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Except D&D, most games are perfect with just the first book, and D&D is good with its first three books. Over the years I've become very skeptical of expansions and companion books. I often feel they hold rules that were rejected for the first book and introduce complexity without making things...

Quoted for truth. I spent about two years each trying out 4E and 5E. :eek: Once I start a campaign, even if I come to dislike the system, I generally wont stop until the campaign reaches some sort of conclusion.

This could be a thread of its own. The poster would have to present a group of different rules, readers could then vote Yes or No to each. But this is of course hazardous, because not everyone would agree to your grouping. If the post presents BCMI as one option, 1E/AD&D as another, and 3E-5E as...

I rarely go looking for new systems, I have them introduced to me by friends. Some of them stick to me, Feng Shui and most recently Blades in the Dark. I massively hack these systems and then return to my favorite setting in the World of Greyhawk. I'd say I am the one picking what systems we...

I rarely go looking for new systems, I have them introduced to me by friends. Some of them stick to me, Feng Shui and most recently Blades in the Dark. I massively hack these systems and then return to my favorite setting in the World of Greyhawk. I'd say I am the one picking what systems we...

I wish we could be satisfied with stating an opinion, such as about how the Help action works, without making it a debate. Debates belong in their own threads. Once you have said "I think X" in a thread not devoted to debate, there is not much point in saying it again, especially if you are...

I looked at this for my Crimson Skies back in the day. Had the aerial system been a little better, I would have used it.

Where do I find this?

I played Dragonbane at a con (Well, I played Drakar & Demoner, in the original Swedish) and didn't even notice they removed Siz. :o

A friend notified me of this: https://boingboing.net/2025/01/14/ai-might-be-your-next-dungeon-master.html

We usually played that kind of specialty groups. :)

I was trying to get around the advantages of darkvision, so no, that would lose the point. :o Realistically, I'm not sure how noticeable that difference would be. The real problem is when you see each other at great range, and suddenly there is a spot you can see way outside your darkvision...

I use a variant of this. My setting is human dominating, and most contacts, patrons, and general NPCs are human. This is an informal advantage to playing a human; you have an easier time fitting in. Of course, when appropriate, I can use anything as an NPC, especially at higher levels when...

One solution I tried to make light less of a hindrance was to say that creatures with darkvision could only tell if there was light by the fact that they could suddenly see colors - which would not be very apparent in a dungeon. But this solution never caught on with my players.

A favorite about 3E/Pathfinder darkness was how a Shadowdancer got invisble in darkness, even against creatures that could see in that darkness. :cool:

Some BRP-derived gaes like Stormbringer had Hp = Con, but then gave bonuses for size. In effect this was Con + Siz -12 (as long as your Siz was 12 or higher).

Reminds me how Pendragon 1E had Hp = Siz + Con and damage scaled appropriately to match. Pendragon was such a step up from BRP IMHO.

Such lights still put you at a disadvantage trying to sneak up on others, which to me is the core of this thread. Common darkvision among monster disables scouting using Stealth.

In 5E they merged Darkvision and Low-Light Vision. Initially I hated this, but now I think it was actually a good idea. Low-Light Vision was basically unlimited in range outdoors (if you looked up the definition). In our Skull & Shackles game, the elves and gnomes ruled the night where the...

When I type "Enworld" in my browser, this is the page it takes me too, with the depressing mod message. I may have to make a bookmark. :eek: