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If spells automatically scaled, Wizards would use their 1st level slots for more than shield.

Alternately, you could have variant potions! Here's three from 3.5:

In that case, a greater healing potion, superior healing potion, and supreme healing potion are 1 oz of liquid because they're not listed as equipment in the PHB?

Maybe it's just my experience, but I think something shifted over the past 25 years or so. I remember back in 2e and 3e it was common to do a lot of prep work before facing major challenges. If you were going up against a red dragon, trying to get any sort of fire resistance you could, cold...

I started using bonus action potions a couple years back. What I've found is, it's still painful for many characters, as the bonus action has become way too overused for features. I started running Tales of the Valiant recently. They don't have it as a rule, but there's a fairly cheap magic...

Now that looks promising!

This. I mean, if you, as a designer, decide "character of level X needs Y attack bonus"* then just give that to them. Don't introduce the possibility that someone could end up struggling because they didn't get the +2 weapon at whatever level. Magic items are one of the coolest things about...

Let's look at the game from the DM's side. Has there ever been an easier edition to create encounters with? You could take any existing monster, and applying a small amount of discretion, increase or decrease their level to make them suitable for your needs. No need for "bounded accuracy"- if...

Not necessarily. I mean, Wizards can cast Spirit Shroud, and while they could get a lot of damage out of it with the right spell, having to be within 10' of the target is not something most Wizards are built to do. In fact, I'd point out that when the "Bladesinger"* cantrips were introduced to...

They did say "arguably" the best edition. That they didn't have to wait long for said argument to present itself doesn't make that statement untrue.

Don't forget that bless does more than just increase attacks- that saving throw bonus can be quite clutch as well. It's a little harder to quantify, as you can't accurately model how often you'll end up using it- there are enemies who force saves every turn (or sometimes multiple times per...

Yeah, they tried that with 4e. Which has since gone on to be called everything from "D&D Tactics" to "Not-D&D" and has become the "black sheep" of the franchise. I used to think it was an idea that was too far ahead of it's time to succeed. Now I wonder if we'll ever get there. I expect when...

You can have games where spellcasters can cast all day long and still be balanced with non-casters. Earthdawn does this, for example, however it balances this in other ways. *Spellcasters have a mental construct called a "spell matrix" that they place a spell into. You don't need to use one...

Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards" Oops, Ninja'd.

Well as was pointed out, apparently some Wizards do get an ability like this. Though I was mostly responding to a poster who thought all Wizards should have resistance to magic as a class feature, which would fit with their "magical researcher" identity- I'd love to see a Wizard snicker at some...

Or just a gun, like Avatar in "Wizards".

They had a problem with bless? A magical buff? Well hell, tell them they're not allowed to use magic weapons then! EDIT: "The sword is taking control of my character, making me fight better!" "Dude, it's a +1 long sword, not Stormbringer, Blackrazor, or Ebonblade, yeesh!"

Honestly, this has always struck me as being a little weird. If I ask a melee character's player if they'd like to make another attack, I can't imagine them saying "no, please don't, because I feel like a puppet and you're pulling my strings". Especially classes that have 1/turn limitations on...