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Agreed. What about wands that don't always directly replicate spells, e.g. Wand of Wonder? (I don't at all buy in to the 3e idea that...

Maybe, but in that case I would expect the mechanic to be "Invent a new signature spell of the appropriate level" and not "Discover the...

That's similar to what we all did in 1E but we standardized on 1XP/level/day. Then come modifers for things like traveling, visiting new...

That's how I do it too, and the person receiving this spell doesn't have to roll to learn it as it's assumed to be built in to the...

Everybody kind of has a limit as to how good they can get at any given profession - the old (and quite true) saying that people rise to...

There's two in-setting reasons why lots of magic weapons and armour might be made: --- adventurers and-or nobility pay MUs or...

No PC is doing it, and yet somebody has to be doing it because otherwise where do all the magic items come from and how (and from whom)...

It's difficult to assign alignments to entire societies or political systems other than in terms of vague generalities or trends, as...

If I declare "I'm striking to subdue" with nothing more, that's probably CaS but might be CaW. If I say in character "I will put you...

Players should keep track of their own initiatives. Using a smaller die than d20 helps too, having to count down through 20+ pips each...

Yeah, there's some oddities there - but they're easliy fixed. :) More consistent, though also more work, is to use the xp calculation...

I didn't notice that, but it's IMO a problem with RAW 1e. MUs should advance slower than Fighters all the way along, except mayyyyybe...

Well, we could argue as to just how (dis)functional 3e skills are/were. Feats were a nightmare. 3e had some good ideas here and there...

I always wonder: what's wrong with tied initiatives and simultaneous actions? Also, these systems seem to assume static initiative...

I'm not suggesting that stay-at-homes are what the players play as their PCs. Adventuring is the fast-track (and risky!) way of gaining...