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Need to touch something? Use Mage Hand or Find Familiar. Can't see? Use Light or Dancing Lights or Produce Flame Need to fix something? Use Mending Need to signal someone? Use Message Need to burn something? Create Bonfire works on objects and monsters! Need to control the elements...

As far as "ballpark estimations" go, I'd say that 2/3 and 3/4 are the same thing. The margin of error is definitely larger than the difference between 67% and 75% times character level. Also the delta between a fully optimized character vs a casually built character will be far FAR greater...

For 2014 rules, I would compare their AC, max HP, average damage per round against the table on p. 274 of the 2014 DMG. I ignore the columns prof bonus, +hit, and spell DC, since these can sometimes be way out of whack Your estimate of CR equal to 2/3 of character level is a good ballpark...

The dual-wielding game mechanics are absolutely great now, there is near perfect balance between dual wielding and 2handed weapons, A+ implementation (no sarcasm) Now as for the actual description of those game mechanics in the 2024 Players Handbook? Definitely the worst I've ever seen. It's...

These all seem really unnecessary in modern 5e DnD. I mean they work I guess, but there are cantrip spells that cover most of this stuff with no planning or creativity needed. Most games don't focus on the nitty gritty minutiae that these ideas are intended to cover, although some DMs...

I get that this is all your opinion and that's fine if you don't enjoy crafting or buying magical items, but I really don't understand your logic that crafting/buying magical items is somehow not "core gameplay". Want to save the world, help your friends, be powerful and famous? You know...

I like this and use something similar myself, but I don't like the specifically defined equations for what the DC will be. I'd rather determine the DC on the fly based on how likely you think the NPC would be to surrender. This lets you adjust the DC based on how likely the NPC would be to...

Yeah same, because they're organized alphabetically and not in the confusing way that a few people here are asking to change them to It seems like you're trying to convince me I'm wrong by agreeing with me?

There's a first! I don't think I actually even interpreted literally, I was thinking you meant something like "what 3pp do you incorporate into your base rules or use routinely in adventures", which for me would still be none. I mostly use 3pp content to supply snippets here and there - so...

Yeah I might also be confused as well but I thought the discussion was around putting all Aberrations in one section, all Monstrosities in a section, etc. I have no issue with putting all variants of, let's say all variations of "Dragon, Age Color" or "Giant, Element" together. It's still...

Essential? Absolutely nothing There's a bunch of great third party content out there that I use for inspiration but I wouldn't say anything is essential

Great Wheel for me, it works great

Um no? Which monster manual are you referring to that was organized by creature type and not alphabetically? I have no idea which book you're referring to

My thoughts on a few separate questions you asked: The new crafting rules are likely a selling point for many people. Not really for me since I had my own homebrew crafting rules - I'll incorporate some aspects of the 2024 DMG rules, but mostly stick with what I already had. DnD Magic Items...

Scimitar has Nick and Shortsword is Vex. The OP labeled them backwards but the bottom line answer is the same

Organizing alphabetically makes FAR more sense to me. If I had to memorize what type of monster everything is in order to find which section it is in, I'd throw that book right out

The thread is tagged as 5e, and the OP directly asked "what are peoples' thoughts on the current cosmology in 5e?". It's a thread about 5e

Choosing to not move on your turn is NOT the same thing as being reduced to 0 movement speed. The wording you clipped would not apply.

That is not a rule in 5e. It is not written anywhere to be the case, and there is a tweet from Jeremy Crawford to state the opposite: https://x.com/JeremyECrawford/status/623352593952038912

Books typically are split up into multiple chapters, and this organizational structure generally works quite well, yes.