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I play with a group of mostly DMs, and we take the exact opposite approach. Each guy runs something different. Some more different than others, obviously. It keeps things feeling fresh, and helps us scratch different itches, so to speak. Nobody trys to run an Orc in my Dark Sun, and I don't take...

Good guys can hench

Normally, I'd call bards one of the stronger classes. Probably top 3. With that nerf, it sounds like bottom 3. Still better than rogue and monk, but I could see it struggling to keep up with fighter, ranger or barbarian, and crushed by the other casters.

I'm curious. What did you give the bard to balance the loss of full casting?

Calling Batman anything other than a Divination or Bladesinger Wizard is probably a stretch, but sure, he might have started with a couple levels of Rogue.

Dude, how old are you?

For sure. I never got into spelljammer, but I believe the kreen were always a part of that setting. Looking back, I should have loved the swash buckling in space but it never really grabbed me the way Dark Sun, Dragon Lance or Ravenloft did. The defiler, however, is straight up Dark Sun. No...

I think you missed the theme of Rogue One pretty dramatically. I wouldn't derail this thread on a tangent, but this all applies to DS as well as SW. Evil empires, corrupt city-states, secret police, slavers and raiders, hostile environments and seemingly random destruction are all great tools...

That sounds more like a feature than a bug. One of the biggest complaints one finds about Forgotten Realms is the plethora of god-level NPCs. Clearing the board seems like it could have been a nice opportunity to pare things back.

Dragonlance? The setting with dragons actually taking an active role? Yeah. I'm gonna buy the hell out of that.

He reached out to any god to save him. Check and mate. On second thought, no "agreement" was actually made.

All? No, but im pretty close. Building OP min-maxed munchkins as a thought exercise has helped me understand the classes better. What does occasionally catch me off guard, is different players combining abilities in ways I hadn't expected. My favorite move is, "read the ability out loud. Uh...

winks in murder-hobo

I can say with 100% accuracy that at least half the people I play with would take a mechanicless but cool looking race over something with mechanical benefits every single time. It's also worth noting that v human is widely considered one of the strongest race options, but there is exactly 1 out...

It's certainly an overwhelming number of choices for new players, but gives the variety that veterans are looking for. Limiting options in the PHB and expanding with additional books seems like a perfect system. In my groups we have a variety of playstyles that approach race/culture/lineage...

I was seriously questioning how those stats could aid AC, but I like the way you did it.

I keep thinking that one could combine the caster's roll with the attack/save roll, or maybe every spell is a success, but the caster has bad things happen when they fail their roll... I don't really like either of those, just spitballing. The first punishes you twice for failing a single roll...

The spell Drain and Success checks certainly evoke the feel of spellcasting on Krynn or Athas, and I love them both for that reason, but how much rolling do we want to add to combat? Spellcasters, in particular, already have familiars, summons, dominated foes, etc that stretch out their turn...

4th edition is also WHAT? That comment definitely fits a unicorn. I mean, I liked it because I enjoy tactical combat and 4th was great at that, but superior? Not to 3rd or 5th. I'll give you 2nd, and probably 1st (which I didn't play.) I guess we all have our favorites for different reasons.

Lots of 20s in primary stats at 1st level. 16-18 is pretty common for most stats. My dump stat was a 13 Int... it's OP as hell, but in the vein of epic heroes or Marvel characters, so not immersion breaking. I actually made a minotaur barbarian (I know, wth?) and with wicked stats he's fun, and...