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What I find interesting is that the Broom somehow knows who it's owner is!

Because they had racial bonuses to save vs. magic, Gary decided they were "magic-resistant" to some degree (but not MR magic resistant, which Elves were, but could use Enchantment/Charm items just fine? lol, way to be consistent). Basically there were set items each of those races could use...

'Fraid not:

Interestingly, this is a feature of the AD&D version of the Broom:

The only time I think I've ever seen a Broom of Flying in play was back when I played in AL. The party Rogue had gotten one somehow (I think it was Storm King's Thunder, where the DM is allowed to roll randomly for treasure) and was firing their shortbow while flying about. Someone even asked...

x I mean, if your character has a Str of 10, being allowed to use your 19 Charisma for attack and damage rolls with a weapon sure feels like magical guidance!

Out of curiosity, if the intent was for True Strike to function with this feature, what wording would the feature require to make it clear by RAW?

I'm starting to think True Strike is the problem here. This feels like Agonizing Blast + True Strike all over again.

Ugh. I want to find the person who decided AD&D Thieves should be bastards who are always looking to rob or backstab other PC's and arrange for something horrible to happen to them. I had to put up with so much of this back in the day and it made zero sense than and now.

I mean, I can accept a setting where gunpowder simply doesn't work due to some variable of the local physical laws or a divine mandate. Zelazny's Amber series has this as a plot point early on. But when your setting presents alchemy as a legitimate practice and allows for things like...

A thing to keep in mind is that there's no reason to perform tasks on a Broom of Flying at high speeds. You can perform actions before or after you move, with the Broom remaining still, as it doesn't have a minimum speed to remain aloft. I can understand not wanting to make using a Broom of...

Assuming they didn't fire them all at the party first! "They're shooting our treasure!"

If the gp cost is a balancing cost, I suppose, but a bullet in 5e is only 3 silver.

That's cool but...wait. 15 gold for a flaming arrow? Not something you can do a lot at lower level, sadly.

It's something I notice any time I play an archer and run into creatures that are resistant to piercing damage or who have vulnerabilities/special effects with fire. Getting access to firebolt is super easy, but if you don't want to fumble around with oil or alchemist's fire (which are...

Fire Arrows!

Shouldn't be hard to rig up a seat and stirrups for someone's Broom of Flying. Would give a player something to do with all those Tool proficiencies they end up with due to their Backgrounds that hardly ever matter.

No real difference. If you got increasing effect out of magic missile or burning hands as you increased in level, they'd continue to be viable options and there'd be competition for those slots as opposed to the spells I keep hearing DM's gripe about.