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Im probably keeping 2014, but with the new Monk, Rogue, Barbarian and Sorcerer. New archetypes are also chosen a la carte: Thief, Assassin, Champion, Glamour, Berserker have nice QoL improvements while others are pretty meh.

In addition to other changes, this is exactly what I plan to do if I switch to 2024.

I could see them publishing something like the Manual of the Planes with cues to create cosmologies and planar sub-worlds, along with theme appropriate random tables and maps. Then do the same with wilderness and urban themes.

The dream druid as nice features that let's you 1) create a hidden shelter 2) perform some spells as rituals once while you long rest. I could see the ranger having the same feature, with the ability to cast Faithful hound, Purify Food or Find the Path as rituals during your long rest in the...

I see it as an act of balance. The Shadowell is a faded, stagnant picture of the world. The Feywild is a raw and emotional, sickeningly vivid dream of the world. Both of them aren't positive places to be as mortal.

Id say 3rd Age Middle Earth or original DL; the world is alive with magic yet only a few rare ones are able to tap or wield it.

And "mishandling" being removing problematic elements and merging the various domains into interrelated land mass. What a scandal!

What about the Skirmish feature, and the Ambush master feature? Or Sudden Strike? Coupled with Tasha's features and a proprietary +damage feature? These are interesting and strong features! Of course if you reduce those to just extra attack and faster movement, magic looks way better. It's...

Its not perfect, for example it doesnt work unless you consider that Dragons dont have a soul nor does the half-dragon. I'm working on the idea that non-humanoid have Essence (aka matter of the Creation) while the humanoids have a Soul (the Aether of the Creation).

You could just take the features on the scout and bolt them on the ranger and remove its spells. And Hell, give them Hunters Quary that works like Sneak Attack, like an increasing number of d8 against a marked foe as long as you dont have disadvantage against it and it has less than 100% of...

My head canon for these kind of things is that the Soul is what makes a difference. Tieflings and Dhampir still have a soul or their own, while their non-playable equivalent dont have one or aren't in possession of it.

The book says they either come from the Lower (Outer) Planes or from fiendish mingling in a Prime Plane. The Astral Transitive Plane isn't mentioned there. Having Cambions and Tieflings be interchangeable and come from the Astral Plane is not the presented standard. There's nothing wrong with...

Aasimar are pretty easy in you consider them the equivalent of tieflings: any culture revolving around divine magic and/celestial beings would probably have some kind of Aasimar presence. IIRC there's a few theocracies in Greyhawk, and that's before things like a birth blessed by a Coatl in...

In this case the Dmguild is your best chance. Sort the result for PWYW adventures and pick a theme that inspires you.

I mostly just use the old Revised Ranger, but with extra favored terrain/enemies and all Tasha's features. Favored Foe, gives you the ability to communicate in basic manners with your foe (of at least 3 Int) and advantage on Charisma checks to interact with them, in addition to the Int/Wis...

Yeah, I'm thinking having Bael Turath be the capital/main region of the Suel Empire, both name being interchangeable. And similar idea for Arkhosia under the Baklun dynasty. A little like Persia or China changed name constantly under each new dynasty.

Which one? I'm also sure there's a lot of decent pay-what-you-want one shots on the DMs guild. The adventure league one shots may be free, I don't remember.

Monster slaying lore ala Witcher. Mystical tracking skills. Social skills with intelligent monsters.

If you have access to any 5e campaign, any chapter can be used standalone as a one-shot. Since you have few players and they are low-level, I'd suggest looking at the intro adventures of any hardback campaign, if possible.

Splendid. So, as said Lost Mines is very good for first DMs because it explains the how and the why of each section of the adventure; when to call for a check, how to check for surprise, how to do overland travel or award xp, etc. If you have some budget, I'd recommend looking at the Arcane...