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I agree. What I would do is make every spell an attack sometimes with additional modifier or rider abilities. A few abilities (like healing or short range teleports) would not be attack based. Then all utility magic would be handled with rituals that have a hefty GP cost to use and... I just...

The 2e gladiator was proficient in all weapons and picking a weapon with a proficiency slot granted them weapon specialization in the weapon..I kinda feel this class is trying to emulate that.

Here's my wish list for 6e: It should be simpler. The are to many fiddlely bits, to much micromanaging, too many niche bonuses and obscure rules. Things should be light and simple. The rules rules should be clearly defined. Too much of the and relies on DM fiat and overly broad rules that are...

You are correct. Next time, cite a reputable source. Remathilis, former English teacher

The problem is that I can't tell you if that's something that AI hallucinated or pulled from a real thinking person and I don't have the time or will to research it. So I automatically assume anything pulled from AI is probably a hallucination (regardless if it's true or if I agree with it)...

I wouldn't mind an alternate art cover from him a la Diitrilizzi's Planescape ones

I don't expect it either, and I actually prefer the modern take where mechanics do not straightjacket a character but do provide shaping and form for them. I would not want Ravenloft to reprint Powers checks again (and yes some people did abuse them to intentionally turn evil, but it was often a...

Too me, this harkens back to players who intentionally playing weak characters in a campaign or characters who can't pull their own weight. I don't want to derail the conversation with that, so I'll just link you to a well thought out essay. And right there I stopped reading.

Ok let's put it like this. Imagine in a normal D&D world, a wizard in a 9 on the Arbitrary Power Scale (APS). It doesn't matter what alignment or moral outlook they have, they are always at about a 9. A defiler is at a 10. He is getting extra power from defiling (even if its just a small...

Please keep in mind this inquiry came from Steampunkette's idea that preserving should be precipitously weaker than defiling with no tradeoff other than "it's the right thing to do". Which is a noble sentiment, but its horrendous GAME balance because a choice that is between a bad choice and a...

What I don't want is a setting that encourages rat-bastard PCs who are slightly less terrible than the Sorcerer-Kings and Templars they profess as enemies. A setting where Tyr is just the start, not the end, of the good that can be done via heroics and collective action. A setting that doesn't...

How does the setting promote heroic play? I ask this in genuine curiosity. From an outsider perspective, it doesn't. (Or, didn't, pre 4e). I compared to classic Ravenloft because Ravenloft is superficially similar (grim setting, evil overpowers good) but while Ravenloft doesn't provide carrots...

First rule of Enworld: you don't debate red text. Unless you're not a fan of your account.

Does it? Most of the vibe I get from people who liked the classic setting is that they don't want heroes. They want bad people who do bad things to even badder people. Good isn't a moral choice, it's an unintended consequence. Which is why preserving should be weak and paladins non-existent and...

In a story, I agree. In a GAME, that's more complicated. I know they say D&D doesn't have a win/lose state, but it does encourage survival (dead player characters don't advance stories) and survival is predicated on power. So if you have two options where one is clearly the better choice...

That just reinforces my long held belief that Dark Suns biggest draw was that it is a setting that isn't even morally gray, it's black vs pitch black and the winners are whoever can be the biggest bastards. It permitted, may encouraged, you to be a bunch of be selfish and cruel. If the settings...

The issue is carrots and sticks. D&D is still a game, and the has to be a better trade off for preserving than a feeling of moral superiority to work. That's part of the fundamental flaw in Dark Sun if you want it to be hopepunk rather than grimdark: you need to incentivize hope rather than...

This thread has shown me a lot of people apparently have either forgotten or homebrewed what preserving and defiling meant.

Maybe so, but it's thematically more satisfying to say, "I'm trying to preserve, but the temptation to get extra power via defiling is tempting" than it is to say, "I have to intentionally tie one arm behind my back in order to be a good person". Maybe it's my Star Wars addled brain, but I find...

I would have thought the Purple Dragon Knight fiasco would convince people to quit jumping to conclusions, but everyone out here like it's Olympic Poke vaulting tryouts