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Hoard of the Dragon Queen Session 10 Chapter 6 Castle Naerytar Blood on the Walls and in the Halls PCs, “On the drapes, and our...

bloodtide...This is more modern thinking. The idea that The Official Rules must be placed on a pedestal and worshiped. Everyone must...

1e combat has tight rules. But everything else is almost entirely narrative. For 5e to resemble this, I would emphasize skills checks...

I meant it mostly literally. Examples from the op: First. Hit points were lower, yes. No disagreement. Second: We didn't do any...

Good list, though were it me I'd tweak it just a bit: For #3 I'd keep the hard-coded species-based modifiers, both upwards and...

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I understand this thread as not changing 5e, but simple things that a table can do to feel more like 1e. Maybe reflavor ALL feats as a...

For the 1e games, we rolled 4d6, and every player rearranged the same result for their own character. Random and fair. But these days...

I think one of the best things you can do to give a game a 1st edition feel is remove the knowledge gaining skills. Perception...

No max hp at level 1. Roll for HP at every level, 1st included. D4 for Sorc/Wizard. D6 for Bard/Rogue/Warlock. If you play Wiz/Sorc...

"Life sucks" so your game that you play to have fun should also suck?

Late to the discussion, but genuine thoughts having had a similar feeling when I was running Pathfinder/3.5 and 5E was on the horizon. I...

Just a note that you can change hit points from fixed to manual, otherwise (from memory) using long rests and resetting hit points...

Very late to this thread. Just wanted to share this example of read aloud text from an old Dungeon adventure, "The Crypt of Istaris":

So, what "feel" from 1E are you trying to create? Here would be my starting point. Some agree with yours. Change ability modifiers to...