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I rather agree. I don't think it'll unbalance the game, per se. I think it's an attempt to turn one game into another, and I think that's a terrible thing to do when all you have to do to be happy is play the game you like. I think that's fair. I don't see a problem with taking the covers...

I think this is less of a problem than you might think. You describe matters of flavor. Each is still a Fighter. They just look different and call their gear different things. The rulebooks even specifically address the Eastern flavor; a katana is a longsword, a wakizashi is a shortsword, a...

Because it's not 5e? Let me stop right here and say I have no intention of starting an edition war. I'm not arguing that one edition is "better" than another, or BadWrongFun anybody. The point of making this post is I want people to have as much fun as possible. 5e is a class-based game. It is...

You know, I hadn't noticed that. I was just going for Will Scarlet in French. :blush: Bob

I couldn't care less about capstone. Never played a character that high. I bore too easily. :p Usually I play single-class characters. Multi-classing, however, can be fun. Yesterday I made a new character for a casual game I sometimes look in on. I had watched the Errol Flynn Robin Hood film...

True. Not that anyone has actually asked me for it. It's an interesting intellectual exercise, figuring out how to approach something like this. :) I like to have ways to tell the player, "Sure, it works like this" rather than "No, the rules don't allow it." And it's only a matter of time...

The problem comes when verisimilitude overcomes simplicity, which happens almost instantly. Anyone else remember weapon type vs armor types and speed factors? [shudder] That got complicated very quickly. It helps me to view D&D combat as hopelessly abstract and keep my head there. ;) Because...

That's true. I was addressing other comments up-thread, which advised interrupting long rests in order to muck about with player-character resources. ;) As I made abundantly clear in another comment, where I also explained my take on long rests in the wilderness, which you clearly haven't...

Rangers lead the way! ;)

You're right that there's nothing explicit. Implicit? I should hope that by their third or fourth adventure they've picked up enough to be wary. Since you brought up Tolkien, I'll follow your lead. :) The only characters who were brand-new adventurers were the Hobbits. On their trip to Bree...

Clearly those saying "you can't rest in a combat environment" have never been in a combat environment. Yes, you can "long rest" while on patrol in enemy territory. Is it as high-quality rest as you get in a secure zone back in the rear? No. But to claim it's impossible to have a refreshing...

Happy to help. Consider me volunteered. :) Cheers, Bob www.r-p-davis.com

Tables. Wait, that's been done. Crap. Seriously, nothing. It ain't broke. Attempting to fix it is unnecessary. Despite all the folderol about warlords and stuff. If anyone's interested in the reasoning behind my opinion, I put it on my blog, linked below. Regards, Bob www.r-p-davis.com

This right here. Cheers, Bob www.r-p-davis.com

This is really, really cool. :) Thank you! Regards, Bob www.r-p-davis.com

The players never make those rolls at my table. Neither do they roll to find traps, pick pockets, stuff like that. They always think they've succeeded at those pursuits, and don't find out otherwise until something happens. I've done that since approximately 1988, and see no reason to change...

I think it works, provided you have a story mechanism in mind which explains where the power comes from. Cleric power comes from deities. A Cleric who goes alone (or with a few friends, most of whom don't have the strength of faith the Cleric has, or they'd also be Clerics) into a dungeon...

Except that ain't necessarily so. :) Another perspective is that Clerics are first and foremost true believers. They have an unwavering faith in their deities. That's where their powers come from. Not from convincing other people to follow that god, but from their own rock-solid faith. A Bard...

Precisely. Which in my experience with the murderhobos I seem to get, would cause them to chuck the thing in a bin, sell it, or deal with the discomfort of being a good character attuned to an evil item. :) I happen to be fairly well-read on philosophy for someone who hasn't taken a degree...