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In my experience, it's not uncommon for skill-based games to still have some class-based elements. This often comes in the form of...

The problem is the combination of per-attack fumble chance and representing the increased lethality at higher levels through multiple...

There's nothing preventing a web page from being hosted locally, though I'll admit it's not a common thing these days. But the thing is...

If you're going to make a book for electronic reading, PDF is a bad choice. A webpage/website is much better. A well-made website adapts...

And my point is that if this was a mechanic spread throughout the spells (and potentially non-spells) of 5e, along with specific...

I mean, sure. If your GM isn't going to play along with the RAW and RAI (and this is explicitly stated in the 13A rules, see below), the...

Technically, I don't believe 13A has fully open hit points. What is supposed to happen is something like: "Can I cast hold monster on...

I think it's possible that a lot of these issues are addressed by putting hp thresholds on spells...matches a lot of narratives as well...

The Revised set did increase the area covered by a factor of roughly 8: the paper map was approximately doubled in each direction with...

I think that if you're going to three saves, you should adopt the save stats from 4e: Fortitude uses the best of Strength and...

FYI, removing martial arts as a separate skill and folding all unarmed combat (including smallish/simple weapons like knives and clubs)...

Probably, yes. The Troubleshooters seems to be doing fine with its split between Skills and Abilities. I think the thing you need to...

I prefer a mix, where you both have skills for broad areas of gradual competency and something like feats/edges/perks/advantages for...

In games that have both skills and some version of advantages/perks/edges, both combat, magic, and "other" often use a mix of the two...