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What I would love to see in the next version of D&D 6 is a much lower frequency of: 1) dark vision. The poor races that do not currently have it are at a disadvantage compared to the majority that have it. And in a dungeon, it's common for the party to have to light a torch for the human PC...

I'm contemplating the following house rule for flat hit points gained per level after the first. I'll ignore the rule that allows to roll HP values for the purposes of this thread, if you like rolling, that's fine - I do to, but I want to try fixed values and see what comes of it. The rule...

A thick jungle or forest canopy could hinder overland flight reconnaissance. Of course, the other answer might be: start at level 1 :) Flight (or using a familiar that has flight) is pretty common at levels 5+.

Your point about reaction rules already handling a lot concerning the timing, is relevant. Thank you for pointing this out. My understanding of reactions, since the rules say it is "a response" to a trigger, is that the triggering event must be resolved entirely before the reaction takes place...

Related note on the topic of multiple interrupting powers: what if a creature has a power that reads: Double Trouble: When an adjacent enemy takes damage, this creature can make a melee attack vs. that enemy. How would you resolve Hissing Scuttle and Double Trouble? Who goes first?

Hi, I've been designing another (unrelated) game, and I'd like to draw your attention to one challenge that we face with the concept of interrupting attacks.. In the following wording that you have: Hissing Scuttle (1/day). When the vampire takes radiant damage, it moves up to its speed without...

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With respect, Umbran, I believe that 5ekyu 's input is constructive, even though he appears surprised of something that appears to be rather the common default approach. In fact, if you're willing 5ekyu, you could provide some practical example of how you implement post-life story into your...

Cool discussion. 5ekyu: you seem to have a rare proactive story approach to PC death. This is great. (Really!) However, I believe you are the exception. At least, from what I have read here and other forums, and in games I have played, PC death is either avoided in some fashion; or if it...

Yep, what he said. The power system is the essence of 4E.

Good comments all, thanks for the discussion.

I'll suggest that we name things a same way to avoid confusion in our conversation. Because right now we don't define story characters and people the same way, you and I, unless I misunderstand you. People, to me, are the players sitting around the table playing a game with me. The characters...

Bedrockgames so I understand that you like to have death be a real threat and let the dice decide when it happens (so do I); but this apart, how do you reconcile death with the story that the now-dead PC was linked to, when it happens? Do you simply let the storyline that was linked to that PC...

What is your experience in reconciling PC death and storytelling? More detail on my question. RPG's usually have a random aspect to the cooperative storytelling, that regards combat and that determines whether, notably, PC's will survive or die in battle (or in other situations such as traps)...

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