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I really like some of the suggestions already given here, particularly the sympathetic/antipathetic ideas mentioned earlier (if you want a true, old-world feel). However, if you want a classic sword and sorcery feel, you might try gathering 4 artifacts of elemental power (Air, Earth, Fire...

Personally, I think that this detail is important less for accuracy to modern tropes, and more to inspire fear into players who know those tropes. That moment when players point out that he's standing there in the "sunlight", in the middle of the day, gives way to one of those nefarious DM...

It's clear that fifth edition has been trying to resurrect the feeling of "classic" D&D since day one, but with a more user-friendly system that's more likely to invite new players to the game. I've read that a number of people like 5th edition for that very reason. As such, it makes sense for...

Some options that immediately came to mind (they're not meant to all apply at once, but you might consider using one of these in place of your "rituals now take only 5 minutes" thing, because I worry that it wouldn't make a meaningful difference to the players in-game, based on my experience)...

Well... at least one cheesy solution is for the wizard to take the Keen Mind feat, and then upon reaching second level, if they decided to follow the Conjurer specialty, they'd be able to conjure their spellbook from thin air, word-for-word, as long as they had seen it within the last month...

My father taught me to play AD&D when I was 8. I remember fondly the adventures our family would have around the dinner table on Sunday evenings after church, though I also remember that it can't have been easy for my dad at times, given our age and proneness to have tantrums when the dice...

On Barbarians and their hatred for protective clothing... I haven't seen anyone make the following point yet: Constitution -> more HP -> more mileage out of Rage's damage resistance If you're starting out with a standard array for stats (which I quite prefer), you've basically got two...

Yeast don't spheroplast any faster Well, I have an hour to kill while my yeast spheroplast so... My opinion on your proposed revision: it's underpowered. That's right: underpowered. Good job! Most people who create new subclasses and such go way, way overboard with their level of power, so...

I've got a villain (named Odrik the Mindslaver) that I want to have stand out in the minds of the players. He's a wizard (5th edition, enchanter subclass; but that's not really relevant), and his mind has been shaped by an aboleth to do its bidding (i.e. not nice things). I want this villain...