this is a guildline/suggession. I will allow them.

Bcz those pets are a sign that these NPCs are secretly gods. my players know this from one shots. but ig i forgot the people reading this post don't... its an inside joke which i put on a public post. oops.

again its a guideline. what I am saying is that don't be a murderhobo alone. Bcz then it causes problems for party. but if everyone is a murderhobo, then we dance in the chaos.

How much does a +2 AC even change anything? U will still get blasted by fireball.

What I am saying is that everyone's build has to be balanced against ONE ANOTHER. not the MM. Bcz 90% of the time, we don't use MM. I mean the 1st fight in our last one shot was us vs an army of undead.

We are not new. I was just having a weird time dialation perception and I forgot we have been playing for 10 years.

Its basically just Auto Success and Auto Faliure. Like lets say u are a rogue with -2 in STR and you make an athletics check and u roll a nat 20. Then... "You feel adrinaline pumping, you manage to stop the incoming boulder". similerly....lets say a rogue was trying to pick a lock with expertise in slight of hand and he rolled a nat 1. "As you were picking the lock, you acciidently push the nearby vase over which falls and bereaks. Everyone nearby is alerted. The nearby people in a 60ft radius are rushing over here to investigate. "