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They were tough, but there was the caveat of the material components. If you followed the rules, it would have been very difficult to keep using mistletoe indefinitely; most of the time, the druid would be forced to use holly or other materials, with the result that spells would be way less...

They were tough, but there was the caveat of the material components. If you followed the rules, it would have been very difficult to keep using mistletoe indefinitely; most of the time, the druid would be forced to use holly or other materials, with the result that spells would be way less...

That's essentially how the 13th Age druid works; it's an absolutely brilliant concept.

That's essentially how the 13th Age druid works; it's an absolutely brilliant concept.

The option I prefer most today is 13th Age's three categories: medium, large and huge. The game doesn't automatically posit that these are related to aging, and it leaves it open to the DM's need for his campaign.

That's brilliant, thanks for posting! Did you write it? I noticed a few typos (e.g. missing spaces between words, and the word "creature" missing in the Paralyzed condition). BTW, I too am using the 4e DM screen for my games; it's quite excellent!

5 out of 5 rating for 13th Age Bestiary The Bestiary acts as a monster manual and campaign supplement. Each monster comes with scenario ideas. If get this book and you don't get your brain overwhelmed by crazy and weird adventure seeds, you are probably playing the wrong game!

The 4e of Stormbringer is very good as it includes material from previous supplements and scenarios, although the changes to the sorcery system make the game somewhat more complex (and some editing blunders have left stuff in from previous versions, so things are a bit fuzzy.) The pseudo-"class...

5 out of 5 rating for Eyes of the Stone Thief I bought it recently to kickstart a new campaign, and I started reading it. I am not a huge fan of "megadungeons" but this is so much more. It's a very dynamic meta-environment, which the GM can adapt and shape to his own ideas. I can't wait to run...

Wow big news! I have always been a big fan of WFRP, my favoured edition (rules-wise) is 2e, although I prefer the setting of 1e. The C7 guys I think can be trusted to deliver an exceptional product.

45 in March; started with the Red Box, then moved to AD&D 2e, which is the D&D version I played most. Then 3.0 for a few years, a bit of 4e, and since 2014, 5e on and off (I have three online games going, and I ran a tabletop campaign last year.) I have been running Red Box again since a few...

The old Dragonlance SAGA game had an interesting "spell building" system, which I reckon should be relatively easy to port to D&D. The core idea was to have some general "spell schools" which defined the domain of the spell, and then build up a difficulty based on summing scores according to...

I am only mindful of the "canon" part of a setting that gives character to that setting. So, for example, the Three Moons of Magic in Dragonlance. Or the Test of High Sorcery. Everything else can (and should) be sacrificed if it gets in the way of a good game.

All GUMSHOE games are my "go to" games for modern gaming (Fear Itself for non-Lovecraftian horror, and Ashen Stars for sci-fi). Trail of Cthulhu is THE Cthulhu game of choice for me. And I'd like to add that between GUMSHOE and 13th Age, I would keep Pelgrane Press games only on my shelf and...

I agree; it makes wands and staves too reliable. If you don't know whether you are going to lose your Wand of Fireballs, you try to be conservative in its use. In general, 5e seems to put less emphasis on resource management. I do realise though that some people enjoy it, some other don't.

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Indeed, up to BECMI, roughly 80% of XP came from treasure, and only 20% from defeating (which doesn't mean necessarily killing) monsters. In 2e the XP guidelines were rather fluid, and the DM could decide for what to award XP besides defeating monsters. The source of XPs, if stated upfront by...

In person, with people met online and now I consider friends. Hi there Jon :) I wish we could play more often :/

Interesting thread, and something I have been mulling over this same thing the last week. I DMed 2e the longest, from 1989 to 2002, and before that, it was BECMI. I had a brief stint with 3.0 (picked up again last year for a Dragonlance campaign) and then a very brief affair with 4e (ended sort...

Nice thread! (apart from the deviations into Real World issues...) If you have Tales of the Black Kingdoms (for the d20 Conan game) it provides lots of interesting stuff for African-inspired scenarios. Also, Road of Kings (again d20 Conan) provides some background info for the southern parts of...