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I'm kind of late to the party, but my recommendation would be to split attributes into proactive and reactive use. Dexterity, Constitution and Wisdom would be reactive attributes, and therefore used for saving throws. Strength, Intelligence and Charisma would be proactive attributes, and...

I've mentioned this one before, but I think that the fighter could support an almost AEDU approach without breaking the simulationist hangup that some(including myself) have with the 4E fighter. Create 3 categories of abilities: maneuvers, stunts, and tricks. Maneuvers are at will, and use...

Strictly speaking, "studded leather" should be closer to the plate end of things since its closest historical analogue would have been brigandine or a coat of plates(the "studs" being rivets).

You may have noticed that I qualified the sentence citing aesthetics with "to me." I make no assumptions on other people's tastes. I just generally prefer the feel and appearance of natural materials over plastic.

As has been noted before, even if these dice are more random, the difference is pretty insignificant in the scope of a gaming session. To me, upgrading to materials such as stone, metal and wood provide more value than upgrading to aesthetically displeasing dice that provide an imperceptible...

Playable on its own to who, though? If games were broken in the same way to all players, all groups would house rule the same stuff. House rules exist to bring a game within the chosen play style of an individual group, not to fix an objective flaw in the game. I can pretty much guarantee you...

And yet what is the general perception of cows? Docile beasts(except when stampeding) used for milk and meat. Bulls, on the other hand, are typically seen as more dangerous and temperamental, and are used in various parts of the world for dangerous sport.

The problem with female minotaurs as monsters is that cows, in general, are not scary. Bulls are fine, since they have the horns and all, but cows? You'll end up with adventures such as The Night of Udder Terror and Vanished with Dairy a Trace. As a race, gender inclusiveness is fine, but if...

I say desert. If I want dragon-ish encounters at sea, I'll use a sea serpent. Blue in the desert makes more sense is more appealing than brown to me because I want regal predatory dragons(diving down from the clear blue desert sky), not sneaky lurker dragons(hiding in the sand in wait). I can...

As long as they know how to love I know they'll stay alive...

Although I don't have a problem with the system as is, here's how one could possibly alter it to allow for more variety of resources. Divide combat abilities into three categories: maneuvers, tricks and stunts(feats would fit better, but alas, that's already taken). All three use CS dice...

Well, if you wanted to keep things fairly close to the AD&D chest, Castles & Crusades would provide a cleaner system that wouldn't require much -if any- conversion. On the opposite end of the spectrum, FATE's aspects and fate points would be fantastic for portraying the idea that belief is...

Personally, I could wish for the Nosferatu variant in the 2E Van Richten guide to become the standard. Check out this innovation: it drains CON by sucking your blood. And yeah, I can't wait to actually be able to buy 1st hand 1E & 2E Realms stuff. All my old books got stolen years ago when I...

Having read a bit of the discussion(that didn't devolve into pedantic rules corrections that had nothing at all to do with the thesis of this discussion) as well as similar discussions elsewhere, and in part due to having a new perspective after a good night's sleep, I'd like to revise my stance...

Of course, now that I think of it, there's a much more straightforward solution to the problem of people minmaxing... Let them create their characters, design the adventure to repeatedly attack them in their lowest stats, and after they die, end the session with, "Now repeat after me: there is...

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Honestly? I'd rather that bonus come from a combination of class features and player decisions made during play than a single roll/choice that was made at character creation.

That depends on how prevalent modifiers are in the game. If it's easy to stack up +5 or more to adjust your roll, then sure, 10% extra is only 10%. But if straight additive bonuses are rare(and it sure seems like WotC wants them to be in 5E), then even a +1 is beneficial. What isn't...

Oh, I'm not advocating a direct return to 2E or anything. Where d20 was all power treadmills and bland sameness(and I'm not qualified to say what 4E was or wasn't), 2E was often wildly inconsistent, though there was an odd logic to many of the decisions made. I notice you did not mention the...

Why would you use attack rolls for arm wrestling? No attack is necessary; just do a contested strength check(and suddenly there is a difference, even in the 7-14 range). My point is that if you take away the importance of an ability score in relation to class features, you take away the drive...