Micah Sweet's latest activity

I guess they didn't have another good place to put that tidbit. Honestly, all the GM sections there could be spelled out more, with...

I miss morale, and the reaction roll.

But more optimal builds than previously, which is...more builds, and therefore, more diversity. If someone wants to optimize you're not...

This can be solved with more options, allowing for different interesting variations on the same basic kind of character. See Level Up's...

Both Moldvay and Mentzer have rules for monsters' reactions. There is no stipulation of monsters always attacking, except in specific...

They predate the kinds of uses for Charisma you were suggesting. That seems relevant to me.

I don't think anyone plays dwarfs. They're so 1998.

Are "halfling rogues, elf wizards, dwarf clerics" and the like even types any more? I run AL games and at least for people who have come...

I'm not sure there is a type to play against if that type has no mechanical back up. It's still a game that supposed to represent things...

In that case the OP should characterize the discussion as "what are some uncommon/lesser known ways of doing x". In short, explicitly...

It's wild to me that someone can say with a straight face that there's nothing to do in KotB except go to the caves and murder everyone...

To players that only try to do one thing, you are correct. But I think you are missing the point. If a group showed up, they could spend...

I don't think there's necessarily "scenes" at all. In some, maybe there are. There might be a defined start point and a defined...

Then what's the point of bringing up the linear/railroad talk?

After reading so many good things about it, I finally gave Shadowdark a try a few months ago. Our regular (mostly every other week) 5e...