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Yeah. Halaster was(Is in my game, because I like him too much) Imaskari.

Or else received very unreliable information on that highly available internet. :P

Eliminster on a diet?

That's a reasonable stance to take. For myself, I am really fond of Tolkien's elves, so my elves are immortal, but after about 2000 years they get restless and go to Arvandor "Aman" to live with the elven gods. My elves are also very tall, averaging 6 feet tall.

If the average lifespan is 2000+ years and many live up to 2500 years, a whole lot of elves would remember 1800 years ago. And elves are a very learned race, and THEY are the ones that taught Netheril magic.

Gray elves. The others lived like 1500 or 1750 or something like that. However, humans only live to about 75, but some live to 110+. Elves would be similar with some living 2500 or more years.

One of Halaster's apprentices was a still living Netherese Wizard who was killed in 1369 or something like that.

There are also still living Netherese wizards. The Shades that returned in their floating city. And others. More are liches as you mention.

That depends on the DM running it. I've been running the Realms since 1e when elves lived 2000+ years. It wouldn't have made any sense for me to have a ton of elves who were alive before the fall of Netherill and still alive in my game to suddenly have died more than a thousand years before...

I don't have the 5.5e MM. Those were from the 5e MM. ;) Or, since you have infinite time and exceeding powerful magic, make yourself some Gauntlets of Ogre Power. Better yet, since you are essentially a legendary creature, make a Belt of Storm Giant Strength. +9 strength saves!

I mean, when you own D&D and have access to creation of intelligent undead, why would you hire ones that were breathing?

Boss monsters rarely are at 0 when you're using CR 20+ monsters. The CR 10 Aboleth has +5, -1, +6, +8, +6, +4. The -1 is to damage dex spells. That's just CR 10 The CR 16 Planetar is at +7, +5, +12, +4, +11, +12 The CR 17 Death Knight is at +5, +6, +5, +1, +9, +10 The CR 19 Balor... +14...

Bounded accuracy means that the monsters' saves are not taking PC numbers into account. Just character class features. I think that's excessive. 8 + 5(if the PC even has a 20) + 6(if the PC is 17th level) is still only a 19. Even a monster with a 0 will make that 10% of the time.

Bounded accuracy makes that unnecessary. Especially with all the ways to make saves better.

Did I mention that I really dislike masteries? And what the hell? Longswords give you sap? When you sap someone, it's with a blunt instrument, not a sharp one. :rolleyes:

By 20th level you shouldn't have 0. There are too many spells that give bonuses, magic items that raise stats and give bonuses, resistances, and so on. 5e isn't 3e and can easily handle three saves. 1 good and 2 bad. In fact, 5e does that right now. You get proficiency in 2 saves, so you...

No. The problem with 3e wasn't the save system. The problem with 3e was how unbounded bonuses were. It's okay to have one good save and two bad ones if you aren't looking at a bad +8 vs. a DC of 32.

I still fail to see how the ogres only get in 1 single hit half the time, but then I don't play 5.5e, so maybe all that mastery mumbo jumbo that I didn't like in the playtest does it. Edit: And I see cleave, so he put the ogres next to each other to get that advantage.