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Exactly what it says in the title. What rules or mechanics from other systems would you like to import into your 5e games? Why? What effect do you hope it'll have on play? If you have imported rules from other systems, which ones did you use? How did it go? What would you do the same or...

Exactly what it says in the title. What are the most interesting non-D&D roleplaying systems have you not played with yet? What excites you about this game? What makes the mechanics interesting? What keeps you from playing it?

I'd love to hear about some of your favorite non-Western campaign settings. It doesn't matter if its published or homebrew. It can be based on a work of fiction or made specifically for D&D. All that matters for the purpose of this thread is that the setting doesn't take Western cultures, norms...

Let's get beyond failing a death save and Rocks Fall Everyone Dies. Share the most unique and entertaining ways you've seen a Player Character get dispatched in a D&D game.

Exactly what it says on the tin. What is the most interesting adventuring party concept you've ever run or played in? I don't mean campaign settings or modules. I'm talking about the basic concept of the adventuring party. For instance: the PCs are a group of entertainers traveling the land...

I'm thinking about switching out a few proficiencies for certain backgrounds. What changes did you make to specific PHB backgrounds in your game? What prompted the change? What were the results?

We already know she's human. What class would she be? What would be her background? What would be her ability scores (standard array or 27-point buy)? Which skill proficiencies would she choose? And how would you model proficiency with brooms and baseball bats?

What are some ways other than a spellbook that you've seen or want to see a wizard's spells known? (Speaking for me, myself, and I, I'd looooove to do tattoos as a wizard's spells.)

Has anyone played a game where the PCs started out as the same non-human race? Was it by chance or by design? What are some observations you had about the game? Alternatively, have you played in a game where all the PCs were from the same village or neighborhood? What was that like?

I really, really, really like True20 as a fantasy adventure roleplaying game. I enjoy the flexibility of 3 simple generic classes so that I can make a variety of concepts that would have required a ridiculous amount of multiclassing and house-ruling in previous editions. I also like only needing...

What house rules do you have for multiclassing? What prompted you to use them? What effect have they had on your games?

I love city-based campaigns. In fact, I'm running one right now. I know that, for me, urban campaigns play to my strengths because the smaller scale of an urban campaign hit on what I enjoy most about roleplaying: people and relationships. I most enjoy campaigns that allow me to create a sense...

There's a pattern I've noticed in several threads I've started on this forum where instead kicking around ideas or sharing things people like or want to play, someone has to sort of contort it into a debate about statements I never made or completely ignore the actual things I said I want to...

As fun as it can be to DM games where the good guys save the day, I do wonder what it would be like for the PCs to be ruthless, black-hearted scoundrels who would drown a box of kittens if the price or cause is right. What would be a good setup for an evil party that would not immediately...

I'm currently running a city-based campaign with an aesthetic inspired by South and South Asian cultures, and I'm having a blast creating everything for the city of Karta. And I think that, if/when this wraps up, I might want to do something inspired by stuff like Inuyasha, Big Trouble in...

I'm really liking the flexibility of 5e so far, but I know it may be a while before any official products come out that give players more choices for class archetypes (sorcerous origins, warlock pacts, fighter archetype, bard colleges, cleric domains, druidic circles, etc.). Some stuff I'd be...

One of the things I like to do, both as a player and a DM, is create film and TV characters as 1st-level D&D characters. It's a fun way for me to get familiar with a new game system. In addition to that, it's a great way to help people unfamiliar with roleplaying or D&D to realize a concept in...

I'm inclined to make it a simple ranged weapon that does 1d4 bludgeoning damage with the thrown property and a range of 30/120. Due to the relative rarity of boomerangs and the craftsmanship that goes into them, I can see them costing about 5 gold pieces (or more). However, if there are better...

I'm getting started on running a city-based campaign, and I'm having a lot of fun with it, but just for my own amusement, and to create a fighter that's awesome, I want to make Master Piandao because this character fits the cultural and aesthetic elements of my campaign very well. Key elements...

If a player wanted a 1st-level fighter or paladin of any race who could wield a shield just like Captain America, how should I, as DM, go about doing it? Would the best way be to create a new type of (martial?) weapon based on stats from another weapon that does comparable bashing damage...