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I used to think like that, but eventually came around to "hell with it - leave it as it lies". Why? Because IME they either destroy...

You might want to either add some sort of material cost to this or harshly limit how often it can be cast, otherwise your Rangers and...

Craft Minor Potion Start level: 3 Components: VSM CT: 10 minutes Type: Regular Range: 0 Area of effect: Special Save: n/a Pray...

That seems a bit too close to the 4e-5e tier system, and tiers don't play well with parties of mixed levels. Better if-where possible...

I start tweaking after 3rd level for most classes, as beyond that straight-up doubling can get too slow even for me. The other option...

As @Moving Pictures points out, spreadsheets (and .html) can be Your Friend. My spell lists and write-ups are all online such that...

I think my first question would be "Is there a reason to have any class that doesn't fall the same basic curve shape throughout its XP...

So, real talk. I have no freaking clue what "play at the world" means. At all. People use the phrase plenty. Nobody ever explains what...

The neutral and impartial piece is around how you run what's already been prepped (or written, if using a canned module). If the module...

The Necromancer Necromancers are the specialist M-U of the school of necromancy. They require a minimum of 14 Intelligence and 14...

Like it! We also invented a bunch of new spells for them, some based specifically on Magic cards: Drain Life is a 5th level spell that...

Maybe that was Gygax's own experience around learning cosines. :)

Yes to both, but I'm trying to talk RAW here (for once! :) ). He still uses spell points, I went to wild-card slots. That's just the...

Which is fine until you try to match the rules with the setting: Setting --- all the magic was made long ago. Rules --- magic items can...

4th level on that chart stands out as odd, as instead of double the start-of-level xp the MU needs almost triple to get through that...