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Aside from my 5e LMoP/Tyranny campaign, I've not run a game in FR. Played in an FR game in 2e. And of course, lifted spells, magic items, and other mechanical items over the years. All of that said, in both cases with FR, it wasn't much more than a backdrop. And I was more than fine with that...

You should also consider how you want to use the system, and how much it differs from your current one. If you just want enough for a trial one shot, the roll mechanics, and the basic key subsystems ( like Perception, saves, and attack rolls in 5e ) can usually be picked up on a read thru, a...

Whoof! Turn down the bitter, man. Mind you, I'm not sure a new edition once every 10 years is constant, but sure, you do you. Enjoy your game of preference. Mechanically, it's even pretty easy. The transition from a 3.x game (including to PF1) is very straightforward. For that matter, you could...

Heh. According to the USGS (the US's official map-keepers) the definition of a mountain is "whatever the locals say is one". All other definitions they tried (absolute height, % slopes, relative rise, etc.) had to many exceptions. "No Official Definition": What is the difference between...

Here's the download page for the preview doc, which summarizes the changes: Pathfinder Second Edition Remaster Core Preview | Paizo Since I haven't seen the errata yet, I imagine that aside from print errors and similar, the main issue is/was the printed changes to the Death&Dying rules. There...

The die-in-a-die; especially good with d10s. The "unusual" die sizes: an actual d5 (not a d10 twice), d16, d30, the actual d100 (aka the golfball). The Irregular-but-fair dice; I think these are only in a d6. The cylinder dice - particularly the d4. The d1000 (generally sold as a triple, '0'...

I think that's a little fast, production wise, but your point about the first adopter pace is well taken. I was shooting for the trailing edge of first adopters or the very beginning of mainstream advancement, but I can see the utility of moving faster. Likewise for combining the Advanced and...

Eh. If you're going to do that, you might as well go the full BECMI route. I'm not opposed to that - but I will say that from a systems perspective, you'd at least want a skeletal framework in place for those higher levels from the beginning. Mainly because your character's opponents are...

Oh, for the room/space I desperately need.... When I had space, it was by system, then product lines, then release order. So the D20 era has a section that looks like 3.0 Core, 3.5 Core, 3.x WOTC supplements, 3.x 3PP1, 3.x 3PP2, etc.. Beyond that, the best I usually managed to do was keep a...

Hmm... I'd try an semi-isekai rpg. The players take the roles of characters in a near-modern world, with climatic battles happening in a fantasy realm. Investigation/plot-thwarting could happen in either mode, and character abilities could very radically between modes. Think a blender full of...

OK, after a quick search through the thread, I have these suggestions: 1) Another recommendation for Cortex Prime, with a suggestion to use the "Tales of Xadia" setting/rules incarnation. It's based on the Netflix anime "Dragon Prince", so might fit well with your younger players. And it's a...

And my point, bluntly, is that if you do that, you don't have a wizard - at least not by D&D terms. And also, that several of the niches are not sufficient to carry a character by themselves. This is not to say that the niches aren't worthwhile (if relying too much on shared assumptions in the...

It's close, but by the poll's terms, no. No invisibility/silence (buffs). No detects/divinations ( buffs or sage). No wall spells. (Control)... When everything is said and done, you're left with illusions and travel spells mostly. Oh, and a number of low-level spells like Alarm and Light. But...

Your poll REALLY needs a "Something Else/None of These" option. And better definitions for its terms. Ultimately, none of those, as the Wizard proper is "(Magic) Solution Man". ("I have a spell for that....") Let me work backwards here. Scout is properly the niche of a Rogue, Ranger, or...

Champions is a great supers game, although it is the absolute epitome of what a min-max character generation system is. When generalized into Hero, though it is not nearly as successful. Fantasy Hero is probably the best (worst?) example. What works well for superpowers works poorly when...

Aahh. The old problem of divorcing Art from Artist. I'd suggest that VtM 5e is probably not going to be a good fit for you, as it sounds like the Authors intended it as a deep role-playing exploration of the horrific parts of human nature. which is generally considered a harder task than...

Sure. Some background - I've been running this campaign for close to 2 years now, and am a subscriber to Paizo's "Core Rules" (meaning I get the books that are ostensibly setting-free). The homebrew is a pseudo-European Iron Age/Late Roman area, with a Romanized France fighting a Grecian...

As someone who is currently running a homebrew setting in PF2e (with VERY different assumptions that Golarion(?)), I'll have to disagree with this. While I'm impressed with their (Paizo's) setting it is NOT easy to scrub from the ruleset. I'm happiest with an implied setting. Especially with a...

Nah. Unfortunately this is just the normal BIG vs small scenario playing out. And while I think the facts are on EGGames' side, they've also obviously weakened their case. I don't know if it's enough to win, but honestly it doesn't really matter. Netflix is big enough that they can spend EGG...

<speculation> Given the apparent thinness of the stated reason, and the specific call-outs for the World Bible/Setting Guide, I suspect that some corporate suit decided that trying to get that cheaply was worth the rest of it. </speculation> $50K for the World Bible/Setting Guide. From Netflix...