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But, a level 7 monster in 4e was not equal in power to a level 7 PC. In fact, 4 of them where a medium difficulty challenge for 4 level 7 PCs. The monster level was advice about what band of PC levels the mosnter was used for. This made encounter building easy (together with how it measured...

Multiply CR by 4. Add up monster levels. 80% of PC levels is easy 100%of PC levels is medium 133% of PC levels is hard 160% of PC levels is deadly Divide solos by 4 and elites by 2 to taste.

I mean, I asked for your assumptions, not a lecture. What are your assumptions? I just want you to state them, they could be reasonable or not, but if you don't state them I have no idea what you are basing your beliefs off of. Also, I edited in a model based on the assumptions I listed of a...

I assume something like 8 encounters per day, 2 short rests per day, 3 rounds per encounter (24 per day), and "nominally medium" encounter difficulty? Do you account for "damage received/healed" at all? (A level 5 fighter in plate is going to have more AC and soak than a level 5 wizard is)...

I want it to make sense for this NPC to use it in a fight. If it does no damage, you wouldn't bother stabbing a PC with it. And the NPC should be mainly casting spells. And it should credibly be the killing blow on a tough PC, so it can't do trivial damage. The goal is to make an item that...

I'd rewrite the blade: --- Red Wizard Blade Weapon (Dagger), Legendary Forged by Red Wizards using a secret process known only to them, this grim steel dagger draws its power from the Negative Plane. The first time on a turn you hit a specific creature with a melee attack using this magic...

Yep, Owlbear is not problematic. I mean, very few versions of D&D specify how a monster behaves ecologically. Lots of predators aren't hostile when not hungry. Especially if they don't consider someone a threat. Intellect Devourers are as tough as barbarian berzerkers (42 weapon damage to...

I have no idea what you are talking about. Nobody has mentioned spells scaling by casting level until you said it right here out of left field. Spells not scaling by caster level is not relevant to what I am saying, nor is it relevant to what humble minion is saying. I understand that...

Yes, that is why I described the benefit. On 3 rounds on 3 melee PCs, it comes to more than a melee PC's worth of damage if they had 100% accuracy, if they do nothing to optimize having it. If they do GWM/SS because they have it and aren't idiots, the benefit will be even larger...

+1d4 to hit has a 12.5% chance of converting a miss into a hit (assuming you miss on a 1 2 3 4 or worse). If they are using attack rolls that is. On 3 PCs, that is 0.375 extra actions worth of hits (with 100% accuracy, no crits). Over 3 rounds that is 1.125 100% accuracy (no crits) actions...

It is D&D to have a character that runs 100' up a waterfall and cuts the head off a dragon. However to do this in most D&D games you need magic items. A potion of haste, winged boots, etc. Being able to run up a waterfall is not god-tier. My actual play level 7 barbarian with winged boots...

Oh, the competition isn't for the unlimited cast spell. It is for the reaction. +5 AC against a 60 total damage attack is worth a flat 15 HP. An absorb elements on a 80 damage dragon breath is worth 20-40. You can't afford to give up your reaction. the fact that it doesn't cost a slot isn't...

Shield isn't bad as an at-will. But it costs a reaction. In my experience, all of Counterspell, Silvery Barbs, Absorb Elements, Feather Fall compete for your reaction. Scorching Ray is usually a bad plan? 6d6 (21) damage is less than Toll The Dead 4d12 (26). Even the baseline Fire Bolt...

So, your problem isn't "adding stuff to both fighters and wizards has no impact", it is "wizards are way too strong". If you want to argue "wizards are way too strong" go ahead. Just don't argue it with me? That isn't what I am taking about. So if your disagreement with me is "wizards are...

No it does not. Ok, I'll be concrete. I mean, suppose there is some problem that requires a Wizard to solve. Like flight. If both Wizards and Fighters can make a DC 20 athletics check to fly, with a consequence if you get below 10, this makes Fighters better compared to Wizards. Even if the...

This is a trap and a mistake! If you add something that both a wizard and a fighter get, and using that feature is an alternative to (say) casting a spell, this can make fighters better than they where but have almost no impact on wizard capabilities! In short, in a game where some PCs have "I...

Myself? I'd give the Slaad a second save if it fails the first; if the 2nd roll passes, it starts transforming out of humanoid form, and is disadvantaged for a turn (and attacks on it have advantage). This reflects that the creature is "truly" something else as well as humanoid, and the...

Gritty Rests. This is only a pacing change, but the pacing change REALLY MATTERS. Here is a slightly modified version: A SHORT REST requires a night's sleep or equivalent. When you do a short rest, you can expend HD to regain HP (adding your constitution bonus), regain short-rest resources...

1. Merge Race and Background and Theme into one thing. Your Heritage or whatever. This grants abilities over the first 10 levels of your character progression. 2. Reduce feat count. 1 relatively free customization option every 2 levels is too much, and it leads to an optimization problem by...

Assume gritty rest rules. Or, to be more accurate, assume you can only rest at certain safe points. Have limited numbers of short-rest shrines within the dungeon. Each such shrine is one-use; once used for a short-rest, you can't use it again. Resting in the dungeon otherwise is impossible...