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I started DMing when 4e was released, and as such I just defaulted to the Dawn War pantheon for my homebrew. I find that pantheon to be perfect for a DM who wants to homebrew but doesn't want to create their own sets of gods, as this pantheon not only covers all the necessary elements for the...

I think the opposite, actually. Magic schools are there because they are a relic of old D&D, but they've always been an arbitrary set of classifications, and many spells fit poorly in the categories they're placed in. They just returned in Essentials because the old fans were crying, and make no...

I've always thought that Essentials was an unnecessary regression to 3.5. It did bring along a few changes that benefited 4e in general, like some clarifications on certain rules, and giving the fixed +2/flexible +2 mechanic to all races. But, overall the Essentials-only stuff was just like...

That's my secret, captain: that's the only 5e I've played in at least the last 5 years, because I don't own any 5e books (they are quite expensive here in my country). A friend has the books, but he moved to another city, so I was left with just the basic rules and the SRD...

I was talking about the "DM vs players" thing, lol. The list of prerequisites for stuff was lowered down by 4e. 3e abused asking for prerequisites for everything, lol

Is not bad, it's just overcomplicated, in the sense that basically you need to devote to this build entirely, as you pointed out. Your whole character and play style will be centered around gae bolga. And depends a lot on the DM going along with you. For me, who have had adversarial DMs most...

The game? Yes. Why would you play it otherwise? Myself, I have sufficient stressors in my real life to play a game that adds more. But, I think I understand what you mean with realism. For instance, the fact that the attack is so consuming that it cost you at least 2 turns to make it and that...

This is what you call "realism"? Because for me, this is overcomplicated as f, and honestly unfunny, to boot. Is one of those things I'll never bother to use in a game just because it adds a level of complexity to a game that should be about having fun and not stressing out. If you like that...

It was a rule about f*cking your players when they were buying horses, if they took too much time. It was in the AD&D PHB or DMG, but I have to search for it. But this goes more into the "DM vs players" thing I dislike about the older editions. As for the examples, I have to read those books to...

I don't need specificity, just some examples to look at. Remember, my "oldest" D&D experience was 3.5. I don't have played anything older, and unless there is a good reason to do so, I don't plan to, either. I don't know anything about 2e and earlier rules. And the ones I know I don't like it...

Can you cite some examples?

All Shonen anime, actually. There are a lot of series where the characters are injured beyond what's physically possible, bleed litters of blood, and are completely fine the next scene. Like Naruto, Saint Seiya, Fist of the North Star, and many others. In these stories, what matters is the...

Not all: it doesn't have a place in it's setting for the dragonborn. Like, it was the most iconic 4e race and they are just a footnote in Zeitgeist's implied setting.

Missing? But it is in the Heroes of the Elemental Chaos sourcebook. Unless you say that you wanted it in the Heroes of the Fallen Lands/Forgotten Kingdoms books. This (emphasis mine) was a big deal for me back them. But I feel it not with Essentials but with 5e, lol For me, Essentials was an...

Just the other day I read a guy in Reddit saying that this map seems to have different assumptions than those for the 5e maps published before. He said that for the 5e map of the time, the designers said they were going to follow the 2e maps in stuff like distances and landforms. For instance...

As it happens, earlier Paragon Tier in 4e would be equivalent to 5-10 levels in 5e. So, we are on the same page. She lives in Tytherion, a plane that's exclusive of the World Axis cosmology (I haven't seen an equivalent to it in 5e's Great Wheel, so far).

Well, the idea of SoW is that the adventures get you to epic levels, and while Sarshan is great villain, I don't see him as a threat beyond early Paragon tier. That's the role of the githyanki. We just need to work in a way were they are introduced more organically.

Your ideas are really good. I'm also using Lowtown as the attacked place exactly for the same reasons (is less defended, the high-money people of Fallcrest care little about it, etc.), but my idea is that Sinruth is a hobgoblin from the Daggerburg tribe that wants to strike on his own and made...

Don't worry, I'm still working on this. My ADHD brain is just working on many things at the same time, so I take turns on my projects so I keep my focus and motivation without burning myself (besides real life stuff, so far I'm working on this conversion, a guide to Tymanther that may be...

I'm interested to see how this evolves. And I'm also interested in Arden Vul, this is the first time I read about it. Any info dump about that adventure would be appreciated.