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These aren't so much rules as styles of players or DMs: Fudging. The DM consistently not preparing and being unable to create an entertaining game (I had a DM who was really good when he put the effort in. I'd go to his table any day of the week. Unfortunately he typically ran out of steam...

This is something that's easily missed so I thought I'd post it for people interested and are comfortable with both Pathfinder rules and 5e rules: You can find some of their work (including mine!) over here at their website. I've converted two of the adventures at Legendary Games (working on...

One way or another I'll be putting up some stuff onto the DM's Guild. I am very excited about Ed producing more FR lore and the best part is, it won't be tweaked or cut down to meet the constraints of book size or the current meta plot.

Ilbranteloth Re: Bear If you decide a bear would not dismiss a CON 10 human that is physically weaker than his party members as a threat, than you are correct in that avoiding the wizard would be lessening that player's agency, just as fudging the dice would. You are also correct that...

Ilbranteloth Re: Different rules vs fudging They're different because they're engaging in different rules. You gave your players plot armour by deciding ahead of time to fudge in the event of a critical hit. I'm not a fan of this. There is a difference because different rules are coming into...

Why is your group mapping the maze? Are they enjoying mapping the maze? If they are, why are you punishing them for mapping the maze? Ed Greenwood ran Undermountain for his players more than once. Apparently he never drew a single map for it and simply had rooms that were linked that they went...

I've had DMs fudge in my favour and fudge against me (and some even do both at the same time). Everytime I caught a DM fudging I've told them that I do not enjoy it and asked them not to do it again. One DM had such a bad game with the amount of fudging they did that I have not played with them...

Sure. And yet you still decided to fudge. Despite the fact that there was no actual reason to do so. All you had to do, to avoid fudging, was have the bear attack the first person who separated themselves from the group that wasn't a skinny little fellow who looks like a stiff breeze would knock...

Yes it does. 1) Start your players at a higher level or 2) Do not place a bear or other CR 1/2 creatures in front of your level 1 PCs. Let's say this did result in death due to bad luck (it didn't, but it could have by RAW) and you then fudged things so that the death didn't occur. It only...

If you don't want the possibility of a kobold killing your PCs, then take that possibility off the table. Alternatives are as follows: Have your PCs start at level 2 (a kobold cannot kill a Level 2 Wizard, even if that Wizard is on 1 Hit Point and the kobold scores a critical hit and deals...

I had a real brain fart and thought CC meant "Castles & Crusades" not "Creative Commons."

You can outside of the DM's Guild though.

You seem to be in agreement with me. My point is at-will status effect + damage is not broken. Wizards only suffer a 10%-35% reduction in damage (depending on how good the creatures Saving throw is) to get it. Fighters have to give up 100%-50% of their damage at lower levels to deal status...

Bid: Wizards get their proficiency bonus to ranged attacks. There's also a chance of Criting.

What you've cited are examples of the combat mechanics everyone (including Paladins and Rangers) can do. These are not examples of something special fighters can do. The question of the thread was "what do you want from a complex fighter?" My post was an answer. The amount of resources a fighter...

A persuasive argument AGAINST having status effects and damage at level 1 is that it would be overpowered. However Acid Splash and Ray of Frost demonstrate this is not the case. Acid Splash is a ranged attack that does between 3.5 damage to 7 damage (depending on the positioning of the enemy)...

The problem with combat options in place of attacks, is having at-wills that do damage and a status effect doesn't come online until level 5. For a wizard it comes online at level 1.

The biggest problem in using a 5e fighter as the basis for a tactical fighter is that they can do all those things, X times per day. Once they run out of X times they are stuck with nothing but melee basic attacks or ranged basic attacks until they rest. It gets worse with the more attacks you...

To me EN5ider is a great place to publish stuff (I've got an article up there!). Not only do they handle the layout and art, but James will work hard with you to get your work polished up and edited to get into the magazine regardless of how long it takes. My Heroes of the Blade became a much...

I've gone looking for a thread where it demonstrated that at low levels 3.5e and 1e advanced at roughly the same but annoyingly I cannot find it. This was more intended as a fun exercise rather than an in depth analysis, although I do appreciate the analysis you guys have put into it.