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Good catch on that, ccs. Much appreciated. Anything else?

What I'm doing, rather than recalculating CR's is just rating how difficult or hard it was for the PC's to overcome. If they do it too easily, less XP (as if its PF CR were lower than it's listed 3X CR). If it's harder than it should be, a little more (as if it's PF CR were higher than the 3X...

Hi, everyone. I'm considering converting a few of the 5E classes to Pathfinder for a particular set of adventures that use the Pathfinder ruleset. After being on a 5E kick for a while, I'm feeling the draw to return to Pathfinder for the crunch. However, 5E seems to give characters things for...

A while back, I read an article about skill checks (stealth, investigation, ect...) where the player shouldn't be certain of the result, but I cannot remember where I saw the article. Basically, it suggested that both the DM and the player would roll for the character, but only the DM knew...

It's been a while since I've looked at this thread, but you're right. We've actually went about using the rules we like from B/X, BECMI, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3.5, AE, PF, TB, DCC RPG, and 5E and combined them all while jettisoning what we dislike. I thought about which to use as a base and 5E won...

I think Malhavoc Press's Arcana Evolved was my first 3rd party D&D purchase. Paizo's Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is also wonderful. Dreamscarred Press's Ultimate Psionics is very good, also. I also like Frog God Games and Kobold Press. I also like a lot of third party stuff from the OSR...

For our most recent set of characters, we decided on starting with 10 HP + Max 1st level HP + CON modifier. And, as we're using some customized classes for 5E based on 1E classes, we decided that warrior classes get double benefits (or penalties) from CON modifiers. It's working pretty well...

I have the 1E Manual of the Planes, but it's been a long time since I read through it (decades?). Never owned Q1. But, in the event of planar travel, I'll try and remember to check out the possible ill effects on magic items.

"Traveling across planes weakens magic items..." Do either of you remember where this is discussed in the rules? I'd like to have a look. Thank you. :cool:

After some extended time with 3X and 5E, our group is returning to a hybrid of 1E and what we like from 3X and 5E. One of the things that was specifically asked for was that we play be the rules that require training to level up and/or change classes. So, we're planning on sticking as close to...

Thank you, Man in the Funny Hat. That's kind of what I was thinking and what I was afraid of. The Druid, to me, seems to advance incredibly fast. And, yes, I don't understand that Magic-User progression v. the Fighter, either. Returning to AD&D style XP after so long with 3X and 5E, I...

Hi, everyone. When creating a homebrewed class for AD&D or OSRIC (or converting a class version from a later edition to 1E), what is the best and most proper method of coming up with the right Experience Point progression for the class? Thank you.

Having given it some additional thought, I'm now of the mind to cap class-based proficiency bonuses at +6. It's fine for monsters of appropriate CR's to have greater than a +6, as the monsters need them to remain competitive. Also, in what I'm working on, classes with levels higher than 20th...

Thanks. I agree about the need for an upper ceiling, of sorts, but I'm OK with climbing up on the roof. I am comfortable with customizing and creating challenges for PC's with proficiency bonuses above +6, though I think such challenges should be rare. I think the scarcity of epic challenges...

As best as I can recall, it was likely to reflect the idea that some weapons would work better against certain sized creatures than others. That said, that's not how we played in the 80's, in our group. We just allowed the player to use the best damage for the weapon being wielded. And, the...

Hi, Caliburn101, For this campaign, the main player, whom I've played D&D in some form or another with since the 80's, wants to go fairly old school. I've converted almost all the classes to a 5E framework because I like the 5E system better than 1E. We've played too much 3X and 5E to fully...

Yeah, there's a table in both the MM and the DMG for monsters of CR21+. Just wasn't sure if there'd ever been an official ruling. I'm pretty sure we'll just continue the progression (+7 at 21st, +8 at 25th, +9 at 29th, etc.). Not saying that we'll ever get to that level (especially, since...

Hello, everyone, I'm working on some homebrewed variant classes based on 1st edition for my 5th edtion game. One of the old 1E classes, in particular, the Druid has class features that are gained above 20th level (based on Unearthed Arcana). Also, there are beings in Deities & Demigods (or...

The most active player in my group is tired of all the options of 3rd and 5th editions. He wants to play only 1E, now, but with 3d6 in order, instead of 4d6 drop the lowest. And, randomly determined races. Needless to say, most characters die quickly.

I hear what you're saying, Awesome Adam. One thing I'd actually considered was removing proficiency bonus from attack rolls and replacing it with class-based attack matrices like in 1E. But, it wouldn't be just for the PCs, it would be for the monsters too.