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As I said before the work involved in creating a PC feat/subclass/replacement ability/etc.... is so much higher then doing it for an NPC. Like @Remathilis said take Legendary Actions, I have a master swordsman who has honed their craft to amazing levels they are super quick/strong and I give...

In theory sure but in practice no they can't.

And setting logic means an untold amount of variety so it makes sense that the PCs encounter unique abilities they've never seen or heard of.

I haven't worked out the details yet but I'm thinking of making Lifestyle Expenses a meaningful part of the equation, the gist of it being that it impacts Long Rest. So something like Comfortable+ will provide some extra benefits, and Poor- applies some sort of penalties. Probably also requiring...

Obviously subjective, but personally I don't want my NPCs to be loaded up to the degree PCs are. It adds a lot of complexity on the DM's side for very little real gain. And I don't even believe it helps the in fiction to do so, if the setting was a Magic University I wouldn't expect every...

There have always been things that monster can do that PCs can't. For example in the '14 ruleset Gladiators had the ability Brute which allowed them to do an extra damage die with melee weapons and they had a Shield Bash attack,. PCs could never get those type of abilities. These NPC type of...

Depending on the nature of fights and how many you get into I think there's a case for Dwarf with any caster with Fog Cloud. Tremorsense to still "see" while imposing disadvantage on enemy attacks is going to be tough to beat.

And if they see their rolls they can keep going in and out of stealth until they roll a 20. If players are going to try and exploit the rules it's not a rules problem.

The meta gaming angle is everywhere in D&D, each table has to decide how they want to handle it. And if your going down that rabbit hole players should never roll for stealth because knowing what they rolled can also influence their decision making. Which incidentally was the 2e solution to...

You narrate what happens because the PC asked to do something. And for lock picking that is exactly what the DMG tells you to do on page 28 "For example, failing a Dexterity check to pick a lock on a treasure chest doesn't mean the character can't try again, but each attempt might take a minute...

FYI perfume is only 5GP and does pretty much exactly that.

For sure things could've been worded/presented better, but the rules do say exactly what I presented. The DMG under Resolving Outcomes says "Players shouldn't just roll ability checks without context: they should tell you what their characters are trying to achieve, and make ability checks only...

If there are no time constraints then why? They will eventually succeed and whether it takes 3 attacks or 15 attacks is irrrelevant most of the time, so in the rare times it is relevant sure make them roll. If players are in Icewind Dale and tell you they want to go to the store to buy some...

The basic game loop isn't players performing Actions, it's them telling the DM what they want to do and the DM adjudicating what happens. There's no chance of failure to hide when nobody is looking so it just happens, you have succeeded in hiding behind the tree without needing to make a roll...

So for reference page 19 of the PHB talks about hiding and says "The Dungeon Master decides when circumstances are appropriate for hiding" so cover/obscurement/etc... all comes after the DM deciding if you can hide or not. This doesn't stop the characters from doing things like hiding behind a...

You aren't hiding unless the DM says you can take the hide action, and they can if they want, decide you can only take that action right before it's going to actually come up. So as an example, the PCs are travelling somewhere and decide to move at a slow pace and travel stealthily. The DM is...

As a PC, Frost Goliath + Crusher + Slow weapon mastery can mess a creature up pretty bad. Valour Bard with Ray of Frost and a Sling even more so.

As a note the DM is by RAW supposed to be in charge of when a PC can attempt to hide, so there's an argument that says you can't attempt to hide at will until you you hit that DC 15. Instead players who chose to stealth when there are no potential hostile creatures nearby simply don't roll until...

Yes in combat stepping out and attacking I feel should be at advantage, whether you get advantage because they didn't see you approach them or because your sudden unexpected appearance has caught them flat footed and vulnerable is basically irrelevant, you get advantage on the first attack and...

It's in the Rhythms of Play part of the PHB which is essentially players tell the DM what they want to do and the DM narrates what happens, typically using dice rolls when the outcome is uncertain. Step out into full view of the guards where there's no chance of maintaining stealth, the DM...