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That +1 to everything might be similar to +1 proficiency bonus. If the OPs suggestion was because they want PCs to suck at some things, but not be worse at the things they are meant to be good at, then simply adding a +1 to proficiency could help.

It's super hard to tell what people will see as mythology and what is religiously insensitive. E.g. Rakshasa appear in religious texts don't they? Even something like the Monkey King is interesting. He blurs the line between a character from a famous novel, a mythological character, and an...

I can think of three game sessions where where Sanctuary saved the day 1. The thief who needed to sneak in and rescue the captured militia had it cast on him by the Trickery Cleric. He snuck in, then when he was sprung, he just ran to the prison door and stood their picking the lock as the...

I've DM'd an NPC gunsmith with significant high-functioning autism (and OCD) before. The only mechanical difference was that he needed to make save vs stun whenever he (or somebody near him) took thunder damage. He just could not handle the noise. He had magic items that cast silence for him, so...

I skimmed the topic, then did not read the description of the place/situation at all, so that I could give an authentic player/PC reaction. Druid: Ok, so its just one guy we have to kill? I rolled a 19 for initiative. Where am I on the battlemap? Rogue: What the hell are you talking about? Kill...

My party has fought more angels than devils. They are always joking about it. I have always loved the idea of angels being made for a single purpose and not understanding morality outside of that. They don't have a complete soul like a mortal, they are sentient tools. So when an angel of...

Does stun even really come in to play? Other than monks I just don't see it around much. If I do see it it is from a monster ability, and usually a secondary effect to reflect the enormity or nature of the attack. Mindflayers spring to mind as the only time I have seen stun used in recent...

That way lies 4th edition. Once you put everybody on the same resource mechanic, the discrepancies become very obvious. The Battlemaster is tripping an enemy, the wizard is casting Wish to summon a castle in the sky. So things get tamed down and shifted around until everybody is equal, and the...

Interestingly, in my current setting, there are no evil entities at all. Why would a creator make a goddess of torture? or anything else bad for that matter? D&D always has this odd assumption that everything needs to have a god attached to it. Why? What good/neutral creator would create such a...

This reminds me of a few things: 1. A friend did not know the term 'ajar' to mean partially open. So as a DM when I refered to the door as "a jar" he thought it was a glass tube or something. It was very confusing and he thought he could see through it, well he could, by looking around it...

This reminds me of a funny character IMC. He was a paladin of the goddess of civilization, but more specifically he was from the Church of Democracy. He saw democracy as the way forward to solve all of the worlds ills. He was a rebel freedom-fighter and also a bit of a communist, "power to the...

I liked 4e healing, it allowed healing to be powerful in-combat, without being abused over the course of a day. In 5e we would have to give a lot more HD to PCs to mimic that. I like the idea of spending them, I just think we need a few more in order to do that.

The best Arcane Archer is a Warlock. Just some minor reskinning to hammer home the theme. They use a bow as a focus and fire off eldritch blasts like the kid from the D&D cartoon. They can then twice per short rest fire an arrow that has a devastating effect. Hex works well as sharpshooting for...

Quick contests by everybody spinning a dice, first one to stop spinning loses, winner lasts the longest. Highest appropriate stat gets to pick the type of dice first. Lowest might end up with a d4 or something difficult to spin properly. Whatever the trial, you could reflect training in skills...

Guessing that is a typo, but it fits with my suggestion anyway ;) I would consider borrowing from Warhammer lore and have the High Elven empire become so successful and rich that they did nothing but leisure. Possibly while the lesser races slave away for them. They found themselves wanting...

Does your username have something to do with that? :) I'm pretty lenient and let people use spells for different but less powerful effects. E.g. use Cone of Cold to freeze the first few inches of a pond into an ice bridge. I also say that if you have a spell prepared, then you can use a less...

Looks really interesting. Love the artwork. Though if Hollywood has taught me anything, Latin american monsters will just be normal monsters with a yellow filter over them.

I can't even recall the last time I played a straight white able-bodied male character. My second last character had cerebral palsy (-3 Dex gave me the idea). He wanted to be a wizard but couldn't do the vocal and somantic components reliably. So he sought out ancient teachers and became a...

Or, as an alternative to OPs suggestion, I could do whatever I like in the privacy of my own home with my close friends?

Normally a Soft R (In my country we have Mature 15+, which sounds about right), but if it was a movie and you actually had to show the violent stuff on camera, it would be NC-17 or banned. If I were directing it, I would have the more horrific stuff happen off-screen. I was at a game somewhat...