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It can be at thing in campaigns with enough players, but it's rare to have two wizards. If they pay the gold, no problem IMO. Even then, they're ultimately limited more by concentration and number of spells known & cast per day more than anything else. There won't be much gained, really.

Definitely Bard. Their Reaction with Cutting Word changes the tides of battle. They're the best counter spellers, bar none. Their Inspiration is a non-concentration buff that scales ridiculously well to high levels. Their action economy is on par or better with Rogues, so they're efficient...

I leave it up to the player. If someone wants to be old-school grinder about it, and gets satisfaction from that, then I let them. Or, if they want to be more narrative, and want to fulfill some character arc that being resurrected will satisfy, then I will enable that, too. I do that...

If your holy symbol focus is on your shield, you'll be fine casting all spells that don't have an expensive or consumable material component - like Continual Flame, for example. You have Thunderwave and Guiding Bolt to cause big damage. And, Spiritual Weapon is great for a huge battle. You...

Congratulations, you've been improbably fortunate. Because almost everyone has a story about an absolute jerk of a DM that was inconsistent, adversarial, combative, controlling, and maybe even abusive. Sometimes they were arbitrary. Sometimes they played favorites. But they were everywhere. And...

We use Idea #1 in our table, but specifically added Vehicle Proficiencies as well. Basically, anything that can be trained in downtime is fair game. One weapon proficiency per plus sounds good too. Skills are too powerful, I think. Those are only added after character generation by a Class...

Well, that's why I said 'not necessarily' instead of a flat 'no'. Some of the critiques are definitely legitimate, but coming from a table that's 50% newbies, a lot of the stuff in the book that's being ragged on is actually perfect for them. RE the name charts, even if someone doesn't use...

In this edition, a +2 to a stat is really, really burly. With Bounded Accuracy, that seems a bit too tempting to min/max into something overpowered. If I were still into powergaming, I'd take that over any other race. It would let me pull off a really MAD build, and those extra ability score...

Happy people aren't motivated to say much, because they're happy. Miserable people want to be heard by everyone, because misery loves company. So, from me, that'd be a 'not necessarily'.

I'll build on that a bit. When you say 'no', give a short explanation why. Then, follow that up with 'we can talk about it after the game if you disagree, and if I'm wrong, we'll do it differently next time'. That goes over a lot better than a flat 'no' and avoids arguments happening then and...

I like it, with a few reservations, but not many. I'm glad so many sources are pulled in to it, so now at my table - where we use PHB+1 book, like Adventurer's League - most of us now use it and it covers all the things we need. I think the fact that we've seen everything in UA is the best...

Earth Bind is awesome for wilderness encounters, because it makes your martial characters - especially like a Barbarian or Rogue - able to deal much more damage to flying enemies. Wyverns, for example, pick their times and places to attack, and EarthBind takes that away from them. So, I always...

I'm playing a Mountain Druid right now. It's awesomely fun. It sounds like you're using Elemental Evil Companion or Xanathar's Guide in your game. Good. Those are full of amazing elemental spells that give a Druid a LOT more flexibility and depth. Basically, you're a controller and support...

The Leviathan, the most bad-ass creature in the depths, uses massively powerful Lightning attacks. Think of it as an Electric Eel, but even more seriously amped up.

I think the perfect D&D movie was already made in the 80's. It was Time Bandits. No, wait, hear me out: - Gods and extra-dimensional travel - Minotaurs and Fighters - Rogues - Giants - Spaceships! (S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks anyone?) ...and a group of adventurers using their abilities...

Four pages, well-formatted, with 1/3 of it being images is quite succinct. You get to the point quickly and each bullet point is a possible adventure hook or plot event. Nice work! I'd be happy to jump in and DM a session in that world with a briefing like that.

I think I love you. That said, there is the 'utility of being able to roll everything at once' vs. 'the complexity of actually being able to find all the ones you need in one place at one time then putting them back after you're done in a timely fashion.' I can't imagine the complexity of the...

I just buy them whenever I find I'm going to do a thing often enough that it gets annoying. For example: Druid Conjure Animals. Pre-emptively, I bought eight d20's - four separate pairs in bright colors - blue, red, yellow, and white. That's so I can roll the whole handful at once for a group...

The campaign world has a few interesting characteristics: The Planes overlap and bleed into the world. Lush fey-inhabited forests have direct paths to the Feywild, the Underdark has dank caves with access to the Shadowfell, mountains above the cloud layer have portals to different Celestial...

Maybe try the Planescape Torment option. Make it a fun, funky NPC? Regardless, I back the feelings of the thread - you don't have to necessarily stick to the 'harsh reality' version of D&D with newbies. I've found that rather than just killing them, letting them know *how closely they came to...