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It can be tough to move from 5e to a simpler system- many players will either lament the loss of power, they'll miss all the build options, or they'll "not want to learn another system" because 5e is all they know. I think the best options to get away from 5e (for those that have reticent...

The Foundry system is indeed pretty solid. But I don't know anything about the r20 and FG implementations.

I'd disagree with the full-hands spellcasting without the Battle Caster feat, but I can understand how that would speed things up :D I'd also agree to the static modifiers simplifying things; it'd also lower the heights of what rolls can reach with crazy expertise dice. Getting +1d6 and 1d8 on...

I have the Nice Stuff from the original kickstarter :'D But if I could get my groups to move to a game it'd be DCC (Shadowdark's second or third on that list).

Wow, I hate how nice it is. I'm not running Shadowdark, but it's so nice.

b c a (always thought b was fun. c too) a c How about Svirfneblin and Sahuagin? For some reason as kids/teens we pronounced the first as shnurr-burr-furblen. No idea why. The latter, I still prefer to pronounce it sa-how-gihn.. donno why either. I know sa-who-a-gin is "correct."

... In the astral plane. OK but really, I'd find/make a table of a bunch of possibilities and have the player roll on it. That is, in fact, what I have done. There are tons of "astral plane encounters" tables if you look on the web; I'd start with one of those!

In my mind, that's a Gameist vs Simulationist question: "However many there should be to make the game fun," vs. "how many there should be for it to make sense in the world." How big is your setting? The party slays the ancient dragon when they're level 12; was one of several dozen ancient...

You know it's funny, we've been talking about this while and I've forgotten to mention this game, even though I'm currently playing it with a few friends (and have been on and off for years now)... so with regards to whether Conan is relevant/has an audience, this game is Funcom's huge hit...

I've commissioned art several times; twice for business (see my avatar), twice for personal game commemoration, a couple for maps... but by far my largest $$$ has gone into Patreon-backing. Mostly maps, but some folk that make cool portraits etc. that I'll end up using in games are mixed in there.

Yup! I've pointed this out to my players, but it only works on Light Shields which means only +1 AC instead of +2... apparently that's a dealbreaker for them :'D edit: whoops, old post.

IME the big benefit isn't attacks of opportunity, it's having a shield's +2 or more AC. +2 or 3 AC is a big deal in 5e, especially since the Shield spell stacks with a shield in 5e. Ofc a caster CAN have a shield in one hand and a spell focus/free hand in the other; the big thing is that lots...

This part breaks my brain, but it's not your fault. I think you make a good case for why it's a fine swap for War Caster. I just happen to have players that're always trying to get around the VSM - need a free hand requirement. "Back in my day" the fantasy was "have a one-handed weapon in one...

Agreed, but it'd probably also be more than a simple "I cast Wish as an action-" when NPCs do something world-moving (ha) it typically doesn't follow the same route that PCs use; they've planning this for decades, all the pieces have fallen into place, they made a pact with a great evil, and now...

Appreciate the detailed reply :)

That's pretty dismissive and unfair. I'm not sure what's got your goat here; it's a subgenre of fantasy fiction.

Sword & Sorcery is about personal stakes. The protagonist isn't going to save the world; at best, maybe they're saving a city, and it's usually unintentional (see: antihero).

Thought on it more; I said I'd use B/X if it were feasible, and I would.. but using online VTT character sheets it's not really feasible cuz you'd need to alter the entire system. SO the best possible (feasible) thing to do there is to max 18 the "mortal" cap instead of 20.

Almost all 2024 feats now give +1 ASI; I think the free level 1 origin feats are the only exception.

Is this too much for a feat, though? And it's missing heavy armor... a lot of those dips are wizards wanting plate mail (in my experience, anyway) and just dealing with the reduced movement (from low str) by having Phantom Steed, Longstrider etc. As folk said, the way to go for your wizard is to...