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Pathfinder 2e's spell degrees of success/failure handle these spells interestingly- if a creature succeeds vs the Paralyze spell (their version of Hold) then it is Stunned 1. That means that they lose 1 of their actions (IIRC pf2e creatures get 3 action per turn). On a fail theyre paralyzed for...

Hey, I'm always interested in "E6" variant rules. How much play did either of your houseruled attempts get? Are you (still) using them?

Metal is a little more of a pain to paint and it chips easier, but it does have a nice heft. Usually the reason you do metal is because you're not a big production... But I guess a lot of smaller productions do 3d printing of plastics nowadays, so yeah metal like this is a bit retro. I like...

Yup! Add equivalent class knacks and maneuvers if appropriate. The only class that I've straight up compared is the berserker v barbarian, going on that the berserker has improved features over the barbarian, plus knacks and maneuvers. So based on that, power-wise, any 5e14-balanced class could...

It's sounding like at some of these tables, things just happen to the party, and the players have to react. So I can see why they aren't going to be drinking potions of resistance beforehand, there is no beforehand. They just walk from one encounter to the next without having any idea of whatll...

I made it a skill check. Casting Spells from a Scroll: Arcane spells - Arcana Primal spells - Nature Divine spells - Religion DC to cast is 10 + 2xSpell Level Fail = scroll is burned up Fail by 5 or more = Spell Scroll Mishap Table

Those potions all last a least a minute, and some like giant strength an hour or more! With a little information-gathering or scouting, the party can easily drink potions before they get into a fight- potions don't make loud noises like spellcasting either, so the folk on the other side of the...

I think this ends up being a conversation about bonus actions, at least in part. Bonus actions have grown far, far bigger than their original design intent, which IIRC Mike Mearls called a band-aid and something the designer(s) regret. But players like them, because it means they can do more on...

I imagine folk that say it's hype/press numbers are having this discussion for the same reason as the folk that say it's not creative number-play: because such discussion and speculation is another way of engaging with the hobby. Personally I have no doubt that the 2024 books are selling way...

Yup. 5e characters are already pretty potent. To OPs original point, could just restoring small amounts of class resources for pushing themselves accomplish a similar goal? That of course would require that the 5 minute adventuring day couldnt occur, but personally I haven't had that problem...

Oh wow. I didn't know about that one. Looking forward to it!

Wow, I like the Haze effects... This is the kind of thing that gets me interested enough in a book to pick it up... Though I'm so jaded by PC power fantasy that I'm sort of expecting that there'll be something like "every PC can get a background or subclass that grants them features to ignore...

This probably isn't the place to have a full discussion on it, but if 1/1000 people are spellcasters.. that seems relatively high magic to me 😆 Even if 2/3 of those become mages with cantrips and spell levels, that still seems like a good number.

Some of this isn't news, because we've heard it from @mearls when he talked at cons etc. about how bad DnD was and how WotC was looking at licensing it out. But it's good to hear it from others, plus the new figures are interesting!

I'd agree, but unfortunately IMO the best ways to improve medicine would be to nerf a lot of the bounce-back/natural healing/resilience of 5e characters.. and then medicine could fill to restore some of it. It was pointed out to me that they get all their hit dice back now from a LR in 2024, so...

You covered some nice non combat uses here. Medicine would be a lot more important if characters didn't automatically heal to full from a long rest. Imagine if you could use medicine to restore hit dice! Modern DnD characters are made so bounce-back and durable, but they can be low on hit dice...

I guess I took it for granted that checks are only required when failure is a possibility 😆

Just keep in mind that climb speed =/= spider climb. Having a climb speed means that instead moving at half speed while climbing, you move at full- but you still need to make ability checks to climb! When folk forget this, I point them to the common Potion of Climbing which grants both a climb...

Sometimes. I did it ever since I was a kid, both as GM and player. As a GM nowadays I tend to give the first impression in a voice or with some sort of inflection or different speech pattern, and then once the impression is set I'll switch to 3rd person.