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Yes still based off CHA. Devils tongue is a replacement set of spells which use CHA. Hellfire can replace hellish rebuke but doesn't change the spell casting ability

Honestly its best to ignore either the novel timeline or the adventures league timeline...or both. Salvatore reintroduces the companions as the first book of the sundering and the next four book (including Archmage) run as a continuous story over the next two years or so. If I remember correctly...

The reason that the two Dragons are in the book is because of the Tiamat storyline. They are introduced in one of the two preceding books (I forget which) where the drow are offering them great wealth to add to the 'hoard'

Archmage definitely takes place at the end of 1486 and is a direct continuation of Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf which is set during the Rise of Tiamat story line. I guess that means that Rage of Demons takes place sometime during 1487 Oddly Princes of the Apocalypse is said to take place during...

Its the randomness that's hard to predict and best leaving out. However I know that if I create a TWF character I am likely to have two magic longswords by high level, a GWF would likely have a single magic weapon and a polearm user might well have none. And often those weapons won't be plussed...

Ah yes, found it. Looking on the wrong sheet. We play with magic items and to some degree don't use polearms since magic versions are pretty uncommon. They change things quite a bit at higher level but admittedly impossible to calculate for. Looks like GWM is the factor that effects things...

Did any of the examples in your spreadsheet assume Great Weapon Fighting without using a polearm? Most people don't bother with polearms so I was wondering how different it was to sword and board or TWF. Also polearm use typically uses two feats whereas the other styles one or no feats.

In our high level campaign we are already maxed out at 20th (it was a conversion) and so can't really comment on progression but what I can say is that for many levels we have had very little combat. Much of our play is planning, plotting, learning, exploring. To be honest there aren't that many...

Good stuff. Means I'll be able to DM a 5e version of Courts of the Shadow Fey, without having to invent the stats and convert the maps and pictures

For me its Waterdeep. That's got to be the most detailed D&D metropolis that has ever been done, but you'll need the early source to make the most of it. You can get a map the size of a small room, details about nearly every road, ally, tavern and shop. And then there is Undermountain right...

Its not that you shouldn't be able to use the bonus action whenever you like - I agree that you should. Its just that the crossbow expert feat requires it to be already loaded, which I'm reading that you can't, in this specific case load it during the bonus action as you shoot. So how do you...

The problem is as written you cant do this. The two weapon fighting rules only apply to melee weapons. The crossbow expert feat only applies if your crossbow is preloaded as you attack with the sword. You cant load it on round two.

I'm pretty sure that telepathic conversation was in relation to the Host Tower or the Arcane since that has connections with the primordial and the forges. That would be the kind of thing Catti-brie would be able to help with considering her magical ring and knowledge of the beast. I thing it...

Casting spells in higher level slots to allow various types of scaling

As far as I can see there is no real way of doing ranged two-weapon fighting so I would say that melee two-weapon fighting is by default better. The crossbow expert feat only works with preloaded crossbows so can only easily be used once per combat unless you spend some time with a free hand...

The City of the Spider Queen 3e adventure module has some good maps of the Underdark region near Hillsfar

You could try The Tales of Egil and Nix by Paul S Kemp. I loved them and very much like a D&D adventure Or for something a bit more epic (but less D&D like) Anthony Ryan's Ravens Shadow series

There may well be some issues with CR - I personally don't think the multipliers for several creatures work correctly especially in larger groups. However this is just an example of a single creature and save or die. The solar was unlucky and the players lucky. I wouldn't read much more into it...

Hmm, fair enough. I hadn't noticed the high saves. Maybe the solar doesn't need legendary resistance. Guess we'll have to wait and see which spell it was

Well since this was a warlock I'm going for any one of banishment, hold monster, flesh to stone, plane shift or maybe feeblemind. I'm guessing banishment - its what I'd do Unfortunately the Solar has nothing to protect it except for good saving throws