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I do actually. The monk and the game is more then DPS calculations, that assume scenarios with terrain found from Abbott’s’ Flatland. 😊 Increased Movement and Step of the Wind means elevated opponents are vulnerable to a monk. The PAM Fighter, not so much. Evasion. Running up vertical...

To quibble with your quibble, (🙂), my omnibus Queen of Spiders was published in 1986, and lists THACO in the entries....3 years before 2e. Now the omnibus Temple of Elemental Evil, released in 1985 does not have THACO listed. THACO, in my slice of the world was hungrily, eagerly...

Umbran, I agree with the intent of what you are saying but look at it from a varying perspective. I do not view the rules geared to PCs, (classes, feats, etc) to be the norm....the whole concept of class and feats and so forth are the gamist, part of the system. The rules that apply to PCs are...

The Psi Feats are the truly powerful aspects of the U/A. Wild Talent lets one re-roll a bad damage roll, or substitute your Psi Die for the damage die of say a dagger. Being able to add your Psi Die to ability checks that the feat was applied to is great. Wild Talent Dex= Initiative Rolls 🤩...

That depends. If one out of ten people can summon a Mind Sword and stab me with it.....yea that is fairly high magic.

A goblin artificer gets you most of what, you seemingly want. Disengage/Hide as a bonus action. The Shield Mastery Feat grants: Evasion Light. A 6th level artificer has Expertise with all the Tools they have proficiency with....from buzzsaws, to fast chariots, to banjos, and card games....all in...

I’m still a little stuck on the statement: “5e equates to having to look at your character sheet more then in prior editions.” ummm....ok.....I don’t believe that to be true.... a 1e character sheet had: Thaco Number, Saving Throw Numbers, Weapon Proficiency selections..(’cause nobody knows how...

I hear and understand the point you are making. The recently mothballed Psi Knight was a great fix for those of us that need “a bit more”.

That falls under “impeding” things, does it not? 😁 Don’t get me wrong, the 4e Wizard was very fun to play. This has not been my experience. The key, I think, is one needs to describe one’s actions narratively.....describing how you grab the Githyanki Knight, and then punch him, is always more...

I just entered Wave Echo Cave in one Campaign. 😀 So in the entire group,(Including the DM), I am the only person that had any Forgotten Realms familiarity. My only complaint is I wish, certain classic tropes were not used.....it wasn’t hard to guess what the various mysteries where from my...

5e I think is just the right amount of optimization. All the bits from 1e. Subclasses feel like better, more balanced versions of Kits, from 2e. Feats are still in, if you want, and less planning intensive and overall better designed then 3e feats. 4e adds Short Rest Healing. Spells are...

I’ve been toying with the notion of a bidding mechanic, as seen in board games like The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire. Tentatively, I imagine a token pool equal to one’s INT and DEX modifier. Participants bid tokens, in a blind process. Winner gets to pick their Initiative spot, in game. So...

So until a few months ago, I had only been a DM for 5e, not a player. The game is fun to be a player in. I did not always feel that way in 1e and 3e. Sometimes, being a player was quite UNFUN, in either of those games. 4e was always a blast...(it had to be, beyond blasting, impeding, or...

@Bawylie has the right view and solution, in my estimation. Explicitly separate the game system from settings. Settings, like Sci-fi/Fantasy stories, should allow for Thought Experiments and exploration of ideas. We, on ENworld have, seemingly been having this same sort of argument for...

It depends on whom the table belongs to, does it not. Sword and Sorcery themes are at best amoral, and at worst immoral. Conan, Kills whom he wants, Takes what he wants, and Conan does not care about the consequences. Conan also did not rank people as good or bad, based off the textual...

“But Reg, what about the aqueduct?” .....Sorry, I agree with your point entirely, but failed my Monty Python Wisdom Saving Throw.... My vote would to be a citizen of one of the great Mesoamerican or South American empires....largest population centers on the planet at the time of Pax Romana...

I agree..but MtG is not history. Neither is the D&D Paladin nor Cleric. Remember Constantinople during the Crusade lead by Richard the LionHearted was a christian city, and part of Byzantium. It was not sacked out of Paladin-like moral concern, it was a target of opportunity, for plunder. As...

MtG also banned the Jihad card. People and cultures often have long memories. I’ve been to Istanbul, the Crusades and Richard the Lionhearted are not fondly remembered there. My cousin lived in Afghanistan, many Afganis still tell stories from the invasion by Alexander of Macedonia. As for...

Warpiglet, I am not intending to single you out, but the origin of the term ‘villain’ meant villager. The fact that the landed aristocracy with power and wealth, changed the term to mean a class of poor people, that we can demonize and literally lord over, with High and Low justice is important...