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This is one of the hardest/easiest. Almost any TSR or OSR game has fragile 1st level characters, but simple house rules to mitigate death are common and easy to add in. Death Saves, Only Bleeding and Unconscious Until At -10, Starting HP = Con score, various Wound/Injury charts to roll on at...

I used to tell one about Narcissus, but no one else appreciated it as much as I did.

There aren't many; initially I was just going to make it immunity to fear, but immunity to disease also feels like a signature paladin thing, even if it won't come up much.

@Snarf Zagyg When I look out into your eyes out there When I look out into your faces You know what I see? I see a little bit of Gygax In each and every one of you out there Lemme tell ya... Weeeeeeeeeellllllll... Gygax is everywhere Gygax is everything Gygax is everybody Gygax is still the...

I should do a song parody of Mojo Nixon's Elvis is Everywhere with Gygax substituted for Elvis, but I suspect only @Snarf Zagyg would appreciate it...

I think some of his advice we have to take as being tongue in cheek hyperbole or designate as obviously dumb, such as references to employing bolts from the blue or invisible mummies to deal with recalcitrant players, rather than having adult conversations with them. It's really notable that...

For the record, he started out (in 1974) saying there's no reason you can't play a dragon or whatever as long as you start out weak and advance over time, then five years later in the 1979 DMG he was giving the more negative instructions, cautioning DMs to make any such PCs have big drawbacks...

Those are interesting questions. Personally, I think the Halfling suite of abilities is genuinely quite strong. Outstanding saves, a small bonus on missile attacks, a notable (+2 is nothing to sneeze at) bonus to AC against larger than man-sized creatures (so instead of the OD&D Ranger getting...

My intent is for them to be a rare special option, not replacing Dwarves. For me, part of the point of playing B/X is that you're getting the old-school feel and nostalgia value, just with simpler and more playable rules than AD&D. The "Hey, I rolled a 17 Cha and unlocked Paladin!" factor is...

I've mentioned a number of times how I see the Halfling as sort of the "secret Ranger" class of B/X, with a suite of abilities that conform very well to that archetype, and how easy it is to re-skin it to be a Ranger if one wants. Similarly, I've discussed with folks how the Dwarf is almost a...

Sure, yeah, it was a trendy thing. But that opening chase sequence in Casino Royale was frickin' amazing. And while there's more grit and blood, even the Craig ones still go for fun and are over the top and kind of silly in places. The hands in the poker game, for example, are hilarious if...

Eh. I think the Craig movies still hit almost all the Bond tropes, and it's more a matter of tone, as you say. Just don't go QUITE as over the top with it. Make him look like a guy who could really pull those parkour stunts. Lampshade him being a dinosaur then have him kick ass anyway, which...

Text and rules are definitely most important for me, but aesthetics and art matter. I never bought copies of any 2E revised books (though I got a couple as hand me downs from friends getting rid of stuff), and never bought a Rules Cyclopedia because the art didn't work for me.

I assumed so.

I think that makes sense for during the main cut, pre-shooting. Drinking a ton of water can be a good way to make your stomach feel more full on lower calories. Then they dehydrate the hell out of you just prior to shooting. Like day 1, get a liter and a half, day 2, a liter, day 3, no water or...

I getcha. I think it was a factor in the casting that they were trying to get away from "wink and a smile" James Bond and make him a bit more grounded. I think they deliberately wanted to cast against that image a bit. But in the films he DOES have some one-liners. He just delivers them more...

I sometimes wonder if it's a combination of the studio thinking of it as an "objectively" viewer-pleasing thing they can add, and the actor (at least for some of them) happy to take the opportunity to have a studio pay for them to get in killer shape. Which can also enhance future job...

I think Craig has plenty of charisma. He's certainly the best actor in terms of craft and skill at acting to have played the role. Others were definitely charismatic, of course. Connery and Moore in particular iconically so. Definitely his fight scenes are MMA-influenced, but they're also...