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Traps are tricky. I lean towards a very limited number of traps that are telegraphed in my dungeons. This has more to do with how boring I find the gameplay of constantly checking for traps than anything else. I also really hate traps that don't make sense. One example that really irks me in...

There are two settings from Monte Cook that could work really well here. Numenera is a setting that is a billion years in the future and technology is mostly seen as magic. The locals have roughly medieval technology, but a scavenged piece of tech fashioned into a belt might let you levitate...

This mostly came out of my dislike for the dragon breath recharge mechanic in 5e. I don't like that the recharge can happen on the dragons turn and the players have no chance to react to it. I wanted the recharge roll to come at the end of their turn. From that came the idea to also let a dragon...

That's a pretty solid list in the OP. Telegraphing: this is something I only got to implement for a little before handing over the DM reins. Having boss monsters use an action, bonus action, reaction, etc to telegraph their next turn's action is something video games do way better than 5e. For...

I'm in the Seattle area and I've noticed more and more roundabouts being put in over the last 20ish years. I really appreciate them on the backroads between towns because stopping at a 4-way with no one else in sight is annoying and inefficient. I've visited the UK a couple times and the sense...

To my knowledge, if you know a spell you always add your proficiency bonus to attack rolls. Doesn't matter where it comes from.

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It'd be cool if they made my homebrew setting into a WotC setting so that I don't have to fund the art for it. Anyway, the basic tropes for it are: Otherwise, give me a modern setting. Make sure it's a new world. I don't want modern Forgotten Realms. Give it a late 90's or early 2000's level...

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PC ability scores get a +5 modifier at 10 and 11 and decrease by one point the further away they get from them. Players must still use 4d6 drop the lowest.

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Kids on Brooms, specifically for settings that have a Harry Potter-esque approach to magic. Effectively infinite magic use, emotions/attributes affect your magic, go to school to learn, etc. It doesn't have any set spells. Instead you create them as you go or on the fly. You have to roll to see...

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That sounds a lot like how crpgs like dragon age or baldur's gate work. Thanks for the suggestions.