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According to Jeremy Crawford, each Magic Missile bolt counts as a different source of damage, so it's pretty op to break concentration or stack death save failures. Seen it used mostly for that.

That counterspell wording is confusing, but I guess you can always ready a spell while behind cover, then release when you walk out.

Edit: Nevermind, then

Those are from the one-shot adventure they released on Beyond as well, where you fight him in his lair.

An Open Hand Monk also has this: Trading LAs for reactions isn't a great idea overall, although it should be mostly fine if the PCs don't have that, or Shocking Grasp, or other similar stuff.

I don't see how making up a whole new rule is easier than not adding your level to stats and rolls.

Doesn't PF2 have an optional rule that doesn't add level to proficiency? Should make it more similar to 5e, number-wise.

Those do look like character designs for a successful TV show.

Without magic items, a level 20 Greatsword Fighter can have the same AC as a level 1 sword and shield Fighter (Plate vs Chain Mail and shield). It barely scales up if you don't go out of your way to do it.

My most common experience with the stealth rules is someone casting invisibility and thinking they're automatically hidden and no one knows where they are. It's definitely a weak spot in the rules. I'd say 5e as a whole is fine, but there's definitely some pretty badly designed stuff. Doesn't...

Inspiration should just be rerolling instead of advantage, actually gives you a reason to do it when you roll badly. That you can only ever have 1 at a time doesn't help either.

There's also Transport via Plants and Word of Recall at 6th level.

Int skills can definitely be huge, my first game had us rolling arcana, religion and history all the time to identify monsters, items, and enemy factions. Dex skills by comparison didn't matter much, only Stealth was really used, and it barely mattered since we had Pass Without Trace when it got...

For Int, you need an arcana check to copy scrolls into a spellbook, for Wizards and those with the Ritual Caster feat. Also to use a scroll above the level that you can cast, can be big if you get a fireball scroll at level 3, or a Raise Dead at level 6. There's also identifying spells with an...

Power creep on a system as a whole is probably a bad idea. On certain specific underwhelming options, it should be fine if they're just making it more in line with the other stuff. For 5e in particular, you'll have a hard time making stuff more op than what the PHB already has.

Unarmed strikes actually are melee weapon attacks, they're just not an attack with a melee weapon, since those two terms mean different things for some reason. Stunning Strike specifies it's used on a melee weapon attack, and it obviously works with an unarmed strike, for example.

Besides Twilight Sanctuary, I don't think it's particularly op in comparison to the stuff that came before. It's usually that and the race stuff that I see being banned, but the latter is usually more due to not liking the design of floating ASIs.

I'd just make those actions spells, but then I'd have to look up the spell lists to find out which one it's based off, then get the level and components, which defeats the point of making it more simple. So, prob just wouldn't use those monsters.

I guess one of their 657 archmages could set up some portals for quick trade.

I think for a subclass that has no options whatsoever, their passive stuff should be pretty strong to compensate, but Champion surely ain't it.