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Now that I think on it, I recall asking the wizkids folks at GAMA (8ish years ago) why the Pathfinder prepainted minis had such lower quality than the (still low) quality DnD prepainted minis. Apparently they use different factories.. so... must be lower quality standards for the kids painting...

That's pretty standard for wizkids prepainted minis, maybe a bit below standard for the worst of them? I guess I should be glad that there's blowback for the quality... why was this different from other releases? Maybe it got bigger numbers to a wider audience that expected a closer match to the...

Hey! I realized "I use woods all the time, this could be great!" but question: are these just collections from en5ider (which I also get) or is there a new thing or three tossed in to freshen it up (and appeal to folk like me that already go in for en5ider)?

Oh! Another rule we fell into: Heralds get a small Exertion Pool. I'm still iffy on whether it should be REALLY small (half PB) or just small (PB). We started with =PB.

I find myself on both sides of this argument, in differing circumstances. This isn't DnD, so I don't want to carry my preconceived notions to it. And yet with DnD, I often desire the sacred cows because it's what makes DnD "DnD" to me. Is that hypocritical?

I’m happy to have inspiration come up more frequently, we switched to TotV’s Luck for that reason, but giving inspiration every session doesn’t change Excellence being a better choice than the other destinies.

Greater+Superior healing potions are a popular choice for Rapid Drinkers at my tables, especially when in a bind mid-fight. I personally dislike potions as a bonus action for all, partially because it steps on existing features' toes, but I also try to press time and resources at my tables so...

A5E specifically has the Rapid Drink maneuver, which does exactly this. Before A5E I had a house rule that you could sub an attack for drinking a potion.. it gave martials a boost in 5e. They don't need that in A5E 😆

Culture Tyrannized chooses either Defiant Will or Saving Face, not both. Scars of the Scourge's energy type is determined by GM based on origin. Destiny Excellence is removed. Alternatively, Excellence's "nat 1" Source of Inspiration only applies to proficient skill checks. Berserker...

Possibly because of the first half-baked three-book release, Spelljammer. Which I'm still salty about. @paradisebunny it won't be the core of your content, but since someone mentioned Kobold Press' upcoming planes release, I figured I'd mention that Monte Cook did a planes book a while back...

I'm familiar with another one, free AFAIK, Archivist AI Automatic Notes for Your TTRPG Campaign | Archivist AI It seemed like good stuff, and yet I still couldn't be arsed to keep up with it 😆

If you're looking at an all-rounder class, you could look to 3e's Factotum for inspiration. They were dabblers in everything.

The collection-of-adventure books are different, I'd say, from the single long campaign adventures. I listed CoS and ToA, which had a load of magic items. GoS is largely adaptations of old adventures, which I guess were some of the miserly ones? GoS is quite sparse with magic though, I'll agree...

Ha I think my problem in communication is that I consider 3e and afterwards "modern" DnD- it's post-TSR DnD, modern ability score definitions n rules (10=0, 12=+1, etc). But I think you might underestimate the magic items provided in 5e adventures. As far as 5e adventures go, let's look at...

It's a strange thing, and when this gets discussed I often find myself saying things like "back in my day, things were better! We were more creative, we had less rules, blahblahblah!" But I scarcely remember my 2e days, when I started TTRPGs. I played heavily in the 3.Xe era, where rules reigned...