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1e didn't have rituals. The process for making holy water in 1e was detailed in the DMG. It was expensive, required a holy font made of precious materials, and took significant time.

I already tore through Bone Silence by Alistair Reynolds, now on to Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

Never forget the CIFAL!

My favorite is a homebrew, Bile Mountain, which I have run in multiple incarnations in both 3e and 4e- Bile Mountain Return to Bile Mountain Beyond Bile Mountain Revenge on Bile Mountain The Bile Mountain Casino and Resort It lacks one thing that most great dungeons have, which is a bunch of...

That's sort of the model I want to use, but something a bit easier to evaluate on the fly.

The xp system is something I'm still banging my head against. I want to use the basic setup from 3e as far as how many xp it takes to advance- a certain number times the level you're advancing from to gain a level. (3e used 1,000 as that "certain number," but I kind of like the idea of a...

Who is saying this? I'm honestly not even sure what the difference is, for the most part 2e spells are just 1e spells with a few clean ups and minor modifications. Exceptions abound, of course, and 2e had a ton of new spells by the end of its run. It's encumbrance, not weight. Encumbrance...

Honestly, since they moved ASIs out of species, where they (originally) helped show how a given species was different from humanity, I wish they'd just ditch them entirely. Tying them to backgrounds is okay, but if all they are is another way for players to optimize- I mean, just add a bit to...

Does anyone know if Snarf Zagyg is gone for good? Last I heard was he was taking a week off, but that was, I think, a month ago now.

I love the system in that book! As far as special processes go- here are a few I've thought of or considered. The item must be concentrated on by an appropriate creature (e.g. a master swordsman for a vorpal sword) for a set length of time The item must be bathed in extraplanar vapors...

If you run it in combat and run it a bit unpredictably, I think this will be a non-issue. Until the pcs are a few levels higher, maybe it doesn't always attack the target they want. Maybe it's prone to flee if it gets wounded or bloodied or sees fire. A griffon is also a pretty soft target...

My answer: Depends on the group's playstyle. For my preferred playstyle (let the dice fall where they may): Absolutely.

A flat bonus is simple and easy to use, and helps monsters make even their worst saves more easily. Looks good to me.

It seems a lot more complicated than the current version. I'm also not a big fan of the "breaks existing spells" thing- if MR is supposed to be defensive, this swings pretty far toward an offensive use.

On to the last batch of monsters! Note: With the will-o'-the-wisp, you'll see an example of a creature that is immune to almost everything, a tradition in older versions of dnd that I miss. Sometimes you really do need to use specific approaches to defeat something, and I'm not just okay with...

I think the Rock as Black Adam was great casting, but his ego got in the way of what could have been a good movie. His insistence that he doesn't lose a fight makes him a terrible choice for a villain, and Black Adam is absolutely a villain, even if a complex one with sometimes heroic (or...

Hard to tell without actually, you know, seeing the movie.

I've never read Faction War, but the 5e treatment of Planescape certainly seems to imply that it's after FW to me. The fact that some factions have disappeared or been replaced by others, and some have faded into minor faction status, etc, and that all the old 2e ones are acknowledged as having...

Sounds like I really need to take a look at Shadowdark! A couple of notes: The sluglub is a homebrewed monster that is the result of alchemical pollution. If you had a big sink trap and never cleaned it, and it got full of slimy stuff and fibers and those came to life, animated by alchemy, that...

MANES DEMON Small humanoid (demon, fiend) AC: 9 Speed: 25' Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp) Immune to fire, poison. Death Burst: When reduced to 0, the manes turns into a cloud of foul green vapor that fills a 5' radius centered on its former location for 1 minute. A creature that starts its turn in...