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As long as the iconic 5th level Martial class feature is viewed as a 6th level subclass feature, but the 5th level spellcaster feature is viewed as a 17th level subclass feature, there will be a mismatch between spellcasting martials and weapon-using spellcasters. If the only way that you liked...

This was actually covered in a bit of depth in the 5e Eberron book, indicating that some of these assumptions here are not correct for that D&D setting. The more focused-on area of the setting has just ended (or paused) a century-long war which saw much innovation in battlefield magic, and the...

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for here with this post? You evidently have an issue with consent forms. - Are you looking for advice for different safety tools? The ones that I've seen in use are the traffic light system or the card system, which aren't quite as good as using consent...

Those two are not mutually exclusive. No reasonable DM wants to make a player sit out a significant chunk of the session while everyone else is excited and engaged in the combat their characters are involved in. Giving the other players an incentive to prevent characters being downed characters...

Changes I'd make: Duration to only 8 hours. No burning all excess spell slots on it before taking a long rest. Each berry heals 2d4+spellcasting mod. Only one berry per level of spell slot is produced. If eaten as part of a short or long rest, you may bestow the amount healed as temporary hit...

What are the combat-focused features that your system gives Humans and Elves? You could lean into the concept of half-elves being naturally social and good at working alongside others? Maybe able to take the help action as a bonus action? And/or aid another even if not trained in the relevant...

There are more in-depth, and possibly accurate analyses, but as Blue said, the average effectiveness per action is an easy comparison method. When comparing classes in general, you cannot adjust for player contributions, because those are mostly* independent of the class, and would be assumed to...

If we're counting "adventuring" (as opposed to downtime) days where resources are spent, but no combat occurs, my response would be considerably lower.

Neither of those options are exclusive with each other.

. . . in order to loot them. (Previous editions based game rewards at least partially on gold gained from loot, and sometimes the gaining of said gold was the primary driving force of party actions.) Generally more recent adventures will have a reason that the party might come into conflict...

I find that combat isn't the top option even in modern games. The "Combat-as-War" aesthetic worked in early D&D, where sneaking into a humanoid encampment and killing them all in their sleep in order to loot them was regarded as laudable and actively encouraged. Nowadays, adventures are based...

The "Stormwind Fallacy" essentially states that roleplaying and optimisation are not mutually exclusive. As in a highly optimised character can still be roleplayed well by the player. I think the argument in this thread is that you can still enjoy playing a mechanically awkward or weak...

The scorching ray damage is pretty irrelevant when compared to the CME damage. If you're using it against a red dragon, just switch CME to cold damage. No, not "no resistances". Unless the opponents are resistant to all elemental damage, CME can be used to full effect. Or more, if they have...

The spell has a 10 minute duration. Losing your first round in combat is definitely not going to be required in every fight. While combining with upcast scorching ray is an extreme demonstration of the issue, I think that the most problematic part is when used by a full caster making weapon...

Many creatives don't like putting their work out in an easily copied format, because it encourages casual sharing of them. It doesn't stop bootleg and pirate copies from being made, but it does mean that honest users are more likely to pay for the product. An official PDF may be casually shared...

She appears to be an elf or half elf, so the hovering crystal could just be a cantrip. What she is wearing could just be travelling clothes: other than a couple of pieces of decorative metal on the gloves and what might just be backpack straps, she doesn't appear to be wearing armour. Could be...

The base classes have been modified: it is only the subclasses that will be pre-2024.

I like it. - I'm particularly in favour of giving scimitars a reason to be wielded along with a shield or with the use of the other hand, which were both more common styles than using two scimitars at once.

I suppose ideally, you would want to perform a calculation that includes the feats and mastery that also supports the style. GWF style might not match up well with the other styles in power, but it is almost always going to be combined with a mastery (Graze for the Greatsword is probably the...

Would be nice if it was added to D&D Beyond though. ;-)