Extra feats seem the most scalable option that can fit any class and build.
i won’t allow more point for ability score. Sone classes will benefits more than others.
They need to provide a Big bad bear template from CR1 to CR6.
letting players decide the final appearance as a lion, Wolf, Bear.
after that player may choose other forms in the MM for specific use such as flying, climbing, swimming, poison etc.
The conjure minor elemental will produce a lot of damage when combine with scorching ray. If a caster manage to combo with Eldritch blast it can also be mad.
Conjure minor elemental can boost scorching ray by 6d8. At base level.
But any upcast be be silly.
12d8 per scorching ray if CME is upcast...
Cloud of dagger is sure to affect someone in the cloud.
The Conjure elemental is quite vague. It don’t ask an unoccupied square, so you can place it on an enemy?
it require to Move within 5 feet to trigger the effect. Does moving into the spirit count? In all case an enemy not moving won’t be...
The worst seem the Conjure elemental.
You just bring a powerful elemental spirit, then nothing.
You have to wait that an enemy move closer.
You can’t move the spirit, and if the fight shift place your spirit is stuck there.
They really don’t want we use this spell!
I just dislike all those mechanic that take effect at start of the turn, or when you enter in the aura. I would prefer that they resolve this at the casting moment and later on the caster turn.
The DM guide let the DM choose how to use dice in his game.
He can manage social and exploration encounter with few or no dice. And in fact skills and abilities mean much less that way.
The big question is Why a DM ask for a roll?
To challenge players? To bug them? To add some randomness in the...
This is why a DM should ask roll wisely and stop asking roll for every actions of the PCs. DM should tell more often « You can do that » ,
and « You can’t do that. »
From my point of view it is pretty hard to craft a decent shoe, so I would guess DC15, but a shoemaker will succeed all day long whatever the bonus he has.
The DM use dice when the overcome of an action is not obvious due to circumstances or the difficulty of the tasks, or a mix of both.
A shoemaker don’t need to roll to do his usual day at work.
Alternate history is fun for dnd.
Pyrrhus could have win over the Roman in their early history,
as well as Hannibal could have take down Rome.
in all case the Italic peninsula make a formidable stronghold for a new ruling civilization, and power would shift there eventually unless the DM shape...
I like the way you see the rolling of stats. The Rolled stat is still the official way in the 5ed PHB, and I see nothing in the playtest that let suspect a change.