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Players are free to pitch whatever house rules (or other preferences) they want - I'm happy to acquire good ideas from any source. That said, I reserve the right to make the final decision. If a player chooses therefore to go elsewhere, that's fine. Meh. Their table; their rules. (I might be...

I would assume WotC might have an interest. Mostly to lock it in a vault and make sure it never sees the light of day again, with a side order of making sure they (and not someone else) is in control. Though I doubt they'd pay for it.

I don't think there has been anything on Disney+ that I've been as eager to see as this. The final season of "Clone Wars", maybe, but that's it.

5e certainly doesn't need multiclassing - I've never allowed it, and after several campaigns have never noticed a lack. That said, I'm generally not in favour of removing options. In theory, there should be better ways to handle such hybrid classes (add a few more classes to fill in some gaps...

I'm sorry, but that's the same as the old "4e shouldn't have been called D&D" argument. Firstly, if it hadn't, there is no way it would have done anywhere near as well. Secondly, more importantly, if it hadn't been called D&D it wouldn't have been made. I disagree. The cinema seems replete...

As with all adventurers, they're mostly young adults. The problem with living a life of constant danger is that it is seldom long.

Indeed. Of course, MC4 predates TotL by several years, so it's not entirely surprising.

Impressive. At least one of my ancestors, on my mother's side, is fictional.

A lot of this is perception. Criticism takes more words than adulation. Multiply that by millions of fans online, all of whom mostly like Star Wars but who each have their one thing that they dislike, and the negativity just blows up massively. (Which isn't to say there aren't toxic people out...

At the moment we have 1-hour sessions almost weekly. That means that things are really stripped down to basics, and it still takes us forever to get through anything. :) My preference would definitely be for longer sessions - I think 3-4 hours is probably the best that I've found. And I'd also...

1st Ed has the distinction of being one of very few versions of the game I've never run (0e and B/X being the others). However, in every edition I have run there have been some exceptions to stated alignments. "Always" doesn't quite mean always. :)

I'm not sure that's true - at least some of Holmes, B/X, and BECMI would count. And I'm reasonably sure 1st Ed is also in that group. The first rules revision by WotC perhaps.

I can entirely understand why they went with that name. It's just not technically correct. And as Futurama reminds us, that's the best kind of correct. :)

That's your prerogative, of course. However, it's worth noting that the "half edition" nomenclature was itself a gimmick used to avoid the stigma of releasing a new edition so soon after 3e launched. Not to mention that "3e" itself is something of a nonsense - there were at least four previous...

IMO... Investigation should go away. Roll everything into Perception. However, each time a trap/secret door/whatever is present in an adventure, it should include a statement about what the markers are - the visible (audible, etc) clues that indicate that it is there, and also how these can be...

I'd recommend either the original Grey Box or the 3e FRCS, depending on how extensive you would prefer your campaign material (the former is lighter, the latter much more dense; neither is close to exhaustive). Personally, I'd actively avoid anything beyond those two; the relative lack of...

That would make sense. Perhaps it's not actually Auril but rather a leftover avatar/aspect/whatever that doesn't realise its status?

Sure. It runs absolutely fine. There are two issues you're likely to face: firstly, there are some players who absolutely must build their characters with something that is not in the PHB, and will fight you every step of the way. (There are also a very small minority of players who will find...

Very little. It would potentially allow them to make some changes that are currently blocked by the need to be compatible, which could be a good thing. (But then, it could also mean they make changes they really shouldn't.)

I've thought of another thing I'd change, although not directly related to skills (I'd apply it to everything, except maybe saves): if you're rolling for something that you're not proficient in, the maximum bonus you can apply is your proficiency bonus. So there's a fairly tight limit to what an...