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It’s been a little while :rolleyes: since I updated my story hour, so I thought I’d make a thread of art inspired by the game. I’ve used DALL-E and DreamStudio to generate the images over the past several months, which has been an interesting and sometimes frustrating experience: I must have...

Anyone following what’s been going on here? Thoughts? Speculation? Wild conspiracy theories? https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/

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I'm wondering if this has been considered by Admin? Legacy House Rules gets so little traffic now that I never post there anymore, and it feels kind of disingenuous to post stuff in Legacy Rules in order to elicit feedback when I know it should be in the other forum. Would a [House Rules] tag be...

I've been working on a variety of "universal templates" – for want of a better term – designed to eliminate the need for magic items to balance a character at any given level in 3.5. The purpose is to silo out character wealth entirely, allowing gold and items to be handed out on a purely...

Random ideas. Hit Points Rejigged The idea is a variant wound/vitality system which can accommodate different styles, and to reorganize the various conditions effects to make them more interesting and germane to play. Also, to fold in the massive damage mechanic – which always struck me as an...

Does the Dex check have a good pedigree?

Whenever I think of real-life war-hammers, I think of military picks designed to penetrate armor. The D&D warhammer is just - well, a big hammer. Military picks are something different. Any ideas?

I'm in the process of developing a B/X campaign, maybe to PBEM at some point. I'm going for pure vanilla: • High Medieval • Low Magic • Humanocentric Most people are Normal Men ("0 Level;" "Normal Humans"), a relative few are Fighters. Thieves are rarer. Spellcasters are rarer still. There are...

I'm thinking about buying it for my nephew for Xmas. It would be his first exposure to RPGs. He's a smart kid; good, but not excellent reading skills for his age. He's a SW fanatic.

I expect the answer to be 'no,' and this thread to die a quick death, but I'm curious. How does it measure up to Classic Traveller?

Say a solar casts a gate spell, and holds it open for 20 rounds. How many devas do you think could get through in that time?

Do you think that two +5 inherent bonuses to ability scores are worth +1CR? Are six worth +3CR? I know that it's all very situational, but does anyone have any ideas / general guidelines ?

I've lost all interest in 3.5, as I'm too excited by the prospect of 4E. I was going to start another game soon, and I'm thinking about 1E, or B/X. Or buying Holmes - I've never played an edition that early. I've got nice copies of the 1E hardcovers - I replaced them all when I moved to the...

This began as a short argument in favor of 1E demographics, and got rather bloated on ideas about play style. It's kind of long, so you've been warned. Recently, I've been pondering the issue of demographics in the typical campaign world and wondering how (or if) to fix it. There is the...

The rules are just getting too complicated, and I just don't have any time for the amount of mechanics involved any more. Whaddya think?

Curious about this: frankly, I've no idea about balance when it comes to tactical feats. Is this reasonable? What would make it better? Hand-and-a-Halfer [Tactical] Prerequisites: Dex 15, Combat Expertise, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (bastard sword), Improved Trip, BAB +6. Benefit: If you are...

So, I'm starting a new game soon. One of the players is a newbie, with absolutely no mathematical aptitude: a totally artsy, creative type. I'll be emphasizing role-playing, and saying 'OK. Roll the die,' when appropriate. But it seems that a reasonable level of competence in math is a...

PCs after successive changes and house-rules. Lek Male Human Bard 4/Fighter 4: Medium humanoid; HD/Level 8; hp 18; Init +6; Spd 30 ft.; Defense +9 (+7 Base, +2 Dex; touch +9, flat-footed +0); Armor/DR 4; Base Atk +7; Grp +9; Atk +11 melee (1d8+4/19-20, MW longsword) or +9 ranged (1d6+2...

This thread was originally lost in the Great Crash of '06 - I thought I'd revive it, as it's a game which has been off-and-on revisited a fair bit. I've been picking at the SH but I haven't really grounded it properly in my head. I thought it might inspire me to write more, although it's hard...