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OTTOMH: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Willow, Discworld, Earthsea, Conan (at least the movies), the Sorcerer's Apprentice tale, there are others I read back in the day whose titles I have forgotten. Any source where magic is the result of demon/outsider compact. Mythologically, magic is usually an...

OTTOMH: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Willow, Discworld, Earthsea, Conan (at least the movies), the Sorcerer's Apprentice tale, there are others I read back in the day whose titles I have forgotten. Any source where magic is the result of demon/outsider compact. Mythologically, magic is usually an...

What does "narratively it is not accurate" mean? There's lots of relevant fiction with unreliable spellcasting, and plenty of fantasy lit where casting in combat is not even an option (or at least, doesn't happen). The D&D version of a magic wielder (almost any of them) has become so much of its...

What does "narratively it is not accurate" mean? There's lots of relevant fiction with unreliable spellcasting, and plenty of fantasy lit where casting in combat is not even an option (or at least, doesn't happen). The D&D version of a magic wielder (almost any of them) has become so much of its...

I might be okay with that, as our typical campaign style advantages the long-rest classes heavily. Although generally I agree, which is why I think that this "balance" factor was a mistake.

I'm thinking about implementing a system from Blades in the Dark. In BiTD, characters each have a "vice" that determines what they do to erase Stress. Vices are Faith, Gambling, Luxury, Obligation (family, love, etc.), Pleasure (carousing), Stupor (drugs), and Weird (for spooky or geeky...

Happy to offer my help. As mentioned by others above. 5e relies much more on HP to describe a target's invulnerability than earlier editions. I've even described "hits" as complete misses that wind or off-balance the target. Its not my favorite solution, but it works out tolerably numerically...

I just wrapped up GMing a 5e game that got up to level 8. I didn't notice the supposed superiority of Ranged at all, not in comparison to the imbalance caused by the variability of the rest mechanics for Paladins vs Fighters, etc. and that was with most of the campaign being outside rather...

I make a sub-deck of 18 cards from, a normal deck: all four 6s all four 5s all four 4s three 3s three 2s Deal yourself three cards for each ability score, in order. Optional: switch one pair of cards. So if you are looking for a Fighter and have a 6,3,2 in Str and a 6,4,2 Int; you can swap the...

Downloaded and read the quickstart. The basic mechanics don't really impress one way or another (yet another task resolution system...meh). I do like the Threat/Momentum mechanics. They remind me of similar systems I've seen in other games, and seem relatively easy to bolt onto another system...

In a none-too-recent discussion of the topic at hand, a friend of mine described fantasy as "the religious version of Sci-Fi" for just this reason. For me, the difference (at least for what I consider "good" versions of either) comes down to how the non-mundane "tech" of the world impacts the...

AFAICT, IME, the fundamental problem is the action economy. Mercifully, I'm not running 5e right now. If I need to do so in the future, I will split boss monsters up into several "partitions" that will move together but attack/act and get hurt separately.

Curious, they aren't that complex. Individually, its just a d6 with 1&2 = "-1", 3&4 = "0", and 5&6 = "+1". Fate and Fudge roll 4 of them at a time and sum. This gives a pretty good bell curve from -4 to +4 with most results around 0. You add the result of the roll to your skill level. Now...

I like the concept overall. Seems easy to do on a grid, use two Fate dice one for each dimension.

Maybe ask your DM for stats on brass knuckles?

IME (YMMV) to make a 5e final combat really "climactic", you actually have to stack several combats together in tight sequence, so that they don't get the chance to rest up. If a paladin has the chance to "gear up" for a fight with a good rest...it ain't even pretty. Additionally, add water (or...

Weird that he has "Intelligence" listed as an ability and a 10 for the stat.

I'll go you one better...run a game that doesn't have HP (or equivalent). Granted, many of them are kinda weird WRT D&D, but they can really blow your mind. Only risk is that they can "ruin" D&D for you...or not, YMMV. Additionally, you can discover that many assumptions like "HP are really the...

At least for me, that's been a D&D problem forever (with a break for 4e, depending your view of 4e). My group often plays earlier editions and man that's my gripe all over. Although I will say that I think they backed too far off the potency of unique traits for a lot of 5e monsters in...

The push for "official" rulings is the part that worries me the most (to the very small degree that I am worried about it.) Once money is on the line, folks won't want to rely on some DMs judgement. I mean, a lot of those things are iconic....but not necessarily in the good way.