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Ok, so going full pedantic are we? Yes, the rule is actually "The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster attempts an action (other than an attack) that has a chance of failure. When the outcome is uncertain, the dice determine the results". However, if there isn't a...

In OotA, there isn't an immediate doomsday clock. However, resting will draw encounters that can interrupt the rest and be far worse than just suffering with it. Kind of hard to hire retainers in OotA. ;)

This is the mechanic I use. A character that drops to 0 gains a level of exhaustion, but they can remove it with a short rest.

Illusory Script (I supposed in the right circumstance it could be useful). Ray of Sickness (too weak for most players to bother with). Animal Messenger. Beast Sense. Contagion. Off the top of my head.

But how often are DC 5 checks used anyway? A check is only supposed to be made if there is a meaningful consequence for failure. If the DM is assigning a DC 5 for a check he should really be asking why he is bothering in the first place. And as been pointed out, the lower bound would be raise...

Next time I am DM I will implement this, at least for opposed checks. For straight up target DCs, it will probably work as well, just have to make sure they aren't too crazy. :)

So in your experience which isn't a general experience. It has nothing to do with my assumptions. You can just as easily as I look at how common casters that have the possibility of casting counterspell is compared to the number of classes that cannot in general play. It would be rare at most...

IMHO, the problem with the skill system is that it use a single die instead of two dice added together. It naturally means that someone that isn't very proficient still has a good chance of beating someone that is exceedingly proficient. I observed it again in the game I played last night...

I was pointing out the opposite corner case and my assumption was that the enemy didn't have Counterspell available. It is not that the logic is mortally flawed, it is that counterspell is somehow a great spell that needs to encumbered with more restrictions on it than already exist. As I...

So this is sort of a false premise in my mind. 84 points of damage (in your example) doesn't mean anything if no-one goes down. The 3rd level spell slot when used offensively will prevent a lot more damage than that. Say you are facing 6 mages each going to cast a fireball. You can only stop...

I made no mention of economics per se. My point is that different locales will naturally have different raries and it varies based on campaign. Again in Curse of Strahd you will never find 300 gp worth of diamond as written. Revivify is unlikely to ever be case in CoS as written. A generous...

So? My wizard, who isn't going to be in the same AoE for fireball as the fighter, is instead going to use their spell to kill the enemy wizard instead of wasting my 3rd level slot to take damage when I have a whole lot less HP than the fighter. You see this whole discussion is such a marginal...

Isn't that what I just exactly said?

It would be simpler to just ban the spell, because again no one will bother with this. It is better to just let the fighters take the damage.

The price isn't the only limiting factor -- finding 300 gp of diamonds can also be a challenge. In a CoS campaign they are virtually non-existent. In a city like Waterdeep, one can probably find that many diamonds on a regular basis, but in smaller towns finding any diamonds could be a...

[Or just give your villain casters Spell Sniper]

Counterspell is much more useful in this edition than in 3.x/Pathfinder in which nobody bothered as the requirements were usually too high to meet. That said, what you could do is just increase the DC required to counter for each counter after the first. So in the example: BG1 cast 4th level...

So the thing with Ravenloft if the character isn't willing to be brought back by a Dark Power, then they are probably out of luck. About the only real option is the ghost doing possessions since the body is destroyed. Since it is the Amber Temple, you could drop in a Sword/Ring of Wishes which...

A player reading the MM would be considered bad form if they did it at the table in every group I have played with. And not because of meta-knowledge. I have played with people that literally had every monster in the manual memorized. We also considered it bad form to open the PHB during...

What you are looking for it the ability to create good AI behavior. It is amazing that AI behavior is still no better than it was 20 years ago. At least in PoE they tried to make the AI more useful than 20 years ago.