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From Forgotten Realms wiki and Wikipedia, it appears Warlock and Eldritch Blast were first introduced in Complete Arcane, a 2004 splatbook. Easily prevented in 3x if you do Core only as the default … just saying. It’s first time in Core Rules is the 4e PHB (2008). So I blame it on 4e. Sorry...

Why are there Warlocks in a 3x game if you don’t like them? I think they were in a late splatbook, but I think of them as 4e/5e, and the late splatbooks of any edition seem more like tests for the next edition than “of” the one they were published in.

My campaign is the same with fame and responsibilities beyond slaying monsters, typically by about 7th level. Harder to talk some groups into it than others. As for domains, I think of that as AD&D 1e stuff, not 2e. I only played 2e for an academic year before quitting D&D for about 5 years...

Comparing what you do to what I do, for fun. 1) I don’t do, but players generally don’t get to Nova for 1 encounter and then sleep. There’s often a time constraint or active NPC/monster actions that make that not possible. Right now, my players in my email TOEE campaign know there’s an...

Yup. My players nearly allied with a cleric of Asmodeus, but decided that was probably not going to work for them.

We actually have the same kind of players and mostly the same method. I rarely say no because there’s rarely a reason to. The last thing I said “we’ll see” was a player talking about getting two longswords and fighting two-handed when his Fighter 9/Warmaster 1. I mean, there are already rules...

By consequences, I meant my campaigns have active NPC’s and push back on behavior like this. Where did the bodies come from? Their source, whether a village or tribe massacred, or graveyard or war dead dug up, is going to make someone angry. In my campaigns, that someone will eventually come...

I think we agree in that. I also think we both think trying to “break the game” is a sucky attitude to play. I think the difference is, I’m saying “3x is great if you don’t allow sucky play styles, here’s some things I avoid“. (I suppose if you like what I think is “sucky” - sure why not -...

I thought we were talking about how to make 3x good? GrimCo pointed out a way to create a “broken“ character. And you have too. But, if you care about making 3x good, the answer to that issue has been given: if charop build is “broken” to you, don’t do it if a player insists on charop-ing...

Isn’t the concept of Tiers from 4e?

Perfect answer.

I wouldn’t allow an evil cleric in the first place, but consequences for being a villain with a undead army would soon follow if this path were taken for long.

Agree with your comments, but that page is a hot mess of disorganized opinions. Original Sin of the Internet, eh?

Me too.

I agree. I still think 3.5e is the best version of D&D, under the right condition: 1) A DM who controls the rule set, rather than anything and everything. For me, that’s Core Rules only. 2) Stop before you get into the unplayably complicated Supers levels. I agree 14 is the top. 3) Don’t...

Agree with that. But Inever liked high level play anyhow.

It was a British gaming magazine in the 1980’s. I bought one issue of it from Noble Knight. Interesting time capsule, like this issue has movie reviews by Neil Gaiman (I assume before he was famous).

891 civilians with 26 servants and 66 soldiers seems like a lot of the payroll - about 10%. I guess it’s possible, but if the population is say 40% working age adults, it’s 25% of the farming community not farming. And I assume all the specialists are extra? For my economic modeling for the 2...

Sure! I don’t question that at all.

What’s his personality? What does he do? And are we free to use him as an NPC or is he yours only?