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Kind of like how 13th Age does it? Could work, though you'd probably want to give a couple extra prep slots to compensate. I think they might be a bit more popular given the fact that you don't prepare spells into specific slots - having detect magic on hand is more likely to come up than giant...

You could offload the work to random tables or AI, but there’s reasons people don’t like that in actual play.

I do recall a lot of the +1 LA options being pretty good, but anything higher than that would start causing problems.

I’d do a variation of paragon classes, except that you’d start with levels in [species] and multiclass into regular classes, rather than what’s described in the poll. IE if we’re giving centaurs all the physical benefits and no mental penalties (because why would Mentor or Chiron have mental...

Both - I'm in multiple ongoing games, most of which are online but one is in-person. Edit to add: I think online is actually better if you want to stay focused on the game itself, both mechanically (where the VTT can communicate game data quickly and clearly) and narratively-rp-wise (since...

If we're not gonna find loot in the dungeons, why are we playing Dungeons ad Dragons (tm)?

Possible third subclass might be artificer/alchemist or even witch: instead of studying via texts you learn to focus magic through objects, such as potions, wands/staves, weapons, or all sorts of other things. Maybe you get some charges for your core spells and use spell slots for other things...

My “other” vote is due to completely forseen work-related absences (specifically I was on a work trip so couldn’t make it) - we knew a month ahead of time we’d miss that week. My more normal reasons are illness and work emergency.

This does a great job explaining why getting a bunch of friends together and trying to schedule a game is so hard. But it never addresses the inverse, which has always been my go-to solution: find a time and then get a group of people who can make that time work. You may need to go through a...

Option B: the character returns as a Dullahan (headless barbarian) - make sure to add rules for the head falling off when they’re hit hard.

In the games I'm still in it's simply a lack f interest in switching. It works fine and we already know it. This isn't so much "familiarity" since we probably would change if we had a reason to, we just lack a reason. So "inertia" is more accurate.

I'm actually in two games at the moment - one is switching to the new rules but holding on to anything that hasn't been updated like subclasses. The other game isn't switching at all, although we might revisit the idea after the current campaign ends.

Not available for me - might be a dm setting thing, but it just plain shouldn't be

My only issue is with Warlock invocations - in addition to Agonizing Blast not working correctly you can't select 2014 Invocations like Eldritch Sight. It's just not an option anymore.

For online play this isn't an issue at all; there are a lot worse websites to have on the second tab. Trying to run DnD Beyond and Foundry at the same time can be an issue, but that's mostly because of Foundry.

Have you considered more Forgotten Realms? That’s probably what you’re missing. (I agree. They’ve basically declared that they will not be doing anything actually new for ten years.)

The decapitation aspect doesn't come up much and isn't really controlled by the player, so I wouldn't put a lot of value on it. It's cool when it happens but not really a major increase in power. +3 at level 4 is a bit much,, but scaling that part of it is simple to execute.

I would say that, for me at least, the biggest difference in how the game feels is 1) pc's are both tougher and more competent earlier. This is not as big a jump from 4e as it is from other editions where low-level pc's were frail and limited, but 4e also tended to throw tougher enemies at you...

Depends on the concept, of course. Shifter + a sub/class that can be reflavored as shapechanging or some such. So, barbarian, druid, and blood hunter are all solid options. Alternatively, I'd happily run a campaign where the whole party is werewolves or werebears or whatever.

Sandwiches as invented by the Earl of Sandwich are distinctly modern not because "using bread to hold your food" is a new idea (that's almost as old as "bread") but because cold cuts are a relatively modern idea since without refrigeration (or at least an ice box with imported ice) cold cuts...