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Fair enough. But Amber is enough to put me off from him. Well, since Gaiman is pretentious too, that makes sense. :p I wouldn't use getting an RPG as a sign of great love, necessarily. I mean, we've both been around long enough to see some bad RPGs based on bad sources.

I'm about to head to a work meeting, so I'll reply quickly and follow up later if I need to... See, you and I are reading this completely differently. You see it as "player is meddling with DM's world! Is the badz!" I see this as an example of a DM saying, "you know what player, ok. But I...

Actually, I would disagree with this statement. In the current continuity is revealed that the lightning that changed Barry Allen was actually manifested by Barry Allen himself. Further, that lightning was not actually normal lightning, but instead was a manifestation of the Speed Force. So to...

Aerial, a couple of things: 1) Great explanation! 2) Awesome & original origin story! 3) I agree that you didn’t “violate” anything that is outside of player agency with this, and that a DM getting worked up over this would be a jerk move. But mostly, I just wanted to say... 4) Serious...

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15 Carter, Lin 12 Dunsany, Lord 15 Leiber, Fritz 11 Merritt, A. 10 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 4 Tolkien, J.R.R. 13 Wellman, Manley Wade 14 Williamson, Jack 14 Zelazny, Roger 13 I don’t even need Tolkien to win. I’m just obligated since too many are down voting...

That's a good foundation. (Well, except for Zelazny! :p) I definitely think Lieber needs the recognition. Everyone is quick to point to the heavy Tolkien influences in D&D's content, but it seems like many people don't seem to recognize how heavily Lieber influenced D&D's style.

If I were to do something like this, I'd probably adopt a method similar to what Pendragon did with the vices/virtues, or like Stolze did with the attributes in A Dirty World. I thought both were elegant examples that balance out abilities nicely, while also offering tangible role-playing hooks...

You just need to be a better negotiator. Make deals! Like I'll not upvote Tolkien if you won't upvote Zelazny. (Uh Oh! Was that making a shady deal?? I don't want to cause turmoil! :eek:)

New day, new votes... Burroughs, Edgar Rice 16 Carter, Lin 12 de Camp & Pratt 3 Dunsany, Lord 15 Leiber, Fritz 16 Merritt, A. 12 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 10 St. Clair, Margaret 11 Tolkien, J.R.R. 16 Wellman, Manley Wade 14 Williamson, Jack 14 Zelazny, Roger 14 I wasn’t going to...

I just realized... all the people downvoting Tolkien are indeed proving his inspiration, just not the way they think! Many are downvoting him just out of spite or because of some Fellowship or whatever else. In other words, it's not that they have issue with him, but now - because so many on...

Never done one of these, but I'm in! Bellairs, John 9 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 19 Carter, Lin 14 de Camp & Pratt 7 Dunsany, Lord 17 Fox, Gardner 1 Leiber, Fritz 18 Merritt, A. 16 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 12 St. Clair, Margaret 12 Tolkien, J.R.R. 10 Wellman, Manley Wade 14 Williamson...

Thanks! Much appreciated! I like this idea... it is basically a repeat of the 9th level, so in effect double the followers. I did think about sending fewer if there was no stronghold, but leaned against it because then there wouldn't really need to be any cost for the character or effort...

Agreed. Which is why I think Resilient should be allowed to be taken multiple times, so long as it's a different ability each time.

I'm well aware of all of this. But that doesn't change my point at all. The question is not about leveling, or even about scale. It is about survivability. And the reality is that in 1e first level characters were exceedingly more fragile than first level 5e characters are. Even accepting the...

I've seen comments similar to this repeatedly in this forum when 0-level adventures come up, and it consistently boggles my mind. To my knowledge, the first official 0-level adventure was Treasure Hunt (mentioned above). That was for 1st edition AD&D! A first level 5e character is monumentally...

Thanks for pointing this out. I followed the link that was provided. Looks pretty cool! The "operating base" is the exact point. That's why I said a structure or a setting. So, for example, a Druid may not build a building, but they must at least have a sacred grove or something. There needs...

I couldn't disagree more. I don't think that having Saving Throws removes class identity in any way. Class identity is better established with the Class Features than with the class's base saving throws. By this logic, the Monk completely removes class identity at 14th level! But when you have...

I understand both sides on this one. On the one hand, a flat +2 (or whatever) from gauntlets of ogre power is, to a fellow with Strength 10, a far cry from ogrish power! On the other hand, a fighter with a nat 20 Str gaining no benefit whatsoever isn’t exactly cool either. I rather prefer to...

What is the Kickstarter called? I’m not familiar with Matt or this project. I’d like to check it out, though.

So I was thinking about it today... Every four levels or so (more depending on class), characters have the opportunity to either take a +2 to one stat, a +1 to two stats, or a Feat. One of those Feats is Resilient, which offers proficiency in a Saving Throw, and a +1 to that same stat. So...