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On the plus side, I'd cheerfully give out the ioun stone, whereas I'll never ever give out the fire giant belt, so clearly that's something. Not much, mind you.

I suspect they could have used slightly more granularity. Like indexing by tier, as well, so that you have an apprentice tier rare item vs. an epic legendary item. I get the impression they wanted the rarity to do that automagically for them, but then didn't put quite enough rigor into verifying...

I really don't know the relevant bits of lore. I can say that I wish there was a gold box equivalent for D&D 4E, and that it was a shame that not a single computer game came out for that edition while the edition was alive. At least if it was going to be derided for imitating CRPGs, there could...

Just so we're clear, though, that would have resulted in the summons only getting a single attack before she failed the Concentration. So, -1 attack from her, +3 attacks from her 3 (I think it was 3, I could be wrong) wolves. But, also no advantage and sneak attack for the fighter-rogue...

Actually, it can. It has a highly poisonous stinger. Depending on the type of warlock, it might even be a good combat option at low level. It's also a creature known for its ability to hinder, tamper, steal, torture, and murder things. Not that the owl is really that much to sneeze at either...

Except that's much stronger, since you have highly limited very high level spell slots, so the limitation is that you are actually downgrading slots with the current setup. To be honest, the other limitation is that there's only so much cause to cast higher level divinations. You've got your...

Umm, yeah, an invisible imp would bug me a _lot_ more than a visible foe I could plan around. The biggest danger in D&D is a failure of imagination!

I suspect most DMs will just swat a normal familiar out of the air, but many do seem to object to an invisible imp doing it. Warlock Pact of the Chain and all that. You can even have the imp do move-by Helps, where it flies down 20-ft Helps, then flies away 20-ft. Though AE does start killing...

Is that really any different from how it already works?

It is perhaps worth note that it was only a cantrip in 4E, and you could use it much more frequently. There's a reason it has less of an effect. 4E skill use was also a bit more... organized... than many other editions of D&D. Personally, I'm increasingly not thrilled with the 5E treatment...

The 4e suggestion spell let the wizard roll his Arcana in place of a Diplomacy check. It was a pretty elegant way of doing it, avoiding the whole "This is an awful lot like domination but with less strings attached" problem.

This particular player is I think trying to replicate a play experience from a previous edition that is not very tenable past 4th level, though was more than served by 2nd and 3rd. I might be wrong, but that's the impression I've gotten. Not my character, just my only observances of how well...

Because you can't ready both a move and a melee attack (one or the other), and moving up and readying would have been even worse than what she did. Also charging the enemy position, under the vagaries of the initiative order. The relevant information in that combat was that there were 4...

It is definitely partially a player problem. In this particular instance, I'm pretty sure it's a moon druid who enjoys shapeshifting and wants to actually shapeshift. She's just trying to make that stop sucking (from the ridiculous highs of low levels). Because dnd players hate giving up their...

Chances of a save failing are much much higher in 5E compared to 1e/2e as well (at least at higher levels). I remember not using all kinds of spells because a 20% chance to work, or worse, was just no fun.

Summoning has so far proven awful in actual gameplay. Like 'Okay, so I cast a summon spell. They act on "*rolls initiative*" about half a round from now.' 'Okay, the bad guys hit you. Check concentration.' '*roll* They all disappear'. 'Okay, this time I cast it before the combat. Then I switch...

Sure, but the concentration limiter on suggestion has a greater effect than the one on phantasmal force, if phantasmal force does almost anything. "The dragon is covered in flaming magma, which restrains, blinds, and damages it. Now I walk out of range while the party kills it." is very...

Concentration is one of the big limitations on Suggestion; it's one reason that sending someone away is often a better plan than cowering nearby. Less chance of getting hit for splash damage, less chance to do something harmful once Concentration is inevitably broken. Cause yeah, DMs round here...

I dropped suggestion on my warlock after I ran into the second DM (of two) who effectively wouldn't let me cast it outside of combat (the act of casting triggered an initiative roll kinda thing). It's got some serious limitations in combat, so it's mostly good for making someone leave the combat...

Do you use the standard distribution for that roll method, or the array from the book? Because that rolling method is extraordinarily favorable. Being able to swap out your two lowest means the primary downside of rolling (that you still end up with a 5 or whatever that screws up your character...