Edgar Ironpelt's latest activity

Or, take dual-wielding away from Rangers* and make it a Rogue thing? Rangers' combat abilities should be flexible enough to go...

But is that desirable in a game where combat is the main mode of play? I'd argue not, based on experience with lots of different...

The hack I use is that even "natural" healing is frankly supernatural, because it is a magical world. Characters in an area where the...

I strongly dislike explicit meta-currency, because generally speaking it puts a thumb on the scale narratively, which is a place I want...

Not a fan. I want the player and character decision spaces to be aligned, I want the decisions to be made in-character. Metacurrencies...

Fair enough: I sit rebuked. A given game can have an agreement (probably unspoken), a "game contract" that certain 'hijinx' are PC-only...

The DM using PC style tactics against them often is uncool and unfair, and even bad DMing. But that's because those tactics are exploits...

I'm sticking with 3.5e. I do heavily curate it, with a blanket-ban on 'prestige' classes and a "must be approved by the DM (me)" rule...

For me it's more about what I dislike than what I like - although there are some types of mechanics that I do like. I dislike automatic...

My preferred city supplements are kits that provide pieces-parts to customize your own towns and cities while perhaps providing an...

My understanding is that tournament lances were designed to break - and were also designed with blunt tips. They were intended for...

The thing I probably most dislike about GMing... ...is all the people online invested in claiming you're doing it wrong, for any value...

I want players to find secrets too, but I want them to do so through exploring the setting with their PCs. If they turn out not to find...

Interesting. I wouldn't want to use cryptic codes that need a key to translate. I'd prefer tiny print that spelled out "overcast" or...

I say that fighters are pigeon-holed as the "combat machine" or "dumb jock" class rather than "meat shield" but it works out to about...