D&D 5E Revised core book wishlist

[Raith5]

I hope up they tune up monsters and martial classes as well as tune down the number of spells requiring concentration and the number of ways advantaged in gained.

 

[Aldarc]

I hope that the changes most people (or even WotC) want can be done while maintaining a reasonable page count.

 

[Burnside]

I like a lot of what has already been said in this thread.

-The PHB ranger & sorcerer sub-classes should get bonus spells & the Tasha's updates for them should be core
-Generally fix the four elements monk
-Better skill check rules to address conga-line skill checking
-Nerf the twilight cleric if it's in there
-Usable chase rules for DMG
-Mounted combat rules could be better as well tbh
-Better rules for making tool skills usable
-Classes should get an additional skill, tool, or language proficiency at every ASI level
-DMG should include an introductory level 1 adventure that holds the DM's hand and gradually introduces different kinds of encounters and rules
-Something - and I don't know what - should be tweaked with the long-rest/short-rest mechanics to alleviate the general "war of attrition/wear them down by denying rests" game dynamic. The "We want to long rest!/But you can't!" player/DM tension isn't particularly fun for either side.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Make it explicit that Concentration is a general thing, not just for spells.

That is a good one!

 

[Blue]

Can we keep "what do you want" to guidelines they put out as "fully compatible". Which means no existing characters will need to change, so new options like Tasha's are in, but changing any existing features are strictly out.

So for instance adding new sorcerer subclass spells can be an optional add, like some of the purely additional features in Tasha's. And other features might have replacement options. But we won't see anything that exists today unable to be replicated 100%, so changes that would do that are off the table.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I want them to in general drop the Damage Save portion of Concentration, and only have it for some spells in a case by case basis, such that it's written in the spell's writeup itself if a Damage Save is required to maintain Concentation. That may make it such that it other things about a spell that might trigger a concentration check, instead of damage.

 

[Burnside]

I don't know how we went two pages without the most urgently needed change:

Make halflings look less stupid.

 

[Omand]

I don't know how we went two pages without the most urgently needed change:

Make halflings look less stupid.

Yes please, better halfling art!

Cheers

 

[teitan]

Oh add the seafaring rules from Saltmarsh and the vehicle rules from Avernus.

 

[niklinna]

I want them to in general drop the Damage Save portion of Concentration, and only have it for some spells in a case by case basis, such that it's written in the spell's writeup itself if a Damage Save is required to maintain Concentation. That may make it such that it other things about a spell that might trigger a concentration check, instead of damage.

Can you give some examples of what might trigger a concentration check?