Search results

I am currently playing 4 games a week as a player and 1 as a DM. Of those I am a player it includes 3 4-hour games and 1 3-hour game). The 4-hour games use the same DM and some of the same players at each table Those are faster than the others. We generally will get to level 3 or 4 in the...

Yes my experience playing the game heavily influences my opinions on it and what I "think" will and will not improve the game. Going beyond opinions though, I am the authority on what is fun for me and as far as people on this board go I think I am also the authority on what I have seen at...

Having PCs who heal is useful, but playing a healer is not very effective in 2024 or even 5E for that matter. I consider this a roleplay choice. You don't need a healer at all in 2024 and it is extremely rare for full casters, or even martials to be completely out of spells past 7th level or...

A Champion Fighter was by far the highest damage 20th level PC I have seen played to date and it is not even close. The problem with crunching the numbers is they don't account for magic items or other variables you see in play. You also can't account for weapon masteries or feats unless you...

There is a big gap in power inside the 2014 PHB without even using anything else. The 2014 PHB had both the 2014 Grappler feat and the 2014 Sharpshooter feat which bookend what are probably the most UP and OP feats in 5E. It also had the 2014 Truestrike spell and the 2014 Conjure Woodland...

Call me limited if you want but I think this is overengineering the problem and not something that will improve the game. I don't think it needs to be addressed at all. If one DM gives 20 short rests a day and another gives 1 long rest every 3 days, making characters get 2 levels of...

That is not how the compatibility works and WOTC talked about this quite a bit. If it was reprinted you don't use what was in 2014. Also there is a difference between backwards compatible and forwards compatible. It seems here you are talking about incorporating 2024 rules into a 2014 game...

We are not using anything that is overidden by the new version, and yes the things that were rewritten are not necessarily compatible (and WOTC said this). This includes the old Human Race. We are still using old feats that lack the +1 boost and they still work as good as they ever did...

Ive played to high level a lot. IME high level play is less balaned than low level play both in 5E and 202 I don't really think that is a negative though. As i said before I dont see class being a big driver in imbalance. In the two 2024 games i played to level 20, a single class champion...

I did not read the whole thing, but one thing I disagree with is not using his name in reference to 1st Edition AD&D. He is literally the author for the core books. It is his name on the spine. Saying he should not be referenced for that edition is like saying you shpuld not mention Tolkien...

We are using Fizbans spells fine with no problems. We are also using lots of the old feats, especially racial feats and a lot of the old spells. Do you have examples of feats or spells that are not compatible with the new rules?

we are using spells from fizbans in a 2024 game and they are working fine. We are using a bunch of old feats too, especially the racial feats and we are using a lot of the old spells. Do you have examples of feats and spells that aren't compatible?

The biggest drawback is longer combats. For martials if we look at 5E compared to 1E it is easier to hit enemies at low level in 5E and harder to hit them at high level in 5E. In 1E high level Fighters hit most enemies on a 2. In 5E it is usually around 4 or 5 IME. If you are looking at...

I really don't see a need for a bar on number of short rests a day and don't see anything good coming from it. I don't see what it would solve in games I play and interfere into the story and the DMs game building.

As I think I said earlier in this post, if you are mixing old and new you should follow WOTC suggestions and replace anything that is in 2024 with the new version. So the only "old class" you would be using if you did this is artificer as all the others are reprinted. You can use old...

I generally do not find them long term and consistent at all. Most last 1 hour at most and usually less than that if there is a difficult fight. They are weak in two respects, first the concentration the casters must maintain and second the summons themselves. I have seen players build to...

I for one am pretty glad WOTC did not come out with more strict rules on resting. Some classes do better with short rests, some classes do better with long rests. I don't see why that is a problem, and any attempt to "fix" that would not really fix any problems I am seeing while putting in...

This is really a great point. Although I can't say I have personally experienced the whining, "BAD" players, I have experienced the second part many, many times. Every game I played has exhibited wide imbalance between players and that has never been a problem as all players were useful. Also...

"Business success", how did the business fair. Market share, revenue and profit are drivers in that. I am not talking about being successful in terms of being a good rule set, or getting lots of players or even sales, especially when overprinting causes high sales and low profit. You also...

It is a long post, so I get it, no problem.