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Classic module? Big PC party? One shot? Tomb of Horrors! You didn't say you still need them to be your friends afterwards, did you?

Yes, this is what I meant... 5e actually went backwards and made Int less useful to generic characters. It's not like WotC was not warned about it, there were many of us duing DnDNext playtest sending feedback about it, and the possibilities to make Int more relevant to all characters, more on...

If you mean whether there should be a high Int fighter subclass, I don't think so. What I would really like, is if there was enough benefit of high Int in general so that being a high Int fighter would be an attractive character build option independently of the subclass.

Of course not. There is value in following the standards, if you have players who like having the possibility to use their knowledge from previous games, but the DM can always take the ultimate responsibility of what kind of game to play so in general the DM is not under any obligation. I've...

My first instinct thought was "Avatar". I think the original and common meaning is more like a manifestation/aspect or emanation of the deity itself, not another creature chosen by the deity. However I like messing things up a bit and create confusion on anything related to religions in a RPG...

I wonder if there is a niche area of entertainment where it would actually be beneficial to human society... an area where: nobody cares about shared experience people often want specific things plagiarism is of no concern nothing is truly original and originality doesn't really matter An...

I agree on all these. Languages are one of those niche areas of any RPG which a gaming group could choose anything between totally ignore the topic and make it a strategic resource. Similar cases can be said for encumbrance, spell components, rations/water/survival and more. On a very high...

I am never afraid to openly warn the players "this foe is beyond any of you" when they face anything with CR much higher than theirs but still beatable. I don't mean to just give them hints or make them roll a check to understand this, I mean to flat-out tell them that their characters have the...

Even though I am very unlikely to buy the new core books, I hope WotC has improved since last edition because 5e books still had too many errata to correct. My general rule of thumb is to wait about a year before buying important rulebooks, or at least avoid the first print.

More simply, it doesn't look a bit better for me than 5e. Also, a new edition generally carries with it all my least favourite types of players, so staying with what is now a former edition is a sort of relief.

Good. The more mundane, non-magical useful options the better.

It doesn't require much "skills" but it requires a good attitude. If you want the game to be a simulation of reality, or if you are obsessed with balance, don't play D&D (and probably don't play any RPG at all). Any socially disruptive behaviour such as cheating, constantly...

Very different case between being a player and a DM... As a DM, you can pretty much run any RPG you want. The most mainstream trend-following players will not want to play the second-last edition (neither current nor vintage), but how much like that are your typical players? If you want to keep...

Which tells me that the most sensible thing to do would be to abolish the concept of a DMG, and replace it with maybe an official blog/podcast or series of articles. They make a DMG only because "tradition" and of course extra revenue, as every DM feels morally obligated to buy it even if they...

I had to think harder than I thought I would... Since you let us free to choose the criteria, I went with not a strictly defined but more intuitive approach: does it matter which core PHB we are going to use? And the answer for me is yes, it's a new edition. 5.5 PHB classes work significantly...

Uhm... interesting take, but it got me thinking. I think the 3.5 revision had numerically a lot more changes, most of which were fiddly. The most substantial changes were the general power-up of all classes, more of a marketing ploy to get all players to buy the PHB again than really needed...

Thanks @robowieland for the great review. It hasn't swayed me a bit, but it was very nice to read!

Interestingly, or not, I think the small bunch of rules in 5e which annoy me all do so at a gamist level, while no rule annoys me because of lack of realism. 1) Guidance cantrip originally annoyed me because it could be used over and over, not only because it meant too good compared to other...

Judging from the latest threads page this morning... Dubai? :p

It's an interesting proposition. What you suggest sounds like a short-term penalty for concentrated efforts. I think you should approach it from the game design point of view, not from the perspective of trying to model reality otherwise it probably ends up being just annoying rules. Also, from...