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I still wish there was a way to focus on specific martial classes to grant ability, versus granting a style that impacts spell casting hybrid classes in addition to mundane. I guess one way to distinguish the style is to set the maximum amount of AOO based on the extra attack feature (total...

I should have been more specific i.e.Purple Dragon Kinght, but the same principle applies to Fighter, Cleric, Barbarian, etc.

I will not question someone liking or disliking a particular concept but any class name is what a character aspires to be if they survive the ordeal. Otherwise every class name must change as the character levels from stable hand to squire then knight.

The trap is turning this thread into another meta-gaming discussion. It is probably best to disarm that discussion and get back to the why the trap is there which leads to how to discover or disable it.

Well of course D&D logic by that means allows anything. And it is pretty easy to explain in that context why the revolving door (based on weight of lighter denizens) has a garbage disposal at the bottom :)

I ask why is the trap there? Is it to prevent someone from going in or out? Is it to alarm others? Is set offensively or defensively? I could keep going but the reason it is there leads to everything else and the mechanics involved. Just don't place a trap for the sake of the trap itself.

As with any spell, ability, or magic item, the frequency of use is the biggest question. One time uses have less of a chance to create a major disruption, versus every lizard man shaman having heat metal, or every drow have magic weapons, or every golem having resistance to mundane weapons...

In spirit of this thread, we should all roll up druids with a motivation to hunt down the arcane which upsets the balance of nature.

It would be rare for me to ban any races currently available in 5E. It usually has to be a race that is way out there to be prohibited, and under those circumstances I may allow a one-off like playing warforged or a flying race. If I restrict a lot of things in game, then I am already working...

A cleric type character with access to a luck domain would probably be the best fit. Without access to spells, you do not have much room to expand the concept. A bard would be another obvious choice as a model.

If it is a warlord class name poll, then you already have your answer.

It would be one more reason to eventually retire the fighter unless they actually provide a mechanism to update martial characters ability via maneuvers at some point. At least if you start with a fighter it will not take very long (because of limited class choices) to want to try a paladin...

I would look at the cleric and healing in general in reference to what conditions a heal spell can remove or address when dealing with the term unconscious, comatose or lost limbs or appendages. Otherwise, it does not matter what the source of healing is if the game does not get that specific...

My favorite character was a dual class ranger/illusionist with psionics, but overall I do it to fill a mechanical niche or to role-play. If I have a character generator then I tend to get into the optimizing power building aspect, because there is no way I am going to go through all that with a...

I have vampire exhaustion with movies, HBO, and RPGs, but I may be interested in a MMO, but it would have to break away from the current offerings on the market.

Dice porn can be a problem. That is why I prefer rules like maximum damage for critical hits, or static modifiers for bonuses over advantage/disadvantage, or keeping hits points reasonable so you don't have to break out the dice bag to kill someone. It is also a matter of frequency on how often...

You also have to considered additional supplements, even if feats are not an assumption, because recent books like SCAG add cantrips, new subclasses and/or additional spells. So in reality, we are only talking about the PHB for a base analysis without feats. But honestly, the developers were...

I find languages work out the best when the DM has them all mapped out to regions on a map and includes language families. Then the players will have a good feel for what languages may come into play. In addition, the DM will have to decide how many skills they want in the game and languages...

When you have to ask, it is the first step to addressing an addiction :)

I agree that sub-categorizing underdark to specific terrains in OoTA would address it. But that also implies it could be addressed for the overall game. It is not like the entire concept was alien when going into 5E by reviewing each edition and what is presented as terrains. It would favor the...