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Baldur's Gate 24+1=25 Blackmoor 17 Calimport 13 City of Brass 22 City state of the Invincible Overlord 23 Free City of Greyhawk 26 Huzuz 23 Lankhmar 23 Palanthas 16 Phandalin 13-2=11 Sharn 24 Sigil 21 Solace 20 Specularum 20 Stormreach 19 Tyr 22

From a DM standpoind it is a bit dry. I love the movie Predator. It has a lot going on. *Elite team *cover story to get the team in "rescue cabinet minister" *red flags and here is where it gets sticky -additional team member from someones past -subtle clues "does this cabinet...

I think I gravitate to less than optimal characters. My goal (if there is such a thing) when I make a character is to always have something to do. When the the party is getting into something. They are usually not weak characters in spite of sometimes moving against conventional wisdom.

Yes, Especially if it fits with the usual theme for races. I have just come up with some that I like so much I won't share....yet. I feel like any racial ability or boon should be good or great initially but gradually be overshadowed by the character's other abilities unless they seek to...

I agree. They should be different. When I suggested feats i meant something similar to how we have feats now. The stronger the pc the more and better strength feats they would get. Non-feat bonuses would be based on level. Numerical bonuses from feats I think should be very rare or non-existant.

I am in favor of removing racial bonuses. Not so much the racial minimums.

D&D is alternative medicine.

Baldur's Gate 22 Blackmoor 20 Calimport 19 City of Brass 21 City state of the Invicible Overlord 25 Fallcrest 8 Free City of Greyhawk 24 Glantri City 18 Huzuz 23 Lankhmar 26 Menzobarranzan 3+1=4 Neverwinter 7 Palanthas 20 Phandalin 20 Rock of Bral 16 Sharn 22 Sigil 27-2=25...

I will comment on all three of your premises. Hopefully the answers wil be obvious. 1) Describe a new class but don't use the following words or any words that are synonymous in gaming jargon. Warrior, Spellcaster and Skill User. 2) If this were a premise it wouldn't appear counter itself...

Isn't that what the OP was complaining about? Homogenized ability scores among characters already exists. There is no slippery slope. I also disagree that there is too much balance resting on the existence of ability score bonuses for their removal. Balance among what? Martial classes? In the...

When I tried my hand at making a game I came up with four stats. The four I came up with were less direct in their application. There was no strength score or charisma score. The players could imagine these in any way they desired. They governed lineage, magic, skill, and disadvantage. I...

Rather than give bonuses from ability scores an ability score grants feats related to itself. If you wanted numerical bonuses they could be tied to some feats. These feats would not look quite like the feats we have today. Your selection would shape how the character plays. Instead of A' la...

What a player chooses for a character is not the character optimizing itself. It should be assumed that the charcter, as the player want its to be, exists in the world because it can. The concession being that the character is when and where the scene is taking place and the players has agency...

Ye olde rope a dope.

I'm not gonna lie. I did exactly that in at least two books. Lol

Anuire 6-2=4 Baldur’s Gate 20 Blackmoor 20 Calimport 20 City of Brass 21 City State of the Invincible Overlord 22 Fallcrest 16 Free City of Greyhawk 24 Glantri City 20 Huzuz 21 Lankhmar 22 Menzobarranzan 10 Neverwinter 15 Palanthas 20 Phandalin 21 Rock of Bral 16 Sharn 22 Sigil 22 Solace 20...

I read a lot of the books. The early ones were my favorites. After the Dark Elf trilogy I could have done without his monologues. Whiny, preachy and confused.... works better as subtext. I like the supporting cast. Some of them anyway. I also feel like he isn't as skilled as he used to be. I...

Circle of the Land 17-2=15 Circle of the Moon 14 College of Lore 18+1=19 College of Valor 13 Shadow Magic 14 The Archfey 12 The Celestial 14

This made me smile. DM: "What's Guy D'Mort's initiative?" Player: "Negative three" DM: "The Carrion Crawler wins initiative." DM: " The Carrion Crawler begins eating you."

It's a sense that instead of making a fantasy game someone started to make a game that simulated a fantasy game. A sense that it has become so self referential that it may have lost perspective of what it thinks it is trying to do. It has become a meta game. What has been done do is akin to...