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Those abilities were all over the place though. Get hit by a Wight and lose a level ... permenantly and you can expect to start...

The other thing about old-school play, in generalized terms anyway, is that things are somewhat swingier. A supposedly tough challenge...

I play in a current 5e game, and a current 1e game. We are the same people. In the 1e game, our thought process is different and we...

I politely disagree. As from the cliché, "Necessity is the mother of invention," I do believe that OS play is inherently "more clever,"...

But many of us did not play elves and thus the Perception skill was being attentive to the GM's words. Time moved slower, there were...

I did. Looking at the poll results, however, shows x people as DMs and y people as players but doesn't tell us how many of those are...

Before the campaign starts you only have to vet the low level stuff - things the PCs can do and things they're likely to face. I'd...

Then I would consult the gods with a commune spell. Or ask a wizard to contact other plane to get the information. Or Legend Lore. Or...

In the game I play in there's one such character in our adventuring company, invulnerable and capable to the point where a few of us...

Perhaps to no surprise, I don't agree with the bolded piece either.

You don't seem to be understanding what @Lanefan is saying. He is not saying that a PC elf should have Vistani racial abilities. He's...

Why wouldn't it be, at least in theory? A particular PC may never be in a position to learn any given ability, but theoretically they...

No. Quite the opposite, in fact. Drow, not being a PC-playable option, might very well have inherent abilities that non-Drow don't...

Precedent is vitally important for internal consistency, which in turn is beyond essential for a coherent setting. All of these are...

The blurry ruling stops more than just initiative issues. If the invisible person is blurry, I cannot tell if he is armed or not, or...