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If they did this right, it's exactly what I've been looking for in an upcoming campaign I'm running.

If they did this right, it's exactly what I've been looking for in an upcoming campaign I'm running.

I had not really heard much about this - going to go give it a look. The video shows much promise - thanks for the informative tip =)

No game system is perfect for every situation in its release and the rule we've always used to determine what system we plays is: "Okay, in which system do I need to do the least amount of work to make it play the way my group functions?" There were many elements of 3.5/PF we enjoyed, and...

Sounds like it'd work pretty swell. I do not - a Fighter is intended to have more, so I just treated it like 3.5/PF; 'bonus feats' and ran with them at the level they'd get them. In truth, it mostly stems from how long we played 3.5 and we just like character level and class level being...

I've bandied about with this one in theory, but never tried implementing it - how's it working out for you, Saelorn? Paladin waiting for a crit for smite is a bit explosive in the damage department.

1) I created a talent system for my 5E game. Each level, a player can choose a talent from a list of a couple hundred that I made which let's them customize their character outside of being bound by race, class, and ASI choices. One example is 'Catch Your Breath' which allows a character to...

All my players, at one point or another, take the hand at DMing when they get an inspiring adventure they want to run (especially around my Birthday, where they like to run an entire campaign the month of my birthday to give me a 'break' from being the full-time DM), so when I describe to them...

Absolutely - you should customize these rules for your players and your own desires. In fact, you mentioning the ranged attack thing - that's a rule I've ignored for so long I had completely forgotten about it haha. Just like you said, if my players want to take someone alive, I have no...

Well, this thread said [5E] in the title, but there is no nonlethal in 5E - if you strike the 'death blow' on a target, you can choose to leave them unconscious instead. In that regard, I do allow rogues with sneak attack to knock people out, just like classic movies where the guy sneaks up...

Min/maxing, and abusing a 'loophole' as you put it, are completely separate things. If it is truly a loophole, something that is obviously against the intent of the wording, simply don't allow it. This is the GM's prerogative, and should be respected by any player wishing the DM to arbitrate a...

I base that entirely on my party's dps output for any given scenario. If I have a high amount of bruisers, or just one that is really in the sweet spot of dealing damage, I rarely wait for the 'big gimmick' of the bad guys, cause a lot of the time it can be too late. (This, is of course, when...

To address a similar list of problems, we went far simpler for our home games; anyone can expertise. If you put proficiency in a skill twice, it becomes expertise. In example, Fighter can simply pick Athletics twice if they care about their shoving (like the shield master feat). Bard and...

Borrowed Souls This is a campaign I ran a few years ago using Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (1st edition). The player characters are seemingly everyday heroes in a world rife with corruption, evil, and the widely-accepted belief that good, and the light, is dead. Whether they are in it for...

@Dannyalcatraz: I definitely like some of the 'taglines' from your campaign nutshell post, especially Scourge of the Burning Sky - Thanks! @Saelorn: I've briefly perused the Blue Rose hardback - a friend of mine had it ages ago, but never got to the meat of it. Now that you've reminded me of...

Hello everyone at EN World - I'm looking for some interesting Campaign Worlds to read about and perhaps DM in for my RPG groups. I have no preference of genre, though I'd prefer either system agnostic settings, or settings that can be easily adapted to narrative-based gaming. Again, I'm only...

Sorry this got no replies til now. I use a projector myself and Maptools. Just hook the digital projector up to the computer as though it were a monitor and cast the screen onto the table. I use Maptools because I can make it as simple or as complex as I want. Just want to make a map on your...

I'm actually a big fan of that at my table; changing limitations based on the type of campaign I'm running. In example, for Barbarian Rage, I convert it to rounds per Long Rest if I'm running dungeon crawls with different encounter types and sizes, affected by party size as well. The higher...

That was a bit of my complaint as well, but I'm not so sure judging by the video. I'd rather do significantly less damage more often, than more damage a couple of times - but, Mr. Mearls makes reference to 'Sniper' in the video, so I'm pretty sure they're still leaning high damage less often...

Also a cable-cutter; I just watch the episodes on Hulu (and love them, by the way).