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It is D&D to have a character that runs 100' up a waterfall and cuts the head off a dragon. However to do this in most D&D games you need magic items. A potion of haste, winged boots, etc. Being able to run up a waterfall is not god-tier. My actual play level 7 barbarian with winged boots...

Oh, the competition isn't for the unlimited cast spell. It is for the reaction. +5 AC against a 60 total damage attack is worth a flat 15 HP. An absorb elements on a 80 damage dragon breath is worth 20-40. You can't afford to give up your reaction. the fact that it doesn't cost a slot isn't...

Shield isn't bad as an at-will. But it costs a reaction. In my experience, all of Counterspell, Silvery Barbs, Absorb Elements, Feather Fall compete for your reaction. Scorching Ray is usually a bad plan? 6d6 (21) damage is less than Toll The Dead 4d12 (26). Even the baseline Fire Bolt...

So, your problem isn't "adding stuff to both fighters and wizards has no impact", it is "wizards are way too strong". If you want to argue "wizards are way too strong" go ahead. Just don't argue it with me? That isn't what I am taking about. So if your disagreement with me is "wizards are...

No it does not. Ok, I'll be concrete. I mean, suppose there is some problem that requires a Wizard to solve. Like flight. If both Wizards and Fighters can make a DC 20 athletics check to fly, with a consequence if you get below 10, this makes Fighters better compared to Wizards. Even if the...

This is a trap and a mistake! If you add something that both a wizard and a fighter get, and using that feature is an alternative to (say) casting a spell, this can make fighters better than they where but have almost no impact on wizard capabilities! In short, in a game where some PCs have "I...

Myself? I'd give the Slaad a second save if it fails the first; if the 2nd roll passes, it starts transforming out of humanoid form, and is disadvantaged for a turn (and attacks on it have advantage). This reflects that the creature is "truly" something else as well as humanoid, and the...

Gritty Rests. This is only a pacing change, but the pacing change REALLY MATTERS. Here is a slightly modified version: A SHORT REST requires a night's sleep or equivalent. When you do a short rest, you can expend HD to regain HP (adding your constitution bonus), regain short-rest resources...

1. Merge Race and Background and Theme into one thing. Your Heritage or whatever. This grants abilities over the first 10 levels of your character progression. 2. Reduce feat count. 1 relatively free customization option every 2 levels is too much, and it leads to an optimization problem by...

Assume gritty rest rules. Or, to be more accurate, assume you can only rest at certain safe points. Have limited numbers of short-rest shrines within the dungeon. Each such shrine is one-use; once used for a short-rest, you can't use it again. Resting in the dungeon otherwise is impossible...

...Except all of that only matters after you have played for 3 to 12 months of time. The DMG is aimed at either people new to DMing or new to DMing 5e. None of that advice is useful to either group? Not until they are playing for months if not years. And if they are successful DMs of other...

No, they are expected a DM to learn how well their party handles easy/medium/hard/deadly encounters. And then adjust based on that. If your party is 50% better than it should be? The DM starts out with medium encounters, and you wipe them out without spending resources. The DM is supposed to...

That would be a fun experiment. What if we retroactively applied 4e lessons to 11-20? 4e made 11-20 and 21-30 interesting by adding on a new mechanic -- paragon paths and epic destinies. We could do the same! In my case, however, I'd steal something different from 4e; the power source. And...

I move 10' and tap the ground with a pole. I summon creatures and send them ahead to scout. I mind control foes and use them as cannon fodder. In "reality", effectively fighting a war is years of boredom followed by 10 second of absolute terror, then years more of boredom. The realistic...

I often talk about how many 5e classes have a "back 10" problem; basically, level 11 to 20 is lackluster in terms of features per level. This isn't true of spellcasters. While every level 6-8 spell isn't insane, there are lots of spells in those levels that eradicate entire plot lines. The...

Also, 25% of 100s of millions is still lots of money. The studios care about the (real) bottom line. If success in China is a mere 10% boost to box office revenue, that can easily turn films that lose money into films that make money.

I mean, why would you have to clump China and Japan into one sourcebook? A Japan-mythology based sourcebook, and a Chinese-mythology based sourcebook, would probably both have sufficient audience.

I mean, an Oriental Adventures that isn't a stewpot of western colonial goggles wouldn't suck. So I'm for it. :)

Ah yes, the other fire that isn't light.

Cute. Two of the melee weapons are fire based, which is a bit sad.