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I voted third level because my players tend to pay for it as a group. They like the front-liner to be able to take more hits so they don’t get targeted!

In 1982 I rolled up a PC named Alpine, an elf fighter/magic-user/thief. No family name or back story as it was likely that he would die or he would not be used once the module was done. To provide so clarity other PCs rolled in the same timeframe included Blaupunkt, Kenwood, and Jensen. Alpine...

True enough. But choosing to include it in the rules books, in the manner in which it is presented was a conscious decision.

Unfortunately, I don’t speak Latin.

Reynard nails my feelings, exactly. I agree with Riggs’ post, as it squares with my thoughts about EGG. I’m a bit surprised, because I don’t usually find Riggs’ commentary to have the rigour that I see from Peterson. I’m curious what credentials are required to be a “D&D Historian”?

I assume you are equating a 1st level wizard casting Feather Fall to my example of old-school fighters stepping off cliffs. Old-school 1st level wizards typically had 3 or 4 hit points, and rarely had Feather Fall in their book of 5 spells. And to clarify, the problem being solved is 100 hp...

My current house rule: 10 ft. (3) 1d6 20 ft. (7) 2d6 30 ft. (14) 4d6 40 ft. (24) 7d6 50 ft. (38) 11d6 60 ft. (56) 16d6 70 ft. (77) 22d6 80 ft. (101) 29d6 90 ft. (129) 37d6 100 ft. (161) 46d6 I’ve been playing long enough to remember high level fighters purposely jumping off...

Lots of interesting ideas in this thread. A number of people hearken back to the wizards from AD&D, but as someone who started playing back in the late 70’s, I humbly disagree. Reducing the wizard’s HD for 6 to 4 doesn’t work for me, as 5E monsters hit harder and more frequently than in 1E. My...

I only run 5E D&D games at the moment. For my current campaign I used the Forgotten Realms as the backdrop and added my non-FR modules and homebrew. I treat FR as a very large map, and I will pull bits and pieces of the official lore if I need it, but for the most part the canonical lore and...

I stand corrected. The scenario is very hypothetical, but as DM I would have the BBEG: Drop the fighter in melee range with the spell. Grab the fighter’s weapon. Move and Misty Step to cover.

Rogue Ranger Fighter Wizard Warlock Paladin Cleric Sorcerer Druid Monk Barbarian Bard Psion Artificer Warlord / Swordmage —> I’ve not heard of these as official classes!

Voted none of the above since one key point is missing what attribute saves against the spell? Choose the most likely to fail.

This is definitely how I am leaning. I am taking a break from DM’g at the moment and I started on a House Rules document and it is quite long! I generally use max HP for all monsters; I give them better weapons if it makes sense; and I always have more than the bog-standard creature in a group...

Not a fan of Barrier Peaks but Pharoah and Tsojcanth make this a must-have for me.

I’m voting a tentative no. I’ve only DM’d LMOP and I TPK’d the group in the Cragmaw Cave (I had them taken hostage). I’ve played part of WDH, and I thought it was tough, as a mystery, as combat was secondary (which I liked). As an old-school player/DM, I like combat to be dangerous, and I...

This is how i (vaguely) recall playing B2 back in the day. The Keep was home base where treasure was spent and XP awarded, and the Caverns were the dungeon to pillage. The road between was inconsequential. To be honest, the only part of B2 that I ever really liked was the Keep. I find the...

I voted permissive, because of the two choices it is closer to how I aspire to run my games. Like Lanefan, I don’t generally discourage a player from trying anything, but I do try to temper their expectations (the level 1 fighter is NOT going to cast a fireball by waving their hands) as needed...

If not modern, perhaps anachronistic.

This - except change ‘probably’ to ‘definitely’. Smartass comments have to be spur of the moment (or written by professionals and delivered by Ryan Reynolds) to be effective.

I read the OP as saying the player has a PC that is being actively played in my game, and he plays that same character in another game and when he shows up for the next session of my game the characters has the experience, treasure, and magic gained from the other game. Hard no from me. I...