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The scene: It is a small vale, cut off from the rest of the world/help for 3 months of winter. Normally a very holy site, Asmodean cultists and their bugbear army have taken it over, seeking to slay everyone in the vale --especially any clerics/spellcasters and to prevent people from seeking...

I blame Canada.

For me, most system neutral books I buy, enjoy, and use in games tend to be list driven. Menzoberrenzan isn't so much "system neutral" as "edition neutral". I'm not quibbling that it isn't good...just that it's clearly for D&D. My favorite truly system neutral books are things like Masks and...

So....what is a game you do like? Do you like any version of D&D?

I really love the idea (though not the implementation) of minions and skill challenges. I'd change minions to something like 1 hp per minion level...as I like them getting mowed down (sorta like 2e's rules for heroic fray)...but I also like the fact that players can feel like their high damage...

I game two ways: 1. play by skype and maptools 2. in person for 1. "food" is usually a glass of water and a glass of scotch. (Don't wanna get drunk, and as DM, I need to whet my whistle). for 2. gaming is usually an all day/all weekend affair and I go the Morrus route with a fairly...

Honestly, the biggest two things to a good adventure are: 1. Is it a good story? 2. Do the player characters have meaningful contributions and consequences to that story? It's rare that 2 is met in linear adventures, and pure hack and slash rarely has a good story. Even dungeon delves, old...

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Here's another one. similar to the "earn part of a level" suggested fom 13th age. Use the escalation die across encounters, resetting upon resting. There is a great article in the current Kobold Quarterly about using the escalation die in an encounter. I'll translate that to the "day"...

Here's an interesting article on Kobold Quarterly's website: The Lost GM Scrolls: Mike Mearls on Stepping Up and Taking a Poke at the World / Kobold Quarterly

Ok, so "Remove Vancian Casting" is another option. If we're to do that, what module could we put in its place? Alternatively, what ABOUT vancian casting is problematic...perhaps we can modify that aspect of it (as I"ve mentioned earlier by varying the availablility of spells or the rate of...

I voted no. It seems that always having a chance to fail neither models: reality cinematic narrative In reality, yes, there is a chance to fail at mundane tasks. Let's go to an absurd level...many people are killed slipping in their own bathrooms every year. But that number is...

Change XP rewards/schedules.

Make "novaing" or overuse of daily use in one encounter impossible by the rules.

Make spell recharge not tied to resting at all, but to another mechanic.

Incentives to keep on going.

Changing the rate or conditions of daily resource recharging.

Here it is discussed that WotC are choosing not to implement a mechanic to counter the 15mad. http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/326541-five-minute-workday-article.html There is a lot of discussion about whether or not the 15mad is even a problem...but regardless of...

Much better than Tenser's Floating Disk Melf's Acid Arrow Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer would be: Floating force-carrier Goo-sticking-acid-shot Re-remembering spell-slot bringer-backer ?

A thought occurred to me as I rewatched xmen 1 for the umpteenth time. "What ABOUT power mismatches?" What about a game that acknowledged them (like the avengers: Hulk vs. Hawkeye)? There has been much debate regarding fighters and wizards...and rogues versus jedi, and such and so on...