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Part of Dark Sun's allure is that it gives the middle finger to D&D and it's assumptions. Getting Dark Sun to remember it's a part of D&D and not a special sandflake was always going to be the biggest challenge.n

I've heard that the designers wanted to use the 1e assassin class (redone for 2e) and it was denied, so they redesigned the bard to be an assassin as a way to get around TSRs mandate. But that's apocryphal.

Whereas I think 5x's engine is a great basis and would rather they steal elements from other games (for example, the arcane/divine/primal/other spell lists that PF and ToV have and we almost had in 2024) rather than look at another system and say "how can we D&D this up?"

I don't see why people are so quick to want to kill off ability scores for just modifiers. Pathfinder 2e revised did that and all of a sudden realized improving scores became harder to track (because a +1 to strength might move you from 14 to 15, but if you only have the mods, it moves you from...

I'm not against taking ideas from other games and adding them (backgrounds in 5e being a good example). I do think there is a lot of people who just want Shadowdark reprinted wholesale with D&D branding rather than saying "what good ideas could be polished and brought to 6e?"

I don't think that's possible. I can't imagine any system that would (for example) run adventures in Middle Earth, Westros, Faerun, Night City, Gotham and Tattooine. If it did, they would have to be so plain and generic as to be "let's pretend, but with a resolution mechanic". Something like...

Gun to head, I would play 2nd edition over first edition every time.

Much of these "next edition" threads end up thinly disguised sales pitches for the posters preferred fantasy heartbreaker. I find it highly amusing that they supposedly have what they want in said 3pp, yet long for D&D to become more like it.

I recommend rereading the entire list again..

I agree. What I would do is make every spell an attack sometimes with additional modifier or rider abilities. A few abilities (like healing or short range teleports) would not be attack based. Then all utility magic would be handled with rituals that have a hefty GP cost to use and... I just...

The 2e gladiator was proficient in all weapons and picking a weapon with a proficiency slot granted them weapon specialization in the weapon..I kinda feel this class is trying to emulate that.

Here's my wish list for 6e: It should be simpler. The are to many fiddlely bits, to much micromanaging, too many niche bonuses and obscure rules. Things should be light and simple. The rules rules should be clearly defined. Too much of the and relies on DM fiat and overly broad rules that are...

You are correct. Next time, cite a reputable source. Remathilis, former English teacher

The problem is that I can't tell you if that's something that AI hallucinated or pulled from a real thinking person and I don't have the time or will to research it. So I automatically assume anything pulled from AI is probably a hallucination (regardless if it's true or if I agree with it)...

I wouldn't mind an alternate art cover from him a la Diitrilizzi's Planescape ones

I don't expect it either, and I actually prefer the modern take where mechanics do not straightjacket a character but do provide shaping and form for them. I would not want Ravenloft to reprint Powers checks again (and yes some people did abuse them to intentionally turn evil, but it was often a...

Too me, this harkens back to players who intentionally playing weak characters in a campaign or characters who can't pull their own weight. I don't want to derail the conversation with that, so I'll just link you to a well thought out essay. And right there I stopped reading.

Ok let's put it like this. Imagine in a normal D&D world, a wizard in a 9 on the Arbitrary Power Scale (APS). It doesn't matter what alignment or moral outlook they have, they are always at about a 9. A defiler is at a 10. He is getting extra power from defiling (even if its just a small...

Please keep in mind this inquiry came from Steampunkette's idea that preserving should be precipitously weaker than defiling with no tradeoff other than "it's the right thing to do". Which is a noble sentiment, but its horrendous GAME balance because a choice that is between a bad choice and a...

What I don't want is a setting that encourages rat-bastard PCs who are slightly less terrible than the Sorcerer-Kings and Templars they profess as enemies. A setting where Tyr is just the start, not the end, of the good that can be done via heroics and collective action. A setting that doesn't...