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I don't think there's a lot of D&D fans interested in that. In D&D, you fight conspiracies, delve into dungeons and save the world, in a game where most rules are about combat. You're looking at a narrative-heavy game like Fate instead.

Oh nice! I follow every Way of the Wicked blog I can find. (I'm running a 4e version of it at the moment.)

Where was the pool in relation to the room, and where were the PCs at encounter start? Did they split up for some reason? Need more detail.

I don't like quadratic wizards. I'm not a fan of low-level wizards having very few spells and high-level wizards having a tremendous number of powerful spells. I'm glad that 5e (and 4e, in a way) nerfed the amount of magic that a high-level caster has, while ensuring low-level casters always...

Flumphs have a rep for being good. I think flumph paladins might make a good set of "villains" against an evil party.

A DM really freaked us once, by accident. This was Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy. Our ship had been boarded and we were rushing to attack the invaders. At one point we heard a weird metallic scuttling sound, and we looked around and couldn't spot it. We believed we had been flanked, but we...

You might not need a very specific ruleset for that, as "Western" is actually pretty broad. You need gun rules, tracking rules, gambling rules (well, maybe not even those)... most game systems will cover this. The last Western game I played was Dead Lands, but d20 Modern or Fate could handle it...

I'd go with 4e or Fate. If you want very different classes, I'd go with Fate (which is technically classless). But you said Stargate-themed. An artificer (either 3e, 4e or Pathfinder) could fill in for the scientist role, if the gates are magitek. Note that in Stargate, many "NPCs" would be...

I don't see much point. Humans actually get some pretty good bonuses already. All of my 4e PCs so far have been humans. You get +1 to all NADs (this is already giving you some of the benefits of a second stat boost), can take Heroic Effort (or an extra at-will) and have some really good feats...

Where will they open the portal? Because unless they're epic level, they have to open the portal at a predetermined spot. There's no way the demon is going to have an unguarded portal. That's the first encounter. Because it's stationary, it should be filled with traps (I like to think of Symbol...

I've heard the paragon-tier is supposed to have plane-hopping, but Planar Portal is an 18th-level ritual. I think at this point, PCs are expected to enter exotic environments such as the Underdark. Gnomes trafficking with demons is kind of odd. Why? Also, demons have completely different...

That's a pretty "weak" encounter. Altogether that's maybe CR 1. Worse, the crows aren't much of a threat, since it's not natural for crows to attack if they're not being directed to do so. A spellcaster could have taken the whole bunch out with a single 1st-level spell. For CR in general, it's...

Yes. (Those buttons are usually, but not always, magical.)

There's no ability damage in 13th Age or 4e, and there really shouldn't be. (In 3e/PF, ability damage could only be fixed by specific spells or lots of rest.) Instead of ability damage, you should use an effect that matches the power. So if it's poison that does Con damage, it should deal...

Unhallow + 1st-level spell. Perhaps Cause Fear. All the time the PCs are seeing (individual) frightening visions out of the corner of their eye, hearing strange moaning, etc... and that's if they make their save. If they fail, consult the spell.

That's one of the unclarities, yes. I wasn't aware you had a monk. (Your other responses often mentioned them.) A thri-kreen couldn't fit on a horse, even though a kreen is only Medium. Also, a kreen wouldn't ride a horse because that's "playing with your food". And I don't see why a monk would...

The rider and mount share actions. The rider could "take a move action" but it's better for the mount to do so, usually. I suppose an eladrin could take a move action to teleport off their mount... Or a rider could take a "move action" to dismount. I assumed the mount would take the action...

I guess in short; horses are good for strategic sprints (longer if you have many remounts). I guess the Mongols had the advantage of many remounts plus not carrying that much gear, relative to their more heavily-armored opponents.

So I was thinking about horse-mounted travel. Horses are faster than humans, so wouldn't you expect that riding horses makes you faster? But I'm not sure. I did a bit of research on the internet, which we all know isn't entirely accurate. A typical fit person walks 3-5 miles per hour. A horse...

I like orc minions. Give them Savage Demise. PC kills them? They charge the PC! Minion brutes hit far above their "weight". Even auto-damage won't stop them.