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The 4e MM, and in particular the monster vault, are good resources for interesting monster abilities. 4e applied a lot more conditions and effects compared to 5e, so if you don't like that then 4e monsters may not be for you.

I found this part interesting: It cuts both ways of course, but encouraging people to play in person is a good goal IMO.

I don't have any personal bodily experience with HRT (I do have experience as my daughter and some of my friends are trans), but since we are sharing at the boarderline of TMI: First, I want to clarify that I am in no way a furry, but...when I was younger (and I still mostly agree still) I...

I have been thinking about that too. Combat checks and skill checks are both types of ability checks so it just makes sense (and easy to do). Adding spells will ruffle some feathers but I think it is the way to go too.

I'm not a facial hair person myself and prefer athletic but slightly beefier in my men. Which is odd since I am a heterosexual man!

Yep, he really opened my eyes to what fantasy archers should be able to do.

That is what I used to do, but now I am thinking it is more of a requiring stat, like @Micah Sweet suggested, and not a bonus to damage. So you need a 13 strength to be able to get proficiency in war bows which do more damage than a standard bow (w/ lower draw weight), but not an actual +1, 2...

In my "theoretical" D&D, Dex is the to hit stat with Str being the damage stat for all weapons.* Of course I would revise other things so there is no one uber stat. I thinking making them all relatively equal should be a goal of 5.2e or any version of 6e. *There will some exceptions, but that...

I find 4e monsters and monster powers in particular fairly easy to convert. My order of operations for monster reference is something like: Overview of existing 5e monster Review 1e version (that is were I started so they are the most "canon" to me). Review 4e version* look for updates to...

IIRC he does discuss that a little in this video (how you really need Dex to hit with all weapons, even greatswords, and war bows need a great deal of strength to use properly)

I think young dragons are tough as I generally think most of their uniqueness and interesting abilities come on a later ages. Though I don't think I ever use a dragon that is less than adult (and my adult dragons are equivalent to 5e ancient dragons).

I do something similar; however, I have one question: why do you skip 4e? Personally I find that edition usually provides some of the better ideas of what to add to a 5e monster. Also, it is very easy to find the various 4e books online (or used book shops).

Also, just want to clarify he is discussing the 5e24 rules as he specifically comments on weapon mastery properties. He likes most of them for flavor but would change a few (he doesn't think "graze" makes sense for the greatsword and suggests cleave maybe). PS - he is clearly trained in many...

If you take a look at the videos posted above, slings could do serious damage to armor! Taking a hit in the head even with a helm is not a good idea!

I get it, but it is your loss. There is a lot of great content that is not available in print and even some that is, but will never find its way to a FLGS shelf. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy! Heck, I know I am!

I don't know Battle Brothers, but I think you can design around that

I seems to me that BA can accommodate that just fine.

You can sign up for his Patreon and even with the non-paid version (which I have) you get access to his design posts and playtest documents. They are even emailed to you. Mike Mearls Games

He mentions that in the opening discussion of general items that D&D doesn't account for the advantages of reach. He points out inches make a difference (something my son who is in HEMA sword training now agrees with).