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Was Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil any better?

I’ve never included any sort of callouts for sex and gender for my games when I advertise; I just try to be as inclusive as possible within my friend group. My NPCs will flirt, but I don’t and don’t think I would include any deeper analysis or sexual undertones because I wouldn’t want to make...

How would/do you make 5e feel like 2e?

I don’t know if you’ve seen Fateforge, but they actually do something like genre rules in one of their books where they tell you which of their variant rules to use together for different vibes.

The art book is really great - I was perusing through it again tonight. I may not love every single piece of art, but I really enjoy the diversity of styles, pieces, and half page spreads, far more than any art in 5e 2014 or 2024.

I do wonder what all I can port from previous editions into 5e - monster abilities, rules, etc. I think the internet commenters would rebel, but I feel it’s not entirely unlikely that people are already doing such things and just don’t post/debate about them online.

I love the covers too, but there was some sort of snafu when I first ordered the special covers of TotV where they could only give me standard editions, so now I'm forced to only buy standard editions of the books since they wouldn't match 😔

I’ve been acquiring 3e’s fluff for future use in 5e. There’s a supplement called Spells of Antiquity on DMsGuild that converts a lot of 3e spells to 5e standards.

Oh, I thought you were trying to attach it to PF/3e

How's your work on spell points coming along?

I actually just started looking into various editions of SR over the weekend for the first time. I've played the Harebrained Schemes video games (amazing) but never the ttrpg!

As someone who’s only read and run Mongoose Traveller 2e, what makes it lesser in comparison? Just too verbose? I’ve heard several people lately preferring Classic Traveller.

Ooh, Trade Secrets could be cool. I’m guessing that the characters I keep seeing in KP products are your iconics, right? Do they have names? I hope to see a KP version of Unearthed Arcana someday!

I maintain that while the 5e magic items are streamlined, they ended up fairly lame as a result. Can’t have any lingering impact on the characters!

Did you use it to learn to draw?