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Having played both, most powers were practically the same as spells with the exception of power checks (in a lot of cases replacing saving throws) and PSPs (in place of spell slots), and psionic combat (being a side system for attack/defense with entirely different rules). To say that the base...

I don't think the current version is even near perfect, but I think it's a good start - 1E psionic and 2E psionicist characters were practically spellcasters in all but name, just with a different resource management in manifesting/activating, relying on PSPs instead of Spell Slots, and the...

Oh god, now I can't stop visualizing this for Verminaard (Dragon Hailord) - his schemes for Ansalon are doomed...

Almost all joking aside, I think the Battle Master subclass does a semi-decent job of emulating a certain type of Warlord (and if using the 2014 optional Marking rule, would represent the Hailord above well), but just off the top of my head, an actual 2024 Warlord base class could utilize the...

I'd much rather see a "Hai"lord, laying down 4E Marks left and right:

Apparently, classic studio interference altered both films, not just the 2nd - originally, there was only one missile in the first film, with that almost hit the fault point where an unaware Lois Lane was coincidentally enjoying lunch at a taco stand. The Salkinds were losing their minds about...

My guess is that "Mages of High Sorcery" is WotC's attempt at a solve for the ongoing conundrum of "How do we fit sorcerers (and by extension, warlocks) into the 'canon' of Dragonlance?" question that's been haunting the game since 3E - in 3E, the designers tried to shoehorn wildly different...

A lot of SAGA system fans would disagree. It's an innovative, flexible narrative RPG system that could have used more playtesting, but overall it's a real shame that it didn't last longer - it was great for both fantasy roleplaying and for the Marvel Superhero game - the biggest issue was it was...

1E and 2E required the test of wizards once a magic-user/mage reached 3rd experience level; 3.5E required it once a character reached the ability to cast 3rd level spells. Since Raistlin had been the youngest ever to take the Test, at that time, and Par-Salian pretty much rushed him into it due...

Double Specialization was from 1E's Unearthed Arcana, revived and renamed as Mastery in 2E's Combat & Tactics...

Disappointed someone else beat me to sharing this - any defense that they had no intention of trademark and IP infringement just went out the window. It's like LaNasa is intentionally poking the bear to try to martyr himself with hopes of weaponizing a certain customer demographic against WotC...

Anyone else getting mild FYRE Festival vibes from the TSR Con situation, and doesn't that name seem a little too on the nose,?

DMsGuild/D&D Classics just released the "Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game" rule set, the 1994 revision of the black box. The file is currently missing the map and two of the tokens, but they've already noted it the description and have requested an updated file (however long that takes)...

"Hated with the heat of nine suns"? That's more hyperbolic than the warmly received claim. Yes, a few of the complaints about the Stranger Things themed set are the same complaints about the 2014 Starter Set - the bare rules and limited fiddly bits, which were by design to keep the cost of the...

Jeremy Crawford is the Keynote/Storytime speaker for PAX Unplugged at the end of the month - hopefully we'll hear something then. Last year, Chris Cocks made a bunch of general announcements for Magic, other WotC games, and an Ixalan D&D adventure, so it's possible Crawford has announcements...