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I am not taking a stance against going back to a previous edition, or completely changing it from all editions, for that matter, I would like to point something out. It would be silly to say 4e has not created an uproar, and indeed, an edition war raged on this very site. But do you think that...

I just recently started looking into the 5e boards, and I keep finding people talking about what isn't D&D. Things like If it doesn't have 6 ability scores, it isn't D&D. and If it doesn't have vancian magic, it isn't D&D. So I am wondering, rather than what isn't D&D, what is D&D. This is...

I just recently started looking into the 5e boards, and I keep finding people talking about what isn't D&D. Things like If it doesn't have 6 ability scores, it isn't D&D. and If it doesn't have vancian magic, it isn't D&D. So I am wondering, what is the line for you? What isn't D&D. This is...

I would add, since you didn't, that HUGE complaint is coming from those who don't like 4e. A very self reinforcing argument you have there. And with regards to it "being replaced sooner than normal because it isn't selling." Unless you have some sort of evidence to back that this isn't...

Well constructed, but I would make it a conjuration and have it state that provides cover (which would be consistent with the books.)

Not going to list all, but here are a few of the houserules I haven't seen listed yet. For skill checks, I have my players describe to me what they are trying to do and then I decide the skill and attribute combo that fits their actions. For example, picking a lock with a classic set of...

2nd edition AD&D had a point buy system in the Player's Option: Skills & Powers book (known as methods VII and X). In the Complete Ranger Handbook (and I think the Druid and Paladin Handbooks as well) You had a table with 12 stat sets and rolled a D12 to see what set you got. So there were...

The new D&D is supposed to be modular, and one to be what you want it to be, whoever you are and whatever you want. Of course, we know that those goals are too broad, but if there is a way to divorce ability scores as an option, why not have it to make one more person happy. If the difference...

It could be a case of the party moulding themselves to match their DM. My party, for example, uses very focused attacks to take down monster's quickly. (A monster with 1 hp does just as much damage as a monster full of life.) I tend to throw pack monsters that synergize from having more of...

So, are we talking about recreating what we have now, what it was to begin with, or taking the core of the system and building new off of that given what we have learned over the years?

jsaving I don't disagree with you, but there are a couple of points that I think should be considered as part of this discussion. I realized I rambled on a bit, so I have parsed my statements down to the vital parts, and hidden for the curious all the rambling that went with it. At the beginning...

Spatula That is a great example. And I may implement that system until I have another. My main problem is that while that describes a point system to how things are right now, I am looking to come up with a system that evaluates weapons based on what they can do. Under the current system, for...

TimA Apparently you are too busy being clever to have noticed we moved this to a thread that isn't about combining magic methods. If you want a response, make your case there.

I did the math, and even checked the averages by generating massive data tables and comparing. Brutal 1 is nothing more than 1 additional flat damage. Same with 2dX where X is 1/2 the total you want. So 3d4 = 1d12 Brutal 2 = 1d10+2 That means that they have placed the same value on High Crit...

I have oft felt that, like MM1 monsters, weapons didn't really have a consistant set of rules behind them. This only became worse with the release of AV1 and the "MOAR DAMAGE ANIME R00XX0RS" weapons therein (thank you Herschel for that emotive description). I would like to create a system...

So, if DDi had, maybe as part of the character builder, an NPC builder, that would help. What it really sounds like you want, though, is more strait forward rules regarding NPC creation. Am I correct in that?

Janaxstrus Thank you for responding. So far we have only been working with assumption, and deductive reasoning based on the admittedly sparse facts readily available. I am splitting this to another thread, given how far we have moved from the topic. Speaking of the topic, which idea proposed...

This is a split from a thread called Combining Vancian and Will/Daily from 4E Where we diverged from the topic of magic into the viability of DDi. What are your thoughts? Should DDi continue it's consumption of what has traditionally been a print resource? Or should it go back to being a...

My turn to LoL, did you read? The $25 is for for printing, binding, and shipping for all the books that came out in a year. Of course if you want to go by your estimate of $5 per book, I can adjust that number from $25 to $45. That would strengthen my argument unfairly, though. Which would...

I don't know if it is frosting, I think it may be another cake. Consider, with DDi, you get, for a year's worth of subscription, between $72 and $120 from someone. That is what WotC gets, directly. In books, assuming someone bought all the books (no tiles, screens, miniatures, etc.) available...