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You are forgetting one point of damage before your initiative and you lost the spell. Magic using classes in 1e needed all the help they could get

Wow I started with 1e and I don't remember that one. But then I talk to people who never used the surprise rules which made rogues and rangers stealth incredibly useful.

I'd argue it's right to conclude (from my experience anyway), that most DM's adjust on the fly, that it's been going on for as long as DND has existed and that only a small minority on forums ever seem to complain about it. That seems to indicate most players either don't notice, don't care or...

that's an opinion I can respect but I don't see things black and white and different circumstances require different solutions. We just aren't going to agree on where and when to fudge. And that's ok.

thank you for clarifying that so I don't have to argue with you anymore. I simply disagree with you. Good luck in your games.

not if the powerlevel trivializes the lower level PC's. In 1E levels weren't a good indication of power level.They were simply markers for each PC. Thus your paladin and Your Mage would be lower level than the rogue and the Warrior but they'd all play together just fine. As long as it works...

generally the fudging I've seen with DM's has possibly messed up the encounter, or just had a stupidly long string of ridiculous rolls, and I don't want to break thier game, kill the player etc. I think you are in general talking about handwaiving of trivial things which is not the same as...

It may be that 2e has more supplements. I don't remember them being particularly problematic for most games Like a lot of the 3.0 supplements. Maybe I"m wrong but 2e seemed to be a lot more tightly monitored, controlled and had better quality stuff released. It wasn't perfect but all the...

that's fine for a one off module. It gets really freaking old in a long ongoing game. Even for me when I'm DM'ing.

nah downtime is when the railroad stations get built. I also find it creates great starting points for the next games after those characters retire.

that's true but even people who aren't nuisances get frustrated and fights occur when they buy rule books and are then told they can't use the new "flavor of the month" prestige class, race etc. The lack of control over what they released and how it interacted with the game. (to be fair...

see I don't agree the base game was badly designed. I'd argue the lack of control in the splat books and supplements just destroyed the core design. If you are very picky about which supplements you used 3.0 isn't a bad game. If you just use everything it's a freaking swamp.

the biggest problem with 3.0 was that the players found cool stuff in splat books that DM's refused to allow and then all hell broke loose. I had 2 groups, and one longtime player during the 3.0 years almost melt down over my refusal to allow things that jsut didn't fit the game or in one...

i suspect the fact that they haven't finished might mean they are discovering that there is no easy way to keep the crunch, balance it and keep the players. A lot of the "fun" stuff in crunchy games is the stuff that is unpredictable and in some scenarios overpowered. PF2e got the balance but...

I much prefer the no interpersonal skills on the character sheet and let the GM and players role play it out. Games just flow more naturally from what players say and do when the system is like that. I do miss my old TMNT/Rifts Group.

I think the problem usually occurs that when you've been playing D&D finding people who play the other games can be difficult. And just because you are tired of DND and want x, y or z doesn't mean anyone you play is wanting the same thing. It can be like telling people I've left twitter for...

It was also a time when they experimented with making revenue off of supplements and magazines and adventure modules which requires a lot of space and as poined ot above there were a lot of competitors for that space and large retail stores don't like inventory heavy models which was necessary...

So you are using the scientific definition of simulation to describe how to do a role playing game? Does that mean we all need supercomputrs to make our worlds and simulate out what happens with each change? Come on.....but by that definition the person making the simulation gets to decide...

Most publishers that print magazines only sell a fraction of them. In college the store I worked at got new magazines every week. They'd take the old ones (most of them) that didn't sell and throw them in the dumpster It's why the publishing industry got so excted about digital. They don't...

Well if they can't pay their bills then we get nothing.