Recent content by A'tuin

Hi Mercury, This is a very sad post, but I completely hear you. The 5e campaign books are not really all that great. I think the problem is that they try to take you from 1st level to a high level too quickly and don't let you savor the small stuff. I hope you work it out. My best advice is to...

Who are we? Have I just found the community of other old geezers like me who lament the absence of the good old days of D&D? ;)

I have to concur, at least in theory, due to the sustained popularity of the adventure since its first release. Even back in the day, I don't remember B2 being nearly as popular as G1-G3 (The Giants series). Furthermore, of the B-series, I think B3, The Palace of the Silver Princess must have...

In my quest to find a better system than 5e (or one that I liked better), I found the 13th Age to have one "big" problem: It is setting specific. I have an elaborate campaign setting that I've been fine-tuning for years. It's one thing to adapt the playing game and mechanics to the setting, but...

Not to side-track the conversation, but do you still use your own 3.25e? I'm curious because I would like to do something similar. Certain aspects of 3.0 improved over AD&D, but much of it was not better, and it put D&D onto a trajectory that has led us to 5e, which is a good game on its own...