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Glad to hear your using the other rules. My GM requires encumbrance (and I do when I GM) just for this reason and because I don't get not know where your stuff is or carrying way more than should ever be physically possible. I think when D&D Beyond gets containers and auto calculations people...

"Rule of cool" vs "over powered unintended use" … I would allow it as long as it doesn't seem overpowered for a 4th level spell. The second it seems like players are abusing it, I would stop it.. UNLESS it was dich effort to prevent a total party kill. Then I would explain in desperation they...

My GM only gives inspiration if we spend gold to get laid, stay in a extra nice place, or eat extra fine food. We don't normally have it so we often forget it when we do. Not a problem in my group as a rule. 3 out of 6 know it well. Those who don't, normally don't play casters... one of those...

Right and I hear that a lot, but then your ignoring the effects of not being strong. The effect is their is no such thing as weakness. … Every suddenly not only becomes strong but VERY strong. Strong to the point where the strength stat becomes trivial.. but not by the rules, but because a meta...

Two weapon fighting with dex in 5e could let you attack 10 times in one round 5 at 1d8+5 and 5 at 1d4+5 (you could nullity all off hand penalties with fighting styles and feats) , but it required dex with a minimum of a light offhand weapon. So you had a lot of longsword + dagger combos because...

Bad example as boxing doesn't allow kicking, grappling, and arm bars which are basically necessities of weaker opponents against stronger ones (that and getting under a lifting taller larger opponents but while that is in boxing they just us it to punch they don't off balance another boxer grab...

So I actually sword fight every weekend with real metal swords (that have dull edges) for fun. Dexterity, balance, reflexes are offense as mush at they are defense. Balance = form and form generates power, sure strength does too but someone who lifts weights but has no form can have less power...

agreed. I mean, I played an awesome duel wielding ranger in 3.5 so ya that was a think but also even in red box "Elf" was a thing sure stats were different but the depiction was defiantly not elfs can fight in melee the must only use bows because they are soooo weak. nope. Sure 5e has defiantly...

I would like to do that but I am bit green and must admit in actual play I don't yet have the presence of mind and skill to pull that off. It does sound awesome though so It gives me something else to aspire to.

Sure, but I don't really know you so it could also be a figure of speech. Also my GM could be on these forums and defending him is just sound protection from falling safes since I like my current character. :)-

At my tables as a player and as a GM, we track weight, encumbrance (variant), and carrying capacity. With that alone Strength is not a dump stat. Even as a scout, I had low strength and quickly realized I couldn't even loot the bad guys because I couldn't carry much more than my own pack and a...

Maybe but my GM is a friend and is trying to change after the group raised it in a debate after a game when it got silly. We get a "gotcha" moment every now and then, but its more an "old habit die hard" than a "My way or the highway" thing. I am not a perfect player or GM in my side game and...

For a moment there I thought you were my GM but then you went with cutting story time and going striate in battle. My GM gets board about 3 rounds into any fight where he is controlling more than one enemy and introduces a negotiation hook that will get us back to story time that has an "or an...

We have a mix of "gotcha" because our GM got on a "if you didn't detail it, it didn't happen" kick so for a while I would ask "I check the room for things for note, rolled 25 investigation" GM, "you find nothing". After the game, knocking down the door to the boss room with picks and axes the GM...

Oh yes... hand waved shopping!!! I forgot about that. My GM says almost every time… we can role play this if you really want to haggle but other wise its an X shop you can by x things at the PHB price. Magic items he changes, one time we got a magic ship run by Loki with a deck of many things...

I constantly see 2 things. 1. People ignore/handwave inventory management, encumbrance, and athletics test for play efficiency because they don't want to wait for players to organize notes or they are too lazy to track weights. The results are bags of holding with 26,000+ gp and all their...

That was intended as a joke to show that the argument swings both ways so the perspective evil dex would not exist if it was your only melee option the same as if strength was the only melee options. Hard to read it sub text, but I don't really want to get rid of strength as an option... I mean...

Cutting weapons in the real world are all finesse even the longsword. Cutting is for unarmored opponents and doesn't require mush strength if you have any technical skill. Piercing is generally considered finesse for armored or unarmored looking for week sponts but then you look at javelin...

Got insane and called a cheater even If he really did, but that's fare. Yes and this forces them to have strength for melee however they don't have heavy armor proficiency so the need dex to have an AC higher that 12 from studded leather which would be suicide at pretty much every table I have...

That is right. So what if we just say strength concepts are not viable under this rule set... its the same argument right? A monk in light armor using strength is a fighter... you pretty much just removed the class, which is not very different from disallowing them. Ultimately, I just don't...