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Sometimes though, people try to contort a system into something that it isn't rather than take an easier route. When someone says "Just go play the old version" I take it as a reminder that those other games are (still) there, and may give you a better experience than 50 pages of custom...

The 1-on-1 sounds sort of like the "<Class> Challenge" series of adventures back during 2E, instead of the Catacomb system adventures (Knight of the Living Dead, Gnomes - 100, Dragons - 0, etc.). I could see a true solo line, ala the Lone Wolf books/RPG for 5E that I suspect would do decently...

Damage Resistance/Immunity to bludgeoning, slashing and piercing are gone. In return, those creatures have significantly more HP. Humanoids don't have a generic skeleton stat block. You have to choose an NPC "Profession" block. For example, they suggest using the Tough monster block to...

Fighters, Rangers, Paladins and Barbarians add half their level (rounded down) to their attack rolls. Don't forget that all spells per spell level need to be pre-selected at the start of the day. No spell recovery abilities for short rests, and re-memorizing spells takes 15 minutes per spell...

Must come with hoard.

Closest I can think of is AC10 - The Bestiary of Dragons and Giants, though that is split between the two. Does Dragonlance count?

As much as I love dragons, this book is just not grabbing me, and these extra pages are just a extra turn off for me - this is the type of stuff for an Art & Arcana style book, not an adventure book.

The inconsistencies in the MM are astounding. Pulling humanoids (except in the case where you change to not be humanoid) is the peak of that silliness. Especially if those stat blocks just end up in another (campaign-specific) book. It just comes across as extremely arbitrary (as does the...

As with all things - it depends. If the rules changes/additions are changes I feel benefit the game (1E -> 2E, 3E, 5E), generally not an issue and I'll happily embrace them. If the rule changes/additions either invalid the books I'm actively working with (3E core to 3.5E core) for little...

I'm already using AI for art (my own sucks) and have used it to help get past writer's block or as an editor to things I've already written out. Would I buy a WotC product with AI? Well, yes - I already have a paper copy of Bigby's after all. But I think the quality of it would have to be a...

No, it shouldn't scale, but as others stated there may be areas that have unusual and more dangerous that may be traveled to (like going to Death Mountain vs. wandering around the Hamlet of Nutberg). In prior editions of D&D, this was often what the planes were used for. When characters...

I'd actually like both. Having a crew who understands where D&D came from to keep it within the "bounds" of D&D, but new individuals to bring in new ideas and be willing to try out new things rather than simply rehash the old. I really like the creative spark in 2E's heydey where we got a...

If I want to play 5E, I'll play 5E. If I want to play B/X (OSE), I'll play that. I have no interest in mixing them and have no use for the "1 hour actual time torch" of SD.

Same boat. Took a look at Shadowdark and didn't see the appeal - in my 50's and preferring 5E. Though I have been looking for opportunities to resurrect using my 2E books or giving OSE a whirl.

Maybe they shouldn't have been wearing bearskins all that time...

If an army (such as Hannibal's) can field elephants, bears aren't out of the realm of possibility. Besides, it's fantasy. Just be glad they don't have Bulette cavalry - or are riding purple worms ala Dune.

I wish them the best in whereever/whatever they do next. I guess the big tell will be what they get up to after they leave. If they continue to make D&D material independently, I'd point my finger at office politics for the "real reason" they left; if they move on to some other profession I...

Yeah, 2E had several kits that'd work fine in this respect (some of these are riffing on the original name to be a better subclass). Halfling Whistler (Bard subclass that uses whistling instead of a musical instrument and is good with summonings) Halfling Leaftender (Druid subclass focusing on...

The one thing that annoys me looking back at the 2E books is it is too "grounded" and worries too much about real history. That goes for the examples individuals for each class. While some are from literature, its what I would call "mundane" fantasy (Tales of King Arthur, Song of Roland...

Pretty much all of them, except maybe Warforged, Autognomes and Kalashaltar. I do have some custom races that replace other races: Hellchilde - replaces Tieflings, Aasimar and Genasi. They look human (albino), but when the magic starts flying, they take on an otherworldly appearance...