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Which is why, had you looked you would have seen various forum threads, dedicated websites, etc. If I had any inkling that you might actually be open to the view I entertain, I'd post more. Because the forums (forae?) - including this one - are rife with people looking to make overpowering...

Give the bell charges. <evil grin>

So I am asked to prove my assertion that 5e has become overpowered and videogamey, and I provide eight-odd links featuring nothing but people focussing on overpowered builds. And that's now "anecdotes," not data? I suppose finding 20+ more links to various other bits of evidence isn't going to...

How long does the bell's effect last?

OK. So, I'll take the burden of proof that 5e caters to videogamey overpowered munchkin builds. https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-dnd-broken-character-builds/ https://www.nerdsandscoundrels.com/broken-5e-builds/ Then there's this dude: And this dude.

Oh, boy. That's a mature response.

Aura of weakness - toss out a level of exhaustion on a failed save. Given what you've got going on, I like the idea of the BBEG splitting into three portions - recombining into a more powerful singular being.

Fantasy Calendar.

A GM who understands the mechanics of the game should have a very good idea of how strong a monster is. I've seen several D&D YouTuber types express issues with using CR.

Well, prove me wrong?

I thought we were done with the whole "I wanna be a vampire" stuff in the nineties? Call me a grognard, but vampires should be monsters, not PC "races."

Alright, another multi-quote response. I've tweaked the mechanics to make dexterity a key stat. I've also moved a lot of magic saves to be charisma based. I will never go back to rolling dice. I had a player who created Glock. a double-spec axe-weilding dwarf. Had an 18 on strength, 18 on...

That''s because WOTC can't seem to find ways to give bonuses/enhance classes without giving them magic. Like, seriously, wtf is the rogue "arcane trickster" stereotype? I run a 1e/2e homebrew and just tweaked rangers to give them subclasses. NONE of the abilities are based off magic. The...

Diving in with a few thoughts. In another post, I kinda trashed 5e, but said it had some good ideas. Advantage/disadvantage was one of them. I think I can grasp the idea. In the old school rules, a party of six could have spent hours setting up an ambush in advance of the ... I dunno ...

Oh, there will be suffering. Levels of it, if I have my way.

Well, I had carefully curated some quotes to respond to, but they were lost in an ooopsie on my part and I am not going to wade through 107 pages of content to find them again. Let's see if I can bulletpoint some of the salient thoughts. First off, I am a 1e/2e grognard that came back a year...

I still have spec in my game.

Back to the table.... you have You are overthinking this. The table (table 32 in the DMG) gives +2 dice equivalence to a breath weapon. Do that. The table gives +1 dice to any singular attack doing more than 20 points damage. I'd argue that includes the breath weapon. The table gives +2 dice...

I try as often as feasible. Key NPCs gain affectations, mannerisms.