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Not only would I not add another race to the array in the PHB, I would eliminate three of the extant seven: the gnome, the half-elf and the half-orc. This would reduce the race options to: Dwarf, Elf, Halfling, Man. The half-races would become Background feats, found as options allowable by...

ROTS Visual Dictionary: Clones are still made; they are the Stormtroopers. Palpatine sets up clone facilities elsewhere, using new templates, but maintains the original setup on Kamino.

Publishers, advertisers and the general public disagree with all of this academic dialogue. The distinction, for them, really is all about the trappings. If it looks like X, then it is X and that's how the labels get applied- and those labels stick.

Verisimlitude is more important than any player's ego. A player that whines because the NPC acts reasonably and destroys his weapon is a player that needs to get a clue, suck it up and either get on with the game or get out of the hobby.

Also, you don't have to sing. My Bard is an orator. Only those familiar with magic will be able to easily discern his insightful, polemical commentary/direction for any use of bardic music.

I deal with it frequently. That potential for confusion exists, and it occurs just often enough for it to matter.

That would be a damn good start.

All of the core classes are in the PHB and DMG. You folks must be talking about all of the new basic classes published since then.

You can't go wrong with a cleric.

I shan't go lower than 25 points.

How the being reacts depends on who he is, what he can do, and what constraints he's under. If time isn't an issue, and the being is inclined to share such things, then he may take the time to properly brief the PCs on the matter- with the idea being that, once the group knows what's at stake...

There is no good reason for encouraging or enabling ignorance. Knowledge is always the better way, and I take a dim view of those that--for any reason--would discourage that pursuit. The wise GM always demands--and facilitates--that players learn, and master, the rules of the game. Only...

Players are responsible for learning that subset of the rules that pertain to their PC. Let them flounder and fail should they shirk this work, and then gently admonish them to do it when they turn up to complain. Tabletop RPGs are a hobby where you only get as much as you put into it, and if...

I did read the post. Before quitting, the wise thing to do is to say "Why did that NPC put our PCs under geas spells?" and let the DM explain. Assuming out of hand that it's out of ego or laziness is not wise; it's foolish. It's better to allow the DM to confirm or deny suspicions of that...

The D&D community, on the whole, doesn't want to deal with politics, romance, real fear (i.e. effective horror) or large-scale warfare. It wants to explore places, fight skirmish scale battles, haul off the loot and level up; what role-playing there's to be had therein is to be confined to...

Your reaction seems extreme to me. The DM didn't place you under a geas spell; the NPC placed your PC under a geas spell. Unless you're playing yourself, this isn't a reasonable default response.

I say that it's better to keep smacking them with superior tactics, superior strategy, and superior logistics (when plausible) whenever possible during play and then explaining their failures afterwards. Sooner or later, they'll get it and start playing smart- just as their characters would if...

Would the Arcane Strike and Practiced Spellcaster feats help make up that gap in raw magical power? I think that, given that this character wouldn't have 8th & 8th level spells, you might want to go with using magic more to supplement the character's warrior abilities, even if that's only done...

What about Swashbuckler/Wizard combinations, with regard to Eldritch Knight?

I prefer to let their ignorance be their downfall. Players learn fast when they realize that rules-mastery is a key component to keeping characters alive and being effective during play. Not coddling the players gets them to that point faster.