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I very much agree with this, but one big advantage of Intimidation is that most DMs allow this to work off Strength and not just Charisma. I always allow Strength to be used in place of Charisma, although it comes with the downside of emphasizing the hostile position on an unsuccessful roll...

In my experience, Animal Handling is the best skill in the game and I will absolutely die on that hill. Like all skills it is very DM-dependent but across many DMs I have always seen this skill to be ridiculously overpowered. The risk is generally low, you encounter an animal which was...

Are there any official rules on how large a potion is? In my mind you are correct and it's closer to a shot glass size, but as far as I am aware this is unofficial interpretation up to the DM. I mentioned chugging a pint of beer because I'm confident there's no damn way anyone considers a...

This is SUPER dependent on DM interpretation, but here's my 1-N ranking based on campaigns I've played with the DMs I've played with (including myself): S-Tier. Amazing skill, you can never go wrong picking this skill no matter who you are this will always be a good choice: Animal Handling...

Not to mention that in terms of all the things that are supposedly doable in 6 seconds of combat, the act of chugging a potion falls soooooo far down the list of unrealistic things the game allows. Chugging a pint of beer in under 3 seconds is totally doable for anyone who learns the technique...

Yes really. The most egregious Nova damage abilities were nerfed into the ground, the weakest classes and subclasses were all buffed to become closer to the most powerful ones, and damage is generally balanced more around consistent damage per round than just blowing all your resources in Turn...

5.5e is amazingly balanced, for now, until they start releasing more books with power creep...

I didn't even realize bonus action potions was a rule change in 2024, it is such a universal house rule that I thought that was always the actual rules.

The best attempt at this that I have seen was L'arsene's Ledger of Treasures and Trinkets (specifically Chapter 5). This was for Magic Items not character abilities, but presumably the hardest part would be implementing such a subjective rating system in general, not really the part of...

Same here but I'd call it more of a "bored with bland content that WotC publishes" versus "exhausted by overwhelming amount content WotC publishes"

You know actually now that I think about it, as far as adventure modules go I've used content from 2nd edition, 3rd edition, 4th edition, plus Pathfinder, and just converted the monsters, magic items, spells, etc, into 5e versions. Good story arcs are independent of game rules so really...

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...