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Without D&D the inspiration would have come from Traveller, so the classes would be Army, Marine, Merchant, Navy, Other, and Scout, they would just be sprinkled with fantasy.

"The Mote in God's Eye" - The first contact novel. Niven & Pournelle together at their best (helped by some suggestions from Robert A Heinlein)

Against the Cult of Chaos 14 Storm over Neverwinter 20 Search for the Diamond Staff 6 Murder in Baldur's Gate 23 Legacy of the Crystal Shard 20 Hoard of the Dragon Queen 18 The Rise of Tiamat 21 Princes of the Apocalypse 6 Out of the Abyss 16 Curse of Strahd 16 + 1 - 17 Storm King's Thunder 20...

Rolling one d20 is very swingy. Bounded accuracy makes this much worse by reducing modifiers. It is ludicrous that an L1 INT 8 Barbarian who is untrained in Arcana (-1 modifier) will know things about magic [DC 15 Arcana check] that a L20 INT 20 Archmage trained in Arcana (+11 modifier) does...

Ringworld confirmed. I can't wait to play a Kzin.

Ivar the Investigator is intrinsically Immune to all damage and has Infinite hit points. They can cast Imprisonment with no components an infinate number of times. They have Expertise in Insight, Intimidation, and Investigation. They intrinsically have all the benefits of, and none of the...

Greataxe 3 Halberd 14 Longbow 15 Longsword 3 Mace 11 Spear 6 + 1 = 7 Warhammer 14 - 2 = 12

What if every Wildshape had to be prepared and preparing them took up a spell prep slot? Maybe the slot you use has to be higher level if the beast is more powerful? If you want more beast shapes you'll have fewer spells prepared. This would properly nerf the massively overpowered Druid class...

Does the new DND Legend of the Five Rings book from Asmodee have stats for the Nezumi? They're rat-folk.

Dagger 12 Greataxe 23 Greatsword 18 Halberd 28 Longbow 20 - 2 = 18 Longsword 26 Mace 21 Quarterstaff 18 Shortbow 14 + 1 = 15 Shortsword 18 Spear 25 Warhammer 23

Well, it would cost us many thousands of dollars at the store, since people would stop buying 5e. It would also destroy the last vestiges of my hope of WOTC ever doing something sensible.

Battleaxe 16 Dagger 20 Glaive 18 + 1 = 19 Greataxe 24 Greatsword 22 Halberd 25 Longbow 25 Longsword 25 Mace 22 Quarterstaff 18 Scimitar 15 - 2 = 13 Shortbow 26 Shortsword 24 Spear 23 Warhammer 26

Traveller has been using 1.5 meter squares on deckplans for over 45 years, and it has worked fine from them, but they make it easier by not requiring a grid (for most versions). The referee just counts the squares and (depending on which of the many versions of Traveller you are using) say...

No, Summer is Jun 16 to August 15, Fall is August 16 to October 15, Winter is October 16 to April 15, and Spring is April 16 to June 15, following the standard six months of winter and six months of not-winter rule, at least here in Anchorage, Alaska....

Battleaxe 18 Crossbow, heavy 16 Dagger 23 Flail 15 Glaive 29 Greataxe 22 Greatsword 20 Halberd 30 Handaxe 16 Longbow 24 Longsword 27 Mace 21 Morningstar 8 Quarterstaff 18 Scimitar 27 - 2 = 25 (You're just an overpriced Shortsword, curves don't matter.) Shortbow 26 Shortsword 23 +1 = 24...

We need two kinds. One is a Goliath who cooks, the other is a monster who cooks up Goliaths.....

Battleaxe 20 Club 14 Crossbow, heavy 20 Dagger 23 Flail 21 Glaive 28 Greataxe 20 Greatsword 20 Halberd 26 Handaxe 20 Javelin 20 Light hammer16 Longbow 22 Longsword 30 Mace 21 Maul 18 Morningstar 20 Quarterstaff 22 Pike 20 Scimitar 29 - 2 = 27 (Aren't you just a shortsword? Do curves matter?)...

RPG's are technical writing. They convey information about a specific field of study. A D&D DMG is, or at least should be as informative about D&D as a Chilton's manual would be about a type of car. However they should also be entertaining to read, and these goals are sometimes antithetical.

Battleaxe 20 Blowgun 3 Club 16 Crossbow, hand 11 Crossbow, heavy 20 Dagger 22 + 1 = 23 Flail 21 Glaive 26 Greataxe 18 Greatclub 21 Greatsword 20 Halberd 24 - 2 = 22 (Glaives are cooler) Handaxe 20 Javelin 20 Light hammer 18 Longbow 22 Longsword 28 Mace 21 Maul 19 Morningstar 20 Quarterstaff 21...

Dragonborn Bard - Rhogar was the assistant to a senior officer in the army of Neverwinter, blowing the bagpipe to carry the legates orders to the unit. Then the barbarians came and slaughtered the unit. Rhogar lived only because the legate commanded that he flee to bring word of the units loss...