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I generally prefer rolling. I'm not really into char-op or character builds, nor do I necessarily sit down to create a character with the character concept already thought out. I generally prefer 6+2d6, in order, for my character generation method when I play Basic or 2e. When I play 3e or...

Hmm... now I kind of want to program one. It shouldn't be too hard. Dice roller & ability scores, with text blocks for race, class, speciality, background, equipment, spells, Then calculate magical attack, melee attack, ranged attack, Spell DC, AC, HP. Done.

I don't know, I always go back and look things over these days, looking for snippets of cool stuff. Some rules are perfectly good in older editions and should be brought back, while many other rules simply need a bit of tweaking to work as the designer intended. For example, I was reading over...

This sounds a lot like playing a 3e rogue, except you aren't complaining about missing too often. I think a lightly armoured dex based fighter has to be a little more fragile though, or otherwise why bother with heavy armour in the first place? The 4e rogue used mobility for defense, by...

Yep, everyone had fun, but then everyone has always had fun in my games, whether it be 2e or 4e. I would say that everyone found playing CN alignments was the most fun rather than a particular class per se. The wizard probably had the least amount of fun when she had to sit out a few rounds...

That is is a very graceful fix, and it amounts to the much same thing as an ability score boost because checks and saves are what you use ability scores for. It doesn't give you attack or damage bonuses though, so you'll probably need something else. +2 to any stat therefore probably has to...

So I got three players together to try out D&D. Player 1: Doesn't play D&D anymore, but moved onto different systems during the 3e era and missed 4e. He made up a Warlock because it had the newest and most interesting mechanic, and kept saying "that's awesome" to various 4e innovations (like...

Well, I was going to post my playtest here, but there are 2 pages of people moaning about why they are not going to playtest, so this thread is spoiled.

Rolling ability scores: Two of my players had to reroll hopeless characters (hopeless being defined as half the ability scores being under 8), so that's a bit of an issue. I'd prefer 6+2d6 as the default rolling method myself. Random, with much the same spread as 4d6, but no crippled...

I like the troglodyte, and I like that they are a hunched over underdark race. I do agree that hunched monsters are being used too often. Every one so far has had a hunched posture in their concept art. The lizardman in 3e and 4e were perfect, so I hope they keep that. I don't like kobolds...

I had a wizard, warlock and sorcerer (all spellcasters), and that worked out fine with only one problem. The wizard didn't have armour, didn't have the shield spell, and didn't have other players protecting her like in 4e. So as a new player, she spent a lot of time on the ground. So we are...

I think if there is human cultural distinctions, then they should be in backgrounds, preferably based on the region they lived in. For example, 4e had backgrounds for people that lived in swamps, on mountains, in the forest, in the underdark, on monster infested marchlands, etc. Those were...

I'll admit to a bit of being biased against the factionalism among the D&D fanbase, which I find incredibly silly. I generally think people should just go with the flow a little more, try it out and shrug if they don't like it. I mean, Lore Sjorberg's article on "what if D&D players were...

So a lot of people are having problems with the human ability score boost, because it seems to be at first glance OP (which it really isn't, as judged by my playtesting anyway) or because it means that humans will have better overall stats than their demi-human bretheren (which it does). I...

I like that they kept the "dragonish" feel of the sorcerer from 4e. I also like burning spells to be a magically enhanced melee fighter thanks to manifesting his dragon-ness. I don't like that he has plate though, as it makes it too much of a fighter, and would prefer dragon scales earlier...

Mostly just a bump to rise above innerdude's thread about how the future is hopeless, but after 60 vote it is good to take stock of what we have. The old school players are not grumbling much, which surprises me. While it feels to me like a cleaned up 2e, there is still a huge amount of...

Hah! Well I'd solve the problem by removing different damage rolls on weapons altogether, and go back to having all weapons do 1d6 damage like in OD&D. Why? Because weapons are designed for killing and most weapons are very good at it. You only need 3 inches of steel to kill a person, so...

They are small, but they have exceptional strength 18(50) in my 2e monster manual. So I gave them +1 to strength. No other races are taking penalties to abilty scores so far. Well you can do what you like vis. walking through stone, but you're going to be sorry. Phasing through stone means...

I love all editions from 1e to 4e too... but I still have a favourite. (Mostly for reasons of nostalgia, but a favourite nonetheless). Are you sure you don't love one just a little bit better than the rest?

So the primary goal of this edition is to get the majority of gamers from the different factions to sit down at a table together. So the question is simple. Would you play this game if without a great deal of protest or complaint if you group and/or friends wanted to? In other words, could...