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We're run and enjoyed Numenera before. I never actually thought of it as sci-fi (which is not saying it isn't sci-fi). We had planetside adventures and plenty of weirdness. I'm looking for something set IN SPACE! Umbran used the term "space opera" which I haven't heard used in a while.

I actually have T20 sitting on my shelf, but haven't touched it. It also looked too fiddly for our table. If Star Frontiers (bonus: it is free) and Alternity Star*Drive don't fit the bill, perhaps I will visit some of the Traveler systems you've mentioned. :)

It's a Friday night group with a mix of casual players and tabletop RPG lifers. Ease of play (particularly ease of character creation and leveling) matter to the new players, who are far happier with the simple social aspects of D&D. For the veteran players (I'll include myself here), there...

Wanted to pop in and say this was a great suggestion. I am really enjoying the old Star Frontiers material. Looking at the Alpha Dawn Expanded, but scaling back the somewhat clunky combat/movement system to be closer to basic. Haven't spent much time with the Knight Hawks spaceship rules, but...

I plan to do some kind of WOIN mash-up once the hardcovers are in-hand. Part of my desire to do pure sci-fi now is knowing that Laser Space Wizards are in my future. :D

- Prefer sci-fi to sci-fantasy. - Prefer a system low on micromanagement and constantly consulting charts. The only sci-fi setting I have played extensively was 1992's Traveller: The New Era. Thanks in advance for any advice!

I didn't read any cover-to-cover. I probably have spent the most time with the PHB pouring over race, class, background, equipment, and rules extensively. Haven't read the spells until I need them or are considering using them. The DMG got a pretty heavy read, although I didn't read the magic...

Drizzt, Eliminster, Raistlin, the Lady of Pain, Meepo If you toss gods into the mix: Bahamut, Tiamat, Lolth, Vecna, Asmodeus

In our group we set a minimum damage threshold to cut down on the number of concentration checks (i.e. when the caster takes 10 or more damage from a single attack). As for removing concentration checks, I would recommend an exception-based approach, rather than wholly removing...

I think one sentence at the start of the summary would improve the readability of the whole post, i.e. "First let me show you a composite formula I made from the best performing aspects of five different methods, and then support my conclusions with a detailed breakdown each of those five...

Excellent work, although my eyes glazed over a little bit when I hit the charts. :D It looks like a very logical and simple approach to the reconciling 5e bounded values with the 3.5's boundless values. I take it the Summary method at the top is the "Carcharoth method" you refined from the...

Here's a thought: Don't put playing D&D on your resume. Or your Pokémon badges. Or your ability to speak Klingon. CareerBuilder has it right. I mean, you could explore a "variety of factors, including a careful assessment of the job, the interviewer, and the company" and hope you get it right...

To each its own. I actually really enjoy pet-based classes and the whole flavor or man and beast working in harmony, in the vein of London's Call of the Wild. That said, I thought the archer and pet paths in 5e were a reasoned compromise. I haven't seen the complaints about 5e ranger firsthand...

While I would have preferred a bigger and more robust full campaign book, I would still buy books like SCAG in the future.

http://io9.com/two-major-rpg-books-came-out-this-month-and-theyre-bot-1742001057

At first I thought it might be excluding the Ecapist and 5MWD reviews as "external", but the math didn't work for that either. Maybe the overall score only recalculates periodically to deter tampering? That's only a guess.

3 out of 5 rating for Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide SCAG is a attractive and well laid out introduction to the Sword Coast region of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. There's a gentle primer for the rich-but-comfortable lore of FR: the various faiths, points of interest, and factions that...

I've really enjoyed the additional class options and backgrounds added in SCAG. Arcana domain, City Watch, and Far Traveler are all standouts. I put together a list of everything available in 5e for races, classes, backgrounds, feats, and variant familiars in 5e to date. SCAG was a big part of...

Yeah, I've been following this for a while now. This is a fan project including fan conversions from other products such as Magic: the Gathering. For a no-budget fan project, it's at least nice to see them giving credit where credit is due, especially when "swipe and play dumb" is just as...

As long as sorcerers aren't a level behind wizards in spell access, 5e can say they only wear garbage bags and smell like rotten meat and I'll be happy. lol