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But in practice, I found that most groups house ruled 20 as an automatic critical hit so the weird 'repeated 20s, then 21...' stuff didn't matter anyway. I don't think I actually played in a game where a 20 wasn't at least an automatic hit, but I did know of one group who used the '6x20, then...

BTW, people here may want to take a look at this thread on the 5e forum: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?655251-4-33-Years-in-What-Now-for-5E-(and-have-we-reached-quot-Peak-Edition-quot-) There is speculation there that the plan for D&D in the future is more like the progression that...

No, you're the one making a false argument. Having a rule change that applies equally to everyone at the same time is simply not the same thing as arbitrarily giving one player special rules for his character that the other players only find out about when play has started, and which they can't...

See, the conflict between your two posts is one of the thing that bothers me about making a significant rule change for a particular player's character. On one hand, you argue that this is reasonable and that it's not the least bit overpowering - but on the other hand, if another player wanted...

Pathfinder required a pretty specific set of circumstances - it needed the really open OGL to allow making a game that was basically "D&D 3.75 but we can't call it that" and the release of 4e to prompt demand for "more of D&D 3x but not calling it that because Wizards owns the trademark". I...

I don't consider 'I want to be a standard X, but in addition be really good at Y without having to pay the costs normally associated with it' to be a legitimate "concept" for a character - in general "I just want to do more, and do it better, and not have to give anything up" isn't what I file...

I wonder what would have happened if someone dropped 5e back in time and the progression went 1e, 2e, then 5e, skipping 3e, Pathfinder, and 4e entirely. 5e feels a lot more like a 'modern 2e' to me than 3e did, and certainly is closer to old D&D than 4e, I wonder if that would have led to more...

Another aspect of fun that gets overlooked is the other players; if you're effectively giving this guy a free feat and letting him use acrobatics instead of athletics, why does he get it and no one else does? Maybe I would have rather played a rogue grappler but felt it would be woefully...

Actually, the argument of the people claiming no THAC0 before 1989 was that the table in the 1e DMG had a "To Hit A.C. 0" column, and that it would be impossible for anyone to abbreviate that to THAC0 before TSR published THAC0 in 2e in 1989, that I must be lying about having used the term...

This was definitely my experience as well - which is why it really stood out to me when someone made a big deal about how True 1e players would use the pure system, and definitely would keep AD&D distinct from OD&D or BECMI. I saw a good number of of 1e games mostly stuck to 1e but added the 2e...

For my view, I thought this was a thread about Vampires in 5th edition D&D because I forgot I was on the general RPG forum. Since I haven't played Vampire since 1e, I'm not really likely to contribute much. But since the OP complained that people were viewing but not commenting, I'll take that...

Another problem is that people put a severe background limit on the class that isn't there in the rulebook. Lots of discussion of Warlocks treats them as having to make a pact with an evil fiend, but that's only one of the patron options. A warlock with an archfey pact fits quite well with...

To clarify the bit I forgot to say: I distinctly remember that in the 90s or early 2000s, I'd look for a "D&D" game as opposed to WHFRP, GURPS, Fantasy HERO, or the like, without specifying any specific edition. I'd expect to figure out exactly which AD&D rules (or if someone was using BECMI)...

One thing that I remember about 1st edition era AD&D is that people really didn't see the rule set as something sacred and set in stone; people would pick and choose which rules to use, and casually would mix and match rules from Dragon Magazine, OD&D, BECMI, 2nd edition, and other games without...

One thing that's interesting about the Warlock is that it's a class that really seems to want to multiclass more than any other class. Getting a level of any other spellcaster is great, since you get a rack of utility cantrips, some useful first level spells that you can upcast with your pact...

I like the debuff, but don't like that the save for it is con and the monsters you most want to hit with this debuff are generally big, tough things that get few attacks like giants or purple worms that have good con saves. Vicious Mockery goes against wisdom, so I'd take it over frostbite since...

I don't think Blade Ward is worth giving up a slot for, the circumstances where you'd want to use it are pretty rare. You have to give up your chance to do any damage or apply a debuff in exchange for taking 50% damage from weapons until the next turn. When would you want to use that over...

So, just to put a stake in the stupid 'Using THAC0 proves you didn't play 1e' claims, I now have cites for material written by people who played 1e and published by TSR for 1e play that used the term. Module UK4 "When a Star Falls" copyright 1984 explained exactly the way I used it here on page...

In further news, it appears that the 1e use of THAC0 predates even this module at 1981: https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/thac0.html

I would like to see them make a good, solid, readable set of rules for Adventurer's League (or Encounters 2 or whatever they call the similar system). Currently it's a pain to get into AL as it's hard to find the current version of the basic rules and when you do find them they are written with...