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That which is learned can be unlearned. It can take a bit of training, but it can be done. Once my players found out that things of consequence can indeed happen without die rolls, and a bad die roll could lead to a bad consequence, automatically wanting to roll isn't really a thing. Now my...

Perception is for finding things. Investigation is for figuring things out. Finding the secret door uses perception. Figuring out how it opens is investigation. Finding a trap is perception. Figuring out how to bypass/disable it is investigation. Finding a clue is perception. Figuring out...

Dungeon Crawl Classics, an S&S OSR-esque RPG by Goodman Games. The DCC adventures are on the strange end of the S&S spectrum, but would fit in Thule, as well.

That's pretty cool. Certainly a more dangerous version of the wild magic table. I think, personally, I'll just adapt DCC's tables for something a little more permanent.

Agreed. Something akin to DCC RPG's Corruption table would be awesome.

Why not just do it here? More potential eyeballs than a dedicated forum. It's not any more off topic than starting a thread about FR. Just put a [Primeval Thule] header in front.

It's also possible that, in a world this ugly, the PCs probably aren't all sunshine and lollipops. Sure, playing the type of sorcerer that Conan inevitably defeated at the end of his books is pushing it, but being a party of ne'er-do-well types fits the setting. There's also the "well meaning...

Interesting. I'm the opposite. When I'm reading, I prefer pdfs, as I most often read from page 1 through to end on my tablet. At the table, I can thumb through a book a lot faster than find a page on pdf, especially pdfs that are poorly bookmarked (as this one is, unfortunately). But even...

While they might not want to read all 30 pages, the first 2 or 3 would do it. Then, if they want to read more, they can.

I know you ask, "besides roleplay," but I think that's the best way to handle it. Make it the character's flaw, and award inspiration when the player uses it as a drawback.

I don't know of any VRPG video games where the characters are minis. This is more like 3D chess. Or a digital version of Dwarven Forge. Just because the "tiles" are nicer looking than a flat jpg map shouldn't push players away....

Your first two examples are competitive, the last one is cooperative. Do you think in team sports, everyone else on the team hates the star player because he's really good at what he does? I can understand not wanting to constantly play against someone better than you, but having that person...

Oh, yeah, for sure. I played an Oracle in the last game I played, even though I just have the core book, using the pfsrd. I do prefer using books when playing, though, and pdfs when reading a game book.

I don't, but if I did want to run a d20 game, I'd go with 3.5, just because I have a lot material for it, whereas I only have the core book for PF.

It is an ally, however, of those that dislike PC christmas trees. Stacking isn't much of an issue unless magic items are handed out like candy.

Where is the line for this, though? To be thorough, he'd need to list every single thing a PC could possibly do. That's not the intention. The rules can't cover everything, the DM needs to be able to cover the corner cases himself with a ruling. I think most people would agree that studying...

Not that unusual, I don't think. The OSR movement picked up a lot of steam in the late 00's. Like I stated in my post, I went from ACKS, which is a B/X clone, to 5e, having played 4e and PF before that (and 3e before that, 2e before that, 1e, blah, blah, blah).

I did this when I played 3e. It made for a bit of a "death spiral" in the adventure paths I ran (RttToEE and AoW). In fact, there were a total of 32 PCs on RttToEE between the 6 players (1 player made 11 different PCs - he's risk averse :)) and "only" 19 in AoW. Now days, I don't count XP...

The system I "came from" is tough to nail down. Literally, it was ACKS (or OSR in the poll), as that was the D&D-style system I was running before I started my 5e game. But I did play 4e and PF (not a lot, but they were played in the time after 5e was first announced). As for why 5e, I agree...

Okay, that's understandable. I was just hoping the old "All D&D" link could have been made into an "All 5e D&D" link. If that's not possible, I understand. Also, speaking for myself, I don't mean to sound impatient. Just throwing out some ideas.