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So what about real life medieval knights and fighters? Did they specialise in a specific set of weapons or could they all use bows as well as a staff or a sword or a mace? Isn't some kind of weapon specialisation more believable? I would think so, but perhaps the knights and fighters of the old...

Yeah, if a character finds a nice weapon in his loot he isn't optimized for, then the game system doesn't necessarily need to account for this (cart before horse again). This is a matter of campaign planning and the DM is responsible for this. When Gandalf found Glamdring he just uses it. We...

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The Riddick-style fighter, if you want it, could be achieved by a dagger speciality too. I think we're putting the cart before the horse. The bigger concepts shouldn't be put to the background only to put some niche concepts to the foreground at high levels. In my opinion weapon choice...

But I don't think that weapon damage should be so negligible at high levels as it is right now. The type of weapon really doesn't matter anymore if you're just going for damage. Going from a 1d8 longsword to a 1d4 dagger doesn't matter anymore. His choice of weapon is entering the realm of...

So why is it so important then to differentiate the weapons at lower levels? Do we really need to emphasize this difference between low level characters and high level characters? Is this so important for legendary characters? (That they can kill a monster with a pencil?) -YRUSirius

Personally I'd like to see something like a Base Damage Bonus (BDB; equivalent to the BAB). Give fighters +1 damage on level 1 and +10 damage on level 10 and then give them 2-3 additional attacks per round with a full attack bonus (like AD&D) over the course of 20 levels. -YRUSirius

I'm not posting my rules here, I'm just telling you all about it. I don't think this violates the agreement. I'm not publishing my variant rules word for word, therefore I'm not "publishing" a playtest document with WotC's copyrighted words. Though I'd really like to. :) I know the purpose of...

I designed something like this for my D&D Next version: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?333123-New-mechanic-Action-Dice! -YRUSirius

If you find grammar and spelling mistakes (you will) - thanks for your patience, I'm not a native speaker. :) I homebrewed something for my version of D&D Next, and I'm sure I've seen something like this on this forum before. Basically I made the expertise dice mechanic a global mechanic...

Don't split hairs! ;) The next real big town is Baldur's Gate. Ain't it bigger than Waterdeep in 4e? :) Remember that the Fields of Death are near it too (nice place for Bhaal). Yeah, I hope they'll bring back Bhaal and maybe Myrkul too. -YRUSirius

They are trying to do some kind of soft reboot. Not actually removing the spellplague events, but but they might go back to a 1E grey box feeling with their 5E Forgotten Realms. I feel they will bring back some beloved gods (Mystra, Helm). If they do this, there might be a chance that they will...

Bhaal! -YRUSirius

You know that you can buy the 4th edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide for all the infos about the Post-Spellplague-Realms? -YRUSirius

So anyone got news from the seminar? -YRUSirius

If you got any news from the "What is the Sundering?" Gencon seminar, please share it here. What will this Realms Shaking Event entail? What will happen? Reboot? Retcon? Seperation of Toril and Abeir? Seperation of Pre-Spellplague and Post-Spellplague realms? Any news? Please post it here. I'm...

You'd get one extra hit die that you would not have to spend (you'd have to expend a use of a healer's kit though). The other hit dice that you want to regain you'd have to spend normally. Maybe I wasn't clear in my description. -YRUSirius

Anyone missed the heal skill yet? -YRUSirius

Marty Lund, GX.Sigma and Danzauker, your ideas are brilliant! :lol: I can't XP you anymore though. :) -YRUSirius

My suggestion for a simple and effective surprise rule goes back to 3E and 4E. Simple and effective enough? One could even do something like this if someone wants more: -YRUSirius