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The HeroQuest board game from ‘89 also determines damage by subtracting the defender’s defense from the attacker’s attack. I suspect it’s a rule that has been implemented in a substantial number of ways for decades. Descent does something very similar. Both use custom dice, although Descent is...

Used a barrel of smoke powder to defeat a tough boss encounter I'm guessing would have gotten the better of me otherwise. Good thing the monsters used the overhead camera so they couldn't see me setting up in the distance.

So by 5E rules, I should as a cleric 2/wizard 1 only be able to cast level 1 spells of either class, and the level 2 spells slots I gain from being a level 3 caster simply allows me to heighten level 1 spells to level 2? And the fact my wizard can cast 2nd level spells is not normal, but a BG3...

I suspect you could just call attacks as "succeeding" or "failing" instead.

Sound a lot like Castles & Crusades. I kind of like it, but it does result in weird scenarios where Wisdom-based classes like Clerics are suddenly better than rangers at tracking and wilderness survival.

I'm not that familiar with 5E, but I have a cleric/wizard who is level 2 and 1. I cannot cast level 2 cleric spells, but I can cast level 2 wizard spells. Shouldn't I be able to cast level 2 cleric spells as well? Or must I somehow choose which class to get my level 2 spell slot in?

Aha! But what if innocent kittens get… Oh.

You can let players roll if there is an immediate consequence, such as triggering the trap if the check fails. “You search the floor, but miss a near-invisible trip-wire. Poison darts shoot out from a row of holes in the west wall.”

My players were recently in a small maze where the "wrong" passages had saw blade traps with a 1-2 in 6 chance of being triggered when a creature passes them. The minotaurs living there know the safe route through the maze, and thus never walk into them. They are all hidden and are...

I like the Swords & Wizardry method, which is something like this: 1. Roll surprise. 2. Declare spells. 3. Roll initiative. 4. Movement and missiles (winner) 5. Movement and missiles (loser) 6. Magic and melee (winner) 7. Magic and melee (loser) 8. End of combat round. (Return to 2 if combat is...

Every part I've been able to find, at least.

I don't have such a save, and if I did, it would be too far back for me to want to retread everything that has happened since then, unfortunately.

I've scoured the site multiple times. Unless he's well hidden it seems like a bug, then. Hopefully he isn't important to the plot or it gets fixed somehow, in that case.

I really want Gale in my party instead of Wyl. After I rescued him, he said my group was full and would go to the camp. 3 long rests since and he's still not appeared at the camp.

Seems like the kind of place Smaug would live in. Not sure what kind he would be, but in the movies he was gold for a brief period.

Ranger excels by speaking Giant.

Not knowing what your spells do could be a whole pillar at some tables.

Back in school I once joined a D&D game where everybody but me had rolled their characters at home. We used 3d6 and I rolled some pretty average stats. Everyone else had at least one 18 and multiple 17s or 16s. I did not appear for a 2nd session. :unsure:

Hag head in a chimney.

As an amateur artist I sympathize with those who have spent many years mastering their skills and now compete against software that in a few seconds generate art that would take weeks for human to do. I suspect a lawsuit like this will at most delay the inevitable and wonder what's next :unsure: