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There are a lot of concepts that just make sense as some combination of Fighter and Rogue, though the game is a little punishing if you do it early. The dirty mercenary, the pirate, the cunning swashbuckler, etc. You can do some of these with subclasses but they aren't always focused on what I...

That doesn't refute what I said. The word "just" is doing a lot of work in your explanation. I don't have to ignore that, I challenge you to explain the relevance of what you are claiming, in addition to its factuality. I see noting in the book that demonstrates they have gone out of their...

That's an assertion unfounded by any text of which I am aware. True Strike says Guided by a flash of magical insight, you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell's casting. That fits the definition of an attack roll that occurs as part of a spell. It fits Innate Sorcery entirely...

If it's an attack made as part of a spell, True Strike is definitely a spell attack.

As written, yes. As intended? Probably. Why wouldn't it? Why single out this one spell?

That's how you know D&D was invented in Wisconsin.

"A typical potion consists of 1 ounce of liquid in a vial." The entry on the equipment list presumably includes the container, as well as a significant amount of rounding.

I don't really get the realism argument. Assuming a six second round, with lots of circling around and casting spells and such... how long does it really take to gulp down a potion? I know characters in movies do it in a pitched melee.

Arguably, using an accessible potion should have been an Interaction in the first place.

Well, it is kind of a white room thing. The designers assumed more exploring, and more pressure by the GM. But the typical playstyle turned out to be tactical puzzle-solving. The DMG has given (fairly accurate) estimates of what encounters will make the game run as intended. And many, if not...

I usually only make major encounters hard. It's okay for things to be a bit swingy, when the PCs know the fate of the kingdom/universe/ etc. is at stake. Conversely, for normal encounters, they might use less resources, use ambush tactics. etc.

The game plays better if the DM is ready for the boss to go down quickly sometimes, and if the players are sometimes attacked when they haven't had a chance to rest.

GURPS Lite comes in at 32 pages.

Fate Core is a 310 page rulebook. The rules are challenging to teach to new players, investing new player options is difficult, and the rules aren't something I retain in my head at all times. Just because Fate doesn't have a lot of crunchy little bits does not make it simple. It requires...

I would rate Pathfinder 2e is more complex. I would rate GURPS as less complex than 5e.

Aside from the ones in your OP, Trinity Continuum, Fate.

I think sometime in the 2010s, complexity stopping being a pendulum. We are in a state of permanent diversity.

Focus on positive feedback. If they ask you a direct question about some of their rules, just be honest.

It's a better revision of 2014 than 2024 is, IMO, but nothing too radical. For me the weird part is that it appeared in the midst of the OGL Kerfuffle, but they have only released a limited SRD under various licenses. Not the whole books. This is in contrast to, say, Paizo, who continues to...

I resigned from the official licensees program.