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I run 5e, but am using a module from Basic D&D (B7 Rahasia). It's... different

Do you feel the same about bards? Or do they get a pass because the things they do are magical? I am no fan of the Warlord as a class. They work fine as a subclass, probably of fighter (which, lo and behold, it's basically what the Battlemaster is with a lot of the maneuvers). I personally hate...

Many abjuration spells, conjuration, divination, and possibly transmutation spells. Mostly those that have no direct combat effect, have more of a use outside combat. Like Locate Creature, Find Greater Steed, and so on.

I love paladins. They are my most played class from 3rd, Pathfinder, and 5e. I never got to play one in 2e because I just DMed, and I probably wouldn't have gotten the rolls needed to make one. I'm currently playing one in a 5e game. Paladins = <3 More on topic: I know the thread that spawned...

Not a fan of a spell-less ranger, but other than that... eh. I would keep the stat requirements for multiclassing. Personally, I would mix AD&D and 5e + minions. So this, as presented, isn't exactly the perfect edition for me. Glad many other posters so far seem to like it, though.

Most people assume a druid wouldn't put on metal armor because it is explicitly stated in the class that it is against the druid's ethos to do so. In all my experiences (I know, anecdotal, the horror), I have never come across a no-win situation for a druid and metal armor, unlike the myriad of...

I am curious why a 1e monk couldn't use flaming oil. As someone who didn't play but 1 session of 1e, it seems strange. However, I have noticed a trend in more modern gaming (maybe it was there back then, too), people seem to not be able to play characters with deeply held convictions. Things...

I know ever since 3rd edition (never looked into it for 2e as I never played a priest there) it has been possible for clerics to "worship" an ideal, and obtained their domains that way. Not sure if they were required in 4e, either. I believe it was the same for paladins. As for me, it would be...

Most damaging spells typically call for a Dexterity save. Constitution sometimes does (usually for poison or some sort of gas attack), and Intelligence (very rare), typically for psychic damage. I guess a better thing would be to create something like "Minion's Luck" (a better name escapes me so...

Then a special quality of the "minion" descriptor would be Evasion. They take no damage on a successful saving throw, and half damage on a failed one. Half-damage is still more than enough to kill them anyway.

Saelorn made me think of something I really like in 4e (despite not caring for the edition itself just from cursory glances at the first PHB): Minions. I wish it would have been brought over into 5e. But, since I am the DM, I did bring them over. Couple those with the "cleave through monsters"...

2e: wizards having a d4 hit die. So many strange and different monsters (none of this "Orc Eye of Gruumsh" or "Water Elemental Drowner" that's been going on since 3rd's MM4 or MM5). Ability Scores doing more than just giving you a higher +. Exceptional Strength. (I unfortunately didn't get to...

If your only exposure to something is the prewritten modules, then it would look like D&D as a whole is nothing but combat. Same could be said of Pathfinder. And this isn't just about a single edition. You don't know what else was going on outside of what was written on the pages of a module. If...

A quiver that continuously made arrows, I think, would possibly be a major rare item. You could probably knock it down slightly if the arrows disappeared one round (6 seconds) after being removed from the quiver. Though, if you allowed such a thing, you might as well just not bother tracking...

I agree with you about the 1e red dragon. It looked like crap. And your assessment of the Pathfinder versions is fairly correct, they could be a bit more varied. The mentally challenged unicorn look of the WOTC era blue dragon I am not a fan of (3/4/5e), and the skull-faced black dragon (3/4/5e)...

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/5/53/Monster_manual_1e_-_White_dragon_-_p34.png/revision/latest?cb=20141112093901 That's the 1st edition White Dragon...

I wanted to attempt to make 5e closer to 2e, with a big part of that being the ability scores. The drawback of that is all the numbers on monsters needing a huge redo. Since a creature with a 14 Con wouldn't get +2 hp per hit dice/level, or deal +3 damage with a 16 Str, etc. I did make one...

The kind with an H in it, I think?

I can agree with those who say it didn't look like D&D. Pathfinder looked more like D&D to me than 4e did. Every time I wanted to give 4e a shot, I'd crack open the PHB and then close it about a minute later. I, personally, couldn't get past how it was presented. From reading forums, there's a...

I chose 3rd edition, as it was where I spent most of my playtime outside of 5e (am including Pathfinder in this), even though I started in 2e. I would love to try and do a D&D timeline set of campaigns in my setting (start way in the past), where we start in D&D, jump 100 years or so and play...