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If that is true then why are rogues restricted to sneak attacks with ranged or finesse weapons only? There have been complaints about rogues not being able to use clubs and longswords to gain sneak attack. By your logic rogues attacking with any weapon allow a sneak attack because players not...

Completely false assessment based upon flawed logic. If your bell curve held true then athletics would not be divided by gender. Only the best "athlete" would compete on teams and teams would be fairly evenly represented by the sexes. They are not anywhere near that at the professional levels.

I disagree. Half Orcs are not known to be charismatic and giving them advantage on intimidate rounds them out nicer than saying they could have a high charisma off the bat. Half-orcs are not sly and ingratiating like teiflings can be. They are barbaric and crude. They exhibit strength and tend...

Because you give her skill focus to make up for the -2 to strength. A feat is equal to a +2 modifier according to the way they designed classes. The same way I mentioned giving half orcs advantage on intimidation checks to make up for giving them a -2 to CHA. When you take from any character...

No, most 5E wizard/sorcerer spells are much worse off than their previous counterparts. The only exceptions really are sleep & color spray . Magic missile is far worse, find traps, charm person, friends, ice-storm, burning hands, Mord's Sword, etc. Along with fewer spells per day and over...

Umm, no. The new spell fireball is nerfed. Fireball used to go up to unlimited D6's in 1rst. 20D6 in BECMI, then 10D6 in 2nd & 3rd editions before really annoying people in 4E with originally 3D6+bonus then pumping it to 46+bonus after people complained. It is nerfed in 5E to 8D6. Greater...

I think people are missing the point. Rules should never be about punishment or making a race/gender/class suboptimal. Should women start out at the same strength score for humans and other similar races as their male counterparts? IMHO, no. Should a human female be able to reach a 20 strength...

I think they were drawing on old superstitions & lore. Familiars were malevolent spirits, usually in league with the Devil who would assist the caster on his road to damnation. They had to blend in, so they took the forms of mundane animals.

Zard, go easy on the kender. They are fun comic relief. I always laughed at Tasselhoff's exploits in the books. Have I played with people who tried to manipulate kender innocence to murder hobo, steal and cause general mayhem in my games. Of course, because that is what PLAYERS do! It is a lot...

Great weapon master is a huge problem in a lot of games. My players complained it was a nothing burger until they started DM'ing. Afterwards everyone agreed it should be removed after our parties had 3 GW variant humans beating down 1rst level monsters as if they were nothing. The paladin really...

No, wizard spells have gotten nerfed in every edition. In this edition there is not much point to be an enchanter because everyone figures out real quick that you just used magic on them which is incredibly stupid. It may make sense if you used magic to completely make someone do something...

It is not silly. The paladin is OP, especially with certain builds such as great weapon master. Wizard spells get hit with the nerf stick in every edition and this is about the weakest their spells have been in any edition. But its ok when "other" class get taken down a peg as long as its not...

Find traps is the worst. Witch bolt comes a close second

The problem with that approach is that the monster manual invalidates certain builds (devils immune to fire. Certain golems get immunity to certain spells). You end up have to give them breach immunity which makes them superior to other casters in this regard.

There needs to be a flat increase in spells known. Wizards get two spells per level plus can find others in their book. I think sorcerers should know at least half the amount that wizards get for free. I don't think 24 spells known is a big deal. If it is then cut back on their spell...

Three changes I have made to paladins in my group 1) Only smite once per round: Any other class can only cast a spell once per round unless using a bonus action in limited circumstances to cast a spell. Since paladins do not get cantrips that can be converted into a smite they can only smite...

I do & oddly enough I miss 18/01-18/00. It added a great amount of depth to the strength score. It allowed for strong versions of elves, dwarves, half-orcs & humans but no pc race in 1E original PHB could be stronger than a human. It also was an elegant way of addressing strength differences...

The problem with 20th level is that it is hard to compensate for PC magic items. They make the game very swingy. A DM can handle that in his world craft but published modules have a hard time of it.

I would love for them to bring back Dragon Lance and do the original Chronicles for 5e. That would be great! I know that they are hesitant but the 90's boxed sets and multiple worlds had a diversity and a richness that D&D really needs. The key to avoid splitting the fan base is to keep the...

There is nothing wrong with the Constitution score and it makes sense that people place an emphasis on it. Being physically fit would seem to make sense for people constantly walking, running, swimming, fighting and doing all of mundane chores requiring endurance and stamina