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Dolmenwood characters are designed for the setting. The spells are as well. I wouldn't sell your OSE books, unless you are going to run...

It is even better to keep a separate tally of HP totals by class and then average them. If you have con 17, when you go up a fighter...

I'll complain. It's one thing when a talented chaacter actor ages but still has their chops. It's another thing when an action star...

That's what I thought about the Shadowdark general thread! Then I figured out the owner...not really even the 'owner' but just the...

I think that, as is the case with many rules seen in "early" D&D, level limits can make (at least some) sense in the context of the idea...

Yeah, part of the problem with level limits is that in practice most games never get to them or go much above them. While Gary...

In the DMG, I feel like there's so much that could be done with the Reputed Magical Properties of Gems and Appendix J: Herbs, Spices...

Even in a game as tightly edited as 1e, a few contradictions are bound to slip by...

This. Not sure why people didn't just read the rules I quoted. It's right in that text. The original death at -10 rule is the one in...

DDI, the 4e version, was purely subscription-based. You couldn't buy anything. When it shut down, you could not subscribe anymore and...

No, sadly. Mecha-Hitler publicly challenges his rivals to fights, but then he keeps making excuses to get out of it.

I think the main question is… squished, and then what? 2d6 damage isn’t likely to kill most characters

For a successful roll, I’d allow the target to choose… ride the pillar up or step to the side just in time. Or randomly roll to see...

The pillar shoots the person up into the air. They have to roll to avoid falling off. A success means they’re atop the pillar. If the...

It's in the 1e DMG. If you are reduced exactly to 0 HP, you do not die, but are unconscious and lose 1 HP per round until you reach -10...