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I think you're right but their reasoning doesn't hold up since they have lots of examples.

And then there's the whole "I failed at my previous job/training" angle. For example: I was a wizard apprentice but spent precious study hours partying with the locals instead. I'm taking a bonus in Charisma and Constitution (socializing and surviving heavy drinking and bar fights explain these...

I strongly feel that customizable backgrounds should be front and centre in the background section of the book. Have examples, sure, but encourage players to create their own or tinker with the examples. I want to see players create backgrounds like Pearl Diver, Lamplighter, Rat Catcher...

Rolling for a new talent is the same kind of fun surprise as unwrapping a gift.

I believe the idea is to use fewer words, which gives you room for more content. WotC and Paizo have way too many long paragraphs. The OSR/NSR in recent years have many adventure writers which can pack a lot of punch in way fewer pages. If an adventure needs more room to breathe, tighten up the...

Just scribbled notes in a notebook. People like giving me fancy journals with pretty covers, so I've been using those.

I've been playing in a long term campaign. It's been working really well. Just reached 6th level. We started with maximum hit points, just to reduce early deaths. Our group is very careful and we have had very few deaths. We are using supplemental material from the Cursed Scrolls and Unnatural...

We adopted a baby mimic.

The first book has an almost Roald Dahl feel to it. The nasty relatives making Harry sleep under the stairs is a good example, as well as the thousands of letters flooding the Dursley's house. Not suppose to make sense. The books got more serious (Rowling had stated they grow with the readers...

Yep, this is becoming common in the old school circles. Some say that's what Gygax meant, but I have my doubts. 🤣 It's a good solution though.

Congratulations to Dungeon Coach and wishing you all the best for your game. It does sound like a fun system!

I love the fluidity of the image and the colour palette. I also like the serene expression on Lolth's face while wrapping up some poor victim. It's unsettling. I'm not an artist (like at all!) but the image, the colour and the gold scrolling in the corners all tie together beautifully.

Annoying players are going to annoy. Ban the bard class, and they'll shift their irritating traits to a different class. 🙄 Fortunately, I don't have to deal with these kinds of players. Our gnomes and bards are just fine.

My next character is definitely going to be a gnome bard who specializes in making Ham and Pineapple pizza.

I believe it's set up in a way that you can swing from Firefly to "Spelljammer"

Our plans actually came together!

In my many years of playing and running games I have only rarely seen behaviour that even comes close to this.

For me, spells having a light touch as regards to rules is fantastic. It lets magic feel magical and really frees up player creativity. I dislike spells that dictate exactly what the magic can and cannot do, exact distances, how its cast, etc. I love having casters say, "Hey, can I tweak this...

Well. I felt my character was really unique in a game I was in because he was a normal human ranger with a very mundane background. The other three characters were very non-standard, with unique backgrounds, so I stood out. 😂 Having said this I enjoy having weird or unique characters too...

I'm running Black Sword Hack. We've been playing regularly for months with absolutely no problems. The whole game is 103 pages. The Characters are well developed and jt feels like Sword & Sorcery. I'm currently playing in a long running Shadowdark game. Prince Valiant, Mouseritter, Ars Magica...