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First, I don’t begrudge you your choice. However, my personal problem with this view, is that it isn’t D&D. What you describe is a FATE/Fudge type system where you simply write a few catch phrases on your sheet and that is your “race/skills/etc.” Its an ok system, but it isn’t D&D. Also...

Personally, while I would like to see Races be significantly mechanically different from one another… I would LOVE to see the separation of Race and Culture. Not every elf lives in the woods and plays with bows. Not every dwarf is born with a battle-axe in hand and has a knack for masonry...

I had to vote no. I want races to feel unique and I want there to be stereotypes of those races for a reason. When someone wants to play on off-stereotype character, I want that to mean something. As an example, using a Star Trek quote: “[…]no one would suggest that a Klingon would be a good...

Just as an FYI/point of interest - Fantasy Craft uses an Appearance rating but it is not tied to base attributes so it can't be used as a dump stat. It is an attribute that assumes a base Appearance bonus of 0 and can be modified by race, feats and from the system's "lifestyle" system (high...

I think each race can be boiled down to a "default" basic race and then be expanded into different sub-races. Fantasy Craft had a good concept for this with Species feats being used to create sub-species. Example - Ef The base elf focuses on the core of the species, which in this case is their...

Personally, I'm fine with the roll a 20 for double damage. Its simple. However, I like the way Fantasy Craft did it. First though, you have to understand it is a system that uses a lot of "Action Points" - a resource characters have to do special things and that can be earned in play (so...

Can we answer both/neither? IMHO, I'd prefer to see... * Cleric: The adventuring arm of the church. They use magic and arms to be the common enforcers and adventurers of the faith. There should be the option for some differentiation from faith to faith, but overall a cleric is a cleric. This...

I am in the No Spells camp personally. I have never truly wanted to see the ranger as the nature version of the paladin. They shouldn't be even More militant druids IMHO. Personally, I think that Fantasy Craft got it right when they made the Ranger archetype into the Scout class. The class is...

We really have no idea how important the themes are. However, IMHO this is something we should voice strongly. Themes SHOULD be almost as important as Race and Class. If I take a "Noble" Fighter, I want them to be Noticeably different from say someone who takes something like a "Bodyguard*"...

Agreed. What it looks like is more akin to “Specialties” from Fantasy Craft, where you have a Race, Class and Specialty. Some example specialties… acrobatic, adventurer, archer, aristocrat, cavalier, fencer, etc. In this same vein, something like the Avenger or Assassin could be seen as...

I give a "thumbs up" to the idea of creatures being a threat for a longer (if not indefinite) period. I have always hated the "monster ladder" where at 1st level you fight kobolds, at 2nd level goblins, at 3rd level orcs, etc. I have also never understood why PC races can excel and become...

Personally, I am a fan of FC (already converted my old D&D world to it) because it fixes SO many of the standard d20 issues. I would be very happy to see some of the design concepts make it into the new D&D.

Not to sound too negative here, but it sounds like what you are saying is that all you will ever play is AD&D and that if D&D5/Next isn't pretty much exactly the same as AD&D, you won't even give it a shot. So, uh... why are you even involved in the discussion? The entire point of the new...

Just a few thoughts from looking at the image (not a high res shot, I cant clean it up much). Did they simplify initiative or are the tent cards just a DM tool to simplify initiative order? The golden sheets don't appear to be character sheets in the classic sense. The text appears to be more...

I agree with Grimslade. "Free" isn't going to make D&D popular. Free has never made any RPG popular. In most cases, free meant lower quality. Pathfinder did so well by offering a way for 3E fans to stay with 3E even after its "death". Not because it was free. D&D needs to enter the 21st century...

I've been working on my own campaign world since 2nd Edition D&D. It has seen many revamps and growing pains through various editions and it has always been painful. D&D has never really been a true toolbox game. This is why I fell in love with Fantasy Craft when I found it. Its all about "your...

Thanks for that. Thats a good one. Any others come to mind?

I am developing a somewhat unique home brew world that sets a lot of the conflict of the world based on racial tensions. It is based on the idea that extremely powerful species like dragons, true giants and powerful true fey are not simply fodder for adventurers to kill. Instead these 3 racial...

Seeking power & glory in world ruled by Dragons, Giants & Fey. (aka Espionage, Politics, Commerce, Piracy, Revolution, War … and more)

May I ask if you've ever had western martial arts training? (And I don't mean this sarcastically.) But their usage IS the question. You don't use a hammer to put in a screw or a screwdriver to hammer a nail. Likewise, you don't use a butcher knife to spread butter. You don't use a paring knife...