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Two of my GMs use cutscenes for preludes and interludes to their campaigns and I love them. Players don't abuse or blur the player/character knowledge so it serves as a tool for the GMs to show plot points that happen off camera. The cutscenes only give out tidbits of the overall plot so the...

If your GM allows it, the Order of the Awakened Mystic from Unearthed Arcana would be pretty good. They can get expertise for one skill, can take a greater discipline at 5th level to get 1/2 Int mod to Charisma checks, and have a handful of charm and mindreading sort of abilities.

They're also called the good folk, the quick folk, and the sly folk in FR.

In Forgotten Realms they call their race Hin.

I like this one--emulates the eagle totem's far seeing ability.

That's weird and cool enough that as a GM I would let it happen, regardless of the RAW. If the players tried to use that as precedence for iffy fun breaking shenanigans I would reign it in. (But even in those cases I could be swayed by the rule of cool.)

I've had GMs use "Last week on D&D..." pre-session recaps (like non-episodic television shows often have) to good effect. This not only allowed them to refresh their players' memories of what happened in the previous session and what direction the session was heading but it allowed them to...

"You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want him alive. No Disintegrates."

If not finding the heart means the final session is a foregone conclusion (TPK, low to no chance for retreat, unlikely creative solutions available, etc.), I think you should consider being frank with the players and narrate how the campaign ends instead of playing it out. As a player I don't...

I thought bmcdaniel 's homebrewed witch class was pretty keen. Binder is hands down the class I'd like too see revamped. I thought this homebrew was pretty solid.

I'm with you. It felt unfinished and unengaging to me. I would have preferred them end with a cliffhanger about what the future holds for the characters and one that would have me think and wonder about what will happen next. I wasn't a fan of that part. It seemed like a pulled punch to try...

What issues do you foresee? Conflicts with holy types because they're pseudo-undead?

I thought it was a very unsatisfying cliffhanger. Rather than a cliffhanger, it seemed incomplete to me--like my power went out and I missed the real end of the show. Perhaps I would have appreciated the finale more if there wasn't as much hype about someone dying. I'm interested to see...

I ran a Western using Fate Accelerated with a translation (plagarism?) of 1st Edition L5R's dueling system for gunslinger duels. I thought it worked well.

I think the rest of your advice is spot on. I think they need to discuss the issue frankly and I think Icharbezol deserves an apology. But I don't recommend asking for one. I think it could come off as a demand (even if asked politely) which will cause the offenders to dig in their heels...

My gamer friend has a Government security clearance and he said this sort of thing has no impact on obtaining or maintaining his security clearance. His organization doesn't judge their personnel's hobbies as long as they don't involve the overthrow of the Government (I presume a Rebel Alliance...

What was their write up in the playtest? My group loved Dragon's Rest. It didn't follow the War of the Lance plot at all but was a fantastic adventure. (Although I haven't looked at it since I was in high school, so my own mileage may vary.)

Is amnesia included so the player doesn't reference the abducted character's home world and the GM can focus only on Forgotten Realms? I think it would be more interesting to allow the abducted character to retain knowledge of their home world and explore how they would react to differences in...

I like that angle too. Even if it's "in character" jerkiness, some players won't like that interaction, so I recommend first presenting this to the other players to get their buy in. An additional effect of being forthright with the other players is that they'll be able to play off your...

If I ever get to play a wild magic sorcerer I'm going to see if the GM will let me have it for free for its random Deck of Many Thingsness.