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I have thought about 4e style multiclassing. I agree it could work, hadn't really considered in the context of proficiencies, but of course it makes sense to.

That sounds very interesting, I will try to find it. Does it incorporate prereqs (like, you need med armor prof to get heavy armor prof)?

I have a dream of feats that work both for enabling both roll- and role-play character concepts. I'd go so far to say that if you really don't think that is possible, then you probably oughtn't use feats at all... which of course is fine and perhaps what you would argue anyway. Perhaps a better...

Well.. I don't entirely agree. With a breastplate and 14 dex, you get AC 17. To get that with mage armor, you need an 18 Dex... that is not insignificant. And of course, it costs you a spell slot, thus one less casting of shield. I think that is more than just fluff. And a shield grants another...

Ah, so something like add proficiency to heavy armor master, that kind of thing?

So your vote would be, get rid of armor prof feats altogether? I kind of feel like there is a place in the game for them, for people who want an armored wizard or a rogue with a shield. Forcing those people to multiclass seems off to me, but maybe that's just me :)

Well heck if people aren't complaining that these are overpowered then I haven't done my job :) How about: Combat Veteran (no prereq!) - Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1 to a maximum of 20 - Gain proficiency in light armor, medium armor, shields, and all simple weapons. Master...

The existing armor proficiency feats seem too weak to me. I would like it if the feats were at least somewhat competitive with a multiclassing dip for a player interested in upgrading their armor. I was thinking to offer these improved versions. Do they seem good enough? Combat Trained You...

Seems like a cool world building item, but I wouldn’t expect it to have much practical significance in a typical game. If you are playing a campaign where sleeping guards is an important issue, a simpler approach might be just a potion of wakefulness.

I would certainly read that as a quantity of dirt that can be contained within a 5 ft cube as currently arranged. IE, no linear dimension exceeding 5 ft. So maybe this is something to check with your DM about ahead of time :) I would also say a dirt wall a like that would immediately collapse...

The AD&D monk did indeed stun, but only with unarmed strikes ("open hand combat"). In fact a high level monk had a reasonable chance to outright kill an opponent with an unarmed strike. Anyway, I now understand your comment thanks!

What makes you say that? Just curious. I'd have said it was meant equally for either.

Calling your unarmed strike a weapon doesn't work well, it is an exception to too many rules for weapons as objects (can't be disarmed, don't need a hand to hold, can't draw it, etc.) But the language describing attacks could be better. Maybe instead of "weapon attacks" and "spell attacks" they...

When the enemy wizard casts a shatter spell on me right after I failed my Insight check to tell if he was lying!

Actually you can use Stunning Strike with an unarmed strike. SS says "When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack," while the unarmed strike rules say "Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike." So you can make a melee weapon attack...

Upshot: you can’t choose unarmed strike as a kensei weapon.

I'm curious, which class do you think would benefit the most from this rule, and which the least? I'd agree with monk as one of the least. Perhaps fighter as one of the most?

It occurs to me that the 4E monk works kind of like if the DS sorc's only ability was access to the cleric spell list. Cleric spells are good, and they let the sorc do things a different sorc can't. But if all you got was the spell list, they would just compete for slots with what a normal sorc...

The AC bonus is a better than I was thinking, I had in mind you needed to use your bonus action for it, but actually you just do unarmed damage on one attack instead of longsword damage. And AC is a weakness for the regular monk, so yes, I see your point :)

Interesting what do you like about kensei? It does gives some real ranged capability, that is nice I think. But for melee I would probably prefer open hand.