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If you read the Norse myths, a lot of them sound like D&D adventurers. Oden and Loki or Thor wandering around and getting into mortal peril like running into giants that could potentially defeat (and kill?) them, but then always persevering in the end (well, minus the very end). I seem to recall...

Starting with the class that grants heavy armor also works.

Good thought. If we're actually looking to assign blame, I think the pertinent bits would be: Director seems to be the role with overall responsibility over a movie. If a scene was bad and should have had a second take or re-shoot, the cinematographer or director-on-set would be the one...

Found it. I wasn't clear, I had the pdf open and wasn't finding it. But I've got it now -- It's actually in 2E Players Options: High Level Campaigns. Starting p. 101 there's about 20 pages of mage dueling rules. Still no spell called counterspell, and it certainly doesn't beat Chainmail for...

The first page of the thread covers it nicely. To sum up and fill in some gaps: The ability to counter a spells goes back to Chainmail, with it an innate quality of wizard figures. oD&D refers to 'countering' of spells in terms of negated the effect -- light and darkness spells negating each...

There has been some slowdown while people re-establish their muscle memory with the new rules, but overall it looks on track to play very similarly to 2014. Power/balance-wise, there are new winners and losers, but the max minus the min does not outscale the max minus min of the previous version...

Regarding the OP -- On a basic level, most of what Easton says about broad/back/arming swords over rapiers holds true. It is an interesting, thoughtful analysis. However, as counterpoint, most of the negative things this video states about rapiers can also be assigned to spears. There are pros...

3e and onward. Note that, even though AD&D did have crossbows scale up with fighter level (but stay behind bows), a crossbow was still a weapon you would never use if you were class-allowed to use a bow. That was just part and parcel for AD&D where there was clear and obvious winners on the...

This is one of the consequences of the simplification of the game. Earlier versions (at least AD&D) had a systematic rate of fire for both weapons that went up as you levelled, but consistently kept the crossbow behind the longbow for the same character class at any given level. At the same...

I noticed that this text mentions the damage bonus, but not the to-hit (making them silent on the issue). So I dug a little deeper. I think this is a place where the rule is spread across multiple sections. The rules in the Attribute section under strength read: "Hit Probability adjustments...

Depends on the mage. You shoot first (before they can take cover or get into a melee scrum where you roll to see who you hit), but you only get one shot. See DMG: "Whatever the ROF, multiple missile shots are handled the same way as other multiple attacks for the purposes of determining...

Thanks. I think I double-added the +1/2. I don't know that the extra +2/+1 for double specialization really sells me on it being much more benefit. It seems like the minor nickel and dime bonuses most of the Complete Fighter fighting styles granted. Extra attacks (however they are acquired)...

We got the books (used them for the reference above), but by then had shifted back to our BX/BECMI hybrid (when we played A/D&D at all in the mid-late 90s). I think of them sort of like 3.5E's Book of Nine Swords -- they actually addressed things (martial weakness with Bo9S, character...

Whoops. A little distracted today. Yes, I suspect that is what is being referenced. PO:C&T uses the Non-Proficient, Familiar, Proficient, Expert, Specialized, and Master terminology mentioned above for levels of proficiency for more than just martial arts.

Complete Fighter's Martial arts was the one where each roll on d20 did a different 'move' with different base damage (ranging from 0 to 3), with each level of martial arts specialization allowing you to shift the effect up or down one, along with +1 hit/+1 dmg, and an extra attack (just one...

Thanks for the catch. Naturally, when I did a cursory scan to see if it was in 1e, I checked the PHB. I did point out the Survival Guides, so I was acknowledging that this was all starting to be fleshed out pre-2E. It is minor knowledge, but the point remains -- what you did before becoming an...

Preemptive disclaimer: As always, unless otherwise stated, all of this is 'In my opinion'/'It is my position that...' Like most things about the olden days, exactly what the zero-to-hero concept really means is not entirely consistent. I think the overall premise, at its core, stems from PCs...

Hey all, Having trouble with EN World crashing chrome, so might not be able to stay long. Just wanted to thank people for the suggestions. I ended up going with a noble barbarian 'Teddy Orcevelt.' It was fun...ish. People mentioned the downfall of level 1 one-shots above, and they are spot on...

Noted. Mods? Any possibility we can get 'Character ' shoved in front of the thread title? Yes? I mean, 2 of the 3 ideas I posted included that and I stated fun trumps effectiveness. What distinct personality or character hooks come to mind for you and/or would you suggest? Barbarian is...

Wow. 135 views and no responses. Okay, let's simplify it -- If you were going to do a 1st level one-shot, and didn't need to care about your long term advancement, what would you choose? Thanks!