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More that always jumped out at me. Cyan Bloodbane always stood out as the epitome of evil!

I loved all the stuff Flint did in all those Drizzt books!

I was the same way. Discovered DL Chronicles about a year after really getting into D&D and taking over the role of DM. Consuming every DL novel I could, owning the 1E Dragonlance Adventures Hardcover, and having a small fold out map of Ansalon was how I spent the next decade running my games.

Ok lets give this a shot. Five things I like about 5E: Perception. I like having a stat that is a catch all for what your character might notice or hear. I like the idea of making it an average of 2 skills (wis/int) so it eliminates the dump stat. Not sure how I will incorporate that into...

Well that is going to be tough. I am going to take a little bit to think about this but I can tell you one thing, there is very little that I love about 5E. There is a lot that I like but much of it is conditional also. I will say off the top of my head though there is one thing I absolutely...

And that may very well be my next step. I have put it off for a couple years now because my group has been split. Some love 5E and some would rather be playing 2E. As a DM I am firmly in the 2E camp. Maybe the middle ground is starting with the system I prefer and then adding the parts of 5E...

They aren't a good example of combat, it was more the tone of the scene. The 81 version reminds me of what D&D was growing up. My AD&D games were about you starting out as the farmer kid who, with his friends kills the kobolds in the abandoned mine and saved the local girl. Later the are the...

5E took a decidedly different turn from AD&D (1E/2E) when it comes to this approach. I wont speak for 3-4E since I never played either. In AD&D you had low hit points, low damage, and high ac (well low because of the math). In 5E they totally flipped the script with high hit points and high...

This thread seems to have turned into an OSR vs 5E thread with some people outright trashing on OSR style of play. The OP started this thread asking for help making 5E into a slower progression style game more focused on exploration with the players gaining power over time. OSR games keep...

Well you have to remember that C&C came out before 5E was released. It filled a niche for people that wanted something more than AD&D. 5E took a lot of their thunder but for people like me, it's a great alternative. Gives the players some more options (limited cantrips, more classes) without...

Castles & Crusades actually interests me a lot. I picked up the Hardcover PHB a few months back. With everything going on they are giving away the latest pdf of the PHB. Check it out, its a nice mix of 2E & 5E imo...

Like I said, I never saw a player make it above 14. High level play is deadly even with all the power that comes. The difference is that our current edition is designed to let the players go gonzo and get away with it. In AD&D you were fighting just as hard, if not harder, at level 14 as you did...

See I am sure this is a turnoff to most people here but our AD&D campaigns used to last 3-4 years. Group size was 7-8 players and after a year of playing every Sunday the group would be pushing level 6 or so. I think the highest any character ever made it was level 14...and that was rare. You...

I am not looking forward to that. I am truly torn these days about D&D. I should probably stop trying to make 5E more like AD&D and instead just make AD&D more like 5E by adding the parts I DO like. Your description of the level 20 game doesn't sound fun to me.

I'm out of this whole encounter/rest conversation. You guys are putting words in my mouth or making assumptions. I don't end my sessions with a long rest and I have no problems balancing out my encounters. This all started because I didn't LIKE the way encounter design and action economy...