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Rapiers were suitable for warfare in the same sense pistols were suitable for warfare WW1 till today. Both weapons have similar purpose. First and foremost, they are mark of status and authority ( officers weapons), after that, they are self defense backup weapon. Both weapons are also primarily...

I just don't dig magitech or magic as technology in a way Eberron does it. If i want blend of magic and technology, i would rather go to full on steampunk like Iron Kingdoms. In essence, magic + technology, not magic is technology.

Gargantuan is at least 20x20 feet or 4x4 squares on the grid. That's minimum. Maximum is - how ever big you want it to be. Hell, one time, friend of mine used 1 liter water pitcher as a "mini" for siege kaiju.

Rapier, in context of warfare, was never main weapon. But then again, neither was katana for samurai, or longsword for knight. It's more or less on par with pistol in modern military. It's personal self defense weapon in case your main weapon fails and mostly carried by officers (who were also...

If i would ever go and try to inject more "realism" i would still simplify it. Creature has resistance to all damage from all weapons, magic ones included, one size smaller and immunity to damage from weapons 2 or more size smaller. Wanna hunt huge or gargantuan creatures? Get some siege...

Sure, you can go that way. But then you run into problem where people just pick weapons that are useful against most opponents and ditch niche/situationaly useful weapons.

In game terms, who cares really? 5e has such a basic list of weapon, they could cut it down to - Weapon: Swords martial, one handed, finesse, 1d8 - in this category you have your sabres, rapiers, shamshirs, elven thinblades etc martial, one handed, 1d8 - arming swords, falcatas, kopesh and all...

Scale wise, ancient dragons are on par with C130 Hercules (length, width, wingspan, mass). That's one massive SOB. Like someone said, TOW or MANPADS (depending if it's on ground or flying) are your best option for taking them down if you are lowly grunt ( with much love to all my fellow grunts)...

Cause i play with group that knows FR very well and like it, plus, it can accommodate various sub settings ( far east, mesoamerica, Renaissance, ancient Egypt ) without me doing lot's of world building. Pick a region based on the theme and go for it. I use 3ed FR Campaign setting guide. It's...

You can use rapier to get in close and hit dragon in the pinky toe. It would be like he stepped on the lego or d4. Very painful and very annoying :D

As said before, let's not think too much about how realistic things are in D&D. Cause they aren't realistic at all. Handheld weapons are bad choice for fighting anything larger than large humanoid creatures. Huge and gargantuan creatures are so big, you can't reach any vital parts at all, and...

Shadowrun. Love the setting, read all the novels, played all crpgs. But i never got to play or run ttrpg.

Pdf or SRD. I would like option to buy pdf without art or fancy flavor text, pure mechanics, with bookmarks and keywords hyperlinked (or at least index with hyperlinks). Or better yet, if i buy physical copy with all the fancy stuff, give me free download pdf with barebones mechanics. I played...

Best example of this is Ten candles. Sure, it's designed for one shots, but damn, it works well. And mechanics of the game do help set mood and tone of the game.

Read it, but i don't really like it mechanics wise. Don't get me wrong, i love murder mystery as a genre, grew up reading Agatha Christie and watching old british crime shows and old Scooby Doo cartoons. Just didn't find system with right balance of player skill and character skills. Tried to...

Superheroes with caveat. I can do low powered street level heroes and anti heroes. I can do KickAss/The Boyz type heroes. But mainstream Marvel/DC? Nope. I don't wanna run it, don't wanna play it. Slice of life, teen drama, romance - nope. And i genuinely like slice of life anime, but playing...

Same thing with my long term ex gf. She never understood that for me, D&D isn't just playing game. It's time to hang out with friends and do something fun. She also considered it childish. Well, she is ex, and decade later, i'm still playing with those same guys. Wife was never into it, but she...

D&D's biggest problem is that it wants to be jack of all trades system. That means it needs to support or at least not actively hinder myriad of different play styles. When it comes to 6e, i would like commitment. Pick one or two complimentary play styles and design game around those styles...

Like old X men where they were alpha/beta mix. In general, X men teams were for most part balanced and all members were of similar power. Fantastic 4, Guardians of the Galaxy, Teen titans, Doom patrol, Suicide squad are all in the same boat, where everyone is on similar power level. In...

Well, if i was citizen of Gotham, i would be pretty pissed at Batman not snuffing out Joker ( and couple of others) once and for all since he escapes every time and does more damage. Red Hood on the other hand has more pragmatic approach. (Golden Era Batman did use guns and lethal force though...