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Well, it's trading one type of work for another. Considering the number of d20 rolls made during a session, having to add three dice and a modifier can slow the game down (especially for some players). Whereas altering bonuses and DCs is something you can do on character sheets / in DM notes. It...

Changing to 3d6 definitely has an impact on success rates: easy tasks get easier and harder ones get harder. The point of the OP was that if you want the effects of 3d6, you can achieve nearly the same effect (with away from table added math instead of at the table math) by sticking with 1d20...

I'm not sure why you're focusing on the difference in spacing... In 5e's d20 system, the only thing that's relevant is your chances of meeting or exceeding some threshold; it doesn't matter at all how likely you are to roll any specific value, X, except insofar as that represents the difference...

Yeah, exactly. Which is why my assessment above was that Light Cleric might be better as a blaster at really low levels, but falls behind Tempest by tier 2.

Other than Faerie Fire, I don't find the Light domain spells to be that exciting. Burning Hands is a worse Thunderwave. Flaming Sphere is mostly a worse Spiritual Weapon (particularly due to its concentration requirement and full action initial casting time). Scorching Ray doesn't do that much...

Playing a tempest cleric in a campaign now, and finding him to be quite an effective blaster, at least through low tier 2. Light cleric might be better at very low levels, simply because they can blast more often and in a party-friendly way, but their CD doesn't scale well.

Yes, but probably only for a one-shot or a mini-campaign, and if I had confidence that my character choices would still be relevant often. What I wouldn't particularly like is if it just wound up being loose RP with few opportunities to use skills or utility magic in ways that actually impacted...

Note also that druids get enhance ability, which gives some of the benefits of enlarge/reduce.

@RogueJK said a lot of what I was about to say in their last post (re: monk dip and bladesong action economy), but a few things to add: Is the headband of intellect locked in, or could you switch it out if you decided not to go bladesinger? It feels to me like unarmed defense is more useful...

I would have thought mathturbation was doing a bunch of math which is ultimately inconsequential in practice because the process is enjoyable... But that's neither here nor there. It's not a coincidence, and the numbers weren't picked arbitrarily. The scaling was by the standard deviation, in...

I feel like a lot of people are commenting on this based on "what they already know to be true" without really considering the argument being made.

But so does doubling modifiers and stretching out DCs. That's what @NotAYakk has been saying.

Between a barbarian/monk, ranger, paladin and rogue, your party has a lot of martial capability, so I think leaning heavily into being a support-focused caster makes sense. Particularly if the first player goes with monk, there's already going to be a lot of mobile acrobatic business going on...

Strictly speaking, being invisible just enables a hide roll in the absence of cover, and gives disadvantage on perception (by virtue of creating obscurement); it doesn't affect stealth checks (advantage on stealth and disadvantage on perception are similar, but not statistically identical if...

Yup, I agree with the general consensus here. I'd have the ranger reroll stealth in between each use though, since if each orc is part of a separate "combat zone", you'd need to determine surprise each time.

Play-style: I think (non-moon) druids are most effective as either summoners or controllers. The spell list contains some elemental damage spells, but the class features don't offer much to support that playstyle, and so going that route you might find that you wish you'd been an evoker wizard...

@Horwath, one of these days I'll post the revised skill system I've been working on. It dovetails with a modified ASI system as well. The basic idea is there are two hierarchical levels of skills; you pick a certain number of "broad" proficiencies and a certain number of "specialties" within...

Another thought: replace racial bonuses with a fungible point pool (six for standard +2/+1 races) and "more favorable prices" for their key stats. For example, the base price to raise a stat up to 13 is 1 point per point; 14 to 16 costs 2 points each; 17 to 19 is 3 points. If your race would...

I like the idea of taking ASIs to your main stat off the table so that people can just pick up fun feats without agonizing over the opportunity cost of the missed ASI. I also like the idea of shaking up the tired sameness of the obvious race/class combinations. I'm not sure I like the...

What's been your play-style as a fighter? Are you damage-focused? Lockdown focused? One-handed and shield, or two-handed weapons? What maneuvers do you use? I assume you took a feat at 4th since you still have 16 STR?