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You just described Earthdawn. There is no XP, there is Legend. You get more Legend by telling your tales to Libraries and such. It has...

I'm mostly a DM. I ran 2e from 1st to 23rd-ish (depending on class). That was like 120 4-6hr sessions in college. Plus it was 13...

I'm partial to making the "big bad" someone who is not a direct, personal threat. Like, what if the equivalent of Tallryand or Cato the...

I always thought it should have been geese. Ducks know they are delicious and flee, meanwhile geese know they can break a human's arm...

I like multiclasses that make sense on all sides: character, thematic & utility. Especially when 8 levels after you made your subclass...

Probably too close to 3E's templates, which have been considered verboten. 3e was much more modular than 5e around foes as you could...

Earthdawn has that mechanic. In that game you don't get XP, you get Legend. Tell your tale to one of the Great Libraries and your...

Combat roles was one of the really good concepts from 4e that should have carried into 5e. It provides a tactical direction to a GM...

I saw the high speed tier 4, but think in our case it was the adventure path. We were doing were good for a level each. The fights...

I am partial to the fey because it doesn't evoke quite the same "end of the world" threat that demons and devils seem to, and yet fey...

Expect party creep. Familiars, steeds, homunculus, awakened trees, rocks True Polymorphed into elementals, etc. So give the baddies a...

My personal experience is that zero war gamers are mellow. They are the most meticulous and uptight types I have ever met. Statistics...

I would add to this, in a simulationist and "skilled play" orientation, the dungeon should react to the players. Inhabitants notice the...

Oh, DMs can get attached to NPCs. Especially dead ones. Those are the best. Us Yellowbeards are never more dangerous than when we're...

Alchemical Monk would have been better...