gives players and DMs a fairly quick and easy way to figure out the world in broad strokes. I think it also would encourage DMs to think about what other effects increasing or decreasing the frequency of certain monsters...

And frequency (common, uncommon, rare, very rare, unique).

I replied yes because while I haven't seen players intentionally wait until someone is at 0 hp, I've seen plenty of times when a player drops to 0 and then is brought back more than once in the same fight.

There are plenty of good options here already, but if you need an idea to buy you time while you flesh out the details for that: The drow mage uses a home-brew, higher-level dream spell while the PCs are asleep. He shapes the shared dream of all the PCs (part of the reason why the spell needs...

I used to use 1e/2e initiative style rules (each round: DM decides what the monsters are going to do, go around table and players declare their actions, then roll; didn't try to use weapon speed factors, though) in my 3e & later games, but have since gone to pretty much RAW written. It tends to...

Adult Blue Dracolich 23 Banshee 34 Bodak 14 Bone Naga 20 Boneclaw 17 Death Knight 31 Deathlock 18 Deathlock Mastermind 18 Demilich 25+1=26 Flameskull 34 Ghast 20 Ghost 25 Ghoul 17 Lich 33 Minotaur Skeleton 1-2 = DEAD Mummy 30 Mummy Lord 22 Nightwalker 25 Poltergeist 20 Revenant 19 Shadow 21...

To those out there who had bad experiences with fumble rules, did the DM apply the same rules to the monsters? Just curious, because if not, I can't think of any fumble system that would be enjoyable.

Statistics aside, it's been my experience is that when the only way a PC can fail an attempt is by rolling a natural 1, the PC will roll 1 about 70% of the time.;)