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I think the OP’s post is a bit on the theorical side but even then, there is a certain beauty to the simplicity of using a single book or document as source. And to be fair, the SRD alone is still more comprehensive than many RPGs. I don’t think it’s lazy to consider it « complete enough » for...

When I choose to keep a narrow or restricted number of available options, it’s because I seek more focus, usually about themes. But bloat is a real thing: there is a point when adding more becomes too much. We all reach this point at one point, some earlier than others, and then you need to put...

Since 3e, my take is that Bard magic comes from the same place that sorcerer’s magic comes from (they just have better control over it, and are able to tap in places that doesn’t manifest often in sorcerers). So if Sorcerers are arcane, so are bards. (But for what it’s worth, I also consider...

That's why it's the last Aaracokra...

I would still play in such a campaign, but I'd find that something is missing. While this is not mentioned in the OP, I assume we're talking about D&D here (this thread being in the D&D sub-forum) and in D&D, I expect some mechanical support to race/species. Not so much because I want moar...

Slightly off topic here, but has anyone used Eberron to run a noir-style game? My Eberron experience have been flamboyantly pulpy with over-competent characters succeeding against all odds, which is as opposite to noir as I can conceive. Whereas Blade Runner can be seen as a (neo) noir film, my...

It is? I like legendary resistance as is. Actually, I wish the same mechanics was also used for fighter’s indomitable feature.

Indeed, when I play FR (west of Cormyr) I’ve got to go to great lengths to medievalize it, if only just a little.

Agreed, but Pirates of the Caribbean is far from the medieval milieu discussed in this thread.

Because the perception is that guns change things and change warfare, to the point that we consider it foolish to bring a knife (or a sword) to a gunfight. As firearms got better, armor and melee weapons became more and more obsolete, and as @Reynard said, swords are cool. The fact that...

It's medieval-fantasy, and it's as accurate to the historical middle-ages as steampunk is to Victorian-era England and colonies. It's overly romanticized, it removes 95% of the bad stuff that did happen back then, and it's anachronistic as naughty word; but it does refer to a period that immediately...

I like all of those things but medieval fantasy is still one of my favourite sub-genre, and it is one that is easily invalidated by modern elements. By definition, a middle age is an age between a bygone antiquity and modern times, so too "modern" elements can quickly ruin this elusive and...

Heh, I had never realized that for warforged, contrary to all other races/species, the more complex the class, the younger you tend to be! This suggests that warforged didn’t train for much more than a year before getting to level 1; it’s just that they have been producing fighter warforged for...

My personal take is that warforged could potentially live forever given enough maintenance (which in turn requires knowledge and tools, possibly magical ones that warforged do not necessarily possess), but comes a point where they won’t want to. Some will become « attached » to their scarred...

I don’t need more creatures, but some juvenile/elite versions of some monsters would be appreciated. What I really want is a signature ability that goes beyond hp/AC/saves. Doesn’t need to be much, like orcs/goblins/hobgoblins/bugbears is enough for me. Just do the same for more creatures

Presumably the ranger’s hunter’s mark will have a similar treatment? I didn’t follow the UAs, any indications this will be the case?

With everything I’ve been seeing so far, I’m really torn between embracing the new rules or go back to play a PHB-only 2014 campaign. The new rules are cool but the latter is starting to have a very appealing simplicity…

By curiosity, how do you feel about warlock and sorcerer (and to a lesser extent, paladin, cleric, and wizard)?

[edit] nevermind, not important...

I'm not much into the old-school play or the revival movement but to be fair, even when we were playing TSR's AD&D back then, we were not playing it "old-school" either (in other words, we were not playing by the modern definition of old-school)