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Why not? If you have someone capable of casting Counterspell within 60' of the Banishment caster and has an available Reaction, that's a perfectly good option.

As a DM I would never allow Locate Object to search for a 'phylactry' as a 'not familiar with item' search. If they knew the specific kind of object the phylactry was and weren't familiar with it I'd allow them to use Locate Object to look for the nearest specific object of that type ('ivory...

In my game it would be pretty hard to cast Dispel Magic with regard to Banishment as you'd need to effect the target of the spell - not the spot it was cast upon as it was NOT cast on that spot, rather the creature that occupied that spot and is now on another plane. There are already lots of...

"Should" and what players really do are often miles apart. I remember running d20 Conan and how much time was spent camping and not exploring/fighting because of 'natural' healing.

Not the first time I've heard that Season 8 starts "this summer" on ENWorld. Whether summer means premiering at GenCon in August with a release in September is yet to be seen.

I don't mind slow healing as long as there is a magical fast healing alternative that is generally available. You know what's not fun? A 'gritty' setting with slow natural healing and limited magical healing. Parties camping for 5 days to heal up after every moderate-difficulty encounter gets...

So you want to optimize a character for an Int/Dex type of class using a Str/Con-or-Wis race?

Unless mentioned otherwise, creatures heal per the rules in my game.

Cluck like a chicken? Revisit their past life as a cowboy?

It's been about that for as long as I've played the game. If your PC's not a caster then they've got a magic gizmo. The sheer number of magic goodies that I remember parties in my (middle school, pre-1980) games was staggering. We had a fighter with a ring that conjured a horse when put on...

There's already a mechanic for a bard inspiring someone. I don't require a performance check to do so. In fact Performance is really just used to gauge how well they perform, not inspire. Much like a wizard does not need to make an Arcana check while casting a spell.

In fact there is a section on vending of potions and scrolls that identifies as being specific to AL.

Not my idea in the first place. I was never a fan of being stuck in the Mists of Barovia as it violates the cardinal PC portability covenant in my eyes. That said, it happened anyway because AL is not a static environment, new things are brought out and applied to seasons all the time now...

Blame WotC for listening to intensive polling and play testing, then. They're giving people what they want, apparently.

That's a Con Organizer issue as well as a player one. Con Organizers need to recognize that running Ravenloft modules incurs a penalty to those who play and they would either have to be (very) upfront to players about this issue during game registration or not run Ravenloft modules at all. And...

I'm not entirely a fan of Checkpoints if it means players are leveling too quickly. I know Mearls is a big fan of hurrying PCs along but if a level flashes by so quickly players barely have a chance to inhabit them, that seems like a loss. As a DM I've had to do a bit of work to make sure my...

Keep it as is. Barovia is not a weekend tourist fling and going there shouldn't be trivialized.

Love the new start. Can't wait to see where it goes!

The only thing I might consider would be that a Bard to distribute more than a single Inspiration die as their bonus action (still counts toward their total). They're performing, after all, and the effect of that performance could influence those that see it (more than one person). But as...

A mage college might offer a few basic 1st level spells to new practitioners for a small fee. But wizards have never been ones to freely share knowledge - they know the value of the knowledge they hold and exchange it for new knowledge of commensurate worth.