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I likewise have a dislike of determining social interactions and challenges between players and NPCs by dice rolling and have a preference towards what is sometimes called “active” or “acting roleplay”, the words and mannerisms that the player portrays of their character is used as the primary...

Does it need it in the core rules? No. The game runs fine without it and new players have enough to get used to as it is, so I think it's fine being below the abstraction layer. Would it be worthy as a house/optional rule for groups who want to focus more on the details and practicalities...

Not really, personally I much prefer the broader extent of powers and identity granted by the (more limited in number) domains of 5E than the 2E/3E counterparts. Likewise, I am very happy with Alignment being (mostly) gutted from the mechanics, since I find it worse than useless myself, and far...

I did back when they were hose and lute style troubadours in 2E AD&D. Since I've been introduced to the idea of viking style battle skalds (and the collage of valor) and the sheer importance of stories and verbal record keeping in older societies, I've come to embrace them more. And the idea...

I houserule Rangers to always have Hunter's Mark as a known spell. Since I feel they have a pathetic known spell list at the levels I play them. (And no equivalent to Oath Spells that Paladins, their half-caster rivals get)

I similarly very much like the principles Dungeon World discusses. (And the few games I've played/run) I very much like the idea of leverage from "Parley" (See: http://www.dungeonworldsrd.com/moves/#Parley) and incorporate it into my D&D games. Basically: if the characters are attempted to...

Wisdom.

I would argue another problem is the (IMO) blurred and unclear crossover between when you use: Perception vs Investigation and Nature vs Survival. However, despite the (good) optimisation arguments about the lack of applied uses for INT (beyond spellcasting modifier) I personally haven't...

Get ever more paranoid about the Cube. Commit a crime and frame the Cube. Watch as Cube masterfully unveils your deception with ace detective powers. Weep that you were driven by fear and jealousy when your deception is revealed.

I've seen times when Evil characters and Player vs Player conflict can be fun, but I've seen plenty of other times when it hasn't and simply broken games. Basically, if anyone side is going to be invested in "winning" rather than just enjoying the mutual self-destructive carnage then it will...

No. Unless you actively make your primary stat low, you're probably not going to run into trouble. If anything 5E is a tad forgiving, which the Encounter Builder makes it feel wussy for anyone with optamising and tactical players. Esp. their use of the word "Deadly" to mean Rather than...

Likewise. I presume resistance or immunity becomes visually apparent when the creature first takes the relevant damage or a similar situation.

A few of us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2sex1mJNI

Aha. You're using the Undying Light Patron from the Unearthed Arcana Underdark characters (https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/02_UA_Underdark_Characters.pdf) Rather than the Undying Patron from the Sword Coast Adventurer's guide... That is an... impressive coincidence in naming...

I don't think there is very much that you *can* choose to ignore/put into initiative as an active character choice.

Yes. However a level 20 Fighter could do 10 attacks on a turn with the same Crossbow Expert & hand crossbow and Haste and Action Surge combo.

I am a little confused by what abilities you are referring to that let you add your Charisma modifier to the damage done by spells. Looking at the Undying patron in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, I don't see anything that allows you to add your CHA modifier to damage as part of an...

1) Fighting with pants 2) Fighting without pants. It constantly breaks my immersion that D&D doesn't take seriously the tactical reasons for wearing a kilt and similar.

I would be somewhat concerned about my players enjoyment with added death spirals. My experience is they sound great on paper, but become kinda tiresome in play. But if you do want to do it, I think Jester David's suggestion of "gain one level of Exhaustion when you hit 0 hit points" is the...

No. Whilst the idea of a Prestige class with roleplay led entry is pretty cool, in practice I found prestige classes to be one of the largest contributors to system bloat and optamised cookie cutter builds which I was never at all keen with. A key issue, which perhaps could be avoided, is that...