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I have a couple ideas/bits of advice. Agreed that the gas spore is unsuitable. You can make it a mechanical trap that has a higher DC to disarm. One of those "better mousetrap" sort of complicated mechanisms. It's best for dramatic purposes to put the boss fight at the end. I'd nix 6. In...

Oddly, I was just leafing through my ancient copy of Gygax's AD&D OA and was musing on it. Ought to be worth a giggle. There are PDFs of the book on the webz.

In case anyone's interested, I posted a thread about a Cavalier archetype. It's not a class, but I didn't think it deserved a new class, because I couldn't come up with three archetypes within a proposed class.

The "What classes would you like to see?" thread inspired me. My favorite class ever was the Cavalier from 1e Unearthed Arcana. I scoured the Interwebs for 5E Cavalier thoughts, and have taken it upon myself to create a Cavalier as a Fighter archetype. Attached is my poor attempt, cobbled...

This is something which has struck me. [NB: I've skipped three or four pages of thread between a post which also brought up HP-as-abstract, so if this has been addressed, forgive me.] It appears that the butt-hurt over a Warlord's healing is tied up with it being non-magical. I think that...

The universe in which you and I live. I saw it happen. I was there. Of course, that's just my analysis of what happened. Yes, precisely! I apologize for throwing it all to one side.

Yeah, this. Frankly, the only thing I miss is the 1E AD&D UA Cavalier. I loved loved LOOOOOVED playing those. I'd play one in a second in 5e. I haven't looked, but I'm sure there's a way to spec out a 5e Fighter with feats to accomplish that. You could fill a book with what I don't know about...

This is a good rule of thumb which should always be at the front of your mind: If you're going to give the PCs something, make sure the story comes first. This above all. Even with random treasure. Never just give someone a +1 dagger. Make it a dagger fashioned by elves long vanished into the...

I love it. As Roger notes, Acolyte could be tweaked for this. But this is really, really good.

This. I still have a shelf full of 1E and OSR materials. With no intention of starting yet another tiresome edition war, and with the best will in the world, if you want the flavor of 1E, play that. I am full of love for both OSR/1E and 5E. Trying to make one into the other is pointless, in my...

That's where I am with the monk I optimized. It's becoming unfun for me. Though I have yet to ascertain if the other players are feeling any negative vibes from the PC or my playstyle, it's becoming unfun for me. So I think I'll kill him off or something. Blaze of glory, trying to stun a dragon...

Cripes, I can't decide. I don't DM anymore, thank goodness, but I'd probably go A. I don't have time to world-build and tweak and modify and and and. Having it all in One Big Book is a boon for the time-strapped DM. At the same time, those can be really railroady. There's not a lot of scope...

That's what's behind my reaction to "optimizing," as I pointed out up-thread. The grognard editions, being truly class-based games instead of skills-and-powers games, made chargen very simple and fast. That's why I have a significant problem with optimization in 5E: It's back to a class-based...

Now I feel bad because we're in the middle of a munchkin vs actor fight, which I never intended. (Maybe it was merely in abeyance before I caused it to reflare. I don't know. Nevertheless.) We all have our preferences. There is room in the game - if not at our respective tables - for all kinds...

I agree. I encountered mix/max players when my 1E books were still crackly and new. But when under the RAW one could actually "build" characters - abilities, skills, feats, all of that - people really started to crunch and grind to get the exact character they wanted. That, not entirely...

I probably don't. I could probably manage my playstyle to better suit what I think is the table. First I need to talk to the table and assess expectations. This is 100% true. Thank you for pointing it out!

I know. I was there. Now get off my lawn! :p I saw it start with 2E, when skills were introduced. I couldn't agree more. Thanks! Bob

I plan to bring it up to the group next session. We'll see what they say. I will, and I thank you for the advice. It's good to avoid acting precipitously. I don't think it does, not inherently. I mean, everyone wants to max their prime stat. What "munchkin" means is a moving target...

I have accidentally become the powergamer at my current table, and I feel like a twerp for it. I'm the only one who multi-classed or took feats. My Shadow Monk Assassin is walking all over the combat. Yeah, it's kind of cool to be able to "bamf" in and out of combat and deal ridiculous amounts...

This discussion has brought me out of lurking. ;-) I think this is an appropriate time to reiterate this statement from Page 1 of this thread: Xeviat said the same thing in a different way: I agree wholeheartedly. Ranger has been a core class, designed in a certain way, for so long that...