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I suppose a neutral approach would be 'Le', since Gygax is the foundation of Dungeons and Dragons, he and Arneson are both male.

Backed Numenera in Kickstarter, did the playtest (including the nifty nda), and it truly is a blast of a 'light rules' system. Monte Cook, according to the tons of videos we got to see during the playtest, makes an amazing DM - that's a great choice. Sadly, I've played Numenera, so guess I'll...

About two years ago, a group of people at my FLGS got into a conversation about Dungeons and Dragons, and I brought up 2E, how I started, and the nostalgic feel of it. By the end of the evening, they had decided they wanted to try 2E with me. Two weeks later, I bring all my gloriously old...

Whether or not it works (reality OR otherwise) is mostly irrelevant - just WAY too much contradictory evidence to give any one side merit. If the setting lends itself to the mentality of torture working, that's what counts. Thus, if we're in a setting where one (or sometimes an entire party)...

I wouldn't know, to be honest. I made my own 5E sheet using Microsoft OneNote, and that's what we exclusively use, since no one really wants auto-fill. Pretty tables, well-organized, multiple pages in tabs/sections - really my goto for digital characters.

I'm afraid I know very little of the subject matter, but you've inspired me to begin reading with your attention to detail - this all looks so very fascinating. Just wanted to say 'well-done' so far.

Right? I like the video too - does give me quite the hope.

I'm a sucker for pretty much any new system that comes out, but wasn't fond of the playtest at all - I hope their 'changes' really did pull it around, I'd love to support their new product.

Mini-Dungeon Tome - over 130 adventures for 5th edition, each roughly only 2 pages long. Great for random drop-in data for practically any setting and terrain. There is also an available map pack for this, which I got the VTT version. Limitless Monsters - new monsters with attached plot hook...

I've never personally had an experience dictate my appreciation of the system, but I certainly get some people work that way - and was not questioning your decision at all, but wondering if there were mechanical complaints/issues as well. You well-explained that with your Vancian casting...

Oh I certainly understand D:OS making them quite the brand name, so to speak. As indicated, the lack of kickstarter is to -my- sadness. The great optionals you can pick up, and the typically discounted price, are why I've backed quite a few successful kickstarted games. However, whatever is...

Ooh, I do love a question with a great 'exception-oriented' answer. "It depends on the type of game we're playing." In a low fantasy setting, one where magic is rare, magic items even moreso, and the players are meant to feel on the edge of their seat, constantly challenged, and worried for...

Pretty much what I was going to say - I doubted WoTC/Hasbro would allow a kickstarter, much to my sadness.

Being a huge fan of Larian (backed three games in KS so far), this excites me to no end.

My group has been together for 20+ years now, so we play a bunch of different games, genres - hell, we even make our own. Right now we're using a repurposed version of Talislanta. In the long of it, we've just come to like the actual difficulty and tax on the characters determining the...

Sorry you had such a terrible experience, but that seems to have nothing to do with the system. Have you considered trying a private game of 5e, with people you know, or is that not an option? Were there aspects of the system (unmentioned in your post) that also affected how you felt? My...

I had never thought of using the DMG on monster balance to figure out the impact of magic items, but it is a pretty genuine idea to help feel out the level of power to throw at parties. We've recently been experimenting with an XP rule from a different game, where the difficulty of the...

Honest mistakes? Couldn't care less, as long as they are mistakes. In fact, a lot of new GMs I've seen at the local FLGS will ask advice from those of us who've been playing longer if they need to make a decision or reference a rule - and that gives me a lot of hope for the future of the...

I'm fairly conservative when it comes to freedom of speech, so what people do in their private games is fine by me - key word being private of course. In a public setting, with strangers, and no forewarning, permission, or anything? Revolting.

We simply made it so that when you have the Style, and the Feat (associated to two-weapon fighting, obviously), then your bonus action attack scales with your Extra Attack class feature. For our table, the balance works fine - an 'extra chance to hit' is also an extra chance to miss, and so...