Recent content by Talinfein

I know what you mean. And I have to admit psionics would be a whole other thing. This is a passion project for me and an opportunity to exercise my creativity, see how far I get. So far, so good. As much as this thread is about what 2E does better, there is the flipside of that, too. It's not...

After reading through all of these wonderful replies that make we want to play D&D right now, I tried to summarize them a bit. The two most important items were campaign settings/lore (amount, depth, quality) and tone/power level (no superhero characters, lethality, overall simulation of the...

Some very good points here that mirror a lot of what we see as well. We often find ourselves going back and forth between 5E and 2E in terms of which edition does what better. I think the overall gist is that 5E is a cleaner, more logical system at its core, but 2E, despite its idiosyncracies...

My gaming group has been switching back and forth between 2E and 5E over the last few years and we really like both. However, we also find that both systems have parts that irritate us. Obviously, many discussions about the benefits and drawbacks of both systems followed. So, I thought I'd see...

Definitely positive. It's not going to be easy doing all they want to do, but the goal is worthwhile. I think the next edition will be significantly simpler at its core, and that may very well be a good thing. I personally like the complexity of 4E, but not everybody does. In the end, good...

While I am not using the Shadovar as the main bad guys, I am running a FR campaign along similar lines. One of my players pitched the idea that Mystra isn´t dead and is sending visions to him. I expanded the idea that she is orchestrating events around the characters while at the same time...