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Huh, this is where I'm confused too, because I've only once saw one of those in person. I only see them frequently in theory crafting in online message boards. Or used as a straw man argument as denigration of moving beyond the old-school standard stereotypes. As far as those bizarre...

The one problem with defense being stronger is it can lead to really long, dragged-out games. Missing too often is boring and a downer. D&D 5E is biased towards more hitting. That's why ACs are low, HPs are decent, and characters have more pervasive healing so they feel safer about mixing it...

Our table is about 'character concept first, mechanically sensible builds next.' Nobody's chosen any broken combos, either powerful or weak, but they do get the characters to an effective place before going for fluff. VHuman 1: UA Phoenix Sorcerer w/ Elemental Adept: Fire. VHuman 2...

I put in too much stuff to make a larger point that you are now focusing in on. That is not the point. The point is that people want a much more restricted game. The game now mechanically allows female halfling fighters to not suck. This is what's distasteful, and is being - unfairly, in bad...

Obnoxious? Intentional. Entitled? 'Oh you, telling grognards that their constant need to say everyone else's fun is bad and wrong and dumb is annoying... how entitled.' If it's something else, please, explain. I'm all ears. :heh: Whiny? Nah. Because the grogs that complain the loudest almost...

Thanks. Yeah, there is a time in many (if not most) kid's lives where they're pushing boundaries, and the world is a game to see what they can get away with, and logic is merely a tool to twist and distort to 'win'. It's somewhere between 13-18, and I played an awful lot during that time. If...

Nethack is an awesome version of Basic. I like Sword of Fargoal, it's got the 'scary as hell dungeon crawl' thing down pat.

You have no idea how many arguments came out of that lack of clarity or definition. "But my arrows are broad-head, so they do slashing!" "A Katana does a draw-cut, that's not really slashing, it's more elegant, so that resistance doesn't apply!" I wish I were kidding.

Meanwhile, *Wizard Gates in a horde of Angels* Then *Cleric banishes the Big Bad Evil Guy to a pocket dimension while party mops up minions* But, OMG a FINESSE WEAPON that does UP TO 2HP MORE!?!!?!?!? If the Single-Handed Quarterstaff is the Spiked Chain of 5e, then the Rapier is...the...

You're splitting hairs. That's 90% of what we have now, but it's just put in a predictable place and written in a predictable way. I'm old, so I have fond AD&D memories, (if tainted by nostalgia), and I do like the idea of variety, but like others said, only in small doses - if it happens...

I am so sick of you ultra-conservative grognards trying to tell everyone else how to play the game. You grew up on LOTR, and can't possibly imagine flights of fancy and imagination having any other form. Yeah. We get it.There is only one way to play the game! The one from one infinitesimally...

Well, in a way, it is - if you use the wrong weapon, the hit points are doubled. It just doesn't reward you with the feeling of 'I did MORE damage!' like a vulnerability does.

So you have house-ruled the hell out of the game, assumptions about cost/value can't carry over to tables that are more by-the-book, so you have nothing to say that matters to other people. Got it. Where did you get the idea that I thought a Wish would only be used for destruction? It's a...

Gith are kinda meh. Boring. Where are the interesting ribbon abilities like Elven meditation? The armor is good for the Yanks, but Greatsword expertise isn't a given? I'd like to see something related to their Astral heritage. Advantage on Survival in the Astral? Eh.

We award after every session, level up on long rest.

Yes, free salt! I mean, really. I'd say 'take one point off of an ability score that's already higher than 12 and move it over there. Or, if they discover that pretty early on, like before 4th level, swap an ability score around. No harm done. But I'd still make them hit the spec.

Not any more.

IMO it's a useful way to make people mindful of abusing dump stats. I think it's cheesy as hell for an 8 CHA to take a level dump into Sorcerer for some cantrips and utility spells so they can put those points somewhere else min-maxy. Make them have a character that's plausible to be a hero...

Oh god let's not revive the AD&D 'Weapon vs. armor class modifiers' table please, I'm begging you I mean, it would nerf double-wielding Pole Arm Master Two Weapon Fighting Shillelagh Rangers, which is great, but that's not enough to merit going back to THAT kind of game. :.-(