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Agree. While DS isn't 18+ per se ( it never goes into graphic details of more unsavory stuff), anything controversial by today's standards is better put in that category just to be on safe side. It gives authors more freedom to delve into darker aspects of the setting. It also gives publishers...

Voted yes. I find very few things problematic per se. Are there stuff i don't want in my games and don't want to engegage? Sure. Do i want products that have that kind of content to exist? Yes, there are others that will like that stuff. In the end, it's about brand image. WoTC D&D is PG 13...

Realms has magic items galore, Wand of magic missile 1 are minor items available by the bucketload. But rules wise, going by 3.x, it's faster to crank up Wands. Any level 1 caster with MM spell and craft wand feat can do it in 1 day for 375 gold. By contrast, musket, using crafting rules, takes...

Sure, firearms are present in the time of full plate harness. Plate started to spread around Europe 1400-1450, peak was in late 1400s. Firearms of that period - hand canons ( primitive tube like devices), matchlock arquebus ( 1450-1470), bomards and cannons. Wheellock is from around same period...

Bard looks cool, but not for d&d. He would fit in Shadowrun no problem. I know that d&d is anachronistic, but too much is too much. It's still classic fantasy, not modern/urban fantasy. Everyone on that cover looks too modern. Rogue just looks like old Batman rip off, warriors armor looks more...

This. Plus - Ravenloft Campaign setting This. So much this. Best martial classes ever. Also, Masque of the Red Death, victorian spin on Ravenloft, published by White Wolf. CoC D20 for 3e is also solid.

I feel you. Shadowrun is excellent setting with interesting blend of cyberpunk and fantasy. But ttrpg system is not good. CRPG versions of Shadowrun, with streamlined and simplified mechanics are great on the other hand.

VtM revised and set of vampire dices (green, red numbers and ankh for 1). It was late summer of 2003, just started first grade of HS. I picked, mom payed. First rpg purchase with my own money was Storyteller's Handbook and Guide to the Sabbat few months later. Over 20 years later, still have...

@Theory of Games Never played 1e. Even 2e i played very little in ttrpg format ( 1 campaign for about year and a half, but spent countless hours on old BG1/2, Planescape torment, Icewind Dale). 4e also, played so little (couple of short adventures to test new system when it came out) that i...

In 3.x - Bard and Warblade. Bard cause it was great "second best at everythin" class. Warblade cause it was ultimate fighter. Crusader gets honorable mention cause i liked mechanic of drawing random maneuvers. PF1 - Unchained Rogue and Bard. Unchained rogue cause it buffs rogues to better...

For me, prep is not play. It is something that can be fun and creative activity on it's own, but it all boils down on how much free time i have for it. Last few years, i develop rough concept and throw down few ideas, have basic adventure world skeleton and then flesh out what's needed in play...

It's not about what you can add your skill bonus to. It's about concrete stuff that skill can do. 3.5 and 5 are on the different ends of spectrum. One is super comprehensive and detailed with little room for interpretation, other is very broad and mostly left to interpretation. When reading...

On the other hand, under 5e skill system, it's all "GM may I". There is no concrete guides what you can do with skills. Sure you can try and DM can rule it on the spot. Personally, I never encountered DM who said no in 3.5 days if i tried to use skill in creative way that wasn't covered with...

Cause, RAW, most skills suck and aren't worth paper they are printed on. While 5e did go in rulings over rules direction, that left skills vague on purpose compared to 3.5 where skills had precise dc for precise tasks, that left lot of room for house rules on how they work and what you can or...

Bard was my favourite 3.5 class. And it was great second best jack of all trades class. 5e bard on the other hand is top tier class, full caster, solid fighter, solid skill monkey. Built right it can overshadow some classes in their own niches. 3.5 ranger was solid. It had more skill points...