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That is, in my humble opinion, freaking weird.

Awesome summary, Saelorn! That is indeed where I'm coming from. I've got to wonder though: Does the intent of watching good things suffer counteract the Good influence of the spell? In other words, is using that kind of magic explicitly for evil acts enough to counteract the Good act? Because if...

That's the weirdness I'm getting at! Apparently that is a capital-G Good act!

Don't be absurd! There's no "summon orc babies" spell. It would be wildly inconvenient to gather them by hand!

Heh. Now I want a lemming-themed Druid that specializes in throwing herself / her minions into certain doom.

As illustrated here. I think the least evil option might be summoning neutral creatures...?

Pretty sure the half-orcs are shaving by the time they're 9.

I've got a longer post on the subject over here, but here's my question: In cosmopolitan settings, you've got long-lived races like elves and dwarves living side-by-side with humans. It’s awfully difficult to picture these kids growing up together. I mean, what would The Little Rascals look...

Oh I dunno. It's one thing to believe in a miracle. It's another to witness one fireball a rival cleric in the face.

If you can cast fireball or speak to plants or get a sweet deal on a demonstrably real afterlife, I think there's incentive to make a conscious choice.

I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of a level 1 commoner. I'm in a fantasy world. Multiple different philosophies, traditions, and religions all seem to produce miraculous results. Which would you choose to follow? How would you choose? Comic for reference.

For real? What if you want a bear-barian, that goes into a rage in bear form? What about the build I mentioned in the OP where you go all-in on eldritch blast alpha strikes? There are some things that you can ONLY do with multiclassing.

Not sure what you mean by this line. Are you saying that playing with single classed characters is 5e on hard mode?

What it says in the title. When you're looking at some silly build like the Sorc 5/Warlock 5/Fighter 2, do you try to justify the multiclass in-game, or do you prefer to ignore the fiction and concentrate on eldritch blasting all the things? Relevant comic.

Excellent points! Let's take it a step further though. If a DC 40 is an "impossible" check in the system, then characters capable of rolling that 40 can achieve more dramatic results than their less-skilled peers. This ought to feel exceptional. When you push the system to the extremes though...

How did you convince the un-charmed horse to do your bidding?

I thought that "bounded accuracy" would help us to eliminate stupidly high numbers. Things like pass without trace and the rogue's expertise seems to undermine that idea. How do you deal with the difference between "you do the thing" and "you do the thing spectacularly well" when spectacular is...

That's the 5e approach, right? Interesting... I hadn't thought to apply it to Pathfinder.

Any useful "how not to do it" examples?

So this tragic mess is happening in my Pathfinder game right now. I want turn trade in my old owl familiar for an imp, but I've grown attached to the ornery little feather duster. I don't want to tell my best bird bud, "Hey, you've been great, but the newer model is out and you've got to go." Is...