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You said it felt like a video game because of classes, levels, hit points. As far as Vancian casting, that has more to do with Vance's...

Where, exactly, do you think those videogames got their ideas for classes, levels and hit points from?

LoL I've always meant the other kind of committed. He's going to be the patron giving the PCs their initial mission. Maybe it does make...

Just because I think it's a fun idea doesn't mean you're not crazy. ;) The centaur also does not need to have lycanthropy - it could...

I get this. The thing with skills n such is, when you get used to them they stop being 'buttons' and become roleplaying aides. But if...

(I appreciated that. Even if none of these other nerds did. 😉)

Another big difference between 1e and 5e, that might be a feature or flaw depending on taste, is that in 1e power-ups came from magic...

One would expect a push when the video game finally comes out.

If you chose to use them, they were deadly. So we didn't use them - that was my only point. There were more options to insta-nerf, we...

There are many factors in play when it comes to that. In no particular order: 1) Both our orders (the number I "guess" we will need)...

Depended on the challenges the DM set up. You could always have that pit trap that insta-killed the unfortunate character that fell...

If you do decide to try 5e (and for what it's worth I'd just use the 2024 rules, there's not really that much of a difference in...

Yeah, I think RAW was much less of a consideration back then. Not that people didn’t attempt it, but just that house rules were so much...

People have always had house rules. We did max HP at first as well and, IIRC, when you rolled for leveling up you had to get half or...

I'd probably start with something like this: To me, a mall is essentially a collection of (indoor) shops, most of which also offer a...