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I like it how it is. Simple. Keep agitating for the combos you want and maybe they'll toss them into a single source book someday.

Interesting and it's great that a character's story and concept is seen as being so important. That said, the ASI for +2 to a stat is still a pretty sweet reward. It's not like those players aren't getting anything for their ASIs, after all. Some games dissuade the use of feats and in other...

I'm psyched to see Chris McKay lining up to direct. I though Batman Lego was awesome and I'm usually one to get all grumpy and curmudgeonly about the Ritalin-rapid-fire, hip-reference-dripping, movie-star-voiced crap that passes for most animation these days. Now if we could just get Will...

As I said, I think it's fine for charity events. But not all public games, please. At a normal event I'm there to have fun and play a challenging game, not save society.

Buzz kill! :D

As a general practice I don't think paid DMs are a thing to worry much about. My FLGS gives me a bit of store credit for running, just enough to shave a few bucks off of new releases. However I don't want to close the door on really good, paid DMs becoming a thing. Out of the many, many DMs...

Their Legendary Wing Attack allows a Dragon to attempt to knock nearby foes down and then fly up to half their flying speed away. They're still subject to AoO but those who are prone do it at Disadvantage. Keeps them out of multi-attack danger from non-flying opponents until they decide to...

There's a reason you rarely hear the plural of lich. They don't play nice together. Figure out a way to bottleneck the flow of liches toward you so they encounter each other and most of your battle is already won after they thin the herd amongst each other.

A Barbarian would be hard for me to pass up. That 20th level capstone is just too sweet. I'd just keep it simple and go Bear Totem, start with something like 300hp and halve all incoming damage for as long as you rage. Or a Wizard, just because it's nice to have a chance to flex some arcane...

I'm getting a bit concerned about the pay-to-win situation, too. There's a system of reroll tickets (say 5 for $10) at some of our local games, ostensibly for charity but extending into our normal games as well. I understand it being tolerated for special events but it's not something I want...

Many. Most memorable was against Imryth at the end of Storm Giant's Thunder. She used her burrow ability to it's fullest and tried to take us out one-by-one as various other monster guardians attacked from different locations. Her breath weapon was fearsome, too. Like many dragons, she died...

Room isn't free anymore. I think $5 for 3-4 hours of game time is fine. The typical cost at Cons I go to are $1/hour on top of the Con gate cost. As for should the DM get money even if they're no good? Well, let the market decide. If you're any better, step up and make some of that fine...

I'm a fan of keeping subclasses from spiraling out of control. I want some wiggle room in them to fit MY vision of a character and not have to squeeze that vision into a narrow subclass. Anyway, you can build an excellent scouting fighter using the existing subclasses, feats and MCing. How do...

I'm not thrilled with some of the, "Make scouting quick and easy" ideas being discussed. That's an important part of the game for most parties (aka exploration). Nor do I think the assassin is entitled to an Assassinate unless it's well set up, either. That may not happen all that often...

Love Misty Step. Great spell for closing the distance, escaping a grapple or breaching a small barrier, all for the low, low cost of a Bonus Action.

Not sure how that follows. At 3rd level sneak attack is 2d6 while Divine Fury is 1d6+1. Sneak attack then gets another d6 per two levels while DF gets +1 damage. Not quite the same. Yeah, they pretty much defy death at that point other than 'you die when you get to 0hp' or other instant...

Kyuss is terrifying! Nice choice! There's a good 'aspect of Kyuss' and some other Worm that Walks elements written up in Alan Patrick's DDAL00-01 Window to the Past on the DM's Guild if you're interested. On second thought, I wouldn't recommend that writeup of Kyuss for ToA because it is...

I'm a Bear Totem man, myself, but I've got a player in my game running a Zealot. Solid character type, can bring the pain early. My only baby-beef is that their Fanatical Focus is a better version of the Fighter's Indomitable (available sooner and more often per Long Rest), but that's not that...

Bronn would say it far more salaciously than that. :)

I figured you'd be hip to that. :) Mainly posting it for general consumption because I've seen lots of DMs who get hung up on 'staying true' to fluff in some way. I just want to reiterate that you don't need to. When you sit behind the DM screen it becomes your story, and for many that's the...