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Away from books, but basically, if you fail an attack roll or saving throw (I think it's just those two), you can earn 1 luck (max 1/turn). You can add luck on a 1 for 1 basis to attacks or saving throws after the die is rolled but before the results are known or you can spend 3 luck to just...

And it's not a problem for everyone. I completely acknowledge this. When 3.e was in playtesting, they took a lot of steps to make playing casters less of a chore, and saw no problems, because everyone was using their magic to blast or heal. Then people started playing the game and realized...

In my experience, it comes down to two things: 1- "Martial" classes (ie, ones that are intended to solve problems with more mundane means, like Attack Actions and skill checks) can encounter situations where neither of these is sufficient to the task. Look, I know that someone is going to tear...

Lol, you reminded me of a 3.5 meme:

ChatGPT? EDIT: I should have said Gleemax, lol.

Ok, so, in conclusion- 1) Magic as it exists cannot be balanced against anything that isn't magic. 2) Not enough people want to reign in the power of magic, "because it wouldn't be magic". 3) Many people want to play characters who do not use magic (this includes doing anything that they...

Like say, 3.5's Skill Tricks from Complete Scoundrel?

I remember the WotC forums (remember when those were a thing?) had a stickied thread about the "Rules of Hidden Club" just to explain to people what was going on with the new Stealth rules. What I really hated was when my players would take a utility power designed for the older Stealth rules...

Does anyone remember the 3.5 "split casters", who would use one ability score to determine how many spells they can prepare, and a separate ability score to calculate save DC's? Fantasy Craft had something similar to that going on, though I'm currently fuzzy about how it worked, I just know...

Thing is though, when the black books came out, there was a lot of consternation that it might be a new edition- the loudest voices among the playerbase didn't want that, and if you check, there's a section early on in the PHB saying "relax, this isn't 3rd edition!". And then when the Option...

.Is a +2 to initiative really so big a deal that it should be gated?

Hackers being Wizards is a long-established (and terrible) trope that the entertainment industry seems really loath to let go. Sometimes you need a deus ex machina, and since apparently the average consumer has no idea how computers really work, it's one many people will accept, especially with...

I was thinking of 2e Bards, actually. But also, Half-Elves can't Dual-Class in 1e, making it actually impossible for them to become Bards. For more information about this, Summon Anti-Bard!

I've long wanted to ditch the mental ability scores as we know them, definitely Intelligence and Wisdom, because there are so many parts of the system that ask the player to use their own brains to make decisions. Even if you balk at the idea, demanding that players should roleplay how...

You're not wrong, but we were all younger and stupider back then. Some people I played with back then really got the wrong idea from the rulebooks- they assumed it was the DM's job to screw over the players, so any time you could get one over on the DM was a "win". I can forgive them for being...

I did this in one of my early outings as DM- curse Gary Gygax for constantly using words in flavor text that I'd only ever read, not heard out loud!

Years ago, I placed a Deck of Many Things in my campaign. - Boy I wish I could stop there, but it gets worse. I cut out the Deck of Many Things cards from an old Dragon issue. When the time came, I pulled out all the stops- I lowered the lights, lit candles, I pretended to be a...

RE: Fleeing in combat. This is really table-dependent. Even though 5e has chase rules, there's no clear line of demarcation between "you are in combat" and "you are now in a chase". Often, enemies are as fast (or faster) than player characters, and might have ranged attacks. They usually...

Oops, I didn't mean Glabrezu, I meant a Bone Devil, which has a much closer offensive capability (lower to hit, one more attack, potentially higher damage with the poison). Don't ask why I typed the wrong name, other than oldmanitis, I was looking at the Devil's stat block. But there is a...