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The idea is basically a port over from 1st edition - a wizard (and other arcane casters who study magic) must make a check to know. (Where in 1e it's a % based on intellect). For 5e I make the DC 12 + spell level. (Cantrips count as level 0) They add intellect modifier plus proficiency bonus...

Your 3d6 chart is looking at me funny... :oops:

You monster! :eek: How DARE you make your players do... resource management?!? On the note of Monstrous DMing... I make my 5e players: Roll 3d6 for stats. Roll straight up HP, no taking the average. Only apply CON bonuses at level 1, not per level. Limit Cantrip castings. Slow down natural...

It's not so much that they have 'purpose' as it's a more intuitive way of handling the ability mechanically. As for multiclassing, yes, multiclassing yields some great options. There are drawbacks too, which you need to let play out. But single class, or multiclass are both valid options for...

Absolutely, no argument on the issue of clarity. o_O I loves me some old school (especially 1e) but damn they could have hired better editors. Elven and Halfling thieves do definitely rule on the stealth front. 🥷

Yeah, basically. It was a choose your own adventure with numbered passages. You read the passage based on the choice you make. Dice for encounters within the rules of D&D modified by the module for solo play.

Ha! Funny story, this actually just happened in my ''Team Evil' 1e game - our 4th level Assassin queried about learning poisons. (completely oblivious to this reference in the books) Gary's DM vs Player rhetoric aside... (I certainly don't subscribe to actively opposing players) I do think...

I will grant you that 2e definitely makes backstabbing more difficult to achieve than it is in 1e, but it should not be as difficult as most DMs seem to want to make it. Both 1e and 2e have many instances of overdescribing what should otherwise be simple concepts. But ultimately - do you want a...

Yes, this is fine. It's clear - attacking from behind while surprised is a backstab. But then this happens: This redundant text is what confuses the issue and suddenly there are hoops to jump through. This is exactly the kind of thing that I'm talking about. The way players and DMs bend...

Yeah, this is where the trouble starts, I think. That word 'aware.' It boils down to interpretations. Personally I think being on a combatant's rear flank is enough to constitute that lack of awareness. Especially if the front flank is occupied by a burly tank wailing on said figure with a...

I am going to venture a controversial thought here - the Thief class is fine as-is. So many DMs and players nerf the thief in the way they approach the abilities, then complain about how much they suck, when simply looking at it from another lens makes them quite useful. Moving Silently and...

I played Ghost of Lion Castle many times in my misbegotten youth. (And early pandemic times as I couldn't resist revisiting it when it was on sale at DrivethruRPG). Lathan's Gold is another one I had as a kid that I quite liked. You'll likely find they scratch an itch in the most superficial...

Been a while since I posted, but here's a short version of recent events: Team 'Good,' my in-person 1e table game which currently has a roster of Arash (5th lvl Human Ranger); Bodlhakh (4th lvl Human Monk); Ersey (3rd/4th lvl Gnome Fighter/Thief); and Ry-Lee (4th lvl Human Druid). (Feltuun the...

HERESY! :p Seriously... to your points. As someone who has yet to meet a ruleset that he doesn't want to find house rules for, I can relate to coming up with a bunch of options. So first I'll warn that a few can be fun, but don't overdo it, you'll find it can start to interfere. Second - what...

Yes. Straight up, the skills you learn through improvisation courses will immensely improve your game, both as player and especially DM. Now, what you don't necessarily want is to turn your D&D game as a full-on improv session. (Or maybe you do... who am I to say?)... but having that...

Aye, there's the rub. I have become quite a bit of a DM snob, most games I sit in as a player aren't quite up to what I want from a game. A part of that I think has to do with a level of video game influence though, because more and more I'm seeing table top games planned out to a tee... and...

Canadian born and bred. Turning 49 in a few weeks, Got into D&D as a kid with the Mentzer Red Box in the mid 80s, and a lifelong favourite pasttime was born. Quickly moved on to Palladium games, TMNT, Heroes Unlimited, Robotech etc, and then jumped into AD&D 2nd end when it came out. Skipped...

Well, I lasted all of 5 minutes before deciding to pledge. Just after Noon (EST that is) when it launched the pledges were up to about 40k, but in the time it took to log in, read over the campaign and pledge, it was fully funded. Craziness. Looks like I will be adding an OSE game to the...

Le sigh. I think I echo so many people on the temptation front... which is bad for me because not only should I be watching my spending, but objectively it's just a shelf ornament. I don't run Basic edition, and if I did, I already have the BECMI books AND Rules Cyclopedia for it anyway so...

Only play with humans? That sounds like bad advice to me... behold a rather engaging game with some stuffed toys... note the content smile on the cupcake's face! :ROFLMAO: