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My hot take from a rather limited experiment size is that, in general*, it's powergaming at the same level as any other MC/dip for mechanical advantage. Sure, throwing 3 levels of Battlemaster onto Rune Knight has some real synergy, but so would a 3-level dip into barbarian or ranger or warlock...

Yes. Someone asked and we tried it to see how it would go. As a strange coincidence, it was almost Clint's example of a Battlemaster/Rune Knight (in this case Edritch Knight). They went EK 1-5, then BM 1-3, then EK 6-... I think 9 or 10 before the campaign petered out. As you can imagine, the...

That is why I split my discussion into shows with great endings, and shows which greatly reinforced their initial premise. Admittedly, I think all of mine* were good endings, but there are others (like Seinfeld) that are really really appropriate, but still maybe not great overall. *except maybe...

I'm know the reasons, and you are right. Still, that doesn't change that they were there. And my point was that all editions of the game had art which evoked epic or horrific adventure, but also bucolic nature scenes and pedestrian non-events. If one were to selectively pick through any...

When Chainmail was being developed and introduced, (certain members within) the old guard of wargaming decried this fantasy wargame as twee, melodramatic, pretentious, affected, and maybe something someone's small children or Lit majors might be interested in; but not something the real manly*...

Side-topic: Shows that ended really re-enforcing their original theme: If we can nominate the different endings for Futurama, I'll do the same for Scrubs -- the original season 8 finale was incredibly right for the series as a whole ("And who's to say this isn't what happens? Who can tell me...

That would have robbed you of the pleasure of rolling up more elves. :p

As I just said (and you literally included in your quoting me) I will be answering the OP under the premise that the two need mechanical entities need to continue to be distinct. Likewise, I just said that your argument had meat to it. If you strip out the Orientalism from monks (or 'martial...

Not specific to you, but I do wish this memetic turn of phrase would end. Since no one is under any obligation to change the statement-maker's mind, it makes it seem like engaging in the topic is acquiescing to an unrealistically demanding individual. I wish we could move back to something like...

The Necklace of Missiles (called Necklace of Fireballs in more recent D&Ds) was always a special one. It was like the Staff of the Magi in that you could blow it up in a massive overkill strike. The difference was that there was a plausible chance that you could do so from outside the blast...

This is the fundamental problem with the Star Wars IP as a game setting, and this does address the situation. The way I would do it is set the game during the rebellion, and state that -- while Han and Luke and Vader are out there in this universe, them being the focal point of the entire...

The one and only situation where these three words, in this order, make sense with regards to LaNasa.

Snarf had the right of it. I used ogre* to get the 2h sword size L+ damage, then typoed the actual amount (now fixed).*which, as it happens is the monster included in the 2e AD&D backstab example on PHB p.40

It would genuinely enhance my opinion of the board as a whole if the people who cannot keep themselves from relitigating this once again could show the self-restraint to move it to a thread dedicated to the subject.

Longswords have cost 15 gp when the gold coins weighed 1/10 lb. and when they weighed 1/50 lb. Of all the 'gamist conventions' mentioned (and I generally agree with what people have said), the one I'm most comfortable with is that the coins/weight decision is completely gamist. 50 silver coins...

So let's look at the optimal scenario: -- level 13+ bandit kit thief who picked up those stealth skills, two-handed sword proficiency, and are attacking an ogre or similar. In that case, they have a 60% chance of getting +2 to hit over a fighter in the same scenario (but with a ThAC0 6 worse at...

An alternate universe where evil won, and some of the good guys ended up as bad guys? Does everyone happen to have goatees?

What was the question category?

I have a third issue: C. Each of the 3 civilians you end up (potentially) encountering in the wilderness/dungeon -- the hermit, the cleric (who might be interested in accompanying the party), and the woman in the prison cell (who turns out being a medusa) -- all betray the party. This...

You also have people like me, who want to fight with sword and bow, and then finish the adventure contributing vital spells like Knock, Spider Climb, See Invisibility, and Dimension Door. And those utility-type spells, barring a few like Silence, Stone Shape, and Air Walk, have been off the...