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I have uncharitable feelings about the idea. Is it realistic? Probably. But I don't want it. I don't like guns in my D&D because all of a sudden I have to deal with a lot of realistic rules. Guns don't fire when it's wet (if I say it's a dark and stormy night, instead of adding background I'm...

I'm very glad to hear that. :)

I haven't kept up with the PF2e playtest, and PF2e isn't out yet, so I don't really know that system. I play, I don't GM (except 4e). What would I like? Make the game easy to GM. I found 4e easy to GM, but not 3e or PF. 4e achieved this with clear guidelines and roles. Not the last session...

The ELH is vague, so I consulted a forum thread here: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?330543-Regarding-the-Heal-and-Life-epic-spell-seeds From what I gather, no... because the seed requires a "divine focus", which might not be a holy symbol but something "religious". (Can you...

That's some real necro. Speaking of which... According to one novel, it would remain. Vol's skin lies in Illmarrow castle, with an "intact" dragonmark. Certain characters in the novel were going to compare a woman's dragonmark with Vol's, as they thought she might also have the mark of death...

I saw this all the time, and if I was in a group that didn't do this, I told them to do it. (Buy wands, craft wands... if I were the cleric I would be crafting wands.) Sorry, but starting combat, half-dead, is just not sensible for a mortal PC. If D&D wants to "fix" this, they needed to fix the...

Numerous reasons. First, learning new rules takes a long time. I like to have a complete understanding of the game rules, but that takes time. This becomes a problem as the edition gets more and more bloated, and it's even worse if I'm GMing (because I'm expected to know some bizarre new feat...

Psionic Artifacts of Athas. Biotech is common, but I don't think I've seen settings with such a wide range of items as Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs. Note that a lot of the Windriders items are simply "organic", discarded or dead objects that had been produced by living things (very common...

I agree with that. I would never try paragon level 4e again, unless I have a group of very fast players.

A lot of this does not sound like 4e. This may be the case, but I think this was to 4e's detriment. There were so many weak classes built over the course of 4e, many of which either tried to cover multiple roles, or performed their primarily role poorly. (In previous editions, usually splats...

Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs has a lot more info. They cover all kinds of non-magical items, including dead but organic material (eg discarded husks, for simple things like cutlery), to grafts, full creatures and "other" (for instance, a "weapon" that spews forth something similar to a...

I don't think Sleight of Hand even applies. You wouldn't have time to identify items (or even be able to put your hands in someone's pocket) and of course stealth is out of the question. I think the right rule is grapple, or maybe disarm. You would zip by someone, cut their backpack straps...

In some editions, clerics worship and therefore get their spells and daily powers at a specific time of day, such as evening. IMXP, every cleric PC prays right after waking up. It's just more convenient that way. For that matter, all daily items, spells, etc seem to be prepared in the morning...

The GM doesn't want this for their campaign. It doesn't fit. GMs are allowed to use house rules. They just need to avoid having the house rule spread to affect other parts of the game.

That doesn't make narrative sense. What does exerting myself have to do with healing? Also, if I fight four fights, then go home, and wake up the next day with all my healing surges... it doesn't seem to deal with your flavor problem. I've had the misfortune of being in D&D (and D&D-like)...

I ran into a similar problem in 4th Edition D&D. I was using the inherent bonus rules (and so was at least one other GM), so a +1 sword wasn't giving you a larger bonus to hit and damage than you were getting already. However, PCs had lots of cheap low-level items that they didn't give up over...

Hockey players probably have a feat, and/or can take 10 on the Acrobatics check needed every round. I can assure you, if I got into a fight with someone while wearing skates, I wouldn't appear to be "standing still", I would be sliding all over the place. But... how does that battle even...

Is this based on a particular edition?

Yes. Generally, I did it like a game of Dynasty Warriors. The strategist might create cool options (and the enemy strategist might create difficult challenges) but it's really up to the PCs to make it work. For instance, perhaps the enemies have a coven of hags, wafting poisonous gases from an...

I think it's just rules mechanics. I read a few 1e products years ago, and literally could not tell it was the familiar AD&D 2e that I had played before until I wondered why these monsters were being given slightly unusual XP awards. "Oh, that's why" I thought, as palm of hand reached forehead...