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The only reason to do the same thing each round is if it's working. If the PCs can't recognize this, then Darwin wins again.

This seems to throw a good chunk of the armor rules out with the bathwater. How are you accounting for a solid AC 20?

I didn't catch the "common misconceptions" part of that blog. Nor: This isn't backed up, but seems to be the underlying prejudice of most of the blog post. So, traps can't be spotted within 20 feet, but they can within 40? I mean, some traps might "come" at the PCs, but I expect those to be...

Leading off with hatred. Interesting . . . That's pretty cool. Let the PCs choose the takedown. Death by spear. Power source shattered. Forced to wear a big, red, "F." What about an Ancient Gold Dragon? I've been thinking about those for some reason lately. Yeah, I was going to say...

New ability: Remove-Stick-From-Butt. @AlViking 's Retreat option is good. It's not, by the way, too late to look to Santa for paladin-like inspiration. I'm guessing Summon Sleigh is out, but temporary darkvision might be cool. I just can't picture a D&D character who's not into mounts...

But are you going to shelve it next to your copies of Level Up A5e or Tales of the Valiant?

I'm going on three editions that I haven't bought. It's like leaving behind Velveeta and cheddar after discovering that there are different kinds of cheese - all better than what you used to eat. Yeah they have. They did us the favor of not releasing a "new edition." Oh, and they're giving...

Huh. Scouting without darkvision really makes one experience the dungeon in a new, non-visual way. If one must scout in the dark, one must use ears to listen carefully, hands to feel around, a nose to decide which way smells less foul . . . If you have a map of the dungeon, you can "memorize"...

Jump-scares can happen anytime, anyplace. But without darkvision 120, it's more likely that an explorer's first warning of trouble arises at only 10-20 feet away, which is really bad if that trouble is something you don't want to tangle with. That's not media training. That's evolutionary...

Ivan Drago (lawful evil): "If he dies, he dies." James Hetfield (chaotic evil): "Am I evil? Yes I am."

A human and a grue sit at an inn's common room (just go with it), talking about their quests. Mystery is a big part of fantasy. What we can't see is mysterious. We can't see in the dark. Darkvision allows us to see in the dark. Ergo, darkvision ruins fantasy. Dungeon-crawling, in...

A little grey area is nice, and understandable. But since this is the Peregrine Nest, I want to see @Corone breaking out the designer ruler and swatting overlappers' wrists. "No! Bad designer! Bad!" Also worth mentioning, regarding skills, is that one purpose of a skill list, in a character...

PCs aren't supposed to wonder. That's why all the rules, spells, and 20 levels of classes are in the PHB. But then a geezer would be a different species than the hag! Hmm. Why don't they call it the "Species Manual?" Speaking of different species, I think D&D should call male medusae "mercers."

Well, I hate to break it to you, J.C. and W.S., but you're way behind the times. Game companies are recognizing the inclusiveness needs of the role-playing game market now. Race is a pre-21st century social construct and has been replaced with species, which is purely scientific. Orcs are not...

"Social Interaction" is a very broad target. I gather that you're comparing the rules for combat to the rules (if any) for "all non-physical personal interaction." Combat is a pretty specific subset of physical interaction, so that might explain why it gets a pretty specific set of rules. To...

Specific and numerous skill lists make it easier to avoid crossover, but a designer still has to be careful. Herbalism and Surgery don't overlap (too much), but Herbalism and Biology do. With more general skills, there can be more overlap; Science (which might include Herbalism and Surgery)...

So, how's it look? I just took a little trip down memory (SNES) lane, and it looks like my Ys journey stopped short because of invincible birds and deadly ants that couldn't be struck without crawling on the ground first to reach them.

Huh. I'm thinking a tree would be more informative than the cosmology, but I didn't start the thread. Anyway, D&D is the trunk of our tree :rolleyes: , and the next branches might be rules-moderated (GM-less), diceless, or outdoor (you're welcome, you dirty LARPers). Who wants to start the...

I'd really like to play in a campaign based on Final Fantasy 1, because playing through the video game felt like pulling teeth the last time I tried. The visuals would be so much better in my head!

Food and drink lose nutritional value in a bag of holding because of the radiation inside. It's like Hawking radiation meets microwave ovens. The dead body problem is because the radiation also breaks the astral tether that the soul has to the body.