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Bell shaped curves (2d10, 3d6...) are good for non opposed rolls, where one side is variable (your skill/proficiency/ability to achieve the result) and the other (dificulty) is fixed. Since the variable side has a low variance/dispersion (when you're good at something that only depends on you...

I like roll 3d20 drop hi/lo. Sucess and any dice is 20 = critical success. Failure and any dice is 1 = critical failure. Can also have 3 critical degrees by the number of 1's or 20's on die.

Players in my group were certain that I wouldn't kill their characters until I asked them to bring a backup character 1 level below the current one, ready to be played in case the main character died. They started to think twice before jumping in every challenge in their way.

Most innovative edition: 4e

Not explicitly while they are in UA, but when they become oficial it doesn't change. I mean, they include a text, but the abilities are not linked between them. It seems just a bunch of mechanics not glued with a layer of lore explaining how the character developed these abilities in a way that...

At this point I just don't expect much of WotC. All this subclasses seem just a bunch of abilities with few or no context. I do prefer prestige classes because they seem more organic but subclasses are an 'ok' mechanic. The problem is that since some years ago they are no more tied around a...

Made me remember Dex mods in Ad&d 2e where 7-14 Dex had no modifier difference, so players tried to keep it 7 unless they needed a bonus or were concerned about Dex skills.

At some point they decided to release this 2024 version instead of a new edition, so maybe it would be interesting to compare the current increase in sales with the potential increase in sales of a new edition. Since it would be an estimate, the increase in sales when 5e2014 came out would be a...

So if I want to do meaningful things without being overshadowed I can't roleplay a martial, I have to choose a caster? Nice game design.

Maybe if the game wasn't so broken in high levels, there would be more people playing it. Previous edition have 30 levels and I had less problems DMing high levels back there than now. My players also enjoyed more. Epic levels were a different game, you could do a lot, but the goals and...

No it is not. It was errata'ed because it was somewhat wrong and should not be solved by the DM. DM has a lot to think during the game, if something should be resolved by the DM then it should just not be written in the book in a way that causes this kind of problem.

As I remember, it was fixed just once or twice, but anyway, it is better (imo) than the current 5e version, which by the way should've learned from previous mistakes (but didn't!).

Why not use/adapt the 4e stealth rules? Don't remember having a problem with them.

D&D roughly supports the combat-centered playstyle. There are only nuances through editions, like 4e being more strategic, but nothing big.

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3e). 23+ years in use.