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Boy am I glad we ditched Fortitude, Reflex and Will for 6 saves, 3 of which are used all of 4 times total in the entire edition! /s

The stats that need help are Strength and Intelligence. Str is completely overshadowed by Dex for combat, and Intelligence just doesnt do very much. Both Str and Int are kind of useless as saves as well. I've added a "mighty leap" BG style which lets you jump a number of squares equal to your...

Its every. Single. Thread. He's the vegetarian wandering around the restaurant moaning about how other people's steaks are cooked.

If its the edge, then why do people in the middle get hit? The radiation analogy is apt, or simpler, a bonfire. if being in a fire only burns you once, going in and out of the fire won't burn you twice. The spell is also good enough as is without the cheese.

I think it is a stretch to assume intent given WOTC's sloppy, err... naturalistic writing. Light specifically refers to dual wielding in its descriptor, which is the source of the extra attack. The image of someone attacking, sheathing, unsheathing and attacking again as somehow being faster...

Using a basic spell that buffs stealth to sneak isn't exactly optimized...

We're discussing RAW. I'm explaining why the new surprise doesn't make 5e's combat even more of a joke than it is. You guys can ignore it, but there's a reason for it being the way it is. It preserves some very faint element of danger, and to tamps down on dull play loops that overly reward one...

Pass without trace lasts an hour and gives +10 to stealth to the whole party. Monsters have pathetic perception scores. It is trivially easy to get surprise in 5E.

Then why have rules at all? Why not let mages call down meteor swarms at 1st level, or let fighters just say "I cut his head off" and if the attack hits, you cut their head off? The game's rules are designed with balance in mind, and various mechanics support this. The game is firmly in combat...

Right, but the RAW does matter for game balance. And because everything is a 2 thump chump, the game doesnt want to hand out a free round.

Sure, double everything's HP and add CR to damage, 1/2 CR to AC, saves, etc. If you rebuild the entire MM's math it might prove a challenge or have something go beyond 2 rounds. Even at 3 rounds, a surprise round is too much. 5E is already a cakewalk in the player's favor.

All of you guys handing out surprise rounds might as well just declare the other side dead and save yourself some time lol. A full round of unloading straight up ends 5e's pathetic enemies. An at that point the campaign is now a series of auto win ambushes with Pass Without Trace's broken +10...

Have you SEEN the list of basic features "coming soon" since 2019? Again, you can't do basic customization, like making a custom weapon with different damage dice, masteries, etc.

Tons of money coming in and it's still run like one guy's side project he tinkers with on lunch breaks.

It's not mechanics first. In such a world, the body might be able to be knit back together but unless the spirit is there, the spell won't work. Its as much simulationist as anything else in D&D.

Not gonna lie, this looks dope. It's probably going to be expensive as well. Hoping you can share minis across a campaign like you share campaign assets/books.

They aren't "just" noncombatants. They're the children of the goons the group just killed, which is a real friggin buzzkill, particularly for new people and grinds the game to a halt both in and out of character for a moral and ethical debate rather than buttkicking for goodness. Unless they...

You don't think they won't unless they get to murder children?

You're free to add all the heroic baby murder you want.

I'm not sure if you're aware, but fire ants aren't sentient beings with the capacity to learn and change. Gygax's gross attitudes should remain buried in the past. A starter adventure should be a fun introduction to the mechanics, not crap that grinds the game to a halt with ethical debates...