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I love this - it's unrealistic if they are realistic!

I think you can encourage or discourage certain role play by rules. The GM can also encourage or discourage role play (for example, whenever our Swashbuckler does anything but swing to hit or miss, the GM rolls his eyes and announces some failure - the chandelier can't hold your weight - GM...

There are very different views in this regard. Some people want to play an agile Rogue or a mighty Warrior, even though they lack those traits (agility; strength; etc.) in real life. The game allows them to play the character they envision by providing rules for this. A social wallflower may...

That suggests, to me at least, that there are few interested in making such posts. There are lots of posts on other topics. Did discussion of damage on a miss slow down when that was moved to its own forum?

So it’s vastly more expensive to maintain my equipment in training than when I am battling in the Tunnels of the Troll Lord? The difference between what it costs me to maintain my lifestyle with a trainer and without seems like it’s paid to the trainer. So he can choose to train adventurers...

Where it will be seen only by those who specifically go to that forum, presumably because they want to read and discuss those topics? Seems like that either stimulates discussion or highlights that no one else is interested.

Training time and costs were eliminated in 2e, I think (certainly gone in 3e). I see some merit in a "training" model, but also some drawbacks. Where does the money go? What do the mentors do wwith it?Can the PC's mentor others? If mentors were hard for them to find, they should have a...

I have to disagree with your last note. This strikes at the heart of the question. What can the player characters do with that wealth that the players will care about. All those coins on the character sheet, precious jewels, objects of art, etc. - are they meaningful to the player? The character...

I'm not advocating the approach - I agree that "random roll" implies acceptance of the vagaries of chance. However, the GM in the OP, and Umbran's comments, lead to a form of "random roll without random chance dictating", which I'm trying to wrap my head around. A choice of point buy or random...

When I see point buy for that SAD class, he jacks up his main stat as high as he can without crippling his more relevant secondary stats. F'rex, a 26 point buy * Wizard might have 8 STR, 8 CHA, 10 WIS, 12 CON, 12 DEX and jack that INT up to 18. If you roll, no guarantee you're getting a...

In both cases (char gen an combat), the random nature of the dice are producing results which are statistically abnormal, which is resulting in a character who the GM believes is having too easy a time with the game. Not identical, I agree, but not wholly dissimilar. Here, I do not disagree...

Identical would also remove point buy - different players allocate their points differently, and the same player may allocate differently for different characters. But we still want "random" - or so the choice to roll the dice seems to indicate. We have established a range of 3 - 18, and also...

That "penalty drives me nuts" issue is pretty common. It's easy to fix, too. Make 0 - 1 +0. 2-3 is +1, 4-5 +2, 6-7 +3, 8-9 +4, 10-11+5, etc. All bonuses increase by 5. Since your DEX is up 5, so is your AC and your ranged attack bonus. STR raises your melee attack bonus too. All saves...

Exactly - rolling for stats gets random results. Point buy or standard arrays does not. If you want everyone to have similar stats, why are you rolling?

If seeing the battlemat is an issue, maybe we let the characters get a bit more freeform - no one gets to count out the squares (or even get rid of squares and go free form with a tape measure and templates for areas). "My move? OK - I will move in towards the two Hobgoblins attacking the...

I'd say it depends on the town, which depends a lot on the setting. If heavily armed travelers attract little or no attention (positive or negative), then they cannot be all that uncommon. That means it's pretty routine to see similarly armed and armored people in the town (any of whom could be...

I wonder whether the "Hell NO!" crowd would be enthusiastic about rolling for stats right here, right now, one try, whatever you get, that's your character for the campaign. He dies? Use the same rolls to make a new character. Point buy means "no under average rolls" as well as "no over...

To the OP's comments, I note that there is an advantage in some editions to a M character having a Reduce spell cast on him - including +1 to hit, +1 AC in 3e, for example. I think the OP question is relevant for assessing this in 5e - is there an advantage to Size S over Size M which might, in...

So, basically, it's OK as long as only characters who are not suited for the feat are permitted to take it? By that logic, let's prohibit full casters taking metamagic feats as well. Logically, a feat which substantially restricts gear would be taken by characters least reliant on gear. If...

Why all the various spell lists? And if he needs all those spell lists, why restrict him to choosing from only one for starting and level up spells? I'd be more inclined to keep him to the Cleric list, and consider an Archetype that moves him to the Druid list, and changes some of his other...