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This ^^ It's about the story, and driving that narrative. And on an aside, regarding NPCs existing and contributing as much as PCs ( @Lanefan 's earlier point), our main DM does just that, his worlds exist with or without us, it annoys me in some ways because I am quite the opposite in my...

about half of our campaigns end in TPK, the other half retired due to partial TPKs. along the way are the many silly decisions, like a paladin staying behind with Nanny Pu'pu because she was worried about being robbed, the rest of the party in a hurry to solve the curse told him was a fool and...

I think the prep-work all depends on whether your running a published module/adventure path, or running a homebrew campaign, the latter taking a little more prep work to get going, but the homebrewed world evolves and parties come and go, time marches on, the world grows and the prep-work...

as opposed to bereaved?

The talent is strong with this one (team)! If it could be turned (out), it would become a powerful asset.

Also, the Paladin, gets Channel Divinity back on short rests And a Wizard gets half their level in spell slots back on a short rest, which is comparable to the Warlock, i.e., where a wizard of 6th gets 3 levels of slots back, a Warlock gets 2 slots of 3rd level. Warlock is the cantrip guru, and...

Arcane caster for sure As a DM and player, having had a party without an arcane caster in both scenarios, I can not emphasize enough how useful an arcane caster ( especially wizard) can be in the upper tiers. And, if it wasn't for the Paladin in the group, the Elf Bladesinger would make for a...

60 feet with a light source

Because 5E is a far superior system, and those few items are not conclusive with 'just playing 3.x/PF' but would be a nice addition if one wanted to make 5E 'advanced'

Isn't most of the suggestion in this thread?

Prestige Classes Crafting system, expanded use for tool proficiency checks, detailed d100 tables, including: Detailed costing tables for magic items, and crafting of such Revamp Feats, make them tiered, (similar to 3.5, ie. Dodge>mobility>Spring Attack, etc) More Feats

a note on Shilellagh, this cantrip is very handy if you do not have a magic weapon, so if you are a melee orientated cleric, this beats using a spell slot (Magic Weapon spell) to mitigate resistance to normal weapons. now, regarding the 'classic/original' cleric versus it's 5E iteration, they...

Yes, we did just this after purchasing the Red Box in around 78, and before buying any hardcovers (AD&D), by 79 we'd scrapped most of it and were playing ad hoc. We also created a martial art rpg by 83, which I wish I still had the write up for. in short, where there's a whip...there's a way...

I personally like this kind of item, harkening back to the old days, ye old +1,+3 vs lycanthropes and etc ;) This is also a viable candidate, the problem is that in 5E a +3 is also a very rare weapon I was trying to quantify a rare version of a dragon slayer oathbow

Basically, you are talking about an Oathbow, with the wielder's sworn enemy being a dragon. An Oathbow is very rare and has a lot more to offer than the rare Dragon Slayer sword. I'd compromise between the two, tweak down an Oathbow to become a Bow of Dragon Slaying ( or even of Chromatic Dragon...

fair catch, I suppose even the Eldritch Knight, or perhaps Arcane trickster could take it as an off school spell... not that they'd have a lick of a chance with a high DC unless they have some very nice chargen

one could give the human +5 to ability scores divided as they choose, with no more than 2 points attributed to any one score. this is less than the 6 points divided equally, but mitigates a third +2 potential. So possible of three abilities getting +1 and one gets +2; or two abilities get +2...

Durable seems like a niche feat example that, as postulated, one would take if they had a high con, or were a main tank. especially if they are in a party that is lacking in healers. I had a group recently with a dwarf barbarian who took this to get her from 19 to 20 con ( because she couldn't...

I cater towards CG, and go for LN if i am 'constrained' by a need to be lawful, i.e., a follower of some semblance of laws. with regards to DMs banning alignments: This has been a game breaker for me in our 1E circle, because our DM of 30 odd years is stringent , and if you play evil every NPC...

from Volo's, Yaun-ti seem pretty powerful as a player race, and I agree on the Gith races from MToF having some OP potential. But both these examples have not occurred as an issue yet in my campaign, thanks to my players racially profiling them as evil ;) I currently have a player playing a...