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I would not mind an Intro / Basic rule set that works with Phandelver and Icespire Peak adventures and stops at Level 5. The goal to have a non-intimidating and digestible route to learn the core mechanics and practice using them to get your character to do what you envision. An Advanced...

If a thread is already locked before you even discover it ... how would you not-comment on the subject or the arguments employed?

What do you want to optimize for - DPR, utility toolkit spells, a theme?

Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the whole chapter about caravan-ning from Balders Gate to Waterdeep. You might use the NPC characters more than the plot / sideplots. (Although the Peryton attack would make a good one-shot.)

Tasha's includes some BattleMaster builds (Pugilist = Boxer) that may help you refine your thoughts. For a separate mini-campaign I wanted an NPC who was all about unarmed strikes, wrestling, and hit-to-KO. The material in Tasha is helping with that. Monk1 gets you Flurry of Blows, an extra...

"Take this!" - misses- "You aren't worthy to feel my power."

3e supplement Frostburn has more ideas (and rules). Eskimo-themed movies, National Geographic specials, and books may also be helpful. Frostmaiden is currently the go-to source for 5e cold-weather rules.

Re: CR and monsters: An example of modifying an existing monster for higher / lower level PCs, and an example of creating a creature (of some mid-range CR) from scratch. To show what you can calculate, and what you have to estimate.I And a sidebar "We cannot fit every situation into this one...

Fellow player has a half-orc Barbarian who wears only a loincloth (sometimes even less).

My 'first draft' effort to recreate my Ashes of Athas druid in 5e as a Mul was to use the Dwarf stat boosts and racial Lesser Restoration, self-only, per short rest. It came reasonably close to the 'you cannot bog ME down' feel I wanted.

Vader wins with just two words: "Imperial Interdiction." Soth can do whatever he wants on the planet, but he can never leave - say to find and confront Vader again. Vader in contrast can go wherever in the galaxy he wants and do whatever needs doing, untroubled by Soth. P.S. Absent some...

Look at Rogue / Arcane Trickster for your first go at a 5e character. You will be somewhat constrained but not be overwhelmed with options. It is easy to get Sneak Attack, so you can easily achieve the 'Consolation Prize' of DPR in a fight, while you learn how the rules work and practice the...

The PCs have to camp in the woods for the night. At various times they hear rustles outside their camp, coming from one direction or another - it seems that somebody / something is scouting them out. In the morning they find tracks of various nocturnal animals in the appropriate directions -...

Somebody heard me complain that closing the Public Library due to COVID led to me acquiring an unhealthy Internet addiction instead. So they got me a T-shirt: "I cannot live without books." - Thomas Jefferson

A Basket of Everlasting Provisions that is attuned to some historical master chef's personal recipe book. The technique to prepare fugu (that fish with a poison bladder). Map to find where the highly rare blue lobsters (or whatever) nest / mate / are exposed to gene-modifying radioactivity...

I saw the 2e Dark Sun material at FLGS but it never registered beyond "desert planet". (Yes I was young and foolish in those long-ago days.) As a mature adult I saw the 4e Dark Sun books, realized what they were, and I was hooked. Ashes of Athas was an excellent Living Campaign using those...

Merry Christmas to all. May your Christmas be full of events and people you get nostalgic for in future years.

Best wishes to you - your family and you personally. COVID wrecked my last year's Thanksgiving family get-together (daughter maybe-exposed at college; long story). Most of you can try again to meet for Epiphany maybe? I hope you / your Dad get the better news in the end.

Michaelangelo's David blends nudity and art. Doing so successfully is rare and to be appreciated.

i can show you a couple nice open-air hot springs to help you remember the place your memory is coming up short about.