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Well 18 is a plus 4, that is fine, but how do you get that +3 or +4 to start with? Most players put the "+4" in the big box on the character sheet anyway and the "18" is just a reference that is never used in play, so I don't see what this changes from the current system other than eliminating...

I don't play other games, my question is how do those other games randomly generate those scores. Is it like I said 1d6 -3? People here are complaining about balance, well this guarantees wide imbalance between players in any substantial size group, even if they make exactly the same build...

Yes. They tried to replace the Pact MAgic mechanic with something more balanced with other PCs and give them more oomph in a nova encounter.

No I'm not wrong. They are different. But if they were the same, I will again point out that there is WILD imbalance in BG3 and people LOVE BG3. If your argument is that video games are the same as TTRPGs then Baldur's gate PROVES there is not a problem among players with imbalance and people...

No it was't. Only two PCs could take the spell, but all five wanted him to change his decision. Most of the party was LESS powerful in relative terms compared to the two that wanted to take the spell.

So how do you do this? Roll a d6 and subtract 3 to give you -2 to +3 on every ability? People may not like the default 3-18 ability scores, but using multiple dice improves central tendancy and decreases variation.

If you play published adventures there are some with a boatload of magic. I just finsished a 5E conversion of a series of greyhawk adventures from 1-20 (Village of Homlett, Temple of Elemental Evil, Scourge of the Slavelords, Against the Giants, Queen of Spiders). The DM gave us whatever was...

I am not talking about video games and what works well in Video games does not necessarily translate to what works better in D&D. Also, people routinely make choices that make their video game play more difficult. For example, you can play Baldur's Gate 3 on Story Mode or you can play it on...

But in a game that is based on collaborative story telling, it is not for the DM to decide the story elements. It is for the group, including the players to decide, and there is no way for the DM to engineer it to happen a certain way, 100%, without impacting agency. That is not to say there...

I don't see any evidence of that. I have played 5E with dozens (perhaps hundreds) of players in numerous countries and I would say it is not most people I have played with. Being mechanically better is not the same as being more valuable if you care about story and role play. For some people...

I think the point is it is a story-driven encounter that occurs. In the example I gave (caravan guards) maybe it is the bandit attack you knew was coming. Maybe it is finding out which of the caravan merchants is secretly a devil and confronting him. The point is surrounding it with...

Some people, not all people. I was a huge fan of the 2014 5E Monk and enjoyed playing them, using the 2024 rules I have played more Rangers and Rogues than anything else (counting the total number of levels per class) and they are widely regarded as the two weakest classes. I would say most of...

He did not set it up that way. It was designed to be done in two (or more) days. The adventure was designed for us to go into Lolth's domain fully rested and there were a series of portals to other worlds right before it where we could have done that. We even had an NPC who we freed invite us...

It means a story driven encounter, which can be a whole days XP. The point though is if even it is one super-deadly encounter then you have some classes going Nova in that one encounter and other classes not getting their short rest recharge or not getting their built-in at will advantages...

I think the problem arises mostly when the story drives you to this and the alternative is to have meaningless combats as fillers i.e. you get attacked by some random street thugs on the way to meet your contact at the tavern because you haven't had another fight today. There is also a matter...

Ok so then you can't have a set piece encounter while traveling as a guard, unless you have another 3 encounters on that day? It is easy to have a minimum if the story is you outfit yourself and delve into the dungeon to rid it of the evil hordes. It is much more difficult to do in an urban or...

For people talking about a minimum or set number of encounters a day - that is really hard to do in a story-focused RPG. I mean if the story has you as a caravan guards traveling from Baldur's Gate to Waterdeep; that is about 40 days or so. If we are going to have a minimum of 4 encounters a...

I like 5E and I like the 2014 version better than the 2024 version TBH. I don't think 2024 fixed anything and actually made the system worse For 6E, here are things I would like to see: 1. Less complexity. Especially for non-casters and non-magical combat. 2. Less focus on PC balance. I...

Yep, with the strikethrough above, that is exactly right and consistent with my opinion of the setting.

That was a reply to a quote, I think you read it out of context.