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I tend not to enjoy narrative focused or ultra light systems...but this one actually sounds interesting, especially in context of the setting.

I really miss this. This thread brings back a lot of memories. I still remember getting my Basic D&D red box (Mentzer) at a big toy store when I was 11. There it was, magically waiting for me in the middle of one of those enormous walls of toys and games.

I have almost the opposite problem. I mean sure, there some spells I have prepared that get used more regularly and some are more situational (though I do try to shake it up just to try out new spells). But I always feel like I can't prepare enough spells. I would like to use more variety in...

I think what we've done in the past is if the patry can all get themselves out of melee and a little ways away (to the edge of the map, or some other distance that feels appropriate) they can retreat automatically if the other side is content to let them go, or if they succeed on an Athletics or...

Try random stats where if they don't all add up to the same number you roll other dice to add or subtract until they do. For instance, let's say you want to use 4d6 drop lowest. If the mean result of that causes abilities to add up 73 (quick search showed that--I have not verified), then you...

You say that likes it's a bad thing. ;-). I actually very much prefer that model to the full campaign adventure model for a couple of reasons. The first is that full campaigns lock you into a theme. Whether its based around a type of monsters, or an environment, or a thematic genre, the whole...

Oh, so the Faerun earth motes are just the Tears of Selune?

Interesting. What regions were these found in? What edition are they first referenced in? Now you've got me curious about FR stuff.

Of course, the game uses the terms basically the opposite. "Move into" means voluntarily go into, while "enter" means happen to find yourself in the area if effect by any means.

Lol! Yeah. The funny thing is that even DM's sometimes seem to put on those "player goggles" when they are in the role of player rather than DM. And this is with honest players, lol! From memory, here's what the basic 2014 types of area of effect damage are and why they are that way. Type 1...

Good point. I've been using the "creatures of your choice" phrasing when I want the option there, but in the back of my mind that still leaves questions about what if there is a creature you don't know is in the area. So far I haven't worded my spells to deal with it, and will just have to look...

I feel you on the players throwing a fit during the session. Is this going to kill your character? No? Then please just let me make a ruling now and we can discuss it after game. As far as the distinction in 5e (which, as we've seen, a lot of us unfortunately won't even catch unless we see...

Honestly, as someone familiar with every edition except original, it would be mechanically quite a lot like 5.0e, with a bit more old school sensibilities (typically of the type that doesn't annoy newer players much, so yes to more daily resources attrition, big no to permaren't stat loss). I...

I'm fine with in-combat healing in 5.0e (not switching to 5.5e) being non-optimal, but since it bugs one of my players, there is a house rule we're going to try: Magical healing also grants you temp hp equal to the hp healed. They go away after 1 minute. I'm also using a rule that you get a...

Weren't there floating earthburgs in the sky? Not sure where those are supposed to be in the Realms, and until they can place that, the retcon is about as invalid asyou can get.

Absolutely agree with the OP. I sometimes feel like I'm the only one that sees these kinds of design philosophy shifts, or that everyone else who sees them just prefers 2024's philosophy. I've played every edition from BECMI to 5e and every time I changed to a new edition it was because I...

Concentration serves an important purpose in 5e. It prevents a major power imbalance between parties that have casters who can stack multiple buffs before a battle and throw around multiple save or sucks during a battle, and those who do not. It means the game doesn't have to be built to account...

Taking into account that exposure to the 2014 rules has made it easier to notice some issues already (compared to taking a bit longer in 2014), that a few of these lean more into preference than necessarily issues, and the vagaries of memory, it still seems to me that this is a significantly...

As D&D editions go, 2014 to 2024 is a bigger change than 3.0e to 3.5e, and on average a little less than 1e to 2e, but more in some areas. I'd definitely call that a new edition. And I find the arguments that it isn't a new edition because you can still use characters from the previous one...

That's sad. I'm not going to be adopting these rules, but I was hoping the MM might give me some inspiration on how to increase the power of the monsters in the 2014 MM. The reason that would be good is that they started giving monsters higher CR in later books. I don't just mean printing...