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Maybe I've been in different kinds of games....those spells were always useful. I wouldn't have my mage entirely loaded with them, but I usually had some of them mixed into my spell selection. Whether it was Detect Magic, Read Languages, Tongues, Rope Trick, or something else, they were always...

I think you're right. I did feel 3E and 4E made things too easy. I guess that makes me old school. I *do* think there may be a generational difference in terms of how newer/younger players view the game compared to older players. I like that they've mentioned they're removing magic items...

Bingo. It doesn't even *work* from a logic perspective. How many humans are working in their late 70's, 80's, or 90's? Though some (particularly ones that are highly educated and intellectually active) may still be, the vast majority are not, and may be more dependent than anything. But as...

Are you thinking of ascendants, or regular Tiste Andii? I'm thinking regulars. Reading through Reaper's Gale at the moment, and a whole tribe of them just got butchered by regular human soldiers, no problem. So it's evident that not all of them are so powerful. Yes, the Silchas Ruins and...

Why do we need iconic images? Planescape had a wonderful variety of different "looks" for tieflings...IMO, Planescape had the best tiefling art of any edition, and it's kind of gone downhill since then. They're effectively mutants. If you want one with glowing eyes and a forked tongue, and...

Before stating my case, I'm going to state a few points: 1-I understand this is a fantasy game, and that there are no such things as elves, wizards, unicorns, or chicks in chainmail. 2-I am not of the belief that a messed up lifespan in any way impairs an elf PC's ability to compete against or...

Ok, I can agree in principle. I don't mind things like resurrection being rituals etc. I just hate the idea of the entire class being shoehorned into a narrow focus, or the idea that the game is only about combat. It *is* for some groups, but the rules also need to support a style of play...

I'm in favour of restoring some of those restrictions from 1E and 2E...fireballs filling a space, lightning bolts bouncing, having to roll to learn spells (maybe), system shock rolls, and making it a little more difficult for wizards to cast while being damaged. That having been said, I'm *not*...

I was thinking you were thinking 4E style. What I'd like to avoid is a situation where mages are restricted to only having combat spells, and all the interesting utility or more "role playing" oriented spells are restricted to rituals. To me rituals are something crazy that a spellcaster can't...

The fact that all those "special" versions of kobolds (or any other race) existed in 4E was something that really turned me off. To be fair, they started doing this towards the end of 3E, particularly in the MMIV and MMV. To balance that off, at least I could get stats for a basic kobold. It...

Exactly....hence elven isolationism. They may have been advanced before, but they've fallen behind in hidebound, traditional ways that are thousands of years old. Heck, they could live even longer (like 1st Ed. lifespans of 1800 years) and they're so set in their ways that they still refuse to...

I don't think all elves are like that....nor would they need to be. They might not like some of the newer cultures.....but that doesn't necessarily mean they think they're superior. They might just want to be left alone. Some might have those feelings "my father was building cities when your...

Humans hit middle age in game at 35. They hit venerable at 70. With max rolls they can live another 40 years. This means they can exist in the venerable state for a max of 36% of total lifespan. And they hit middle age 31.8% of the way through their total lifespan. Elves hit middle age at...

There have to be more than just two seeds. Over simplification will kill it. It's also why I don't think they'll go this way for the sorcerer. Playing a character only able to create effects from two themes? Ugh.. boring. I *love* the idea of a spell creation system....but I really don't...

These are good points. They tie in to a post I made in another thread about Polymorph. It was the removal of the "control factors" on some spells that led to those spells being abused in 3E. Put the controls in place, but maybe simplify them, and all of a sudden, usng those spells becomes a...

Stop putting words in my mouth. Pre 3e, fireballs, lightning bolts, etc were staples of every mage and useful even at very high levels. Capping them at 5d6 will make them tools of the vermin exterminator, nothing else. Exactly. This is part of my concern. Fundamentally, those who loved 4E...

Not a fan of that idea. Why would you put arbitrary limits on what kinds of powers a spellcaster could have, just to shoehorn them into something easily mastered etc.? That's one of the areas 4E has been criticized, and would simply contribute to similar criticisms of 5E, and possibly a...

How do you define that though? If a wizard wiggles his nose, coughs and says some mumbo jumbo and a door unlocks is that or is it not magic? He's doing it "look ma, no hands" which should mean it's magic.....but he's undoing a lock, which a rogue coukd do....so it's not magic. I think part of...

You summed up my thoughts pretty much exactly. The "balance" of 4E (and some parts of 3E) ruined the game for me. Not because I hate balance so much as how it was done. They ruined polymorph in order to fix abuses. And in 4E it wasn't really a factor. To keep characters from turning into...

Something I'd love to see is what they promised for 4E but never delivered....that race would matter through a character's career. It was a fantastic idea but I didn't feel they nailed it. Monte Cook did with his racial levels as did the Morningstar and Dawnforge settings. Banshee