Recent content by Faolyn

I think that's a holdover from when you were supposed to sink all that money into training and/or your own personal fortress.

I bet you can. Especially if you go back to individual/small group weapon proficiencies instead blanket proficiency with every weapon and type of armor, and perhaps relegate them to the subclasses instead of the main class. The Fighter main class could give you the hit points, saving throws, and...

Define powerful. Are we just talking damage? Because I bet you could make really interesting casters that have few or no direct-damage dealing spells. Only utility, buffs, and de-buffs, and things like illusions and enchantments. And that could still be a very interesting caster for a lot of...

This would work. I still haven't had the opportunity to play Daggerheart, but I really, really want to. And I really like the way they scale weapon damage. It's a good way to represent higher-level characters without too much extra math involved or the need for increasingly powerful magic weapons.

I knew someone who refused to use spells that did acid damage because of having seen pictures of women who'd been subjected to acid attacks. And honestly, if RPGs actually dealt with scarring from burns or acid, or the effects of frostbite or actual poisons, or with what lightning or super-loud...

...You're saying that like there aren't tons of scripted shows readily available today, of just about every genre imaginable, from lots of places that aren't your home country. (Signed, someone who is closing on 50)

Both Greyhawk and Faerun have magical universities which have been discussed in various products for decades. I haven't read a great deal of supplements for either setting, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got written up in depth at one point or another.

OK, so for hypothetical 6e: Bring back both attack bonuses that depend on class and individual or small-group weapon proficiencies, rather than simple/martial. As you go up in level, you unlock abilities that come with your weapon. At some point, you will be so Good At Sword that you can, in...

Ah. Well, in that case, you just keep saying "no phones at the table" and boot people who refuse to comply.

Yes, and that was my point. The changes you don't want in a hypothetical 6e are no more radical than the changes that were made in other editions.

Jokes aside, bring back object hardness. That'd prevent cutting a galleon in half from non-epic characters.

Why does a game where you can have elf thieves instead of just playing Elf, the class, have to be called D&D and be made by the D&D people? Why does a game that has no level or class restrictions for elves, so you can have 20th-level elf paladins, have to be called D&D and be made by the D&D...

I think it could work. Level Up uses exertion points, which only martials get, and are used to power maneuvers. And adepts--which are monks, but renamed so as to be more encompassing--get extra exertion and use it both for maneuvers as a replacement for ki points. So there could be Ability...

And that leaves the GM having to push back when the players don't ignore the implications.

Funnily enough, with the exception of 1e to 2e, every edition has been extremely different from the previous one. People should be more willing to throw things out and try new stuff for this hypothetical edition.