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I prefer Sword & Sorcery as well due to media inspirations; but I've accepted that DnD has left that behind and I just make myself miserable trying to force it. Someone else mentioned that S&S is more about a smaller more personal scope than power, which I agree with wholeheartedly- though...

With regards to "what's considered exceptional..." IMO most editions' DnD characters are, to varying degrees, exceptional. They advance in power quickly, they outperform their contemporaries, and in dnd5e they punch way above their weight class. SHOULD they be exceptional? Tough call. Depends...

My full stun rules: A stunned creature's speed is halved and can speak only falteringly; it cannot cast leveled spells requiring a vocal component. A stunned creature cannot take reactions or concentrate. On its turn, a stunned creature can take either an action or a bonus action, not both. In...

Synaptic Static is nasty, sure, but has your DM encountered Tasha's Mind Whip? A second level INT-save spell that will render encounters with purple worms and the vast majority of MM creatures pointless. 5e doesn't design its creatures to make INT saves. With the exception things like an...

I don't like anyone being stunlocked out of a combat unless they're an unimportant mook or bodyguard. Having the boss unable to act? That sucks. Players? Even worse. I hate my players' missing their turns in 5e.. this isn't simpler systems where a round of combat takes less than a minute or two...

I have allowed flying characters to carry others but we use encumbrance. In most cases this'll result in reducing their speed to 5ft due to A5E's encumbrance rules, and also 5e's drag/push weight rules. This has prevented abuse thus far.

I should add that this also depends on your own preference as far as magic items (and setting magic) goes... DnD is often post-apocalyptic, where the great days of yore are long behind and folk have lost a lot of knowledge that was once held.. that's one reason people go into dungeons in the...

I dislike the idea that crafting has to be inserted into everything, and that if you're not doing it you're falling behind (as per catching up). I like it in some of my video games. I like it occasionally. But it's not some customization necessity that absolutely improves everything it's added...

I forget if Veins of the Earth has a generator in it, but they made this'un. OSR: the Veinscrawl

That's an interesting observation, I wonder if it's intended.

I wonder if that kind of activity is a (now largely) untapped source of creative juices... "Total creativity pump" sounds golden. I know I've seen stuff like that in the past, but yeah thinking about it, creating the regions via such a method sounds quite nice.

Looks like another version of Magic Resistance @dave2008 (@ing you in case it inspires anything new) Though it won't let them walk through walls of force etc. since it's just a bump to saving throws. Interesting house-rule though!

Yeah, I dislike how evergreen stuff like Shield is, but the usefulness of such spells at higher levels was probably considered a feature not a bug by designers. Why cast a 2nd level acid arrow when your 11th level can’t rip out damages it?

Yeah, magic resistance is pretty weak-sauce in 5e. Golems used to be terrifying to spellcasters.

Well, casting has changed a fair bit over the editions and still is considered DnD. I'm probably biased, but I think casting got a little too versatile. Classic Vancian casting was weird and different, it was classically DnD, and it meant, with few exceptions, that you had to make do with the...

How do y'all feel about PF2e's Degrees of Success/Failure vs spells, with regards to addressing Save or Suck? https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=1693&Redirected=1 On another note, I just realized that pf2e still has Suggestion as a 3rd level spell, like it used to be in earlier editions :D

Looks like someone else considered this method, maybe something of theirs could help refine/inform/reinforce your choices here.

Yeah I'm kind of torn on GG now :( I resolved not to back the project because I couldn't justify it (and the price, hoo-ee the price!) but I would like more info before I decide on GG as a whole... I hope he decides to accept @Morrus invite to do an interview on the topic.