Steady Vane's latest activity

My first thought is that this is an extraordinarily bad idea. "But the AI focus groups loved it!" - Someone's attempted defense right...

I want to follow up with an example, to make the point. Where I work, there's a top-down drive for AI tools. No mandate, but company...

And so continue to do so I shall.

So, 4e-style "damage on a miss" all over again, only this time with optional extras? No thanks. A miss is a miss, get on with the game.

Thanks! I started using it in my games last summer, and it stuck on well enough that I've been using it since. I've included the full...

No death saves, characters die when they hit 0 HP. Maybe not a popular house rule per se, but it's how we've been running the latest...

The house rule is every time you go down, one death save sticks until a long rest. Go down three times, you're dead. Healing that...

I've been advocating for 2E types saves since 3E. Paladins, Monks, Fighters I would play lvl 1-20. 4 vs 8 5.0 cf 5.5.

I will point out that initial sales are all reflections on the past edition and how it left the state of the game. 4e was a failure, so...

I'm mostly a 5.0 guy myself, but honestly, have this conversation with your players. Ask them what the ruleset pain points were in the...

Yeah, hard disagree on everything there, because all the things you seem to have considered bugs in the 2014 version are to me either...

I'm still using the 5.0 rules because I'm still running the same campaign I started in 2023 and I'm not switching rules mid-campaign...

5.5 is a series of marginal or obvious improvements alongside numerous arbitrary changes for change's sake with no clear guiding design...

I think the main questions are: Does your group want more crunch/mechanical complexity? Are you okay with combat being a little slower...

5.24 slows down combat and complicates with lots of little conditions to track. Character sheets get much more busy, and I have two...