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No, as PC saves don't get worse as they advance in level.

Agree. Indeed any character can attempt stunts with a whip (with neither feat nor proficiency). Proficiency just increases the chance of success.

The problem is that your version is more complicated than the alternatives, because you are introducing new, ill-defined rules rather than utilizing the existing rules for the same things.

This reads better. Still doesn't explain what the result of the trip or disarm attempt is. Also, it seems like a reinvention of the wheel. The DMG already has rules for a Disarm attack. It would be better to trigger a Disarm attack with the bonus action. And likewise to alternatively trigger a...

Should clarify that this is against the opponent hit with the successful attack. I assume that is the intent? By "disarm" do you mean the optional Disarm attack from the DMG? Clarify. Not clear what you mean by "trip". Do you mean the Shove attack? Not really clear how this is meant to work...

No, he's relying on the skill being present, and of course (if the DM is sensible) this would only be a critical thing to know in the adventure if the PCs have shown past form for going around making Nature checks. Let's just say you seem to play with very different players to me. In my...

Yes, if you can see them. If on the other hand, the PCs are thinking more abstractly, Nature is more useful. Also useful to when the Tracking answer is Wrong. Such as, tracking might indicate that a tiger is a pack hunter, but the PC's Nature Skills will reveal, no that's wrong. Hence ...

Pretty much wherever the PCs go and whatever they are doing, there should be something Arcane, Historic, Natural, or Religious that would be handy to know. And once the PCs start acting on that knowledge, they tend to find themselves in situations where it would be useful to know more. It's...

Well, you know what you want it to look like then. Like the renaissance. You can just do this, of course. You don't really need to make any mechanics changes. Just have NPCs mostly not wear armour and carry more firearms. You can just adjust the AC of humanoid monsters (Gnolls, Orcs, etc) to...

While I do know that hand-eye co-ordination is a thing, unless these people can also reliably catch a ball, I'm having a hard time understanding them as Dextrous. In the D&D model, I would say that these are probably just people of normal (perhaps even low) Dexterity who happen to have a...

Yes. So this could be that there is a low, steady, background level of PHB sales and Adventures never exceed this. Or it could be that the PHB is always at a really high level of sales, as new players are always entering the game (perhaps stoked by the periodic release of new Adventures), and...

Yes, a silver fox is a thing; he says looking at his greying hair.

I would just deal with this via role-playing. Plus giving advantage or disadvantage as appropriate. Probably an advantage if you're trying to disguise yourself as an old woman. Probably a disadvantage if you are trying to seduce the princess.

LOL. That seems very hard to believe. Dexterity (in D&D) is defined as "Dexterity measures agility, reflexes, and balance." As others have pointed out, real life athletes (as you have illustrated) are agile and strong (*) (and healthy**). Of course, in real life Agility, Reflexes, Balance, and...

Although that's not unexpected --- it is only the top 5, so by the time you've considered PHB, DMG, MM, perhaps something like the DM Screen or Starter Set, and maybe a token non-D&D product, you've already taken 5 slots. If the list was the top 10, I would be pretty confident that you'll find...

Weapon proficiencies come up the most? This seems alien to my experience as both DM and player. In my experience, proficiency checks mostly occur because the players have engineered a situation whereby the proficiency applies. If the players want to make lots of Sleight of Hand checks, then...

Only because of the way that the RAW are written. If you are aren't using the Variant Encumbrance rule, only heavy armour causes speed penalties. Personally, I would rule that if using the Variant Encumbrance rule, "dwarves lose no speed for wearing any armour". On the other hand, I would never...

Yes, this is the critical point. "[Dwarves'] speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor." (Basic PHB, p 13). So if you are using the variant Encumbrance rules to calculate the speed penalty, then don't count heavy armour for dwarves, when deciding if the dwarf is encumbered for speed...

As far as I can see, the primary point of Skills being a subset of Ability checks is to make it absolutely clear that every character can attempt everything. That is, it is explicit that the skill system does not aim to segregate off certain capabilities to only certain characters. Rather the...

Yes, seems obvious that it is a good idea to read the rules before complaining about them. It's not for nothing that there is a separate description of what some of the tool proficiencies allow.