It's a start at least ?

Mage hand casting requires speech

I loathe how so many players have a tendency to play some obnoxious, totally over-the-top nonsense with huge, overblown backstories. If youre a legendary dragonrider, why are you level 1 and why dont you have a dragon to ride? If youre some magical princess of a foreign land, why

I had a crow-character (cant remember the race name) at one point. Being unable to form words, i thought it clever to have words written on my feathers, and communicating through pointing at them. (Spoken aloud through roleplay ofcourse). The gimmick was that as i took damage or

Your character a few weeks into the campaign. You already lost half of your max HP and have to throw an additional max HP reduction every day.

I have a character idea of a chaotic neutral elf Bard who used to be famous 100 years ago and now the younger generation moved on to other Bard. The guy would be the embodiment of an has-been punk or rock star who refuse to acknowledge the new generation doesn't care about him an

Until this guy comes along....and usually comes in a group

In older editions this was an intellectual challenge. Nowadays this is just a negotiation with your dm. Obviously it works as the hobby is bigger than ever, but I miss 3.5. And before someone say I can still play 3.5 , that would require friends with compatible schedules that als

The DM

His nemesis is Steven Seagull.

It’s only natural to want to challenge yourself after a long time with the hobby, and the hobby totally lets you do it. The GM, however, will read up on Anti-Magic Zones and sudden flocks of hungry birds…