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I have put a lot of thoughts in encumbrance and devised many systems with different consequences. Most however are based on a four-tier load for items: Negligible, light, medium, and heavy. This self-categorizes most armors and weapons but requires a similar four-tier division of the equipment...

[emphasis mine] Sometimes a scenic backdrop is all that is wanted or needed, and the said backdrop gives just enough flavour to make the campaign stand out as different. Sometime a meaningful and immersive paradigm is desired instead, and the campaign will fail to stand out (in a positive way...

Played a few games since my last post. However, lately I've been doing more "playing" and less "designing" (although I'm still giving thoughts to space combat). So while I haven't done anything new, I've consolidated a few things and am rethinking others. Archetypes (character classes)...

Oh, me too. There's no way I'll ever go back to 3e! I do admire what they managed to do with the system however; it was the first time I felt a system was not only "designed" but "engineered" as well. They were very thorough (way too much for me as it turns out) but I've got to give it to 3e...

True. Oftentimes when someone says "this is a situation that works", people (me included) tend to interpret it as "this situation works all the time". At the same time, someone will point out that "this situation can also not work" and it's quickly interpreted as "this situation cannot work, ever".

Yeah, 3e really tried to be symmetrical and provide complete stats for as many things as possible. It was indeed over-engineered, even though it was good engineering (and a game-changer for the time).

As I understood things, it mostly means that you can still use the Rise of Tiamat with ‘24 characters with no changes to the adventure whatsoever. Character creation and spells might have changed a bit, but their context is virtually unchanged. Monster presentation will be slightly different but...

Even 5e '14 uses slightly different rules between PC and NPC, and it looks like there will be even more differences in the '24 re-edition. Personally, I prefer asymmetrical systems or at least, systems where monsters and NPC rules are allowed to diverge a little, to strictly symmetrical systems...

Looks interesting, I noticed a few things; i'll post when I have a bit more time

HUH HUH, NO TAKESIES BACKSIES!!! :) If it's easier, export everything on a web app like homebrewery, or separate it in smaller posts. You can always re-edit posts too, there are no time limits.

Historically, they used to have a distinct and clear identity as faux-celtic human priests; different from the faux-judo-christian-mixed-with-pseudo-Greek-polytheistic-mythology clerics available to all races (species). Lets see the "facts" They are a class of spellcasters. Their spell lists...

I'm curious to see how D&D '24 will handle that but my magic 8-ball says that all signs points to this clause being removed. Too bad, I liked it (among the very few, it seems).

Enough with the tease! Give it to us already! ;)

I’m with @Lanefan on this; mental stats still have a relevance even once you remove the personality aspects from them. It just sounds weird because Intelligence no longer strictly relates to the character’s being smart or not, etc, but it works as a modifier for specific skills/DC/special...

This sounds all pretty consistent to me however. Non-conform, sure, but well integrated within the setting, the story, and between players.

I think this thread suffers from people having different definitions of “consistency”, whereas some use it as “constancy” or “conformity”, while others use it as “coherence” or “compatibility”. The case of the “last mage” for example, is IMO a quite consistant element of a setting, or else is...

Which is a great campaign pitch but an intrusive burden for DMs who already have a campaign in mind or at least, aimed for certain themes and concepts. Perhaps it goes well with the intended campaign and if so, great!

By that I meant that they are nevertheless consistent with the story and the setting, but I may just be arguing about a definition of "coherence" that doesn't agree with yours, rather than disagreeing about the premise of your OP. I get what you mean about setting and story being separate and...

I don’t know, many of the things listed strongly support the themes of LotR, at least the departure and fading of the « great », the rise of the « small », and what happens when they’re confronted to power, whether it’s one they have or one they must oppose. The weakest creatures finding the...

Hehe, who doesn’t like defining the flavours of player butts! ;)