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Nope, 5e uses the "to hit" nomenclature constantly.

Took me a second to realize the intent of the life drain block, since it refers to damage but then has no damage listed. Is this a typo, or is it intended to be used in conjunction with the long sword attack? Edit: I think I'm safe to post since my name lacks Zs and I am mostly a DM, not a...

Interesting... that hasn't been my experience at all. Yeah, perhaps it's just the group I play with. They employ all kinds of tactics in various campaigns, some of which I would definitely classify as a form of torture. And they experience wildly different levels of success, depending on the...

Absolutely! I've run specific games where I cared about as many of those types of things as I was aware of, but that's certainly not the norm. I think you're totally right to find it silly that people are selectively bothered by this stuff. I will say that there is a difference between...

Can you elaborate on the part I bolded a little more? I'm having a hard time understanding. I'm not sure I'd say my enjoyment of any game is significantly impacted by the rules, as a player or a GM, but... it can be, on occasion. And I can't really figure out why one would be felt more...

I find this really interesting. Why is that? It seems like some of the people replying to you are assuming it's because of uncomfortable experiences roleplaying borderline torture... is that it, or is there some other issue you have run into a lot?

I believe sacred flame only ignores the bonus to dex saves granted by partial cover. I think Full cover still prevents sacred flame.

Well... I think his point is that the stuff that bugs him and others like him (e.g. studded leather, mislabeled swords) is not really in the category of fantastic things. If someone says "How can illithids exist, they don't make sense" I think it's a reasonable reply to say "You're okay with...

For starters, you can remove the mounted requirement from Overwhelming Strikes and Trample. Instead, have the requirement be that the target be smaller than you or smaller than your mount if you are mounted. That way, on-foot Cavaliers can overwhelm and trample goblins and other small...

Seems like they get most/all of the Champion abilities, and also a bunch of maneuvers that appear roughly as good as Battlemaster? Maybe a little worse? I dunno, on first blush this seems like two things: 1) Incredibly awesome, and 2) Overpowered compared to Champions and Battlemasters. Maybe...

My only regret is that I have but one XP to give. Seriously, this post is chock full of amazing ideas for a truly low magic game. I'm gonna steal me some of these ideas the next time I run low magic.

I agree with Victim too. I think you made the right choice.

They are, but Lizardfolk are a race that is fairly heavily predisposed towards certain classes, I'd say. The majority of which already get shield proficiency, no?

Tell that to the Tiefling and the High Elf! ;)

It's certainly nice, but I'm not sure I'd call a proficiency that approximately half the classes get access to "a big deal." And Lizardfolk are a pretty poor fit for most of the classes that don't get shield proficiency. I just don't see the problem. I'm not saying that they should be...

Would it really, though? I'm away from book, but don't the lizardfolk's crafted items only last for a fight or something? They're fairly fragile. I'm not convinced a lizardman wizard who crafts himself a shield a few times a day is really that OP. He could get similar/better armor options...

Rules: Depends. I run a game with some 5e elements, but it's so homebrewed as to barely be recognizable. Other than that one, most of my 5e games have fairly light homebrew when it comes to rules. But I'm eager to try some more in depth 5e homebrews. Classes/Player Options: As needed. I'm...

Lots of great ideas already. Tony's ideas of separate economies seems really spot on. Personally, I would say that if you want a really old-school Dark Sun experience the DM should toss most of the parcels out the window and make you scrape and struggle for every little scrap of decent...

This is interesting. I think you've got a really good point here... but I'm also curious to see what the detailed implications are. For one thing, do you think that a game can be suitably player-driven even if it's about more than just dungeon exploration? I think so. Fundamentally, I don't...

Reach is a negative attribute? That doesn't sound right.