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Hooboy.... here I am diving in late with a multiquote. Sorry for being a PITA, but hey, that's on-brand. Rightho. Where was I? Oh, yes. What I did to solve that was take the generic calculator in the back of the DMG (Table 31/32 in the TSR 2100 version) and put all those fomulas into a...

Oh. Hadn't prepped for that.

Maybe the grey matter is mis-remembering, but IIRC, Rob always allowed one to "shuffle" spell points from one memorized spell to another. I know I allowed that. I have it as a "re-memorize whatcha done used the day before." IIRC, you still use the "no need to memorize lower-level spells"...

After that comment, I'm inclined to believe you play the "I'm gonna unleash something that requires +1 weapons to hit on my first-level party" style. Dissuade me otherwise if you will. The very nature of good RPG gaming is that the GM gives the players tangible paths to possible success -...

I extended the range to 5m. I think that makes it a bit more useful in mass combat. Tweaked starting spells. One offensive, one defensive, one info/utility and then four "general" spells. Magic Missile is one of the generals.... The original "Counterspell."

I did the same thing. Each faith has its own spell lists. Although war clerics are pretty much identical. But I have a very limited number of deities (12 major, 12 demideities and then a .... not known number of minor deities. And since some of those 24 known deities are of the not-nice kind...

Well, I learned something today. Never heard of that before. Encounter balance is a function of GMing, not of rules. Specious argument. Like D&D ain't stacked with monsters? There's buckets of 'em. Again, this is a function of the GM. What happens when you starve a troll?

I've got no level limits, but .... clerics are limited in what spells they can cast based on the power of the deity.

Or a snake. Or a mushroom.

I remember playing a half-elf that slammed against the cleric level limit .... that was annoyingly low.

Which speaks to another thing that's always bothered me: the super-long lifespans of elves. I gave them the same lifespan, ultravision, better dex, worse strength. What I realize writing this? Doing that allows "Long-lived gorgeous pointy-eared beings of intelligence and grace" to be fey...

I've seen AI "hallucinations" in the course of my day job. I work in an industry where precision of information is vital. I've seen clients come in with AI generated arguments that are just fabrications. I've now seen the same doing gaming stuff that doesn't put lives at risk. If the AI can't...

I've got con checks for anyone in body points. Con+HP - so folks might fail at 3/4 body points.

So, because I'm not a total chud, and because I try to keep an open mind, I spent the last week trying to do something positive/constructive with an AI LLM, because some folks see vary pro AI.... and I am the opposite. I remain largely unchanged. While the LLM was able to create some meritous...

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