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Sure, but OP's issue was that PCs/classes are already over-buffed. To which I say essentially, "nerf with permission of the PCs, or play something else." Now, -bloated- is probably an issue that a lot of D&D-clones have, others just have weird or bad rules . . . I'm sure it's been said...

His name was actually ND, not Andy. Which, if it suggests Not David, then we're at least closer to the fifth letter of the alphabet.

XP for truth and simplicity. Respect, please. But if you want to get hardcore about it (or literal?), you could create some new dragons for the PCs to fight. Racist dragon. Sexist dragon. Ableist dragon. Slay those demons. Designing the breath weapons could be interesting!

@darjr, you're too high-level for a necro 🤓

Citation, please. This can't be true. WotC said both rule sets are compatible.

Sounds like it should be called Plasticgrave. But given that Modern AGE supports "dystopian future" gaming, and Fantasy AGE should land neatly in the middle of the above-listed inspirations, I don't see that a new rulebook is needed. A setting book would be about perfect, though.

That'll work - the DM's tool bag always has a bigger tool in it. I don't ramp up the monsters. I just use a different game. Problem (D&D) solved. I'm not following this one. How do the PCs get more stuff than what's in the rule book, unless the DM gives it to them? Or are you saying the DM...

Talking with PCs about expectations is always sage advice. With D&D though - it's an uphill battle. The book, which gets conflated with the game, tells PCs, "at level X, Y, and Z you get these awesome powers!" So if the DM comes along and says, "well no, you don't," then the DM is just out to...

Start with something earth-natural, and make small or local changes from there. Yeah, the dark ages were rough. Medieval fantasy? Yeah, monocultures sound bad. Sci-fi? Why wouldn't there be monocultures? Global communication (TV), faster-than-sound travel, monotheism, and authoritarian...

This game could be fun. Provided they don't Cyberpunk it. Anyway, the CRPG might be months or years away, but you can play the discursive role-playing game now on an unmodified Modos RPG chassis, with Modos 2 lists. Here is how some of the trailer features are played in Modos RPG, in...

Just keep that mortal away from my daughter.

Zweihander RPG comes to mind. I think it has a lot of classes to choose from.

Standing around while everyone else acts, yay! A different set of rules that slow combat down just as much as 3rd ed! Yay! Super heroes in medieval attire! New books, woohoo! Monopolizing game store shelves, so new players equate D&D with role-playing! Huzzah!

From the video game speed runs I've seen, it's not about the race to the finish. It's about understanding every available asset and maximizing their use. It's about knowing everything about the game, and then trimming the fat until only protein remains. The shortest completion time shows...

That makes the adventure easier to run for the GM, sure. But you're talking about the difference between, to use a Song of Ice and Fire as an example, a white walker and a zombie, an aurochs and a bison, the Tears of Lys and poison, Winterfell and the king's castle, or the Faceless Men and an...

It's a testament to the quality of the One Ring rules that Free League can afford to publish two varieties of one book. Otherwise I can see players shrugging and giving up on the One Ring, "we might as well use the WotC rules. Everyone else is." Or, you have those who pass the test, and...

Why plan further than the next session? How about: that's what your villains would do? I mean, it's called Dungeons and Dragons. Dungeons must be planned before they're built, or else they're just caves. And the dragon that doesn't plan is dominated or eaten by the dragon that does. Players...

I figured they'd side with Texas. If they didn't, mightn't that lead to a weakening of Mordor's ability to silence free-thinking orcs? And how long must we wait, @Snarf Zagyg , for you to write up the fourth pillar of D&D: Courtroom Combat Rules?

I also try to avoid games that do this. However, I suspect that there's a GM suggestion, somewhere in the SW manual, that helps to remedy the problem. I'm glad your remedy fits the bill. So, no-outcome hits are bad, but no-outcome misses are fine? Scary. That's like, "if you're going out to...

Oh, I get it. Bl-AI-ming. Nice touch.