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In terms of modular design, the idea was to keep each segment of the game as independent as possible. If we could carry over only the...

I'd probably do it as a subclass. OG Shadow Adept I'd group the following abilities: Shadow Magic feats (Shadow Weave Magic...

Yeah. One thing I don’t mention is how much I prefer the format and focus of the Forgotten Realms books to the recent Planescape...

2014 had the Ideals/Traits/Bonds/Flaws system (interaction), the Downtime system (exploration), different Resting recommendations...

5e is actually VERY modular, and I think that was the intent. For instance, it's not hard to rip out the skills system, or the Hit Die...

What more do you need to know?

You could wire up a specific debuff that the creature can use to knock out a status put on it. If you specify that if it has that debuff...

I'd love it if the designers were more open about how and why they make some of the decisions they do. In part, I'd appreciate that...

I think that's the key. Adoption isn't as important as having the option to adopt. If someone runs the game using the core rulebooks...

That's the balancing act. We want characters to get cool toys so we don't end up with 20 levels of "I attack" as your only meaningful...

The idea that players will optimize the fun out of a game is an old one. For a TTRPG, the design challenge comes in finding ways to give...

I'd argue that to speed up combat, you need to decrease granularity, which is in line with your thinking here, but a little akimbo...

While I agree some higher level adventures would be nice, I think the level ranges they provided are adequate for the majority of their...

I am going to run a combat encounter in reverse time. Do you have any advice for doing this? I'm going to run initiative order from...

For ten years I struggled a lot with this stuff and then Doom points from Tales of the Valiant came out. I renamed them "dreadful...