Recent content by MPA2000

The Monk was never a melee heavy class since it's birth, even then it was part of the Druid or Priest (Cleric) subclass that's why it's has a d8 hit dice and for some reason has never changed. The Ki should never have been implemented and I don't know why they thought it was a great idea. That...

Did they say there was going to be another Playtest? Crawford sounded like the next step would be to review all of the Playtests and smooth out things for the release of the new PHB this coming May.

It all makes sense. Just goes to show after nearly 50 years interest in the Fighter and Thief continue to be the most popular and easiest classes. While the Monk continues to lag behind, despite being one of the original core classes in Basic D&D. I had thought Human would no longer be at the...

I personally don't see the need for table top, when they have top quality video games now. I mean the reason for table top was because video games hadn't been invented and when they were they were subpar for these types of games. Baldur's Gate 3 broke the mold IMO. It is nearly everything D&D...

Wouldn't it by it's very un-nature be an undead mouse?

Call me old school, but there never should have been more than the four classes (Fighter, MU, Cleric and Thief) or four races (Human, Elf, Dwarf and Hafling (aka Hobbit)), as originally meant. They should go back to that, at least in a separate game for new players, but that's never going to...

You could always play the game as it was originally intended and that was with three levels. The only reason they added more levels was because of AD&D. Most young people today don't realize that D&D in it's current form is still the Advanced version which is why there is bell curve to...

I agree. STR alone doesn't always do it, since there are rule and certain techniques can win points or draw penalties. That and some of those mentioned, are more CON or DEX based attributes.

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I suspect the more realistic attributes tend to be those of superhero games (not Marvel Superheroes!), if you like math.

What does 20 look like? I know when D&D first came out (Basic), 18 was the max for a human right? The only way to increase your strength attributes, was temporarily with Gauntlets of Ogre Power or Girdle of Giant Strength (pg 240 Rules Cyclopedia). It didn't necessarily change the look of...

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I blame video games. Kids see those guys doing all kinds of stuff and want to apply it to table top.

Can I just add something to this incredible discussion? My understanding of what is inferred is that 18 means he can lift 180lbs as a matter of ease. That is to say he is so strong that he could walk for 8 hours and lift that 180lbs above his head repetitively. And if he has an 18...

I was curious if anyone has ever heard of or played this game? It is a game where you play the role of a god. It allows you to play it in one of two ways: role playing or as a strategic board game. This flew under the radar with me since I like to review games about PC's as gods or with...