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On Fighters, I'm actually playing one right now and having a blast. He is a Battlemaster with Polearm Feat. In later levels I will add Sentinel which will pair nicely with Riposte for some nice defensive Reactions. The PC of course has options for armor selection and ability score...

But I thought magic items and wealth didn't matter so much to 5E? That any such gains should be considered "boons"? Seriously though, I once allowed a few new players to come into an already running campaign that had reached level 5. I even allowed them to have some questionable wealth and...

Reading what is written on page 16 of XGtE, the intent is for the Shadow to be used for deception of another 3rd party. It even mentions that information gained about the creature whose shadow you have captured, is general and does not include secrets. It also limits the disguise gained from...

Some will disagree due to the front end work involved but I like running Out of the Abyss. I may be a DM in the minority that actually enjoys the preparation away from the table and the group seems to really enjoy the campaign. My group also meets every other week and have little to no...

Are they supposed to be? In your game, you should decide. Is it what WoTC intended? I am sure they at least had an idea they could be used that way.

I admit that I often forget about it when I DM and probably remember enough that 1 ends up getting awarded about every 3 game sessions.

I do not limit any official WoTC , 5th Edition published content except Unearthed Arcana. The latter of which is typically in the process of being play tested. Please do make your character as interesting as possible using what I feel is quite a bit of content to access. I do understand the...

I didn't envision he would be reading lines of fiction from his own work or otherwise. What I envisioned was that he would be creating the material for his books in reality first. Sure he may jot down a few ideas for one line inspiration during downtime or rests but nothing he would have to...

Perhaps a Bard could be a writer of fiction as his creative talent rather than music or poetry? You could make him/her into someone with a mind for strange horror or the macabre like Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, etc. His thing could be that he likes to fashion his stories after real life...

Our group is quite diverse age-wise: 10, 11, 26, 48, 48, and 65+ It seems to work so far as we are on our 5th session in as many weeks with this current group.

I don't see a 12 Charisma as being low. It is above average (10) in the system. It just isn't optimized as high as those that like optimizing would like. I don't think it makes the character useless at all especially being a Bard. Bards do a lot of things fairly well in comparison to other...

To some a better character name might be something more familiar like "Harry".

Yes I do. Like others I typically state something like your attack on the creature did not seem to have the effect you would expect.

I can only speak for my groups as both a DM and player playing 2 to 3 days a week depending on the availability of local AL games. I have seen absolutely no one in the last year play a Druid nor have I heard anyone even discuss playing a Druid. Every other class in the game I have seen played...

I interpret it to mean any part of the body that sticks out and can be used to strike. This could be fists, elbows, knees, feet, etc. The player conceives it and the DM can help them resolve what it looks like.

You didn't mention but I am sure you realize that Paladin's can heal with their Lay on Hands ability. Also Fighters will be able to heal themselves once per short rest using Second Wind. So you may be fine staying with a Paladin only build depending on the adventure style being played so I...

Yeah I got carried away. Sorry.

I think it's fine since you have other ways of character customization that aren't restricted to certain sub-classes. If you differentiate too much you end up with an entirely different class instead of merely a sub-class. Another thought is that on paper sometimes it may not seem like a big...

What do you do when life inevitably occurs and you have a player miss a session while the rest of the party is present? Does the player still level up at milestone like the rest? This could create feelings of unfairness for those that do attend every session. Maybe you don't have players miss...

What if a deity bestowed those features that come with being a Favored Soul but had reasons for not wanting you to know the origin? That deity may not want you to follow/worship them to keep secret that you are their chosen. You have no idea why you can do these things or you always had the...