Recent content by Li Shenron

I think you said plenty of reasonable things already in your original post. I don't think it's possible to design a skill system that is all-encompassing, realistic, satisfying from a gamist point of you, and self-managed all at the same time. So I always need to manage it myself as the DM to...

The "quick build" and starting equipment suggestions under each class in the PHB.

No, it just happens because of statistics.

I am quite content. The large majority of the material I bought over the years still has to be used after all...

Even though the name is different, the Ninja has been in 5e since the start as the Monk subclass. It would make sense to make a full Ninja class for a fantasy setting where the character concept is more prominent, and widespread enough for it to require further significant differentiation...

Not a mechanic as such, but rather a couple of "house rules" that are beyond the system: - PC death is always negotiable between player and DM (e.g. traded for a penalty or another condition/outcome) - PvP is not allowed by default, unless everyone at the table agrees

IMXP combat is "sticky" enough due to OA, and house rule 1. would have minimal effect in my games because everyone already takes Disengage to move away without provoking OA. House rule 2 makes being in melee even worse, it might encourage more allies to join melee to negate the condition but it...

With the original 5e 2014 rules as a basis, very little. I have near-zero problems running the game with 5e core rules, thanks to the "rule 0" concept which allows me to keep in check the things that could be practical problems such as spamming retries and Guidance. But since this is a thought...

I am quite the same and >90% of the times I just played with people I already knew, because even if decide they don't like it, they blame the game and not the friend who played with them.

Nice design!

Yeah I see that, but still I think the original idea of CR is to indicate the risk of sudden death (which is an individual matter, not a group matter) plus the possibility of blockers such as immunities that can make a PC ineffective to fight the monster. Party size is taken into account by the...

I don't remember if there's been any change in 5.5e on death saves, but I think the question applies to both 5e and 5.5e DMs. Are you using any house rules on PC deaths (mainly on dying by loss of HP) and what is your reason for them? If you have also tried other house rules previously, feel...

It's a good point. I think very low levels are already a bit too complex in 5e, but at the same time risky and short on resources. The PCs have low HP and few spell slots and daily uses of abilities. But spellcasters have cantrips* and Wizards, Druids and Clerics have a lot of known spells to...

Nice summary, all reasons for me not making the switch. But I have to say that I looked into the 5.5 DMG and it is admittedly a better book overall. The 5.0 DMG got it wrong IMO to present a "top-down" view of DMing which move from world-building -> campaigns -> adventures -> running the game...

I voted "sometimes" but I should have read the post first... I don't really run campaigns but adventures only. If the same players ask for another adventure with the same PCs, I haven't planned for it.