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In one campaign I ran, a thousand years before , Dragons were a much greater threat and so there were lots of underground fortresses and...

Earthdawn had the best reasons for almost all the old D&D tropes. I really love that setting, even if the game system is the 90sest...

Earthdawn has one of the best reason for dungeons. People built them to hide in during an incursion of astral creatures that lasted...

They are supposed to be potentially dangerous, but go down easy.

Ifi gowith 1hp minions, how should I calculate their level for encounter building? (NOTE: I use the A5E MM table.)

I've played about 75 sessions of 5E with characters in Tier 3 and Tier 4. DMs complain about how high CR monsters don't hit hard enough...

I never used it as a DM, but I have as a player. Low-level area of effect spells (like burning hands) become very efficient, and so do...

We'll get an announcement for the announcement.

The reason in the podcast was organic discussion, IIRC: contrasting where D&D was before 5E launched with mature 5E.

Mob rules!

Yeah, I used it when the PCs were defending the town from a Hill Giant and his "army." Hill giant and a few lieutenants had regular HP...

As I mentioned in the OP, this is not a concern because I am using Fantasy Grounds. Is it? I mean, usually, yes, but more importantly...

These feel like 2 very weird years to compare.

I think DH PCs are meant to succeed a lot (and I prefer it this way) because "with fear" is still a drama inducing factor regardless of...

Yeah, I was trying to avoid any convoluted rules but wanted to avoid 1 HP wonkiness. As to "cleave" I think my main fighter PC relies...