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This confusion is actually the thing that kept me interested. Sitting around saying to myself WTF is going on here?? Once I figured it out, I was so proud of myself ;) but also disappointed when everything "got up to the same speed"- no longer had as much to capture my interest.

1st Level- Halfling rogue bought the farm. That Bugbear in Lost Mines of Phandelver hits pretty hard vs. a 1st level character. I don't play 5E nearly as much as the typical board-goer here, but in my experience, it's pretty darn hard to kill characters after 3rd level or so unless they do...

No doubt the Rings trilogy are the most well done Fantasy movies to choose from AFAIC, but I don't think they represent D&D so well, and thus I did not vote for them. Conan the Destroyer is completely and totally D&D* - group of misfits hired/coerced by a patron to get the thing, journey to the...

These people have to eat & drink. Slip a potion into their rationed food/drink. But yeah- Make up a rule/trait/item that does what you want,

That's cos of all the boobies. On a somewhat more serious note- I warmed up to the show by the fourth episode. But the D&D cartoon is a "true-er' D&D experience. Witcher seems pretty vanilla modern fantasy post Sword of Shannara* * with more boobies

I can't rate it on a simple easy to complex scale- So my ranking is for complexity at first to complexity over time for PC and DMs as well as amount of rules referencing over time (general inclusive, not split up) Any TSR D&D- Complex at first because it's not intuitive and the sub systems...

So in another thread- the issue of players and large amounts of PC backstory came up. I'm not a fan- for a few reasons. 1) I find most of it "dead weight" (as another poster put it). The player gets very involved in this backstory, but it involves all sorts of fictional elements that...

Servants Go download "One shot World" from Drive Thru- It's great for one-shots or several sessions. It has almost no -prep. And includes all you need to do that "almost no prep". Also there are dozens and dozens of Dungeon Starter type products out there for free (And Cinder Queen is a must...

Bingo- I'm going to start a thread about this shortly and how I like to approach this as a DM

No it's not- in fact I specifically say playing D&D is not the issue- but when it becomes your version of therapy (solely) , you need to reach out. That kid shooting hoops needs to reach out IN ADDITION TO shooting hoops. And I'm done with the convo- feel free to argue on and tell me I'm not...

In this situation D&D has become a type of therapy for serious real life problems/issues. In this case: See My #1 and 2 above. Also, if you want to play in your own way- whatever way that is- massive Background, living your real world issues out vicariously through your PC, Playing XYZ race...

There are some minor mechanical differences and changes in tables/charts/math. However the real issue is the CMI in BECMI and it completely changes the complexity and gameplay.

That's not what any of us are saying. That is what some people in this thread would like you to think though.. 1) If D&D is your therapy (singular), that's a bad choice for you -you really should get some professional help. Nobody is saying you shouldn't also play D&D because you have issues...

Not taking into account 5e or D&D the brand at all and speaking strictly PF- Just how much more material could they have produced for PF1? Certainly adventures/PFS but what were they up to- AP #20 or so? ( @ 6 volumes each?). That would put a serious damper on creativity because all these...

Ok. Sure thing.

Nice try, completely wrong. I'm saying if people want to play with backstory- go ahead. I don't like that style of PC creation/gaming. I'm also saying if you are playing your characters as therapy for real life issues (as was mentioned further upthread by several people) you should go get...

I'm OK with a few sentences of backstory, but yeah- this is an emphasis with modern D&D that I just cannot gel with- at all. I'm not calling anything badwrongfun, but I'm here to run a game of exploration of the world, mystery and some butt kicking action- you know...what the game was designed...

This may have been my fault as the convo steered towards 4E. For that I apologize. Lets get back on track- PF1 and PF2 are a different situation and are occurring with different market forces driving(and hindering) things than 5E and 4E- though the situation may end up very similar between the...

Frankly, I don't have much issue with the 4E MM when it comes to lore. I've been playing since 1977 and don't really need or want reams of lore about monsters I have been using for years and years. Just how much can be said about Goblins that is going to blow you away? The only time I like to...

Complexity is weird. Some editions are really easy to start with and a PITA and more complex over the long run to play and run. Some editions that seem complex at first, get easier and easier to play/run over time. BTW- Chainmail is not necc to play OD&D- it gets referenced in the LBBs alot...