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There is no rule for healing potions that differentiates them from other potions. The only reason we have the weight for a healing potion is because it's listed under equipment. Since no one is going to track weight to the ounce (and I doubt many track those half pound potions either) the...

Potions are not 250 ml they are 1 ounce, 30 ml, of liquid according to the DMG. For weight they've obviously rounded up.

Why would people having different preferences of play make you sad? Nobody is forcing a specific play style or even game on you? Play what you want how you want and accept that other people have different preferences.

Based on the theme of the starter set, and the "author" being Eddie it kind of makes sense that it's dungeon crawls since it's an 80s style of play. It's nice to have different approaches to starter sets, even if I think the Borderlands set might be a bit better for casual newbies just trying...

In general, the groups I've played with didn't use potions other than for healing often. Then again, we also rarely had time to prep for a specific fight. Even if we knew we were going into a dangerous area there was no way to know the specific threat or when it would happen. I don't think...

I always assume much the same with some kind of potion bandolier, in 5e potions are 1 ounce. I've done the walking test when the person walking wasn't stumbling like a drunkard, covering 30 feet at a fast walk was fine. On the other hand don't expect to get much of anything out of your...

In both 2014 and 2024 DMG > Chapter 7: Treasure > Magic Item Categories > Potions are 1 ounce. I don't remember for 4e, but I believe it was also listed as an ounce in 3e. Videos like the one posted above that say it can't be done are just silly to me. It's a completely made up item. If the...

I don't get too concerned about how long an individual round takes, I view them as shorter at low levels and longer at high. If I cared it would be easy enough to say they're 12 second and anything that has duration of 1 minute lasts for 2 minutes instead, but I don't care enough. On the...

I can see the party's reactions when that happens...

Despite what many people seem to think, a potion is one ounce. Its a decent sized swallow but it's less than a shot glass.

I've been doing the same thing for a couple of years now, not sure where I first heard the rule. I allow other potions as a bonus action now as well, if people want to spend money on consumable items, it's up to them.

There's a lot of things that were not invented or needed in the real world, like fireball resistant sails. In addition, the goal of a pirate is not to sink the enemy ship, it's to loot the enemy ship. A ship that sinks to the bottom of the sea is a goal in warfare not so much piracy, so...

Aargh, pirates are a scurvy lot of no-good scum who deserve to walk the plank or hang from the yardarm! ;) A true pirate is going to be evil, something I'd be cautious of. It's certainly going to work for some people of course, but be sure to ask your players. Personally I would twist things...

We can objectively say that a bowling ball is heavier (or if you want to be pedantic, it has more mass) than an apple, I don't think we can objectively judge the quality of game design.

I disagree because it will always depend on your criteria and how you measure. I can't think of anything else to add.

There is no way to measure how good a game is "generally". It always comes back to personal opinion. Being designed to support a narrow style of play does not necessarily make it good design. I'm not saying 4e was good or bad, for some people it was good and for some people it was bad. Just...

Every once in a while the party stomps on the BBEG in my game. But party effectiveness varies wildly and it will never be something that can be boiled down to a spreadsheet that works for every group. I've (almost) always been able to throw challenging encounters, but as a DM you need to be...

All of which boils down to preference and what you wanted out of the game. I didn't think building or running encounters was particularly easy, it depended on what was chosen. I like the stealth rules from 2014 better. I could go on, I don't see a reason to. A game can meet all of it's design...

Best what? Best selling? That goes to 5e. Most groundbreaking? OD&D. Most supplements? At a guess, 2e. I can't think of a single category I'd put 4e as "best", even "best at achieving a specific vision" is misleading because it values the vision they had. About the only thing I can think...