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I've seen people suggest just using the standard human and allowing a bonus feat a skill. This might be a little strong but I think its roughly on par with Half Elves.

Thanks for the compliment.

The easy if harsh way to encourage helmets is to have a house rule that unless you have a helmet or defenses like mage armor, any hit is automatically a critical hit. If you apply a modest penalty to perception , it becoems a trade off , perception or safety.

Good luck. I love being a DM but it can be a chore to do it for long periods of time.

Ah I gotcha. I try to read the rules when I can but sometimes well its "Gonna play 5e today." and since you had no warning and have never played or seen the game before you gotta roll with it. Worst part though is when DM's who are bored with playing and champing at the proverbial bit to...

Absolutely. Gaming is supposed to be fun and making people deal with sexism , racism and whatever else isn't fun for some people. If the players are fine with it and you are, go for it. Otherwise , just don't. The best solution is if you don't want critter folk in your game world than just...

I fully admit I don't read lore unless I am playing in that world. None of it is relevant to the homebrew that makes up 90% of my gaming and 100% of what I run.

D&D players like novelty and are faddish like everyone else. In the Late 80's early 90's it was "All Elves, All the Time." compounded by the unbalanced cheese in the Complete Book of Elves. Heck novelty is a core element of both our hobby and the basis of sales. Tasha's Cauldron is nothing...

Fair point.

Monks don't cast spells and can't qualify as far as I know though Eldritch Adept isn't bad for Eldritch Knights and Arcane Tricksters both of whom have more than the usual ASI's

It depends on the class, how long your game runs and whether you want certain levels or capstones. Generally a one level dip can be good for some classes who want an extra skill. martial weapons or say medium armor depending on class if you are going high and don't mind losing a capstone.

True but mostly variant humans benefit from this since Barbarians are multi ability dependent needing strength, constitution and dexterity if you want a good AC and are going unarmored.

Fighting Initiate is a curious feat. I wouldn't use it very often but used correctly it isn't too bad a feat. Its undoubtedly better with UA fighting styles like Mariner but it does have some uses. taking Defense style with a heavy armor/full plate character is pretty good since its an all...

My hunch is the more feats your character has to spare the less of a cost that full feats are worth. Generally a variant human, a fighter or a rogue of any kind can always spare one, maybe two . Classes that have few dependencies can spare one, keeping in mind that any feat needs to be worth...

Right now all I need is "Don't be a jerk." and barely that but I haven't always been so lucky. My longer rules are Rule Zero. -- Don't be a jerk. Its a fun forward game, go for it 1-Real life comes first. 2- Don't come sick, period. Even if COVID 19 goes away nobody wants your cold. If its...

No worries. We all do the same thing. I do appreciate the apology though. Folks like you help make this forum a nice place which isn't easy to find these days.

Me too. Its kind of my "preferred Legends canon." as the pre Brother/Sister dynamic offered a lot more options. Same with the Han Solo books by Brian Daley though I think those are semi canon. As an aside I'd guess Splinter is probably one of the books Disney is trying to avoid paying on as...

Should be in the links. Steven Jackson Games was posting the original links and as a publisher themselves they were shocked and irate.

This is a bit off topic though the author in question did have one of his works Humanx Commonwealth made into a GURPS books so its kind of germane. A lot of companies that were fine a few months ago seemed to have developed not so good corporate policies. Disney for example thinks If you...

I won't speculate on who is in the right and who is in the wrong . I think , its just as guess as I have no inside info is that the economic chaos over the COVID 19 virus has made some companies maybe even Hasbro who no doubt have taken an income hit very tight with money . This has messed...