D&D General D&D as a Curated, DIY Game or "By the Book": Examining DM and Player Agency, and the DM as Game Designer

[Charlaquin]

They already succeeded. It’s called the Scout.

Meh. The scout is the closest we’ll get to a spell-less ranger in 5e, but it’s no spell-less ranger.

 

[Jack Daniel]

The lot of the DM who tinkers with the rules is like Sisyphus, except the perfect bespoke system is when you get the boulder just about to the top ...

It's Sisyphus meets Schrödinger, because there's no way to know whether your boulder is over the top or only nearly so!