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As I understand it normal wishes in 5E aren't supposed to be twisted . That's for demon and djinn wishes. Its also one of the rare old school tropes that could made play worse. It brought out everyone's inner lawyer and created a lot of arguments. This was a trope enough that it spanwed a...

In older D&D , beyond the power of the spell otherwise every wizard would do it. In 5E I think I'd allow it with the usual 1-3 chance of losing the ability to cast Wish.

This data makes sense. And I was using Hardcore as people who have gamed a lot, typically many systems and are not new to the hobby . They usually also know the rules very well and often how to optimize them. Its not an insult but there certainly are difference in the gaming culture from long...

In fairness, it wouldn't occur to me that causal player or at least players not interested in optimization would use D&D Beyond. I very well may be wrong there. I think nearly every character I've ever played save a few AD&D Clerics has had at least one dagger . The thing is dagger for us was...

These figures smack of "builds not played" rather than stuff people use at the table.

I rather like the artificer. Its not that big a surprise either considering how many "supers" builds are out there. There is even a Marvelous Archetypes books which is basically "The Avengers" in D&D . It would also be fairly interesting for a Warforged if the DM allowed it to be used with...

Yep. Its still the same concept though in TS you wanted fame points whereas in JB wou wanted to avoid them.

I am with LuisCarlos 17f . The rate of production and the general popularity of 5E suggest it will have a long life, maybe longer than that of 2e which lasted more than a decade. I suspect whatever comes next in five years or so will reflect gaming trends of the time, if the hobby shifts back...

Top Secret the RPG has fame and fortune points back in 1980 and predated The James Bond RPG. It wasn't mechanically as good though it had its charms. We used it to play police procedural since as young gamers the only person the group who watched anything spy related was yours truly. JB was...

Ah thanks. I haven't played past 5th or maybe 8th level so I appreciate the info. Its hard to get anyone to run high level games or stick around long enough to get to high level at least in my part. Its much like the D&D beyond poll where most advancement stops after 8th or so. As an aside...

D&D 5E plays a bit differently than older editions in that its leans heavily into the PC's being protagonists in a story rather than regular guys more than any other edition. 0E thru I don't know maybe 2E had a strong Alea iacta est , let the die fall where it may ethos but this has faded in...

Yikes! o_O

The key to any good game is making sure your guys are all on the same page and have bought into the core assumptions of what you are running, This absolutely includes the level of humor. Also you need to know your players and what they want, if your group is suddenly filled with twee half...

I guess some peoples need for attention outweighs the good sense not to post politically offensive material on a public forum. Well actions have consequences. Frankly I think in the current climate posting anything on almost any social media is probably a bad idea, present location...

My opinion is that once the cleric becamea class , D&D moved to a "play your personality type" rather than a purer wargame model." Back efore a skill system , heck before the thief class , the players were supposed to solve problems other than combat with their own brains. Disarm that trap...

Its not my cuppa but its nice to see Critical Role doing well and at least one guy in my former group will be all over that.

I think they managed to make me want to play a Monk. As for the rest Watchers and Beast seem OK, the later might make a nice start for a Wolverine type multi-class think. I'm n ot as sure about the Genie Pact. I don't have any Al Quadim stuff in my games and to be frank, I'm not skilled enough...

There is a lot of truth to that and there are a lot of reasons too. DMing high level D&D is hard and its even harder to relate to whatever is going on there. Crazy monsters,. immensely powerful magic, world wrecking plots that undue all the efforts at world building can take away fun from a DM...

2e was a very good game in most respects though splat bloat and point based stuff (the rest of the skills and powers not so much that one) were not so nice. I started with Holmes though 2e was "my D&D" for many years. Even tried to get into a game well into 3e era but the DM was bad. The...

FWIW I've never seen anyone even look at plane hopping, Lots of people bought and read say Planescape back in the day but did anyone much actually play it? I allowed some alternate world shenanigans in a game of mine, GURPS as it happened along with some other rather crazy stuff RIFTS level...