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No, I think that RAW in 5e is in an amazing place and is well balanced. Changing parts of the rules can mess with that balance and give more weight to certain options while making others less useful. As is everything has some purpose and has solid reasons for being picked. Even if that reason is...

Cheat sheets are useful, I use a fillable pdf for character sheets it helps fill in a lot of information for you based on stats and skills and weapon selections, it is really nice and easy to use for me. Though I also grew up playing EVE online, which is all about spreadsheets and number crunching.

Which I mentioned that the low end AC for encounters in LFR games tends to be 17 for 4th level adventures, which is what all the low levels tend to run at in the groupds i've been with. 2nd level only changes the number of monsters not the stats of them, so 17 is still pretty common, with...

The PBH says specifically that chucks are clubs.

It also says all you have to do is hit with an attack with the latter addition of ranged or finesse weapon, it doesn't say the attack needs to do damage. Also you could poison said net if damage is required and now it does do damage on a failed save. Logically it makes plenty of sense why it...

Concentration spells duration at best are when a specific thing happens, in some cases it is up to a certain time period, the rest last for as long as you can hold the concentration. Spell slots limiting how many AoE's you keep up? Not very well, even with just two castings of some aoe spells it...

One option is instead of letting them pick a feat talk to them about their characters and get a better idea of what that character is trying to do and just give them a feat that fits that type of character.

For the sharpshooter feat, there is a big difference between your archer line archer and robin hood. With the max 20 stats the value of feats grows quickly. Sure taking +2 dex for extra damage and to hit is nice, but looking at best doing that twice before your dex is maxed, assuming your not...

From the monk class. Certain monasteries use specialized forms o f the monk weapons. For example, you might use a club that is two lengths of wood connected by a short chain (called a nunchaku) or a sickle with a shorter, straighter blade (called a kama). Whatever name you use for a monk weapon...

Forgot about that rule, but it still allows using the same spell on multiple targets, in which those many targets can all help each other perform a single task with basically the same effect as if you loaded it onto the same target many times. That rule only stops a couple of my cantrip examples...

Feats denote a specialized skill and come at the price of increasing stats. Which is something that takes a lot of time and practice. So instead of increasing general ability in a certain field, the character is specializing their skills in a very specific field. Feats are another way to make...

GWM for the power attack? Nothing kills dpr faster than reducing chance to hit, as a miss does 0 damage. Other than the power attack option, most of GWM is wrapped up in frenzy already, frenzy already gives you an extra attack as a bonus action just because you are frenzied. Power attack is a...

Play Living forgotten realms at your local game store, if they don't have it start a LFR group. People suggesting dropping background mechanics? Might as well not play 5e, one of the big things about 5e is to focus more on roleplaying and creative choices. Char gen moves along pretty nicely in...

Not having concentration is a stupid idea. Without concentration there is nothing stopping people from stacking the same spell multiple times for insane effects, or nothing stopping people from covering the entire field with stand here and die effects. Like using friends on everyone all the...

I think cloud of daggers has some crazy usability options, one being surrounding a large creature so it can't move away while it sits in the zone, a second being comboing it with hunter's traps, pit traps, hold person spell, a net user, or as a spell to hold a line in a hallway while you rain...

If you want a defensive spell, shield is better than magic armor and can be cast as a reaction and on top of any other armor.

For those that don't like feats just take the toughness or improved initiative feats and call it a day. Giving an extra feat at first level can be pretty crazy with the right combinations. For example, assuming point buy and using human variant, cleric can make enemies need to roll a 25 or...

I would prefer 2d4 over a d10...2-8 vs 1-10 specially with great weapon master factored in i'd go for the 2d4 personally.

I decided that the crossbow expert feat serves the purposes just as well and went with that for the character. Thus allowing me to do any ranged attack in melee range.

I know for ranged weapons finesse only applies to thrown weapons, as fired weapons always use dex. But that is mostly irrelevant to the discussion. For more insight as to why I'm asking see the full write up as to character plan near the bottom of the first page.