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I find the best approach to getting "optimizers" involved more with the setting and roleplaying part of the game is to thread the two parts of the game together. Present them with a fight they know they cannot win without convincing the duke to send help. Create living dungeons in which the...

Why not just play a wizard and only switch out spells when leveling? The 5e wizard is already basically a mashup of all the good parts of the 3e wizard and 3e sorcerer, combining spontaneous casting with spell prep. I understand the standard wizard fluff is oriented more towards the "dusty...

It's weird to me that so many responses come down to, "I don't want it because all my players get into it and then I have to fight them about sticking with the old rules." If your players are really into rules updates, that indicates to me that rules updates are probably a good thing. You as a...

Kenku might be somewhat close to what you're looking for. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenku

With 5e the distinction between flavor and rules is much less clear than in 4e. With 4e, we always played with extremely liberal reflavoring. Basically, anything that wasn't a direct combat effect was open to interpretation. I feel like with 5e being in part balanced around the three pillars...

If I was going to create an epic levels system, I would create special "epic" classes. You would need to be level 20 to start taking levels in them. They would have no proficiency bonus, but would give you some very cool abilities. I'm not sure if I would have them grant additional feats or not...

It seems clear that the square-cube law doesn't apply perfectly - there's some magic that keeps Big T from turning into a mass of broken bone and saggy flesh. That doesn't mean that he can just jump in perfect proportion to his height though. To me at least, the image of the tarrasque jumping...

Yes, creatures with reach give you more room to maneuver. Think of it as them being cumbersome and not as effective at fighting people near them.

Rogues can always range attack from hiding with a thrown dagger or a crossbow, so they can benefit that way. It wouldn't break the game though to let the rogue run out from hiding and gank someone, although if they're dual-wielding then they're getting two attacks with advantage on both which...

The problem is that if they wanted it to be a DM adjudication, they should have just said so in the book. They gave a bunch of rules that seem like they're supposed to tell you how stealth works, but those rules don't actually end up making much sense when you try and parse them out. The other...

The stealth rules are pretty hopelessly fubared IMO. My solution is to rewrite them entirely: 1) Out of a fight, you can attempt to stealth anywhere, anytime you like. You just need to provide a convincing reason for why/how this could work. The target number will be the enemy's passive...

If I don't have time to prep properly, I'll use my phone or my laptop, but I find that it's better if I can get everything printed off before playing. I actually even like to avoid using books at the table - I like having the pages printed/copied and sorted beforehand when possible (this was...

First off, saying "well the tarrasque is bad at throwing so he has disadvantage" doesn't work very well. As you point out, even with disadvantage the tarrasque will still be pretty accurate when throwing stuff. I'm saying that in my vision of the tarrasque, the tarrasque is NOT good at throwing...

I don't think int is especially relevant. The issue is the plausibility of the tarrasque being able to chuck rocks or other objects with any sort of accuracy. In my head, I see the tarrasque flinging things around, but I don't see it as something he can really control or aim. He's a big ugly...

A lot of this depends heavily on the setting. Is it a world where dragons are basically big smart animals that everyone knows a lot about? Or are dragons a vague myth that people have heard about from distant lands? Even if there are good-aligned dragons around, that doesn't necessarily mean...

You're right, I missed that it only covers spells up to 5th level.

Remember that the wizard can use arcane recovery to get back his highest level slot if that's what he wants to do, so he can cast it twice in a day. By the time you're high level, you have all your old lower-level slots, which are still quite effective, plus you have several high level slots...

The roper! AC 20 makes him almost impossible to hit, I miss the bastard constantly. Oh, wait. That's not what you're asking at all...

In 5e, preparing a spell you don't use isn't such a big deal, since you can just use the slots on a different prepared spell. My approach to the wizard would always be to prepare one or two always useful spells and then lots of spells that are highly situational. Then I maximize my chance of...

I don't think you've established the case for a magic item shop, but you have established the case for the DM offering ways to deal with challenging situations. One way would be for the DM to let you visit a magi-mart. But there are lots of other ways detailed in this thread that the DM in...