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Eberron does this with its planar cosmology. Each of the planes is in orbit around the prime material and their relative distance has an impact on spells, planar access, monsters, etc. I rarely use it outside of making it a plot point as it involved a lot more book keeping. That and the...

Inquisitive was also an occupation(and prestige class) in the Eberron setting. That said, I'm glad that they're expanding on character class mechanics that facilitate characters who deal with issues without smashing/spellcasting it.

There's also the implication (and later, the assertion) that public displays of sympathy or vocal support for others is self serving because it in no way benefits others. That's just not true. While one can certainly always do more, and sympathy/vocal support is about the barest minimum one...

I had some issues with players who felt this way about my DM'ing in 4e. I've always been big on a lot of the stuff 4e popularized and its overall philosophy. Heck, I even used the minion concept (adapted from Heavy Gear's mook option for NPCs) years before 5e was even announced. Except for...

I'd totally be up for a "What's your favorite magic/power system (D&D or otherwise)" thread. Not particularly keen on going too much further into the subject in this thread, though.

That's why I personally prefer the classes with limited lists of spells known as opposed to being able to swap out their repertoire every time they rest. Sure a Warlock or Sorcerer may know X spell, but that ability becomes a known quantity and knowing it means they give up other tricks so while...

That just gave me an idea for a huckster potion salesman.

I don't know of any such lists, however... The DMG provides a guide for crafting magical items and notes that if the item is capable of reproducing the effects of a spell, that the creator must be able to cast the spell. You could houserule it so that instead of being able to cast the spell...

I did a similar thing for my wife playing a Ghostwise Halfling. She took Arcane Trickster but selected her spells from the Druid spell lits instead the Wizard list and used Wisdom instead of Intelligence. We only made it to level 6, but it worked fine and didn't seem overpowered.

We don't know if that's the case here. You're making a lot of assumptions about the OP and their player's situation.

Except it's not copy pasting with the goal of speeding things up for publication purposes. The D&D core spellcasting mechanics have changed in each edition- some more radically than others. They not only tend to tweak the core system between editions, but they also regularly introduce variants...

If they we're going with the "That's the way D&D has always done it" excuse, then cantrips would be limited to X per day. Unless you're referring to the vancian/spell slot casting system in general in which case they did it because they've tried other other magic systems, but they've so far...

Because that's what they are. D&D arbitrarily assigns every spell a level between 0 and 9 and some spells are at level 0, some at level 9, etc that classes with spell slots can use to cast them. There are a few class abilities that allow some spellcasters to cast certain spells between 1-9...

I think the difference is what ultimately ended up happening to Indigenous Northern Europeans as opposed to Indigenous Americans/Australians/etc. Namely, the latter groups were largely wiped out through disease and genocide and to this day remain a marginalized people actively fighting against...

Some folks can cast spells. Some folks are so good at it that they can cast some spells at will.

I always saw the Ancients Paladin as less of an attempt to cram a 4e Warden into the Paladin, and more like a "Fair Folk Noble". The idea of the Elven champion in ornate armor and wielding a graceful longsword is not terribly uncommon in D&D (or LOTR that inspired it) alongside the...

Hell, Wizard comes from wise/wizened and Mage/Magician comes from magus, which means wise man and was the title for Zoroasrtrian priests. And back in the day, your priests (and other learned men) were the members of the community who were the most literate. The ones most knowledgeable about...

Not to be an arse- and keeping in mind that I agree with you 100%... Yeah, "Not the absolute best it could possibly be" *is* exactly what sub-optimal means. It is below optimal. Doesn't mean it's bad. Doesn't even mean it's under-performing. It just means it's not the absolute best...

I was doing this back in 3e when I started DM'ing and realized that I was putting too much work on myself by trying to "build" monsters and NPCs according to the rules. I just started putting down the numbers and abilities that felt right instead and allowed them to do what I needed them to do...

I still don't understand how people can get this impression from the Warlock and not from the other classes that lack full spellcasting progression. All of them spend most of their time in combat just wailing away with a ranged or melee weapon while pulling off a limited number of tricks.