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I do think Raistlin's stats were inaccurate as far as the books go. His Strength and Constitution were most definitely written as below average. In 1e they could have both been 8 or 9 without incurring penalties. I'm weird in that I'm down for tweaking stats to be accurate to the books but...

A warlock with Charisma 10? You can't just re-draft the characters to make them fit new classes! Heresy! Although, I suppose there is no logical reason to make Tika a rogue rather than just a fighter with an urchin background with stealth and sleight of hand skills and the tavern brawler...

In 2024 and in A5E, it's an attack roll make an unarmed attack (which can inflict higher damage with certain feats or class features) but a saving throw for your opponent for the others. No more expertise in Athletics or advantage from being berserk. It makes it more of a fair contest. The...

P377 under Unarmed Strikes. A5E gets around this by packaging these as 'Basic Manoeuvres' so that you can combine 1 damage + strength with whatever else you want to do but the basic damage can't then also be combined with damage from anything else. It helps take away the bitter pill of...

I think the beauty of the base game is that you can build all those things as your campaign world. I don't think Greyhawk should be smooshed to accommodate all new races equally though. They should all be location specific and rarer than gnomes. As an aside, I've also played Eastern Oerik as...

I would probably say half cha bonus rounded up would be fine. One other possibility is to make the paladin choose which aura is active, like a stance, using an action or bonus action to switch.

It's also worth noting that in 1e, the only 'common' creatures were humans and orcs. So arguably, Oerth is also orc-centric.

I thought that after 4e made gnomes officially fey, I got them for the first time (even if I disapproved of their new beardless appearance). I was disappointed when they rolled that back. They have always been a lower tier PC race, usually just to play an illusionist-thief or fighter-illusionist.

Also, finally the scimitar of speed isn't so lame.

A sling is so small, and light, I don't think I would enforce the requirement that an empty sling required a second free hand but you make a very valid point RAW! Yeah the issue with Eldritch Blast was more of a general one. It does look like True Strike should stack but the 'problem'...

Ah yeah that's a relief for my rogue/shadow sorcerer/warlock. She was using rapier and greenflame blade with sneak attack. She's only a L3 rogue so her combined damage was still a bit bleh. The issue comes when a single-classed rogue takes magic adept but I guess it's not enough of an issue...

Yeah in 1e it would normally have been a longsword and shortbow as the highest damage dealing weapons, so it's interesting to see that there are now tangible benefits if you take various different weapons under this system. I suppose, with aiming and nick, thrown daggers also have a bit of a...

I think the 3e LG gazetteer spread the races and classes a lot more evenly than I liked out of necessity because they wanted every (real world) LG nation to function independently on a level playing field. That stripped out flavour for me and led to the introduction of cheesier Harry Potter...

Yes. Albeit only as a high level fighter. My point was, it's not so easy to perform the same combination every round. As a side note, I won't be adopting the 2024 drawing, stowing, and dropping rules. I think dropping should be free otherwise nobody will ever do it. I think my compromise...

Seaton is the more important port but even that is small fry compared to Gradsul. Saltmarsh is important only to criminals, naturalists, and lizard lovers.

Not if you zoom out. The non-human groups are small and isolationist or in downright opposition. The classic D&D group only kicks in at Rivendell and doesn't really last long but it's clearly an exception to see elves, dwarves, and men travelling together. It does highlight the storytelling...

Hmm. Lizardfolk bureaucrats though? An 'embassy' in terms of a neutral meeting place near the swamp, perhaps, but not a building in the town centre. It just smacked too much of amanthropophormisation. Why can't lizardfolk remain lizardfolky?

I disliked the 3e version of Saltmarsh in DMG2. It felt like a tickbox exercise in how to convert a town to a different campaign world. I mean, a Lizardfolk embassy as opposed to a gang of armed lizardfolk turning up at the edge of town, making your guards nervous and demanding to see someone...

Thrown weapons tend to be small and lower damage but the rules as they are will apply equally to larger improvised weapons without the thrown property. I would have preferred the draw throw draw throw ability to be linked to the thrown property itself. I'm not a fan of drawing as part of the...

Greyhawk certainly took a lot of inspiration from Tolkien and I am fine with that. It does make it hard to justify some PC choices. The average village is fearful and xenophobic. Halflings, elves, and dwarves may be welcome or tolerated but a gigantic goliath or a woman with demon blood? I...