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DC 0 probably not, but without proficiency and a negative ability modifier it would be possible, or with other penalties some how. As to the "why bother" aspect, it is the same for ANY ability check-- you only make it if there is a significant cost for failure. Nearly Impossible is still...

As others have mentioned, just swapping out items like that is simple enough IME. But I am more curious, why was a heavy crossbow "needed"? Why did studded leather "make more sense" than scale mail? (FYI, "studded leather" was never even a real armor... Ringed leather was and would be better...

I will add that for many classes, taking the starting equipment and background packages is "worth more" than if you roll and try to buy all the same things--often you just can't. If you find this is an issue, simply allow maximum starting gold instead of rolling.

IME about half of the Clerics are "healer-based" and the other half aren't. I've ran groups without a single healer at all except maybe the Healer feat. If someone is playing a wizard or sorcerer, are they not a team player if they don't play big-bang casters with fireballs and such? Of course...

Yes, you lose the background equipment if you roll for gold. You either A) roll for gold and buy everything or B) get starting equipment from your class and background.

The problem with this is if someone looks at the odds it doesn't make sense subjectively IMO. Why does a "Very Easy" task have a 20% of not succeeding? It is Very Easy, after all. Why is something "Very Hard" not even possible by someone without experience and/or training? The DC's should all...

IME it pretty much just comes down to complexity and how much you want to do to have a system that works for you. I've been leaning more towards removing skills and doing proficiency in ability checks from the DMG instead. We already do it with one group and in many ways I prefer it to the...

Yes. Ignore anyone who says otherwise. ;)

Depends on what your goals are...? I've found 4d6-4 works well, personally. and gives a range of 0-20 with an average 10, and thankfully d6's with 0-5 are already out there (I own 10 of them :D ).

Just finished playing in Forge of Fury (Tales from the Yawning Portal) and I am currently DMing Rime of the Frostmaiden for the 2nd time (different group).

No... really just 3d6. I can do pretty much anything I need to with only that. Sure, a full "set" would be easier, however. ;) And I don't do "funky". :D

My perfect D&D game would include dice (well, and players...). Everything else is optional. :D

Stunning Strike is a high-value ability, easily one of the best for Monks. However, it is limited by ki use (which often contends with other things) and 1 ki per hit is decently expensive, and the "bigger baddies" usually have decent CON's, so a reasonable chance of saving. Now, when it really...

First, Perception is not a 'must-have' skill. Feeling like it is is part of the problem. In my games, less than half the PCs have Perception as a skill. You are about as likely to find PCs with Athletics, Stealth, and Survival as Perception IME anyway. Here is what I've been thinking about...

One word: Rakshasa. ;)

D&D isn't just a game, it is a mindset. :)

Tieflings are portrayed as the half-fiends they are in essence. Obviously not human. Most folk initial reactions will be fear or distrust. Anything less "fiendish", and you're basically just human--there is not enough "other" in you to represent the "tiefling" race.

I'm glad the poll included IF THEY MAKE SOMETHING I LIKE... (which I highly doubt at this point, but maybe they will surprise me). Sure, I'll still buy their stuff then. I got into a discussion with a player yesterday about all this. He's with many of you about stopping the corporate monster...

No 3PP. I don't use it, allow it, or care for it--and never will.

Sticking with D&D, but won't be buying into D&D1 or whatever follows. WotC is taking the game in a direction I don't care for (nothing to do with OGL or anything like it). So, I will continue working on my own game, and play AD&D or 5E as the group desires until then.