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In my setting, humans (when they existed) had the same skin coloration as humans in the real world. Halflings (when they existed) were the same as humans Hill dwarves have darker complections, darker hair, though some are lighter toned (for real world comparisons, similar to people from Mexico...

Of course they would, because having a vegan picnic is absolutely a chaotic evil act! :p (sorry I had to)

I've always had problems with the always evil races just there for slaughter. It honestly reminds me of European colonialism/imperialism. As a white guy, this never sat right with me. You have the PC races (always been humans, dwarves, elves, half-elves, and halflings with mentions of gnomes)...

I don't suffer from setting paralysis, luckily. However, my suffering is something else. I just use my homebrew world, but I suffer from wanting to flesh out the thing in excrutiating detail. Stuff my players would almost never encounter, such as ancient history and even the world in prehistoric...

I don't care much for class restrictions based on race. Even from the base D&D, including 5e, there are soft "restrictions" due to racial ability scores bonuses being for specific scores, which is why you see so many elven wizards, halfling rogues, tiefling warlocks (discounting the edgelord...

They are hard to find, and impossible to acquire "legally", as in you had to agree to not share these with anyone else, and if you used them for home game testing you were to keep them yourself. You can still get them, but the methods are the shady kind. So I would keep them. I've kept all...

I prefer to start at level 1, both as a player and as a DM. Personally, I find it easier to make a connection with the characters when you start at 1st level. I'll be starting a new campaign soonish (if I can get the motivation), and the PCs will be starting at 1st. I'm planning on trying out...

It would be interesting to see what they would come up with. Would I watch it? I might check out the first video, but I doubt I would continue with it (just like with critical role and such). I was never much into their music, though I do like a couple of their tracks. I know Violent J is a...

I chose 5e and 2e AD&D. I have been tempted to try running 2nd edition. I don't even know if I'd get any interest for people to play. Unfortunately, it would need to be over the internet, and finding something compatible with 2e AD&D is quite difficult. Bad enough with 5e and finding it tough to...

Is 5e the least challenging edition? Quite possibly. At least, that I have played. In the game I play, we have a rather large party. With the two new people, there are around 8 PCs. We were in an encounter to introduce the two new people. Everyone is level 10. The DM put us up against 8 cr 6...

I chose "other". I am DM because if I wasn't, I wouldn't be able to play. Thanks to my work schedule. I am a player in one game, but I think in the time I have been a player in that game (apparently first game was around halloween 2018), I have played a total of... *doing some math of 67 weeks...

@tetrasodium The dragon bloodline subclass for the sorcerer is just the Dragon Disciple PrC from 3e. The wizard had its core mechanics expanded upon, same with the cleric (domains). What was the sorcerer's core mechanic from 3e? Spontaneous casting. But that's also part of the bard, and the...

Wizard losing bonus feats that could be metamagic or item creation feats in 3e means nothing. Sorcerer lost the ability to have a familiar unless they burn a feat for it to learn the Find Familiar spell. The wizard can still obtain a familiar without such. WotC hasn't known what exactly to do...

You keep saying sorcerers stole pretty much everything from the wizard. What did they steal? Metamagic? That wasn't something taken away from the wizard. Metamagic was something EVERY spellcaster had in 3rd edition. And it sucked for sorcerers and bards because adding metamagic to a spell...

I did something similar, though different. All races get a +1 to an ability score of their choice. Subrace grants no ASI. You get a +2 to one of two ability scores based on your class (typically the same as the class's saving throw proficiency). This +2 only occurs from the first class taken...

The willpower system was an early form of sorcery points. Spend 1 willpower, gain "dragon strength", letting you deal an extra 2d6 damage on your next melee attack. Do that 3 times in a day, your hands become claws and you deal +2 damage on melee attacks. It's the same as sorcery points. Only...

Pathfinder, you chose what your favored class was, and if using the optional variant, gain extra bonuses depending on what that class was, and what your race was. I haven't played it in over 5 years, so can't remember, but I'm pretty sure that at least the default, you got a thing for every...

You are correct. The first playtest packet just had premade characters (2 clerics, a fighter, a rogue, and a wizard). The 2nd packet had those same "generic" classes, but actual classes and not premade characters. The 3rd packet had a write-up of the sorcerer and the warlock. The sorcerer was...

I merged sorcerer and warlock because I don't like the warlock as a class and the lore behind it. Yes, it's an old cliche (sell your soul to a powerful being in exchange for power), but to me that's more of a villain thing. Just about every warlock I have seen played (unless they went celestial)...

I merged the warlock into sorcerer, made a few of the patrons into bloodlines, and made the sorcerer cast on Constitution instead of Charisma. Charisma works fine for the bard, but it never made much sense for the sorcerer. If the sorcerer's power is innate, it makes more sense to use...