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Oooh. AC and HP are a difficult system to adjust. We've tried damage reduction for armor before, but adding a 3rd variable makes things really complicated. Having Armor as hit mitigation, though, could be interesting. An armor's armor bonus could be how many hits you can block before having to...

How big of a change would it be to have ability modifiers be Score-10 instead of (Score-10)/2? It would create a bigger disparity between high and low stats, but it would make sure every +1 mattered. Or, the current modifier can remain for to hit, damage, and save DCs, but skills could use the...

A genre savvy Bard is a funny idea!

In 2014, barbarians have 2 rages that recover on a long rest. This number increases with level. In 2024, barbarians also get rages back after a short rest, but only 1. So they get more uses across the day, but not extra in one encounter.

I haven't seen any discussion of one of my favorite new mechanics in the 2024 PHB. Many abilities that previously recovered on a long rest now also give a use back on a short rest. I think this may facilitate better balance than the old short vs long rest classes. I used to advocate for...

Yes, and this argument and those like it will big down tables because they chose connotative terms like "invisible" instead of "hidden", which really worked before. You can be invisible without being hidden.

But one check, you roll a 20, means no* chance of failure. That's not fun either.

My suggestion is 1 stealth check per action (lower case action). "I try to sneak down the hall" out of combat is one stealth check. "I try to sneak past the guards" is another stealth check. In combat would be the only time you'd be making a stealth check each round.

It should resist charms and compulsions too. Then the 6 saves would get used a little more evenly.

And why does making noise in that round matter to the next round? All of this discussion is strengthening my resolve to run stealth as "you make a dexterity (stealth) check when you attempt to perform an action stealthily." I'll impose disadvantage on inherently noisy or ostentatious actions...

Remember, there's no way for a level 1 character to realistically sprint as fast as a real world human can.

As for being able to stabilize someone from dying within 6 seconds, regardless of what dropped them, I see this as mechanically restricting what injuries look like. If someone gets dropped to 0 by a black dragons breath, they're only a half dissolved pile IF they die instantly due to massive...

It's a new edition to me, because certain core rules have been changed enough that if different players were using different PHBs at the table, there would be issues. That's why I like 5.5 or 5.24 nomenclatures; it's similar, but different enough. There's a reason they had to release WoW...

The fact that we've already argued about this for hundreds of pages shows the rules were written poorly, because these arguments will happen at the table. The increase of discrete actions (like influence) makes it harder to keep saying "the DM calls for the check". When the standard was "player...

We're both clearly discussing this around each other. Being Invisible gives people disadvantage to attack you, same as them being blind, but they don't have to guess where you are unless you've successfully hidden. They can hear you moving around still. Same as blind. I do agree that blinded...

This is close to what it was in older rules. I could have sworn 5E had "your speed is halved", but it's not there when I check it. But you can't pinpoint the exact location of a creature if you're blind. You have to guess where they are. If you want to pinpoint it while you're blind, you'd have...

Why doesn't the Weapon Master feat give you Weapon Mastery? Wait, it does, wow, I misread that.

Proficiency plus -1 to +1 is still small compared to prof + 3 to 5, but it at least gives you some growth. Oh, I forgot to mention that I changed the base DC to 10. 1) because that just feels more normal, and 2) since everyone got +2 to all (non-proficient) saves at level 1.

Hmmmmmmm... that works. But if you're using variant rules, you're already changing definitions. X/day just means "after a long rest". Heck, X/long rest is less clunky than "once you use X, you can't use X again until you finish a long rest".

1/rest and 1/day are what I use.