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Is there an errata I'm not aware of? My Adventurer's Guide shows doubleshot is a bonus action.

I'd just been thinking that the Dolmenwood blocks were a good compromise between old-style and modern stat blocks.

I myself prefer the 4e/5e self-contained stat blocks; with 5e getting the edge for readability. I do like the copious 2e lore, although not as much as I used to. I can see why folks prefer the older versions, though. The bigger self-contained blocks take up a lot of space on the page!

I'm not really speaking to effectiveness in and of itself - rather, inter-class balance. (And, to be sure, I do think a better-balanced D&D would be a better-designed D&D, as per my remarks on another thread discussing a related topic.) Contrary to your paraphrase ("players really don't care at...

You might look at ICON playtest rules for how they organise "these are the kinds of things your characters are capable of" by "Chapter" (that game's rough equivalent to the D&D 5e "tier"). Might have some inspiration there for benchmarking.

Apropos of this, and coming from the other direction (games that are reminiscent of old-school D&D), it doesn't matter what kind of mortality rate your adventuring company has in, say, Darkest Dungeon, because you, the single player, control the entire roster. (In my first complete playthrough...

I think enough has been said about combat functionality, so I'd like to bring up non-combat in a bit more detail. In 5e, which ostensibly includes focus on non-combat pillars of gameplay, and which siloes play in those pillars based on the skill proficiencies one possesses for the most part...

I am inclined to say that a team-based roleplaying game is balanced when any set of player characters (a) built and played by players with roughly equal skill and engagement (b) will contribute to the success of their group (the achievement of each characters' individual goals and/or the goals...

Obviously, those who have trouble growing facial hair would have to fake it. Also, there would be stonings.

Thanks for the suggestion - much appreciated!

Apropos of the "Oberoni" construct, specifically, I would say that there are, broadly speaking, two circumstances where it can be brought to bear: First, when the gameplay that actually shakes out from a game's rules and mechanics is at odds with the gameplay the designers intended, in a way...

Random prompt to see what came up: Here's what I got: Thoughts: (1) Clearly not a lot of source material to train from - see below for reference of what the style is (or the Darkest Dungeon wiki). (2) Although it's technically an error, the skeleton woman is pretty metal.

I could see that working as a two-book box set. But I think the method @Sacrosanct suggested is the way to go: access to an RTF with stat blocks only for copying at need. For a book that one is paying good money for, I just don't think you can get by without art (at least). An all-purpose...

This was super cute. Loved it!

TBH I find the attitude expressed by @Clint_L to be sort of presuming that monster write-ups should be written with a specific kind of DM in mind - a DM who (a) is experienced and (b) wants to have a bunch of their own lore rather than the default. This is something I can't agree with. If you...