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I have to respectfully disagree. Leaving aside the decades of technical advancements that BG 1 & 2 can't hope to compete with, BG3 is just a better adaptation of the D&D ruleset to the computer. The amount of freedom you have in solving problems just cannot be compared with, and that's what...

This is a brilliant idea! Make it a wand of cantrips of some sort, and people who dislike it can just not give it to their casters!

The Hasbropocalypse? What's going on? I couldn't a thread about anything.

This is all great advice! For some of the neo-fantasy options, I'm actually lucky in that there are official OSE versions: I think Carcass Crawler #3 has both the Tiefling and the Dragonborn, for instance. Good point about reducing power levels like OSE Advanced did. I don't necessarily want...

Please note that this is a [+] thread. If you think it is impossible to represent D&D 5E's flavour within the OSE framework, you're entitled to your opinion. However, what I really want to do here is to discuss how such a representation could be done with people who think it's possible. I've...

Yeah, I feel like a lot of the delay in publication is also related to shipping/problems since 2020, and the number of books released has steadily increased since 5e's release. Thing is, I respect Matt as a fairly experienced DM who gives good DMing advice... And that's about it. I haven't...

I've only taken a quick peek at the bastion rules, but from what I see: LU Strongholds are better money sinks. With Bastions, you only pay a pretty small sum for "basic" rooms, which are cosmetic. The rest you either automatically "earn" when you gain a level, or spend Bastion Points (I think...

Snarf, I gotta ask you something since you seem to know your stuff far better than I ever could. Were all the changes to the fundamental math in AD&D of the game also a part of the regular editing process? The XP tables are far more demanding (especially after name levels), the bonuses progress...

As someone who played 3.5/PF briefly and then played 5E, I think there is some nuance to this. There are some core mechanics (attack/damage roll mechanic, ability score/modifier distinction - albeit with different conversion rates -, classes and their primary story functions etc.) that are very...

I don't see any tenement halls...

I ask this entirely in good faith, and if the clear mod response is that this also counts as line crossing, I won't belabour the point. That said... The matter with the person in question goes beyond approval or disapproval, I'd say. We're talking about someone who's had an active business...

The only other guy who ignored me (that I know of), I had the same reaction. In fact, there my annoyance was more with the fact that I couldn't ignore him first.

Apologies! I jumped in to the thread straight from the OP, so this one is really on me. Thanks for humouring me though!

On top of what @Micah Sweet said, there are a few things that to me read like assumptions even if the actual tables themselves don't exist. Namely: These made me think like the players have absolutely no way of knowing what the tables contain or how they work besides "The RNG for Road 2 has...

I understand this can't happen due to harrasment risks, but I do wish we had the chance to ask a person who puts us on ignore "Why?". There's a user with whom I had no negative interactions AFAICT, but I realised they put me on block, and I would've liked to ask them why. If I was being a...

I think there's a distinction to be made. In principle, I don't think random tables limit player agency at all. If anything, they limit GM fiat by tying their hands to the constraints of the table. If the table is good at achieving verisimilitude in terms of the content it generates (e.g. the...

To be fair, blue is one of the most unfun opponents to have. I started playing Magic right around The Great Simic Power Creep of 2019 - seeing an opponent slap down a UG land was enough to make me concede sometimes.

Fun fact: Coaches are a big thing in Turkey, and back in the day many coach drivers would write boastful stuff on the back of their bus. One of the most common phrases was, translated into English, "My only competition is Turkish Airlines!" Luckily, Flixbus is now buying all local coach...

You can't get it from D&D Beyond, Fantasy Grounds, or any other digital marketplace. I live in a country where the D&D books aren't really imported, and buying the books through Fantasy Grounds on Steam is the best option (Steam's regional pricing also means this is also really affordable, as...

Hmmm. I kinda liked the "Do I upcast counterspell to make sure that spell is countered, or do I risk the spellcasting ability check?" minigame. Counterspell as it is written is overpowered for sure, but I don't know if I like it being reduced to a Con save either. Especially since this means...