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Plus a full and complete section (or whole book?) on worldbuilding from scratch.

The balance for D&D about how much an implied setting it has versus how easy it is to use as "generic" fantasy has always been a bit...

Having run that sort of system for 25 years and played in it for over 40, I can tell you it's good to great at low levels and flat-out...

Indeed. However, IMO it's the designers' job to do exactly that for 6e, as 5e has - despite the best attempts of many a DM - simply...

Agreed, as long as they produce to-6e conversion guides for each prior edition.

Yes, in that it halves the potential granularity. Better to find a way to make odd numbered stats mean something - roll-under in 2e was...

I'd say it's more a catch-all term intended to include undead, constructs, and the like which aren't "killed" on losing their one hit...

Given that the purpose of game terminology is in large part to describe the in-world reality in ways that make sense to us, such an...

Hey, we're just trying to make things better for the rest of you unwashed masses. :)

It does, however, magically become a much more popular game if it's called Dungeons and Dragons, which immediately expands the potential...

Which means we disagree, as I think it could work as the basis* on which 6e is built. * - or a basis; I'd be quite happy with 6e...

I like a lot of this, but getting rid of the attack roll is a non starter for me. Not a big fan of Luck and Doom points either, but that...

In the session just finished an hour ago, the party got back to a town we haven't visited in several in-game months; those in-game...

You do know that @Lanefan has been running a successful game using his principles of play? For years? Many years? You act like his way...

Pretty common in 1e at least. Just go skim through those modules. Magic items were everywhere. By design, because they were used as a...