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I had previously listed one of those things that prevent confidence as not being able to know the mind of the DM. Having the same DM, Players, and Campaign over a span of decades would certainly lessen that problem. It has not, however been my game experience, and it's IMHO not something the...

I don't disagree. When I said I get an AD&D vibe from this place and don't get as much of one from Reddit or GitP, I meant all of the things you describe, with the understanding that AD&D tables varied.

It was an official TSR thing, Living City set in Raven's Bluff in Forgotten Realms. I forget the exact system for the point buy, but I do remember the stats for my Fighter/Thief: Str 18(10) Dex 18 Con 11 Int 13 Wis 6 Cha 15 The point buy was one of the more generous ones I've seen.

I mentioned it because it was unusual for the time.

On a side note, I participated in official organized play during the 2E era and that used point buy. It was a generous one, my character had a pair of 18s.

I believe that's true of AD&D/OSR fans and fairly true of this forum, I wouldn't call it universal or possibly even typical. I checked out the subreddit for D&D and the Giant In the Playground forum for 5E, and I get far less of an AD&D vibe from those places. I also get almost no AD&D vibe from...

I define fudging on stats as cheating on rolling stats with the DM's permission or knowledge, or the DM directly cheating on your behalf. Rolling a bad set of stats and the DM telling you to reroll I would call fudging. I call cheating on stats cheating without the knowledge or permission of...

I don't see honesty as matter of edition so much as dishonesty being an inevitable side effect of rolling for stats. 3E and 4E players weren't so much more honest but instead were merely less likely to roll for stats.

Actually, this is the best thread of this sort I've read on forums ever. This is the first such thread that has honestly addressed the cheating/fudging issue to this degree. I attribute that to this thread occurring during the 5E era as opposed to the 3E or 4E eras, since people playing 3E and...

For 4E, I was speaking more about the specific issue of "everything is core" than the system as a whole. As for the post as a whole, I was asking if there is of isn't a culture of 5E that itself seems to drag the game in certain directions more than the books themselves do.

If you look at this thread in its entirety, that isn't exactly clear or in particular universally available.

There is an example of a problem that's less solvable, but it's an old one I haven't really encountered since my 2E days. Instead of looking at combat vs social, think of direct combat vs AD&D-style bizarre complex planning for indirect dealing with foes. As I've said, I haven't really seen this...

So here's a question I'm asking due to being a bit new to the whole 5E scene: Some system-imposed constraints for 3E and 4E were alluded to in the books, but greatly magnified by the cultures of the games among players to the point where it was that culture that restrained DMs more than the...

I think people make too big a deal out of Thac0. I don't remember it being too big a hassle at the time, and nobody I gamed with ever felt the need to do anything about it. That being said, it seems ridiculous to go back to it now but it takes a whole 60 seconds to translate the entire game from...

Primary role damage, not really tanking but will front line in a pinch, not really bothering with support at all but the aura at 6 is very good.

I haven't really committed to anything beyond Human Paladin so far. I stand right now as Human(Variant) Paladin 1: Str 16 Dex 8 Con 14 Int 8 Wis 10 Cha 16 Polearm Master feat I'm leaning towards Paladin 8(Vengence) Sorcerer 2 at this point, taking at least 1 level of Sorcerer early. Booming...

I'm not really planning on tanking much. I'm a variant human who took PAM as the feat, but we actually haven't exactly started the game yet so I could still change it.

So the condescension was intentional, as I suspected.

Would you play Constitution <8 in 3E or 5E?

According to this forum, playing 5E in a mechanically effective manner is cheesy to a lot of people.