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I don't mind them. Its just a game. If I die from a Save or Die, I'll try to learn from it next time. The thing to keep in mind is that saving throws don’t happen in a vacuum. A player decision leads to the situation the causes the saving throw. I just don’t see the issue with save or die or...

I like gonzo in contrast to standard normal fantasy. I like relatively normal races/classes with humans being dominant but the setting can be gonzo. To me the existence of the familiar makes the gonzo stand out more. If the norm is everyone playing cat people or turtles or crystal people, then...

I want to see more support for DMs in the Monster Manual. I want Morale scores for monsters. Also bring back % in liar, and descriptions of a typical lair for each monster. I also miss treasure types, I like thatdifferent monsters who’ll have different style hoards. Stuff like this helps DMs...

Agree. To me alignment languages are those languages that evoke pure elements of the alignment. I liken them to the scene in LoTR where Gandalf speaks the words of Black Speech at the Council of Elrond. The whole council shuttered in shock and the shadows grew. Gandalf, in D&D alignment terms...

I apologize. I never served and it was probably in bad taste to use that as an example. The point I was trying to make is that it’s an unreasonable expectation to set on a veteran in terms of power level in the geme. I’m not sure what kind of world you would have where every military veteran...

My 1st level Fighter in my current game has the soldier background and served several years in a campaign and seen several battles before becoming an adventurer. He is a veteran. The problem with your argument is that you are trying to assign a mechical power level to something that is a...

The Veteran (monster) is a monster created by the designers of the game. it was arbitrarily assigned 9HD to suit the needs for their CR. There is no correlation between monster design and character design.

I think the DMG has options to either convert Inspiration or it creates a new currency that can provide narrative control of the game. Personally, I don't want that in 5e, but I'm ok with it being an option for those who would want it.

My 1st level fighter in my current game is a veteran of several battles before he went AWOL after deciding it wasn't worth risking his life for some nobile. This is a subjective thing that is going to vary from group to group. An apprentice adventurer can be skilled and experienced at whatever...

There is none. There is no dissonance with hit points. Hit points are a game mechanic and that's all there is to it. They are a game mechanic that can be interpreted as needed, based on the situation and narrative of the game and imagination of the player. They can be whatever one needs them to...

My point is that the DM has no business interpreting damage to the player. The DM states that the monster does 12 points of damage. It is up to the player to interpret what that means for their character. It is up to the player to decide if it is a scratch or a mortal wound based on number of...

Based on the original post. Sounds like fighter class with Soldier background. Done. History covers all the military training. Survival covers all the survival training. The fact that they have the Soldier background covers everything else. 5E is based on the old school style of play where a...

Not really sure what the point of the OP is. D&D is a game. It has hit points to determine whether your character dies or not. HIt points are individual. Every player gets to decide what hit points mean to their character. When they reach 0, your character is dead (or dying). Otherwise, leave...

Oh. It isn't my intention to accuse of rejecting the essence of D&D. My intention was more to address what I felt was a mischaracterization of my play style. I tried to keep it to the perspective of my own personal experiences and approach, but if I failed to do so and implied more than I...

In general, I prefer objective and tangible reward systems over abstract and arbitrary. 4E skill challenges are another mechanism for providing objective and tangible rewards. I know that a X complexity skill challenge will yield Y experience. For the coup situation... I would probably grant...

For my games, experience is supposed to be a measure of the challenges faced by the party. When you look at treasure types, the more powerful monsters typically have more valuable treasure types. Likewise, the dungeon stocking rules place stronger monsters on lower levels and more treasure as...

Because treasure is an objective value that can be used as a gauge for the value of the challenge faced. Treasure in classic D&D is allocated based on the threat that is expected to be faced. The deeper levels of the dungeon feature greater threats and greater rewards. The lair of a dragon will...

Thats cool. I apologize if my post made an incorrect assumption about your gaming. My experiences with those kinds of adventures have always been poor. I played in a lot of those style campaigns and as a player and I always felt lost and lacked agency. Sounds like your approach is more of my...

You're welcome to your opinion and I wouldn't expect everyone to be interested in the same things I am. I find those interactions and the stories and situations and role-playing that develop from open ended and spontaneous gameplay to be what I consider the essence of the game. I just find...

It is an impactful spell that can turn the tide of one maybe two encounters. There will be other encounters where the fighter tears through the enemy and single handedly wins a fight, or when the thief Moves Silently and backstabs and instant kills a creature. There will be situations where the...