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And i would argue, Fighter wasn't everyman since 2ed days. If any class from 2ed would be everyman, it would be Thief. Low hd, light armor only, 2 weapon proficiency from very limited list of allowed weapons, couple non weapon proficiency and thief skills with laughable percentages.

So, essentially, Everyman isn't really everyman regular Joe Shmoe. He/she is favored of lady luck with high chances of having "epic destiny" mixed into it and their main ability is plot armor. Characters like that work in fiction. In the game, not so much. For me, everyman is basic mortal in...

Merry and Pipin are at most muliclass of level 2 expert and level 2-3 warrior ( 5e sidekick classes), but not more than level 5 all combined. Sam and Frodo, experts level 4-5. D&d isn't really good game for everyman cause it doesn't have solid system for horizontal growth. You cannot get a...

Characters like that are best represented with sidekicks from 2014 rules. In fiction, to take LoTR as an example, all hobbits are sidekicks for most of the story, they get by mostly by luck, some wit, and abilities of those around them that are far more competent than they are. Sidekick...

If pregen part is mechanics only, i have no problem with it, if ican still give it name, chose gender, physical description, personality. Mechanics are just bare bones, everything else is flesh added to those bones and those are up to player. I wouldn't play pregen if i can't add personal touch...

Everyman are pc-s until they get subclass. Lv 1-2 are rookies, not seasoned adventurers. Also, sidekick classes are option and they work pretty good in actual gameplay.

When it comes to skills, it all depends how broad or narrow one want's to go. D&D 5e, imho, works best when skills are broad areas, since you have limited number of them and you get all of them at character creation for the most part. As far as i know, there isn't really method to acquire skill...

Same latin root word, ingenium. Or Ars ingeniaria -Art of engineering. Machinamentum would be another latin word for engineering, more precisely for mechanical engineering, military engineering and machine/contraption building, with machinator (or modern english version machinist) being word...

I design/modify 3d models of minis and print them in batches with different themes ( wild west, ww1/ww2, astronauts, dinos etc), then we (my older one and me) play with them in sand (i built sandbox for kids at our vacation home in the country). Most of the free time i have, i try to spend...

It entered middle english circa 1300s. It's english version of old french engigneor which is french version of latin ingeniator. Ingeniator was used way back in Roman Empire. Roman army had their own Corps of engineers, specialized units of engineers or ingeniatores responsible for construction...

First thing i house ruled - players just put their prof bonus on the sheet next to skills they are proficient with (don't add ability mod) Second- dropped some skills. Acrobatics is gone. Athletics covers all the cases. Deception and Intimidation are also gone, it's all covered by Persuasion...

Google meets. Sure, free version has 1 hour limit. But that's good point as any to take quick brake. It's also less demanding on hardware resources than zoom, which can impact performance on older computers and people with slower connections. If you need more uninterrupted time, only host needs...

Yea, my company has promo planners with built in usb drives (16 gb, piece of plastic that is nice, thin, small one) that can slide in or out of front cover, plus aluminium ones for key chain with company name and logo engraved that are about 7cm long.

Those look cool. Better quality and more durable than cardboard, that's for sure. USB drive is just spitball idea. One other idea we used back in the day instead of dry erase mats. Laminated paper with printed grid pattern. It's pretty inexpensive, in most copy stores, A4 is around 1-1.5 euros...

Well, you might be right, 50*50 is unconventional format, 42*30 is equivalent of two A4 pages side by side. It would be better format for dry erase grid mat, since sheets are mostly A4 format so whole box could be bit larger than that. Location maps in digital format and scaled for A4 print, so...

My ideal box set, using d&d as an example. Cardboard minis - 2(f&m version) per class with 5-6 plastic holders, 50*50cm dry erase grid mat, few cardboard tokens, set of dice, dm screen with printed cheat sheet inside, player cheat ( turn order, conditions, actions). Pre made characters (lets...

Can you elaborate what you mean? Maybe it's my misconception that VTT is mostly used for online play. When i say face to face, i mean in person, sitting in the same room.

It's worth it if i like it. It's in the same "wants" category ( as opposed to "needs") as bunch of other things i buy cause i like it and want to have have, no matter how much will i actually use it. Good things with physical books is that i can resell them if i make impulse purchase based on...

Sure, if you like it, online play can help by reducing travel times. Personally, if i had ti choose between only online play or no play, i'm not playing. But you reminded me on another point that could be solid help to hobby. Better advertising as a fun way to spend time with friends and good...

When it comes to products themselves, i don't think hobby needs more of them. There is abundance of systems and with digital distribution, they are easier than ever to buy. Marketing of said products, that one is iffy. Sure, if one wants to find something, one will find it, but that usually...