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Thanks! I doubt I'll make up an entire campaign frame, but when I have something coherent I'll put it up.

Whereas I'd rather not get XP from killing things.

I'd say keep the damage-dealing cantrips, even letting them scale with level, but anything higher that directly deals damage can either be removed or limited to use with magic items. So you can keep wall of fire, but not fireball. The cantrips are because it works well in a lot fantasy fiction...

In fiction, rogues often are the main damage dealers. A fighter has to get into an exchange of blows in stories and a fight can take a while (unless it's against a mere henchman or unimportant character, in which case it's a quick hack), but rogues typically just kill someone with a slit throat...

This only matters if you use XP. Milestone/story progression leveling takes as short or long a time as you want.

Those are there just there to tell you what the power looks like so you can describe it to the table. What's the problem with that?

Right now, I'm reading through the Medieval Bestiary (well, I've gone through it before; I'm just going through it more attentively). It's kind of fun how many normal animals were given magical abilities. Antelopes can cut through trees with their horns and badgers can inflate their skin to...

It definitely looks interesting. I put it on my wishlist for the next sale.

Unfortunately, $25 is a bit pricey for me now.

Yeah, I don't want to have to buy an entire game just to get a few tips on what adventures are like. Thanks, though.

I will probably be running a game in that genre, but when I do a search, all I get is recommendations for novels. OK, so the system will probably be Daggerheart. The actual setting will be Ravenloft. Yes, I realize neither of these scream Arthurian. Yes, I realize that my lack of knowledge of...

I think that's a holdover from when you were supposed to sink all that money into training and/or your own personal fortress.

I bet you can. Especially if you go back to individual/small group weapon proficiencies instead blanket proficiency with every weapon and type of armor, and perhaps relegate them to the subclasses instead of the main class. The Fighter main class could give you the hit points, saving throws, and...

Define powerful. Are we just talking damage? Because I bet you could make really interesting casters that have few or no direct-damage dealing spells. Only utility, buffs, and de-buffs, and things like illusions and enchantments. And that could still be a very interesting caster for a lot of...

This would work. I still haven't had the opportunity to play Daggerheart, but I really, really want to. And I really like the way they scale weapon damage. It's a good way to represent higher-level characters without too much extra math involved or the need for increasingly powerful magic weapons.

I knew someone who refused to use spells that did acid damage because of having seen pictures of women who'd been subjected to acid attacks. And honestly, if RPGs actually dealt with scarring from burns or acid, or the effects of frostbite or actual poisons, or with what lightning or super-loud...

...You're saying that like there aren't tons of scripted shows readily available today, of just about every genre imaginable, from lots of places that aren't your home country. (Signed, someone who is closing on 50)

Both Greyhawk and Faerun have magical universities which have been discussed in various products for decades. I haven't read a great deal of supplements for either setting, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got written up in depth at one point or another.

OK, so for hypothetical 6e: Bring back both attack bonuses that depend on class and individual or small-group weapon proficiencies, rather than simple/martial. As you go up in level, you unlock abilities that come with your weapon. At some point, you will be so Good At Sword that you can, in...

Ah. Well, in that case, you just keep saying "no phones at the table" and boot people who refuse to comply.