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Which trope are you referring to here, as Drizzt is an icon for two? Do you mean the trope of being an outcast in society and having to deal with all the issues that causes, or the trope of being heroic and good despite racial prejudices and norms? I believe you mean the former, but I just want...

I agree with the spirit of what you're saying. Keeping the dice rolls low on Concentration checks helps turns go by faster, and in many cases benefits the players, as they will lose Concentration less often. I'm not certain that it was intended to work that way be the developers though.

Good stuff. Sounds like a pretty interesting group. I like that you've been able to weave the backgrounds into the game in a way that fosters reactions from the world around them. Very cool. You must see where I'm coming from though, with bringing up non-standard races in a campaign world. If...

Only issue I could see with this is if it was reversed and used on the PC's. The next time they fight say a monster caster with ability to use Stoneskin, they might be peeved if they only force a single concentration check per turn of actions, even if they hit the creature three times each.

Sounds really interesting. I might have to keep an eye out for it if you end up posting it on the home brew forum. I started with 3E so I haven't seen such a system yet.

Could you elaborate more on what you mean here? Do you have some sort of system in place that helps you determine how NPC's react to characters as they meet them?

After playing my fair share of 3.XE and Pathfinder, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment. There's something about 5E that doesn't overwhelm me when I think about DMing it, as opposed to those two previous crunchy editions. I played a fair amount of 4E as well, but my players...

I'd second the Rogue idea with Uncanny Dodge. If you go with a Rogue with 18 Dex (if you can get it that high, but if its an NPC you can honestly make it whatever you need to, it isn't really fudging per se) and strap on a Buckler (describe the shield as a small buckler on his forearm) and take...

Point buy is on average going to be weaker than 4d6 drop lowest, but if he really doesn't allow re-rolls, it's possible some characters could end up with stats like 5's and 6's. If you really don't allow re-rolls, or make minimums (like +5 total mod minimum) than 4d6 drop lowest can backfire...

Yeah, this part specifically is what I'm working towards as well. I feel that when players keep asking to roll skill checks, or ask me too many questions, especially rule questions mid game, they keep putting themselves in too much of a game mindset and aren't able to really invest themselves in...

You know, this always makes me curious, because I've had nothing but trouble with this concept in the past. A lot of published adventures, modules, and even the bulk of a lot of custom made material often features humans as being the most prolific race. Usually, other races have certain stigmas...

Ah, now I see where you're coming from. Yes, for sure if you allow "buying down" on a stat in point buy in order to get more points, that can open a whole can of worms. I generally keep to only allowing an 8 in any stat after racials. This means no 8 in a stat, with a racial putting it down to...

I think there's so many reasons players might pick human that it's hard to encompass them all. I'll supply two I can think of off the top of my head. 1)Relation. Some people just feel more comfortable picking human because its easiest to relate to what you are. Same principle in stories and...

I think if you play with feats in 5E, that human becomes an extremely strong contender for most popular race, as they get a free feat at 1st level that doesn't require them to make a choice between an ability score increase or said feat. If you play without feats in 5E, I imagine human might end...

Experience could definitely be the deciding factor, as could players involved. I'm still trying to get my players into the habit of describing how they react to a situation, or the actions they take, not what skill they use or spell (they're getting better, but I much prefer hearing "I raise my...

I'll try adding one, though I'm not sure if people are mistaken on it. When in a grapple, both the character who initiated the grapple, and the target of the grapple, can both make attacks as normal. All the grappled condition does is reduce the target's speed to 0, it doesn't prevent them from...

On the one hand, I agree with you, as I encourage players to at least perform the "think as your characters would" portion of Roleplaying (though many of them are still getting used to the "Act" as your character would portion). On the other hand, I can't help but feel that down this way lies...

I'm guessing they aren't exactly a hot topic at this point. Possible that 5E is still too new for many groups to have tested out the variants yet. We're probably all still busy playing in regular campaigns and enjoying the new rules. I think I am going to give the system a try and see how it...

You can only use 6th to 9th level spells once a day. It doesn't prevent casting nothing but 5th level spells, which I assume would be the biggest issue.

You know what, I actually didn't think of that. I guess I'm also guilty of being in a previous edition mindset where you had to do concentration checks any time you took damage during a round while you were trying to cast a spell. Huh... I guess spellcasters can still have it pretty rough when...