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Yeah, this idea of yours breaks the game in all kinds of ways. And there is no reason for it. Multiclassing is the best it's ever been since I've been playing, and that was off and on since Blue Box Basic. (I skipped 2 and 4.) The beauty of multiclassing now is that each level is such a HARD...

Draw on a whiteboard app on an iPad. It's not necessarily gridded, but we try to keep it somewhat accurate. That way, a remote player - who's traveling through Asia - can play along.

Yeah, environmental stuff is mostly interesting when it comes to 'scary place to do combat' or when it gets really unreal and weird and gives a GM a chance to get crazy, like another plane. In lieu of that, I try to do things like describe an environment with several different paths that have...

Yeah, I'm being rhetorical. Just because there was a space on the sheet - because it was a useful thing to include for some classes - in absolutely no way implies that everyone should have one or the game demands it in any way. The AD&D character sheets had a space for 'Helmet'. Does that...

If the mechanics are sound, make the feel/tone anything you want.

Perception is mostly trained. Soldiers don't have amazing ability to see movement in tough situations based solely on what they're born with. It's something that is a skill, obtained over time, through practice. It's influenced by your natural acuity, that's why - for example - some people...

That's the point. What sheet are you looking at? Patron Diety isn't on any official 5E character sheets. Why are you bringing it up? There is literally nothing in the 5E books to support the OP's persecution complex, and talking about a field that was on another edition's character sheet (and...

That sounds *amazing*. Well, I'm trying - with a 'Stoner survivalist crust punk / spent 50 years partying with Satyrs / wants to be a Ranger' thing. The DM let me reflavor crafting healing potions into rolling 'Blunts of Righteous Healing' - and getting the other players to smoke 'em with...

In fact, I have a Druid that, I have to admit, is pretty boring. I was going to bring in a total caricature of a character - a Half-Orc Druid that looked like a Norwegian Black Metal musician - caked with white and black mud, thorns and spines everywhere - and going 'against type' by being...

Boy is this the truth. Our table's best player is a Drow Cleric. She's not optimized at all, her spell choices are bland, and she doesn't bring stellar tactics. But... She's a crazed religious fanatic. She's incredibly racist. She has an ego the size of the Terrasque. She never misses an...

Strike 1: The plural of anecdotes is not data. And, I think you're making a lot of assumptions too - like your table is completely representative of what's possible with the game, your characters played the most optimal, and nobody else could *possibly* make a build you can't imagine. Strike...

Having seen it first hand in 3E, when a Wizard gets to a high enough level, you're unfortunately quite wrong. They can be bad-ass enough that the only way for the DM to challenge them is to cheat - and usually put them up against another Wizard. I've been playing since Blue Box Basic...

... "totalitarian"? "safety valves"? Are you sure you're emotionally equipped to enjoy a game that has 'suspend disbelief' as the core way to have fun?

Oh, I guess I have to fill in Arcane Recovery even though I'm a fighter. Thanks! PS - oh, wait... "None" is an option? Sweet!

Look, part of this whole problem is expectation setting and communicating those expectations. We're playing a game with friends. All games have house rules that get shared up front. Poker, you say it up front: no stakes, low stakes, or bring your 'A' game. Pool, you say it up front: this is...

This is totally great. We're literally religious fundamentalists here, going back to interrogate the original manuscripts, with biases towards the text based on the branch of the faith we were raised on. :heh: IMO, the key word is the cloak 'projects' the illusion. That's visual. Blindsight...

Well, I *am* pretty damn old. And we weren't big on updating to new rulesets back then...

Point taken, I wouldn't say it's necessarily a sign of maturity, but it sure happens often when there's socially immature people at the table. There's something about young men, with power issues, and the drive to get around limitations and rules that all combine to make super-optimization and...

...aaaaaaaaaaaand this thread is toast.

Yeah, that's why anecdotes are dangerous. And I'm not assuming too much from my table either. I think part of is our DM made it very clear that he wants *characters* and wouldn't screw with people that were sub-optimal. I've joined in co-DM-ing, so I'm carrying that on and even the people that...