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... or don't do it for monsters... Personally I'm partial to regular HP up to level 5, then each level contributes to half up to 11 (inclusively), then each level contributes to a quarter up to level 17, then no hit points are given when gaining levels.

generic random maps are of no interest to me. An AI-style, prompt-based interface for quick battlemaps could be interesting, but battlemaps are not something I use. For world-maps, region maps, city maps? Prettiness is definitely important. For battlemaps, legibility and clarity trumps...

Of course the tarot deck isn’t found, you got a page 404…

Interesting, I wonder if Waterdeep is part of the Baldur's Gate microcosm and if not, why they are avoiding a city ten times it's size. Moonshea is a nice surprise; i didn't see that coming. Dalelands takes some distance from the Sword Coast, and Calmishan visits the said coast further south. Nice

As far as (medieval) anachronisms go, bread and cheese were among the main components of medieval cuisine across all social classes. Now, it will take a few centuries and voyages to America before we get tomatoes introduced in cooking (for people at any case), but variations of re-baked bread...

Interesting, do we know which ones?

[edit] Yikes, @Imaro , I grossly misunderstood your post. I'm not gonna remove it because you probably read it already, but take it with a huge grain of salt. My apologies Casual gamers don't get very invested in a game, or else they aren't casual. They don't spend much resources on it (be it...

I think it's a big mistake to equal "wanting less complex rules" with "casual gaming". You can be a hard-core gamer and want simpler rules. As a matter a fact, the more experienced the gamer, the more they know what they like, and "liking simpler rules" is a legitimate preference. D&D has a...

Arcane Magic: a magic that is not divine in nature. We barely escape circular logic by being able to define Divine Magic as "a magic originating from the realms of the gods", but even that is getting more and more wishy-washy as time goes...

Yes, 200,000 sounds way too low; less than half the population i remember from older editions, so it’s probably not a typo. Still, the contrast between Waterdeep and the other cities surprises me.

I understand but still, according to the maps we had in 3e-4e-5e, Waterdeep is about 5-6 times larger in footprint. Even imagining Neverwinter at half capacity (which sounds about right given the numbers we have), with half the population density of Waterdeep due to lower/roomier buildings...

Yeah, Waterdeep’s population sounds off. It’s not so much that it’s population is 2 million that bugs me, it’s that its population is 16 times the largest metropolis of the (northern) Sword Coast. A city that has 4,5, or 6 times the population of its commercial rivals is already huge. This...

With D&D accommodating more and more playstyles, giving legitimate options to represent more and more aspects of fantasy, I believe it is natural for a DM to restrict content toward a proposed vision of a campaign. Call that content «focus» or «banning», to me it doesn’t sound unreasonable for...

Don’t know any game that really reflects the game-changing aspect of firearms, but I think that’s because game designers make a point not to, to keep melee combat enticing and armour relevant, especially in fantasy. In the first edition of 7th sea, firearms automatically cause drama wounds IIRC...

Definitely feasible. I mean the feature is called "Ability Score Improvement", and the feature's text goes something like "you gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat for which you qualify"; my feeling is that this was the intention from the beginning.

Haha, yes; that’s often my feeling toward D&D! That said, I’m cool with D&D allowing groups to crank it to 11; I just wish the baseline wasn’t that high. The ranger abilities listed in the OP are pretty cool though; high-magic ranger is not my jam, but this is quite colourful. The more I read...

Spellcasting is a good way to quantify and balance abilities that may or may not be supernatural in nature (i.e. hunter’s mark) but I otherwise would prefer a ranger class that doesn’t appear blatantly magical. I would also prefer a D&D game that tunes the “magic level” dial and “everything goes...

True, especially if the alternative is for fighters to swing their sword a few times a day until they run out of swings altogether.

Let see. Vancian Magic is built on three principles: 1) Magic is finite - a wizard can "run out of magic". On that regard we could argue that D&D isn't Vancian anymore with at-will cantrip, but for the most part spells are still counted. This I would try to preserve, either through a system of...

Not gonna lie, I’ve been staring at my screen for the last 5 minutes wondering what the heck did I just watch. It’s like distilled 80s delirium on a high budget and admittedly good production value. …what was the question again?