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If you think the purpose of the 2024 rules is to allow recreation of BG3 concepts, prepare to be disappointed.

That thread is a disgrace. A man is accused of sexism. Okay, I go check out the accusations. Did EGG force himself on women? Did he make misogynist statements? Did some women come out to say he was an naughty word? No. Some "historian" is building the weakest case I've ever seen, claiming EGG...

Inflation doesn't matter much if the loot you gain is also magnified (and thus the cause of inflation). I mean, in a gold rush town a pick axe could cost you thirty times as much as today. The best hotel rooms would cost five thousand monthly wages, or in today's money $300,000 which I think...

The heroes should probably be able to fish for rumors regarding each faction's better stuff well before that becomes an actual reward, so they can strategize which factions to suck up to based on what they might earn later on.

That is certainly the original idea. On the other hand, "because realism" has never been a great argument for anything regarding D&D... :) That game indeed works better on average if everybody starts at equal footing, so the only way I would consider random stats is if a) stats doesn't matter...

Thanks :) RULES I apologize if I was unclear, but yeah, I'm going to start when the 2024 PHB drops and not before. Players will be restricted to what is in the 2024 PHB. (Obviously they can tweak the PHB backgrounds to feature good stuff from the Drakkenheim backgrounds, but that's lore and...

I think it actually is just as bad as people say. Nathan Rabin even featured it in his long-standing series "My world of flops", designating it as a "fiasco" with these parting words: "Madame Web shocked no one by becoming the latest low-rent superhero movie to flop with critics and audiences...

That someone at ENWorld could start a thread about "AC" without even thinking people will obviously assume it's about Armor Class...

5th edition definitely doesn't work well with scores above point buy. So your experiences are spot on. My friend was in another game, and when a Barbarian rolled excellent scores he later asked the DM to voluntarily reduce his scores. A Barbarian with 16s and 18s in all three of Strength...

But how do you help players to stick with their quest, especially during the inevitable times where progress feels distant? It's a hard ask to just ask them to figure it out for themselves, just ask them to keep focusing on something that might not have a pay off until way much later... And...

Sorry for transposing you into a different thread, but since I might be about to do exactly what you did and plan to do (playtest 2024 D&D with this campaign), I would like to ask you to peruse my recent posts in this thread (and the rest of the thread as well of course if you haven't seen it...

Almost every D&D alternative/hopeful/clone goes for some variant of rules-lite approach. To the point where I'm actively wishing for at least SOMEONE not going that approach. If that's what floats your boat, there are DOZENS of games to choose from, is what I'm trying to say. But 5E is not my...

I come from having used something similar in Tomb of Annihilation as a DM, and then playing something like it in a homebrewn campaign world. In both cases, there's a forest and you can't (easily) long rest where you like. Meaning it feels kind of done (for us). It really isn't til level 7...

If I run this I will for sure add some external quests. I am not sure a single campaign-long quest can sustain the motivation alone... I'm assuming you pick something at level 1 but need to become many levels higher before you can do something about it, like level 8 or 12 or something. It'd be...

Great post. I appreciate you motivating your changes. Makes it easier to understand if this is a good idea (for me) or "merely" your personal preference. Questions: 1) What would you say is the biggest issue with not using encumbrance? (And how is vanilla 5th Ed not sufficient?) I'm very...

Is that what Modiphius game is called? Haven't played STA so can't comment. I did briefly look at their Conan game when searching for a suitable game engine for Sword & Sorcery, but I found 2d20 to be slightly strange and off-putting. Can't say I remember the details since this was just a look...

You come across as ignoring the numerous voices in this thread, and you focus only on small parts of my posts, almost as if all you're interested in is winning arguments. Not learning more about why people express dissatisfaction with D&Ds direction. And you say you're familiar with OSR, so why...

Are you really? Trying, that is. Look, if you don't want to see the difference between the risk of PC death and actual PC death, just say so and this discussion is over. The complaints about D&D isn't "my player characters aren't dying". The complaints about D&D is "I need to work...

OSR games are not written for the purpose of the DM/adventure/world trying to kill the PCs. The point isn't to kill the PCs, but to challenge them. Please understand the difference.