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This totally makes sense if you aren't into 5e, but I think the direct opposite is much more common, people like me who would instantly ignore anything not 5e-compatible Another thing to remember too is that many 3PP products are mostly system-agnostic but are marked as "5e-compatible" for...

Are we talking about WotC official material only? Or also including 5e-compatible third party publisher (3PP) content? There really isn't that much WotC official content coming out to call it anywhere near a "constant barrage" so I'd assume you're lumping all 3PP content together as "5e"...

I agree with Zard that Wizards are a dying class that I almost never see anyone play, but also agree with all the counter-arguments above that Wizards are extremely powerful. The only subclass I ever see is Bladesinger, which is a completely different theme than the standard Wizard. Some...

As a DM I'm a huge fan of 2024 rules since it nerfs all the most egregiously overpowered abilities, and buffs most of the weak/underpowered classes/subclasses to make them more playable. I would absolutely refuse to DM with the 2014 rules As a min/max player who loves optimizing everything, I...

Rules differences other than character options/spells that actually impact gameplay: Weapon Mastery exists Dual-wielding changed to actually be good Grappling is very different (attack roll instead of skillcheck) Spells dealing Emanation damage (e.g. Spirit Guardians) changed to once per turn...

This is very DM dependent and how they structure the story events. My campaigns would tend to be a year or two of in-game time to reach Level 12 (as an arbitrary example, not a max level) since individual adventure arcs often have weeks of downtime between them to give PCs time for crafting...

Most modern DnD never goes above about Level 12. Surely some people play up to 20th but unfortunately I have yet to experience it How would many encounters per day make you level faster? That would just slow down reaching the story milestones that level the party up

That wouldn't really change anything. Some people are just going to yell at clouds no matter what you do

Come on man, Repeating Shot does much more than just give unlimited ammo, it also makes the weapon +1, makes the ammo ignore non-magical damage resistance, and lets you ignore loading without needing to take a Feat to do so. No one was ever taking that infusion because it saves you a few copper...

It is standard nowadays to not track non-magical ammunition but still track any magical ammunition. So endless quivers are still VERY powerful if you want unlimited magical ammo

Fighters having good reasons to use multiple weapons sounds great. If you proposed ways to accomplish that goal without punishing and screwing Fighters over (e.g. breaking their weapons), many people would likely support it. WotC attempted to achieve this with Weapon Mastery, with debatable...

You've lost me I'm not following what a list of feats has to do with either ammunition or weapons breaking

Exact same thing except that one can be tracked, predicted, and completely eliminated with proper planning versus the other is random and uncontrolled. So completely different. Only similarity is that both mechanics are annoying and I'd rather not use either one

How in the world is ammo the same thing as weapons breaking? Ammo is stupid too in DnD and I've never used it, but at least there it's a preparation thing where you can control making sure you purchase enough to not run out, and not something where all your ammo randomly disappears.

Circle of the Shepherd is suuuuuper strong in 2014 rules with Conjure Animals spell, just completely bonkers overpowered, to the point that many DMs ban it. It would make sense though to almost never use Wild Shape as a 2014 Shepherd Druid so you're probably not doing anything wrong.

The "right amount of complexity" is inherently good. "Too simple" is boring, and "too complex" is overwhelming/frustrating. Everyone can agree on that fundamental truth, but no one is ever going to agree on where to draw the line for the "right amount of complexity". The same class design...

You cannot solve the "problems" you describe without increasing class complexity. It is fundamentally not possible (which you imply in your post), but it also not the same crowd of people complaining about Martials being boring as the crowd of people wanting Martials to remain simple to play...

This way of playing is very widespread nowadays. Every table I've played at has used Fade Into the Background rules, literally 100% of DMs I've ever played with. Also it is specifically written in the 2024 DMG as the recommended way to handle absent players. You are all in a thread about...

Your bullet points here are a great summary of what I strive for. I put near-zero effort into the overall world economy making sense, but I do want money to matter and make sense for the players. I find that the main solution that works well is lowering the amount of money given out, and...

I wasn't entirely sure what your goal was - you didn't mention realism but you also never mentioned fun either. "Realism" is the only possible argument I could see even a tiny bit in favor of this design, because yeah it is admittedly not 100% realistic that weapons and armor in DnD never break...