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Heh, I was wondering if anyone was reading this! I must say I’m quite satisfied with how things are turning out so far. PCs have acquired a ship (game so far has been an investigation turned into a race to the « treasure » based in and around Mos Eisley), so I’m polishing my space combat...

…until it becomes crowded enough to breed war, disease, and famine!

FR is full of good ideas. I still think that not all these ideas need to be used however, nor to they have to be used ´fully’. The best realms are your own realms. That is mostly true with any setting however…

Eh, didn’t know this was a thing (in the making). Different from 1e?

Wow, you guys are prolific… I played D&D 5e a Star Wars hack of The One Ring rules L5R (tried a bit of the 5e Adventure in Rokugan, than reverted back to roll-and-keep edition) Aliens RPG …and this was a good year

I may be wrong, but I dont think anyone is refuting that edition changes and evolution of a game is necessary, but rather the hard reset «this is a whole new set of rules» type of reedition. D&D to AD&D to 2e AD&D are closer to natural evolution than the jumps to 3.x to 4e to 5e, for example.

In my experience, to many players, if it’s in the PHB; it’s fair game. And DMs, especially new ones, are less chastised for adding more stuff than banning things from the PHB. This is neither in favour or against firearms in the PHB, just as to why I care about what is and isn’t default.

It is?

« Need to »? Probably not, but I’m glad D&D did reinvent itself every decade or so. I much prefer this edition to the first, and everything that has happen in between was (probably) necessary to evolve and grow into what it is today. If it hadn’t, I probably wouldn’t be playing D&D but some...

Seen from this angle, that makes more sense. Not sure if I agree, but that'd be consequent.

Most of my gaming friends, even those who are pretty invested in the hobby, only have a vague idea that D&D is cooking some 50th anniversary re-release with slightly updated character creation rules à la Tasha, let alone having knowledge of specific UA content. Same with the RPG-ing college...

Really? I was under the impression that monastism (?) was one of the most widely shared religious concepts. If you look at the typical Christian-type monastery with life-time monks making beer and cheese, I agree that's pretty specific, but monastery as the concept of a secluded place to...

I corroborate your information. Actually, I’m pretty sure we can find enough evidence support on these forums to elevate your « anecdotal experience » to « dubious empirical data ».

Voted 3+ because I have yet to come across any game that would have less than three problems. For me, the number of problems doesn't really matter compared to how disruptive they are, which depends on groups, campaigns, ans styles of play. A single big and disruptive problem, even if it isn't...

Different techs, different expectations.

No, but they do change the paradigm significantly. By the mid 18th century, even if melee weapons are not obsolete, warfare revolves around firearms. Genre has shifted from faux-medieval to (faux) Napoleonic Europe, with rank soldiers using guns rather than swords or polearms. Swords and...

That's not only true about Batman! Similarly, fairy tales and and early literature/play-writing would be a lot thinner if parents didn't think that the solution to their child's problem was to lock them up in a secluded tower forever...

But i think this is one of the reasons why many people are "afraid" of unleashing technology in their (high) fantasy; our own history teaches us that technology grows at an exponential rate. From roughly 1750 on, the "genre" of the game changes every 50 year, every 25 years from 1850, and then...

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." - Elminster, probably...

Not sure about what they “should” be, but I know what I’d like them to be for my (mostly medieval-ish) campaigns. My ideal levels of techs are all over the place: I don’t mind anachronism when compared to real-life eras. In true Tolkien style, technology levels are relatively static, with...