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Circle of the Shepherd is suuuuuper strong in 2014 rules with Conjure Animals spell, just completely bonkers overpowered, to the point that many DMs ban it. It would make sense though to almost never use Wild Shape as a 2014 Shepherd Druid so you're probably not doing anything wrong.

The "right amount of complexity" is inherently good. "Too simple" is boring, and "too complex" is overwhelming/frustrating. Everyone can agree on that fundamental truth, but no one is ever going to agree on where to draw the line for the "right amount of complexity". The same class design...

You cannot solve the "problems" you describe without increasing class complexity. It is fundamentally not possible (which you imply in your post), but it also not the same crowd of people complaining about Martials being boring as the crowd of people wanting Martials to remain simple to play...

This way of playing is very widespread nowadays. Every table I've played at has used Fade Into the Background rules, literally 100% of DMs I've ever played with. Also it is specifically written in the 2024 DMG as the recommended way to handle absent players. You are all in a thread about...

Your bullet points here are a great summary of what I strive for. I put near-zero effort into the overall world economy making sense, but I do want money to matter and make sense for the players. I find that the main solution that works well is lowering the amount of money given out, and...

I wasn't entirely sure what your goal was - you didn't mention realism but you also never mentioned fun either. "Realism" is the only possible argument I could see even a tiny bit in favor of this design, because yeah it is admittedly not 100% realistic that weapons and armor in DnD never break...

Ok to be honest I don't know the definition of "hijack" but the thread was about one thing and then a few people turned it a completely different topic so that's all I meant. Seemed like appropriate description but might not be

Yes you actually did mention that already a few several many times. No one is trying to convince you to change how you play, and it's not even relevant to what the thread was about before you hijacked it

Don't encourage them, there's a fairly large number of players in here who would take any chance they can get to make the game less fun in the name of "realism"

As far as official content goes I think the closest we'll get is Wildheart Barbarian which is kinda sorta Wildshape except not really, and then various species have Wildshape-esque features but are not very powerful. Rangers have their animal companions but I can't see them getting actual...

That seems hard to believe that a moon druid would frequently find remaining in humanoid form casting spells in combat to be better than utilizing Wild Shape (which can be done with spells cast first). What level is she and what creatures is she turning into? The damage and tankiness for a...

What Druid subclass are you using? Wild Shape is primarily meant for Moon Druids. As any other subclass it's a decent utility ability but yeah it's not meant to be all that useful since they rely on their other subclass abilities. As an edit: In the 2024 rules they do a much better job of...

Any chance of an explanation here? I have no idea what this refers to but I'd like to know

Spellcasters are always more powerful than martials in DnD, but this idea would really drive home the idea and make sure people only play Spellcasters. Not really a goal I'd aim for but it's one that could be done I suppose

But how could you prioritize making the gameplay more enjoyable for everyone when you can be a slave to verisimilitude? Heresy!

Fair enough, sounds like you play DnD entirely differently than any table I've ever been at or would ever want to play at. Not much more to say there I guess

Maybe they did investigate the room but just never found anything noteworthy, so the camera never bothered to point at them, which forced others to take the spotlight. It's not like having a slightly higher Int than the rest of the party somehow makes them 100% successful

Pretty sure most DMs would allow that with just the Help action and no Charisma required. Helping someone else investigate an empty room sounds totally reasonable as something that succeeds automatically

You know how sometimes in TV shows there are characters who are there but they just didn't do anything important enough to be shown on the screen? That's the Rogue. They are right there but for whatever reason just not doing anything noteworthy in this particular episode Do you cancel the...

I've always seen it play out this way in practice. Players say what they attempt to do, then the DM either says it works with no skillcheck or decides what skillcheck to roll (often giving multiple options for the player to pick between). Players can always make suggestions but that's all it...