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You know... the 2d6 thing is silly. I also think 1d12 seems silly... but just giving the Ranger bonus hit die would be kinda cool and would keep the "survivor" aspect. Like @ level 3 you have 4 d10 HD instead of 3... that'd be cool. The super-ninja initiative is also pretty silly. I can get...

You can either take half the value of the die or take a chance. We play for laughs so people always roll unless they got a 1 or 2 last time.

The HP argument and video game comparisons are weird. D&D 5e defines HP as being more than just physical wounds. There isn't really a reason to speculate. Hit Die are thing in this edition - so there is room for martial healing. I think this is arguable, but I won't die on that hill. I'll just...

For sure, which is part of my point, but it's the only reason I could think of that would make someone INSIST on playing 5e D&D instead of another system. Why not play a systems that has the stuff you want if you refuse to homebrew? I can only assume it's because those books don't say "Dungeons...

I'm not convinced we're descibing a real problem here... If you are in a game of D&D that features no magic but your DM: - Doesn't allow ANY homebrew - Wont let you reskin anything - Wont let you use feats Then you have a bad DM who is playing the wrong system due to misguided nostalgia. If you...

A lot of great responses already in this thread. Another option that may work in some settings where athiests make less sense might be an anti-thiest. Someone who dislikes gods and religion and thinks that mortals shouldn't be used as pawns in their games. Somebody who isn't evil necessarily...

I say that if someone hits 0 HP and fails 3 checks you could maim them instead of kill them without much complaint. Beyond that... I dunno you are playing in a wierd game haha.

I will let players roll for one shots, but in a "serious" game I'm usually doing everything I can to make players care LESS about their stats. Having some character with two 18s never helps with that.

Iiiiiinteresting... Our game started 90 minutes late withg a GM who was just grabbed and didn't know what was happening (poor guy) An old man spit organge gatorade on me (and the DM's PHB) and asked questions seemingly based on another game system. It was just combat combat combat and I was...

I was pretty bummed by my epic experience, and was there when the lights went out. It was my understanding that the game was over though. Now you are making me afraid that my DM was so out of sync (poor guy just got tossed into the deep end) that I missed something.

Maybe I am crazy but ever since I was a kid I've wanted to make a Vampire Slayer character in the vein of Castlevania. I may have an opportunity in the near future. Part of my thinks that a Ranger/Paladin multi class is the ticket, but I thought it might be fun to throw it out to the world and...

I have always liked the idea of a Half-Orc or Dwarven Bard who plays a war drum

I think the 5e Bard honestly fills in as a Jack of All Trades tradition pretty well. That said my favorite drop-in character is a Paladin. Healing and a heavy hitter. A few useful spells.

I don't like round fantasy coins unless they have holes in them or are "old" Just personal taste

Eh, everything they have written on customizing classes and races encourages you to stat swap or retheme when it makes sense. I would assume this extends to short swords.

Sorry, I meant opponent as in "potential opponents" as in people the PC meets. Reffering to the people that a PC is drawn or drafted from when recruiting people willing to go on an adventure. I can see how my wording was confusing. I sincerely doubt that a foolhardy gang of murder-hobos l would...

Be sure to let monsters who WOULD run away take the opportunity to do so. It's dyanmic and the time saved will let you MAYBE sneak in an extra enounter, conversation or trap.

RP and storytelling-wise I kinda feel like it DOES take the wind out of a lot of fun dungeons and scenarios.

Yeah, but in-game a player character is exceptional. Your fighter who uses a short-sword is "good" with a short sword and can easily dispatch 90% of the people he's ever met at 1st level. I don't think it makes a lot of sense for characters in game to ask him to use a weapon that he is less...

I could see a custom item that allows you to go "into" other animals (with a saving throw) and control them. Kinda like Wargs in Game of Thrones. It wouldn't be the different from what you can do, but would have specific special advantages in certain circumstances. Also, what about boons...