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Gary really seemed to like making character creation a gamble with "bonus rounds" for more prizes. Roll stats. Roll hit points. Roll...

Ill say that this doesnt reflect my current play experience, fighters (even without 18 str) routinely outshine clerics in combat...

There is more. In 1e, recovering spells takes a long time. At high levels, you can't unload all your spells and recover them next day...

Are they on the shelf at my FLGS for me to flip through before I decide to buy or not? If no, not interested.

In 3.x the key factor was removal of interruption. There was still a pretty big difference in to-hit and damage between Fighters and...

My final thoughts are that there were two fundamental changes that created the linear fighter quadratic wizard problem (at least for 5e...

We've softened it such that on reaching the required xp for a new level you can keep gaining xp while adventuring as "untrained" in your...

The DMG also notes below the magic item table that the DM should feel free to alter or adjust magic items to not destroy the balance of...

And IMO there's no reason a PC under similar circumstances couldn't learn those techniques.

You know what I’ve noticed? Everyone here, and I mean absolutely naughty word everyone, seems to be a master DM or super experienced player...

How can I not be one of the blood when I'm one of the blood? As for the Rogue-Assassin, the PC shouldn't get abilities the NPCs...

A lot of people seem to think the rules of the game should only apply to adventurers or in direct relation to their activities. Honestly...

As does D&D. I mean, in any edition a MU can put on plate mail if she wants to; she just can't cast spells in it.

Not all injuries have to be life-threatening in order to count as injuries, though. I mean, were I to badly mash my fingers in the car...

Isn't this effectively the origin of hit points? Both the concept and the terminology? It's part of the evolution of D&D from its...