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It's all good. Assign a static average damage. Assign random damage within the roll range. Give other players something to do by rolling monster attacks and damages for you against other players. kira3696.tripod.com

There is a new role-playing game, that I shall not name, where the bard does damage on a miss with a melee weapon. That is too bad because this game is full of great ideas. Too bad melee damage on a miss breaks the game for me. I might grant the notion that poisonous dragon's breath in a room...

Idea. You exchange 1d6 for each ability roll to learn a new spell, feat or skill. You then roll a 2d6 for each ability score. each level-Up, you can increase one ability score by+2, or learn a new spell, skill or feat, or gain proficiency in a spell, skill or feat. Another option, roll 3d4 for...

I read all the comments and like the hit dice based on size idea coupled with the 1d4, 1d8 based on the monster type. I will test that idea out. The idea of the halfling wielding a two-handed weapon and doing the same damage as a half-Orc is also bad. Their must be a solution with an incentive...

For a long time I fought for many standard actions per turn. Thanks to your reasoning, I scaled it all back and it makes for a fun game. I do not know what the final "bounded accuracy" will be this summer. But this is how I would have it. rolling a 1 is always a miss rolling a 20 is always a...

It depends. I usually have other players roll monster attacks and damage to help me. But if there is no time, I assign static damage.

My consolation to you for not allowing damage on a miss is that you can cast the spell or perform the feat again during the encounter. You do not waste any spell or feat on a failure to damage.

There should be 4 classes. Dedicated Martial/1d12hp and damage/up to plate/martial feats Skilled Class/1d10hp and damage/up to leather/higher than proficient Mixed Martial Casting/1d8hp and damage/up to chain/healing and charm prayers Dedicated Casting/1d6hp and damage/1d12 spell damage/area...

D&D5 books should be the size of 1st Edition AD&D resource books. It keeps the price down. It forces the writers to keep the information practical. kira3696.tripod.com My 5E Game Tracker

I think Paizo should be worried. I continue to test Pathfinder and there are some real mechanical problems with the game including bloat. The rulebooks are too thick full of similar spells and feats. Pathfinder Module Adventures are beautiful, but game play combat takes too long. 5th Edition...

I don't like the fact that Wizards of the Coast is mostly a game mechanics company. I think this time it should really focus equal resources on reference material and adventure material. Just like TSR did. kira3696.tripod.com <-- a free 5th edition game tracker, suggestions always welcome

I'd like to see some of the spell concentration,interruption and opportunity attacks that we had worked on in the past make its way back into D&D5. Why not just put that in a Tactical Optional Module? Other than that, I'm happy. There never was a version that didn't have redundant spells and...

I'm thrilled with the Extra Attack that so many classes get. I also like moving between attacks. Thank you for compromising. I hope that the dashes, dead levels, are addressed by putting something in there. I'm happy with the way spells are going. I just wish that they didn't do half damage...

It's all subjective. I prefer an average of 5 rounds of combat. Big Boss Encounters equal 2 encounters. 30 encounters before leveling up.

To keep the topic going I'll offer a system for both multi-classing and for designing monsters. Having a multi-class and a multi-level party is rather simple. Have the experience progression be the same for all classes. When a character reaches experience points enough to graduate to the next...

A'koss, that is the very reason why the designers need to have an initial cap so they can set the highest parameters of play. It doesn't matter if characters exceed that level cap or ability cap. It does matter to accessory and adventure writers though.

Monsters would get the same bonuses. I'm also pushing for them to have the same level system as characters. And it is true that monsters will need to be a few levels lower so that the characters don't die all the time. That is the reality of the game now, the designers just hide it.

Here is a revised list. Maneuver Powers (Including Feats) Bungle Foes reaction dex vs dex on hit causes target to deal 1[w]+target's bonuses in damage to the target or target's ally Close Quarters reaction you are attacked at disadvantage you off-hand counterstrike at advantage...

I confess that I never played 3.0 or 3.5. I dropped out of the game. I only really know 1E, 2E, 4E and Pathfinder.

People complain about feat taxes. If they choose a weapon proficiency feat, then they can't choose another feat or maneuver. But what if these weapon proficiency feats were automatic? Let's say that every 5 levels you get an award called to Hit and Damage +1, regardless of your class. So...