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@el-remmen <jedi hand wave>Why would you need to do that? There's nothing useful in the DMG. Your players all deserve those Toothpicks of Dental Repair +5 and Everlasting Breathmints.</jedi hand wave>

Gah. I'll just stick with the 5e classes, because if I'm splitting editions things just aren't comparable.

I'm assuming these are the 5e classes?

I think you'd be better off running this as an "awesome classes per edition" series, and then running the winners against each other. For one thing, it will give you a much wider (and IMO, accurate) field to compete in. Artificer, for example is probably one of the more awesome classes in the...

The PF2e's Kineticist has a primary ability of a big (energy) blast that they can do once a turn, and then a bunch of abilities that either modify the blast, or are thematically tied to the blast. There's also a few class features that are very obviously modelled on the 3.5 Warlock. Like the one...

Eh. You could always just reflavor/reskin hobbits/halfings. :D :P More seriously, the 3.0 Savage Species should have the tools for backgenerating a race from Animated Objects.

@Kannik If you are interested in multi-resolution axes from a single die-roll, you might want to checkout the systems of the OneRollEngine - Godlike, Wild Talents, Reign. Speed/Initiative, Effectiveness/Damage & Damage Location all in a single roll. It's ... quirky though, and stangely enough...

I'll have to back up @grimmgoose 's comments. Trying to read/interpret the dice results narratively is exhausting. I've since played it at a Con, just to see how an experienced GM handled it, and narrative resolution was definitely not the style used by the GM, or expected by the players...

Frankly, just about anything by Malhavoc Press is worth buying for 3.x. The Books of Might (Iron, Eldritch, Divine...) are especially good. Mongoose's Ultimate Equipment Guide (both 1&2) is a bright spot in their catalog - LOTS of mundane/non-magical stuff, which is always fun. They have other...

I've always loved psionics - even ran a dedicated Psionics campaign in the 3.5 era. Here are my takes: 1e: Yeah, the space magic feel is correct. It's also why Mind Flayers were so feared. Psionics wan't balanced - and frankly it was OP, because "Psionics Was Different". Spell Resistance...

What? You are talking Slayers, as in Lina Inverse Slayers? An Ars Magica campaign?! That'd be awesome. Any more info on that?

I had to place myself in the 0-20% category. Oh, I've had players go off-plan many times, but if they go into some place where I need to actually stat things, the game grinds to a halt. Unless I've actually prepared contingencies before hand. So I've learned (repeatedly) over the years about the...

I've played both RM2, RMSS, and SpaceMaster. And GM'd in them as well. I could honestly place it at anywhere from "Love It" to "It's Alright". On a theoretical basis, I absolutely love the system; it has some of the best theoretical underpinnings of almost any of the 1st Gen RPGs (i.e. those...

@Celebrim I'll have a longer reply later, but I was actually trying to address @Hobbit4Hire$, the OP. Skimming through your replies, I think we've got a lot of points in common (and some differences). Like I said, I'll talk more later.

I've always split the deities into a number of categories. The two big questions are "Is there such a thing as actual divinity in the game world?", and "How much does worship empower a being in the game world?" For the first question, consider - is there a distinction between an...

Player focused advice? Always be polite. Know your character sheet. Be aware of what's in your inventory. This isn't about keeping track of encumbrance, but remembering what you have. Don't let unidentified items remain that way any longer than you have to. For spellcasters, you shouldn't...

When the players do that One Weird Thing(tm) you didn't expect: Don't Panic.

Back in 3.x, when I was actually awarding XP, I used a system that was 1/2 attendance + 1/2 monster + bonuses. It worked but I didn't use that in my 5e game. There I initially started with the printed XP awards, then switched to an unformed semi-milestone system. Now, in my PF2e campaign, I...

Like many, I enjoy both. But I must confess, unless I'm actually suffering GM burnout, I don't look for Player opportunities. Therefor, clicked GM