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WITHOUT mentioning your actual favorite, what's your second favorite version of D&D? Mine is Skills&Powers 2e.

So, I'm contemplating a setting idea where 20th level isn't the elite pinnacle of gods and legends. Rather, 20th level just means that someone has arrived into the "real influence" tier of society, where the movers and shakers of society start to take an interest in you. This would be a world...

I'm thinking of doing a relatively short (12-15 sessions) level 20 game for one of my groups. This game would have the fairly large caveat that the PCs could not go above level 10 in any one class; in other words, everyone PC would have to be multiclassed. I'm adding one house rule that if a...

In 3e and 4e, you had the ability to use your standard/main action for a smaller (non-reaction) action. (Swift, minor, move-equivalent, etc.) What would be the hazards of allowing the same trade in 5e? Essentially, trading your action for another bonus action?

Considering the following house rule for the next iteration of my classless 5e hack. No more proficiency bonus. All d20 checks, you add only the stat mod. Nonproficient in a weapon, skill: Roll a d12 instead of a d20. Proficient: Roll a d20 as normal. Expertise (skills only): Roll a...

Another participatory setting premise thread. For the last 400 years, since the Great Collapse, when any person comes of age, they are brought to the Temple of the Gods. During a ceremony, they are granted a blessing by one of the 36 Gods; this blessing comes in the form of a Class. As people...

I need a distraction today. So let's play a game. Loosely inspired by the game Microscope, let's build a setting together. One post at a time. These are the rules: 1) One post, one idea. Don't drop a whole pantheon, or a whole 50 page magic system into one post. Ideally, no more than a...

What's it in the book? What are we calling it?

In the core 5e rules, there is one pact caster (Warlock) and 5 other full casters (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard). Assume, as a hypothetical, you wanted to have 3 pact casters and 3 full casters in your version of the core rules. What 2 classes of the 5 full casters would you turn into...

Anyone who's read my posts (all 5 of you!) knows that I'm very much NOT a fan of the idea that class, as a concept, is a recognizable element within the setting. But. I like to be flexible, and I like to think about game ideas that are normally unpalatable to me, and see if/how I can make...

Assume the following house rules are implemented: 1) Fighter, Monk, Barbarian, and Rogue all receive Extra Attack at levels 5, 11, and 17 (up to 4 attacks at level 17). 2) Cantrips no longer scale with character level. Instead, each full caster class gains the ability to cast 2/3/4 cantrips...

I'm seeing a decent number of posters who don't use any non-WotC material, just curious as to how common this is. To clarify, this is only regards to your 5e play and habits, I'm not surveying about whether or nort you play 5e AND other games. This is what do you use at the table when you're...

As per the title. Assume this is a hard restriction; this means no classes that learn any sort of spells from a spell list and have some kind of spell slots. So Fighter (no EK), Rogue (no AT), Barbarian, and Monk. A one-off ability that references a spell is OK. Assume that some 3PP for...

Generally I would lean full wizard, but this particular game has some caveats. High array (19/17/15/13/11/11) One extra feat. House rule: The last tick of GWM can apply to any 2-handed weapon, not just heavy. (Even ranged!) This game is fairly short (dozen sessions, going from level 11...

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/12/07/nfl-cleveland-browns-dungeons-and-dragons-daily-cover Not giving you any originality points for naming your character "Alucard", Myles Garrett, but an interesting article nonetheless.

@Fenris-77 @Snarf Zagyg @akr71 Hello! After the recent completion of @el-remmen's recent stat draft (find here), I've been inspired to put together my own (somewhat more convoluted) version of the same idea for my own group. I'm trying out some slightly different ideas, and I will admit my...

Assume the following feat is present in the game: Choose any one ability score, other than Constitution. You gain the following benefits: -You can use this ability score in place of Strength and Dexterity when making weapon attacks. -You can use this ability score in place of your spellcasting...

Vote as per the title. Assumptions: 1) 5 player characters in the campaign. 2) The bulk of the game will be Tier 2-Tier 3. 3) Feats Yes, multiclassing No. (No dips!) 4) Assume you're trying to strike a balance between these goals: a) Diversity in character concepts and builds. b)...

I don't really have a reason to think this, I just want something to get some sweet karma upvotes.

If you had a prepared caster from a full spell list (cleric, druid, etc.) with an alternate class feature that said, roughly "Instead of preparing from your normal class list, you can prepare spells from any class list, but only spells that belong to X school", how big of a power downgrade is...