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Sounds great! I don’t recall if it was mentioned, but I would suggest you take a look at Beyond the Wall and other Adventures, it sounds like some of the concepts and gameplay might fit with your group. The way character creation is done via playbooks automatically generates links between...

I always assumed it was to offset the critical hit on a 20 that everyone always wants (only good stuff, never bad stuff!). But yes, it does affect martials more than most. I played in a 2 year campaign with random fumbles (on 1) and random critical hit effects (on 20). It was rough all the...

We run megadungeons using GP = XP for treasure and loot taken from the dungeon. It doesn't count as XP until you hit town (i.e. successfully recovering the loot and resting). We also like tracking encumbrance and other challenges this style of game brings. I usually also give XP for clever...

I understand the concern, but at our table, fighters/barbarians/rangers can't keep up with the Dex based Paladins with Smite, Dex Rogues sneak attack, high dex clerics with various spells, etc. All of our "fighty" characters are MC'd spellcasters with high Dex and Con, no Str to be seen...

I like that. Yoink. I might also see how to port that into melee weapon damage minimums as well. If your Str is between a certain value, the maximum die for damage is X. Two handed bumps up one die size. So a Str 8 half-giant barbarian (yes, we had one) would do, say d4 damage with a...

Sure, you don't see it. I do. Different tables and different experiences and all that. The players I have played with for over 40 years are min/maxers, and all about the power. If they can multiclass to boost slots to, say, Smite, or stack up Ability Score bonuses for whatever, or to do...

After having played in a two year campaign, followed by my DM'ing a one year campaign, both in 5e, for my next game I would, as part of the pitch and session zero, remove multiclassing as an option. In my experience, the players used multiclassing to build for effectiveness and "maximization"...

At our table we removed Dex from Init. We also use Dex ‘to hit’ for ranged weapons, and in melee for finesse weapons, but all damage bonuses are Str. Want to be good at finding the weak spot, great, now have the strength to drive it (throw it, or shoot it) home. We’ve seen Str matter more.

I thought that what people were noticing about 5e was that a lot of the underlying "engine" of it was "re-branded" 4e concepts. So while it hasn't leaned right back into the 4e lane, it is certainly leaning (or has leaned) into that direction, while still making classes 'different enough' that...

I'm running a 1e OSE Advanced in Greyhawk using the Gold Box and Ashes. Its been fun. I think I mentioned, I prefer the barebones layouts of the 1e box sets, which gives just enough to get the creative juices flowing, and then I can kitbash in locations, other sources, etc. for the sandboxes...

My guess, and what I see in my 5e group, is that they tend to avoid the role-playing, investigation, exploration, NPC interaction, and only focus on combat and planning for said combat to maximize abilities and minimize damage. I wouldn't be surprised if that isn't also the case in other...

Development time v Value, most likely. The vast majority of people would just use what ends up in the PHB, and not even the stuff in the PHB marked "optional." We all know that just about no one reads, or uses, the variant rules in the DMG. So where do those other 3 variants reside? Their...

Also a little bit of both. Usually when a campaign ends, and I’m going to be running, I’ll pitch the new campaign - setting, magic and “tech” levels, as well as other idiosyncrasies that exist in the imagined world. I also talk to players post-last campaign to find out what they liked/didn’t...

Because isn't 5e a "fan made" nomenclature? I don't think WOTC ever named it "5e". The playtest was DnD Next. The community calls it 5e, and 3PP companies refer to 5e. There is nothing on WOTC's website about 5e either. DDB and WOTC mention "Dungeons and Dragons", that's it. Nothing about...

To me, there is a difference between older school "adventures", which were usually coded to a narrow level range, and modern "adventure paths" where one goes from level 1-15 or whatever. I think those would likely require different XP approaches. And those would all be discussed at either the...

I had a wizard who discovered a relic that allowed me to have two concentration spells running at the same time I;a campaign I was playing in. It really, really made it easier to play the wizard. No more hard choices. No need to prioritize what I needed now vs what I will need soon. Just do...

All the Moonshaes material I could find, starting with the FR Grey Box. I ran a sandbox campaign starting around 900 DR, so 500 or so years prior to current day in the Moonshaes. It was gritty dark ages. It was a lot of fun spinning out what was happening, what was around, and what wasn’t (yet).

This is amazing. Thanks for doing the write ups. Some day I'll get to play in a WFRPG game...someday... (y)

And I think this is where it bounced off me, and eventually, my players. When the players are saying "Don't use fireball, just use your cantrips. Save the fireballs for the boss later!", then the encounters aren't doing what they're designed to do. Meagre damage behind big blobs of hit points...

Sounds about right. The campaign I ran was up to 6th level, and there was a Twilight Cleric/sorcerer, a rogue/warlock (devil sight, darkness, invisible scouting familiar), evoker fire wizard, cleric of something (sacred flame/spirit guardians/spiritual hammer), and an arcane archer. i had to...