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Response to the cover art (and back cover art): :unsure: Sigh... :rolleyes: Don't care for them--at all. :( They have ONE redeeming feature IMO: most of the weapons and items are not "glowing with magical POWER!!!". But why do they keep showing stuff like this when few games ever play like...

Yeah, that is wrong... Paladin counts as half-level, so 4 levels, and Sorcerer counts full, +2 levels. This PC has the spell slots of a 6th level caster. Just 4 1st-level slots. The sorcerer points could add another.

A friend of mine posted a thread awhile back about removing the attack rolls and just rolling damage. Hits are so common making the attack roll almost becomes pointless.

Ok, now I've got some time... :) Unfortunately, I can't work on things dependent on how some DMs might houserule the use of Group Checks. Group checks are simply if the majority succeed (half or more), the group does. I wonder why? As I posted earlier, only the scouts and point PCs generally...

I'll post later with more considering the rest of your response, but for now I'm just going to discuss the point above. Skill balance is something that players have to consider carefully as it is very limited (typically 4 as you said). Stealth is something only one or maybe two PCs need (the...

Right, and XGtE did that. Going beyond introduced power creeep and such. From what I have seen, I don't think so. While 2024 is supposed to be fully backward-compatible, which it might be technically, but changes that are already there are not fixing actual issues, but more power creep IMO.

As a half-caster chassis, the warlock is fine, but it falls insanely short of working well for full-casters. Two spell slots for the tiers most game play in? No, thank you. Getting in a short rest has too much DM fiat into it IMO. Full-casters need access to more slots (or points) they can use...

I'm strongly the other direction. PHB and XGtE are about it for the players, with very minor additions from other books (SCAG, TCoE, etc.). I generally use the "oldest" versions of spells, features, etc. unless I note it to the players. Everything a player wants for their PC has to pass...

So, I am not "familiar" with all three: 5E most definitely familiar A5E a bit, but not much at all ToV never even heard of it A5E I don't see as "Advanced" so much as just needlessly complex. I know that probably sounds strange, but I'm otherwise not sure how to put it. Now, 5E is what we...

Expertise in this fashion is free-range, as long as one understands backgrounds are meant to be completely customizable!. The idea of "pay for a skill proficiency twice" gets you expertise, if you want something not on your class skill list, you'll likely have to get it from your background...

The problem with lowering the DCs is they become too easy IMO. Now, I get your point, the +11 (normal maximum) sucks for DC 30, but again this is a flaw in WotC's design to me. Expertise, for example, should be available to all classes (at a cost of two skills for expertise in one, but Rogues...

I'm not a big superhero/comic fan, but trying to find some info on how strong Cap is supposed to be ranged quite a bit, everything from lift 800 to lift a couple tons. We know the current rules are not good to model what humans can do in real life without adding some special feature, etc. But...

In this case it is you compared to me! I am fine with maximum Strength being at Cap's strength or a bit higher, but Hulk strength is way out of bounds for a PC IMO. If we added an Epic level structure 21-30, then maybe around level 28+ Hulk strength works for me.