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So because you didn't use them, millions of other people didn't either, and nobody played any other edition but the currently supported one during that period. Well done, you've earned yourself an ignore.

Please speak for yourself instead of all of D&D for the last 40 years.

I have to strongly disagree there. The Firbolg were very distinct. They were outside the ordning and kept their own style of organisation which kept them secret, safe and separate from the other races. They also had distinct abilities of polymorphing and swatting missiles aside and wielding...

So why have it as a playable race at all then? There are hundreds of other races they could've chosen to make playable. There was no burning need to have firbolgs be a playable race. But to make them one, they had to so radically alter them from their well known and established lineage that they...

Why put in a race that diverges so significantly from the original other than to pander to nostalgia? Why not create new races or utilise the plethora of other available options if they want to fill a book? Firbolg have been 10 ft. tall since 1e and in every other edition. They've always been...

They're great and well worth adding to the game for a player group who can handle the additional complexity.

That's not true at all and in fact it's the opposite. Low AC creatures tend to be the ones with the most hit points and doing the most damage. They're the brutes of this edition, to coin a 4e term.

Putting aside the unscientific self-selection bias of attempted censorship going on here, why not just give half-proficiency to everyone for all saving throws and be done with it? That addresses all the issues you seem to have with the current system while working within it, not unbalancing it...

Are you serious? How am I imposing anything on anyone by merely discussing a subject on a public forum that the OP posted? To say I'm imposing anything is hyperbolic absurdity. I provided some points that even he agreed were relevant and then because I disagreed on something, I get attacked...

Firstly, that's not necessarily a bad thing, and secondly, I think you haven't played high level 5e if that's what you think. I'm not allowed to post unless I agree with you? Are you seriously that fragile that you can't handle criticism of your ideas?

There really aren't very many DC's above 19, let alone 20+. And they're on creatures who, if you don't have a ton of mitigating options through magical items, powers and abilities, then you were already outmatched anyway. Plus with only three save options, you would have to then consider the...

The only thing Tavern Brawler does is give you your proficiency bonus on the attack roll. Anyone can still make a shield bash attack as an improvised weapon, the feat doesn't give you the ability to do anything you can't already do.

Actually a bonus action 1d4 attack is one of the reasons why PAM is considered very powerful. So you want to represent an idiot who will die a needless death for their selfish, indulgent and romantic ideals? You could just as easily have a character with no class levels who walks naked into...

I think you have a very romanticised notion of knights and combat. Ask anyone who knows anything about medieval martial arts and they'll tell you that unbalancing an opponent is a big, big part of combat, and that shields weren't designed to block blows but rather deflect them and to be used...

It's from DNDWiki, so no.

The fighter is already very powerful with battle master being one of the most powerful classes in the game. Giving them even more seems like overkill.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?493527-Do-DM-s-feel-that-Sharpshooter-amp-Great-Weapon-Master-overpowered&p=6914942&viewfull=1#post6914942

Yes, that has been my experience as well, in hundreds of games so far (gaming 2-3 times a week with different groups each time since 5e released). Even as a player I won't play a character with these feats because I don't wish to dominate the game so drastically that I overshadow other players...

So unless you alter the entire system, it's fine?

When the playtest was underway, the mechanics of the system were explained to us as were the reasonings behind various decisions. One of those explanations was that flat bonuses were bad, as were plus damage, minus attack bonuses. And yet, we got both in the published system. In particular the...