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One thing I do for monsters that have both spells/abilities and significant weapon attacks is allow them to use a spell/ability as a bonus action up to 3 times in the combat. Not as good as Legendary Action, but still gives them a chance to use all their abilities before their inevitable...

Thank you. Please feel free to use it with my blessing. :)

I did mine somewhat backward for the current campaign. I had an idea for how a multiverse could be set up and worked backwards from there until I got to the planet/plane the campaign takes place on. Most of it will probably never come up for the players, but I had fun working it out...

They don't want you using things like Magic Weapon, Booming Blade, or Green Flame bade on your unarmed strikes. Probably a few other spells/abilities as well.

Rolling dice and referring to a sheet of paper for my character's stats. It's an RPG, not a movie. :p

That's adorable.

My solution to that is to not use XP. I make encounters as easy or as crazy as I feel appropriate, then periodically tell the players that their PC's have leveled up. No complaints so far.

Probably the biggest limiter for general magic in 5e is the attunement slot limit. Every character has 3 attunement slots, and most (not all) of the really powerful magic items require attunement. That being said, most classes have a way of being a spellcaster if you want to be one (Eldritch...

Especially if the bard has an "Instrument of the Bards" so that all targets have disadvantage on the save. Technically, Hypnotic Patter is the only spell in the PHB that benefits from that.

The artifact isn't permanently destroyed, but cut in half (as you said) - one half remaining behind and the other sent through the portal, which sent it to a random location due to interference from the energies released when the artifact was sundered. The lost piece may be found by interested...

Only possible issue I can see is you might end up with a "Super Investigator" Lore Bard if they take proficiency and Expertise in Investigate (and perception, but that would be a secondary stat in either case). I have an AL lore bard that ended up like this because we didn't have a rogue in...

I blame the parents.

Sure, why not. If it makes the player happy and has no negative impact on the game world, I don't see a reason not too. It's not like elves haven't been seen as fairly androgynous for most of their D&D history.

Probably a half orc Barb 4/Wiz 1. With a Greataxe that would give 3d12 on a crit (+weapon die on a crit for half orc). The wizard level gives them the Green Flame blade cantrip for an extra 1d8 on the attack. I don't see how they get the +4 damage, unless they used rolled stats and they...

It really depends on how the fighter is built and equipped, and whether the tactics of the CR1 opponents will take into account the fighter's abilities.

Or remove their ability to hide. Stealth doesn't make you invisible, it make you unseen and if you change things so that they can't use whatever allowed them to hide, then they are no longer hidden. This could be moving to a position where they have no cover to hide behind, or lighting a...

Yes, I acknowledged that - caster or non-caster becomes the only real difference between characters. All casters are pretty much the same, all non-casters are pretty much the same.

I find your arguments unconvincing. Just because you say it, doesn't make it true. I honestly found every one of your suggestions unappealing. So to sum up...."blegh".

Ugh, no thanks. Ugh, no thanks. Appreciate the effort, but no thank you. That just makes everyone generically competent at the same things with no real differentiation other than "martial" or "magic". Blegh.

Yup, that's why everyone got fed up with it and stopped playing 5e within a year or two of its release.