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Yea and with the new ideas like : "No mob race is inherently evil, no panic of my orc he just wants to play" it gets more comlicated. Tbh with the new approach, the alignment system has to go for good, it does not work out anymore. Over the editions there were such things like alignment...

Oh, but who is organizing the war of an empire vs the PCs? Surely the emperor was not unprotected, and part of the resources, at least those like the CR 20 bodyguards, court wizard, high priest etc. have either surrendered or gone down with the emperor in trying to defend him. Also this asumes...

t That's a tough task you took upon yourself. I understand your angle, but have you considered: 1. The party having demonstrated their toughness and ruthlessness are considered the better choice to be ruler of the empire, or at least no one will volunteer to be next victim of the party. 2...

yea you got an economic approach, but that's not sandboxing.

All those who voted sandbox, you probably say that this is more "realistic" -but do you give clear warnings? And if you do, is it in your opinion realistic that you always get a warning of an imminent danger? If you do not give warnings, what is the point in having a party which does well in...

in ravenloft 2e you had those "dark gifts" A casting of an inversed or necromantic spell was enough to maybe grant you one, a killing of an innocent npc was a sure way. They came in 6 or so steps, turning you more and more into a monster, and had ugly side effects. i actually did a conversion of...

it is, though it either requires you using it in connection with a DL campaign or having players with profound knowledge about the DL story, to really work out.

well the island approach certainly makes it easier for dms with pcs who think lore=raw to separate those chunks he wants in his setting from the whole. otoh, if you want to run some campaign spanning over several domains, the fact that e.g. Killing a dark lord opens up the border for mundane...

as an old white man i feel more inclusive by the diversity that women also can serve as a villain 👻

well that is a bit difficult, tbh that depends upon whether you imagine your char rather like a "real" being or like me, some times imagine it as being a bit like from one of your fav computer games or movies. Yes, even me as a boomer can't always evade the influence of media 😀 . When it comes...

good comparison, and yes 5e does a good job in being the CF. Only one point i am missing 5e has got houseruling and homebrewing into the RAW, so it is like your CF, allowing for customizable extras for each dish too.

This is a really easy one, no way confusing at all. Whenever a PC announces he is looking out for things he is in for an active perception roll. Whenever a player finds something which can be examined, and announces he does so, he is in for an active investigation roll or sometimes history...

i dunno if you happen to know the band Birth Control, it really got me when i found out that Hugo Ego Balder best known for his trashy half strip show on RTL television back in the 90s was at some time a member of this band. Check out this band btw, if you like deep purple you will like them.

i read it up, that is amazing

wow is that true? I honestly did not know Moorcock being a pro musician also. I have to read this up at once, this stunned me.

yes i agree you could also just resolve it with 1 roll. tbh with BA you really should stick to the one roll whenever reasonably possible, because introducing more rolls basically is the same like applying disadvantage. Also most PC are weak in many of their skills, which bears the risk of very...

Your question is quite senseless, all of the nowadays "improvements" still use the original as a baseline. what would you like to hear? If lord of the rings would be written today, would Frodo be a female tiefling and Gandalf a person of color? If d&d would been created today it would be only...

if its just some endless stair then yes, just a con check. But there are two challenges, a mildly difficult climb plus a test of endurance so in that case two checks.

omg the things i could do at 10 with ease, otoh some of the things i can do now which i couldnt back then are also impressive :) but pls do not let me be missunderstood by you, normally e.g. For the given example 40 ft with a knotted rope a dc 5-10 athletics or acrobatics check should be in...

if it is a rope ladder then no check at all might be in order. Climbing a rope is im fact more difficult then it might look. the second check should only be made if it is an especially long climb. What is not ok is multiple checks for the same thing since this is like super disadvantage for a...