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Different strokes. Yup! Kill = disable = frighten = capture. One thing though . . . it DOESN'T equal avoid . . . usually. Awarding XP for treasure always depended on the DM being reasonable about it. The AD&D DMG treasure along with treasure types by critter in the MM were pretty good...

It's been a LONG time, but I seem to remember giving XP for treasure up until 3e. And Wizards says I'm right . . . and so are you. :) From D&D Archives: What were the major changes in AD&D 2nd edition from 1st edition? "Experience points given per gold piece of treasure acquired is now an...

Two of the most frustrating changes from AD&D to D&D 3 (and 4): 1. No XP for treasure 2. Treasure by level expectations The change to XP for monsters as the primary mode of PC advancement gave PCs a perverse incentive to kill everything. I saw it at my own table: players chasing down monsters...

Pst. Hey, guys, you don't need permission from the game rules or WotC to make your games fun for you and your group. You can use a variety of methods to handle similar situations in different ways for different reasons. Do people really read the DMG and expect it to tell them exactly how to run...

Hey! I don't remember DMing for you. Sorry about that. I was kind of a jackass back then. :p

Exactly. Use passive perception as a rules short cut. Assume I'm rolling perception in secret and getting a 10 all the time. If/when the player tells me something specific about the character's behavior that warrants a special role (with a bonus) or maybe no roll at all (automatic success for...

I started playing Dungeons and Dragons in the summer of 1981 with the Moldvay red (pink?) box set. My parents were recently divorced, and I spent every other weekend at my dad's place with my sister. One weekend while looking at stamps in a stamp/coin shop in the mall (I can't remember which...

There is no edition of D&D that I hate [-]so much I wouldn't play it with my friends[/-].

Sickened and Shaken are two different conditions that cause penalties that should stack. Nothing says you can't houserule it, but by RAW they stack.

Emphasis mine. James, how will you stop me from designing my own cosmological system? :p The Great Wheel always bothered me in a "it's too symmetrical and pretty" kind of way, but I didn't really care. I was never a Planescape fan (mid/late 90s was my gaming nadir). Most of my games rarely did...

You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

1. Finish up the Rise of the Runelords adventure path. We had session 32 of the campaign last night. We're at the start of book 5 of 6. Should knock this out between March and May. 2. I'll take over as DM for next campaign (probably). Not sure if I'll do D&DNext or Pathfinder. We played 4e...

What if the skill system included an "automatic" take 10 for all skills in non-stressful or optimal situations. Would this help? Knowledge (lore) check I'm researching bits about dragons because we're thinking of going after one. I roll my d20 and it's less than 10, so my skill check is 10 plus...

In my next campaign drow will be pronounced Morrus. As in: how now brown Morrus. :lol:

My group made the switch to Pathfinder from D&D 4e about 4 months ago. Happy so far.

My group started a Pathfinder game this Spring (came over from 4e). We use nothing but the Core Rulebook, and we are having a blast.

Seems a totally reasonable use of Wish or probably even Limited Wish. Alternatively, research a specialized (higher level) version of Bestow Curse? Bestow Curse allows as one of its options: "Each turn, the target has a 50% chance to act normally; otherwise, it takes no action." Being...

I voted Points of Light, but probably would prefer a Greyhawk/PoL mashup. The plurality of folks voting "No default setting at all" are going to be disappointed. There will be a semblance of a default setting at the very least in monster descriptions and such, but I suspect it will be bigger...

Funny story: I once DM'd a 4e game and chose to ignore a PC's ability to knock a gelatinous cube prone because it didn't make sense. No one from WotC came to revoke my DM certification for not adhering exactly to the rules as written. I doubt they would show up if I said a push (fear) power...

I like how 4e handled this: add a "class template" to the monster by adding a power or two, trait or two, bump HP, and call the monster elite. A similar approach for D&DNext could be to pick the defining traits/abilities of the classes, streamline them, and show how to add to monsters. The...