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The post pentad status quo really wouldn't be all that bad as long as the deep lore abut Rajaat, the blue age, and so forth is kept obscure/ambiguous in published material. Maybe throw in the vague suggestion of a canonical retcon--but never commit one way or another. Moreover, with a soft reset...

Take Eldritch Adept and pick up Armor of Shadows with it. Ignore that monks use Wisdom. Not optimal... but it would 100% define a monk playstyle. It would work best with Way of Shadow or Kensei monks, since they only use Wisdom for stunning strike. Eldritch Adept-->Fiendish Vigor would also be...

If you're gonna quote somebody out of context in a way that misrepresents what they're saying, you gotta quote them out of context far enough from the original quote that the misrepresentation isn't immediately obvious. It's too easy to spot the sleight of hand otherwise ;) Also, it was @Lord...

This isn't really an answer to the question you're asking, but I got a pretty strong impression from the fluff in MToF that the devils are losing--almost to a point that the Blood War is a story of desperation for them: (from MToF) Avernus—"Zariel rules over the ruin that Avernus has become...

Totally agreed. I think the main thing that I wanted to comment on by starting this thread is how the new +spells/+invocations/+sorc points feats seem like they are much better for the classes that already get those features than they are as an expansion of versatility for others. Mostly that...

This is a super interesting and thoughtful answer to the thread's question. My immediate thought is that it needs to be okay for the "the enemy, the other, the unknown" to be acceptable content in D&D, RPGs and fiction in general. Its cool to subvert that otherness some of the time of course...

Regarding @Charlaquin @Helldritch @Crimson Longinus and @Bacon Bits (and others) next level Ability scores tangent: The problem is that common sense and verisimilitude are at odds with gameplay. 10 foot minotaurs stomp 3 foot halflings for sport. But, if that's the case, a game where...

Being half-feats that grant spell slots and spell knowledge pushes Fey Touched and Shadow Touched into power creep territory--especially for spells known casters. That said, they aren't preferable to magical [initiate] in all cases. There are PCs--generally martial ones--that would prefer the...

I couldn't help but lol when I read your viscerally negative reaction. I see the merit of the point, but still :D

The perennial problem with sorcerers has always been a lack of spells known. Lets look at what a 4th level sorcerer gets from the new UA's Fey Touched and Shadow Touched feats (also super thematic, btw). Fey Touched +1 Charisma (i.e. 17-->18 Cha) new 2nd level spell known: misty step (a really...

Maybe this is not your jam, but that setup seems like that would create time paradoxes. Wouldn't it butterfly-effect-to-death the mind flayer empire at the end of time if the mind flayers returned to conquer the present (err... past). Riffing on this idea: maybe there is a fanatical mind...

I strongly suggest checking out the Malaysian OSR goodness that is A Thousand Thousand Islands, which contains such things as a coastal civilization ruled by crocodiles--not anthropomorphic crocodiles, just crocodiles. Also this: For other inspiration, I would also recommend watching the movie...

Ya, that's a distinction that I've not seen made before. I think there is a meaningful difference between crunch elements that exist to serve novel fluff, i.e. rules to make wizard magic cause environmental collapse, and fluff elements that exist to serve novel crunch, i.e. in-setting backstory...

I think there's a question that precedes your premise. What do you want the taxonomy to do? Why is authorial originality / degree of kitchen sink-ness the primary axis of distinction? The way I organize my setting books is by genre and degree of magic, i.e. high fantasy/high magic, sword and...

I would like to see a level of setting detail similar to the what Eberron got, but with some kind of novel take. Jump the setting forward to 50 years after 2e's Beyond the Prism Pentad: All the books' main characters except maybe Sadira are dead from old age (because she makes an interesting...

It would make combat somewhat slower, but the exception for attacking flanked targets would prevent a 2v2 everyone has advantage vs everyone issue. It might. I didn't want to include a facing component or strain verisimilitude too much, so I picked an arbitrary number.

Wow! That was a lot more posts than I expected. Replying to just the ones on the 1st page: It is instead of flanking giving advantage to attackers. Yes, that's true, I included that caveat for this reason: For dragons, giants, and other big solo monsters, flanking would not be an issue...

Hey, looks good. I'm still reading, but the thought occurred that it would be quite helpful if you added a table of contents.

Thanks for the suggestions, all. I notice that each of the three ideas above make flanked creatures take more damage or get hit more often. I recognize that makes intuitive sense, which is why it's also what the DMG option does. I like flanking as a debuff to the target's outgoing attacks for...

The rule: "If a creature is within 5 feet of two hostile creatures of its size or larger, it is flanked. A flanked creature has disadvantage when attacking a target that is not also flanked." My conceptual justification is that flanked creatures would need to invest more effort in being...