Recent content by Remathilis

I mean, I don't actually have skin in this fight except for theoretical. If someone came to me and asked to play a Frodo like character, I'd tell them to pick a sidekick class and warn them they are not going to be as good as a full PC class, even the weakest one. Alternatively, I'd tell them to...

While I generally agree with this sentiment, I think it's good to break it down into two elements which are getting conflates. 1. Is there a desire fit players to play an adventuring non-adventurer type? 2. How does one do that in a way that is fun and not a dead weight? I will argue there is...

2e had NPC classes in Sages and Specialists. They were like 3e's NPC classes in that they were weaker than PC classes and never got much better. And the only reason TSR era Fighters and Thieves felt weak was there was no attempt to balance them against magic classes*. The price that was paid...

We played D&D/AD&D for a good while before we tried other games. The only one that was successful at that time was WEG Star Wars.

I would argue no edition does then. Not Basic, not Advanced, not WotC editions.

Sorry, not following. Let's take a normal human. She is born, spends her childhood learning rudimentary skills, and then gets a formal apprenticeship as an artisan, an entertainer or a scribe. She also needs to learn magic to become a wizard. Assuming some successful multitasking, she is...

Which, if true, eliminates the need for backgrounds. Your background IS wizard.

I don't wager there are that many other carnivals in Ravenloft that it needs to distinguish itself from them.

I have magic which also didn't exist at any period in human history. "When consistency gets in the way of samurai gunslingers riding on dinosaurs, it's time for consistency to take a day off." - Barsoomcore

Granted, but I was more commenting that it won't be in Forge of the Artificer if we're looking to that for guidance.

FYI: vehicle proficiency is no longer a thing in 2024.

Heckna just did a colab with Heroforge to add some new parts to it. I'd say it's possible, unless WotC thinks its too close to Witchlight.

Meh. I'd rather multiclassing be removed and more customization via feats and subclasses used to multiclass.

Let me ask you this question: how do you handle multi-classing? Susie the sorcerer decides to take a level in bard. Where did she learn all the bard abilities from? What if she takes a level in paladin or warlock next? Unless the character was developed her sorcerous talent, then became a...

Bear in mind that the difference between prescriptive and descriptive if it is diegetic in the fiction. Bob would call himself a knight, a soldier, a bandit, or a marshal, but at no point would he call himself a "fighter", while Sir Charles would absolutely use the term "paladin" to describe his...