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Sounds like Zhuge Liang didn't dump his brain stats. It is very possible to have a wise, charismatic fighter. Maybe Zhuge Liang raised his mental stats and took skill prodigy instead of just taking Sentinel, GWF, and maxing Strength/Con. Could plain martials use some mechanics to boost their...

But we all want our fighters to be the most optimized for combat they possibly can be without any downsides. How can I play a wise, diplomatic ruler when I dumped 8,8,8 in my mental stats?

Don't be a slave to mechanics. You determine when a skill check is called for. A 20th Champion who just saved an entire village does not need to make a Persuasion check to get a bowl of free soup at the tavern. A 20th level fighter who just singlehandedly slew the village guards and mayor...

I don't think that drastic of change would ever fly. I think it would be better to just make some spells ritual only. Or some spells that add exhaustion. You could then just cherry-pick the particular spells that are abused. A lot of the examples I see of caster imbalance go on the...

If Wizards are the ones with the shenanigans that break the game, shouldn't the focus be on nerfs? Rather than buffing other classes so that too are unbalanced? It would seem simple to nerf on class than to buff other(s) and also have to rebalance encounters, etc.

If every class was raised to the level of the "best" class, wouldn't that be power creep? Not that I mind at all...just buff the boss monsters a bit and give the hobgoblin warlord something fittingly cool too.

Hmmm... Can't the DM basically take or give anything they want? Just thinking of that, I'm glad that the ppl I play with are either less knowledgeable than me or cool and understand that I make a lot of rulings on the fly that make sense (for me at least). For example, the 20th level Dwarf...

As for the social pillars of the game? As a DM, use common sense and don't be a slave to mechanics. A high level Champion Fighter would be a rockstar hero of the the lands. Who cares what the Charisma score is or whether or not the Bard has expertise in Persuasion? Or the Wizard has Charm...

Lower wizard hit dice back to 1d4. Reintroduce casting interruptions (this would be a pain in the ass and mess up turn based combat) - but some spells should have to be "channelled", etc. Consider them "restrained" or "stunned" while concentrating. Can't cast spells while concentrating...

Wizards across the realms would all become nimble, agile acrobats or else they would be no better than farmers most of the time.

physical books really slow down the game. Best for just reading. Not that PDFs are much better... Googling "5e [and whatever you need]" works the fastest for me. PDF searches are done purely by string matching and not that useful to look something up. The DND beyond search doesn't do fuzzy...

Vader and Kenobi dueling to the death. After about a few rounds, Vader slices off his own foot while Kenobi trips and impales himself. In a long battle, both would definitely die of self-inflicted wounds.

Very few landlords fit your stereotype. Most landlords are paying a mortgage, insurance, upkeep, taxes, etc. on the home they are leasing out.

Fumbles don't scale well. A 20th level fighter will be fumbling 20 percent of the time with 4 attacks. An extended combat that lasts over a minute basically ensures that said fighter would break a weapon, chop off his own head, kill the wizard, etc. Also a lot of implementations I've seen...

A first level spell (Find Familiar) is not meant to grant auto-advantage with no repurcussions. It would be a very OP spell then. As a player, I would expect an enemy to eventually target my familiar if it was constantly inhibiting his or her combat defenses. Any sane enemy would. Smart...

That's very helpful. So not allowing sneak attack damage on spells now means the game I run is broken?