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Wayyyyyyyyyy back when- it was Runequest circa 1981- that game got me out of the TSR games and into many more. Eventually we were playing MSPE,Espionage,Justice Inc more than anything until I got out of gaming for about 8 years. In recent times- I left 3.0/3.5 for C&C and the initial whispers...

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Absolutely. Its a bit more lethal in the first couple levels compared to 4E but at higher levels.. 5E? Not so lethal in comparison.

Thanks to Eiger and KK , I really don't care about anything new when it comes to the Disney SW franchise. They ruined everything they touch (buy out). They have been having big problems selling their normal merch over the past several years so why would the RPG be any different? Actually I...

As long as Goodman does these, great. I'm up for B4 when it arrives, and anything else Tom Moldvay or Zeb Cook wrote. In particular X2 ,4 ,5, and B3 ,5*, and 6. Otherwise I would beg Mearls to not let Perkins or anyone else at WOTC proper touch these classic works. *aware this is not a Moldvay...

Amazing Adventures will be coming out from Troll Lord Games in a version compatible with 5E. I know they had a Kickstarter last year , but unsure of details/timeline. Here is a free preview (PDF link to TLG site) AA 5E Preview I have the original version (based off Castles & Crusades) it's...

As a dedicated true-hater of traditional D&D multiclassing and as a DM who usually straight out bans the damned rules for it, I actually like PF2s approach. It feels more like T&T's Rogue Class or The Grey Mouser (whom T&T's Rogue was based on). You just don't become something completely...

It was all downhill when they went from STR, INT, WIS,DEX,CON,CHR to STR,DEX,CON,INT,WIS,CHR

Jonathan Tweet has a fairly regular column here talking specifically about 3E design. Might want to ask him in the comments next time Russ posts one of his articles?

DM almost always, cuz no one else wants to

My group- never. And we started pre- PHB. I don't recall any other groups using them either at the various after-school clubs and library clubs I was a part of, nor later into the 1980s. That said we just used any rulebook as guidelines and did our own thing.

I'm not sure if you are arguing for the sake of it, or what- but I state he was also "off his game", not just exhausted. HP in D&D have always represented a combination of factors- it's an abstraction. My proposed system is no different. If you don't like it, that's OK.

If you look at HP as "meat" then yes that makes sense. If you look at HP as effort ,luck, determination, which is really what HP were designed to be in D&D- then it makes complete sense. The Fighter is exhausted and off his game by the end of the day swinging his sword. It would be very easy...

Hmm.. From the PF2SRD- Did the GM get it right? And there was no way to remove the condition ? What creature? A befuddle spell lasts only one round if it was that. Stupefied Your thoughts and instincts are clouded. Stupefied always includes a value. You take a status penalty equal to this...

I'd imagine these, as well as Sorcery! had a large impact upon people of a certain age and likely more-so in Europe than D&D did. I seem to remember different colored dragons in the FF books and/or Sorcery!

I've been enjoying the discussion. Certainly this system would require some things balanced. But assuming the vast amount of Hit Points and commonality of Surges/Rests and HD/HP recovery in 4/5E, I don't see it being that big of a deal- It would certainly make for a more gritty game- but people...

Gamers are so weird when it comes to dice (and a great many other things).They think nothing of a standard polyhedral set (which in the grand scheme of things ARE weird) But god forbid you mention having to use DCC's extended set or "Special" dice like FFG Star Wars or whatever- the comments get...

I love these articles. I do get sad reading some of them - especially the Gary ones. I also miss the man. He was very influential to me as a youngster- though it would take adulthood to figure it out. Thank you Jim for all your work on the games/with TSR and keep the articles coming.

IDK- That sounds a lot more inspired than some of the APs they have put out so far :D

Yep that's a case where the points were exchanged- Maybe Lay on Hands could be giving the wounded character another death save attempt - The Paladin would "pay" for it with their own HP.