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That's how we play as well, which probably explains why I find this kind of discussion so strange.

I seem to remember they tweaked a few classes (paladin? ranger?) to make a 1 level dip less attractive - so you needed a 2 level dip instead. Also the "clarification" of the charge rules meant that in 3.5 the Ride By Attack feat no longer worked by RAW (something about having to charge directly...

I'm not sure I'd fancy undergoing a decades-long vetting process. Is it inspired by the Catholic Church procedure for admission to sainthood? "My gaming group has two members, plus a couple of other people who haven't officially joined yet as they are only fourteen years into their probation...

If Pathfinder counts, I'm in 3 groups (although with some overlap of players). If Pathfinder doesn't count, I haven't been in a D&D group since 2010.

I have played some of that module, but I don't think I ever saw the cover at the time. Goldmoon looks quite tanned here but I don't think that outfit does much for her armour class. Tanis (I assume that is Tanis on the right with the bow?) seems quite fond of feathers. Wikipedia states that...

In the UK, "breach of the peace" is a catch-all term for any kind of "antisocial" behaviour, and it has been around for centuries. You can be convicted of breach of the peace even if the only other person around (enjoying the peace until you breached it) is the arresting officer. Swearing at...

I read the original Dragonlance trilogy as a child, but had very little exposure to the Dragonlance art. I assumed all the characters in the trilogy were white, just as I assumed all the characters in all the other books I read were white. If there were any indications in the text that...

I have no idea which parts of the setting were designed by TSR's Dragonlance Committee, and which parts were invented when the novels were written. However, the intention at the time was that the novels were supposed to support the game line rather than vice versa. (Of course that changed later...

I'm still not sure I understand the argument of this thread. 3.x skill points, with different rules for first level, different rules for class skills and cross-class skills, and fiddly synergy bonuses, are very much not what I would consider aesthetically pleasing. Something like the AGE...

I love Kender in stories. It was worth reading Dragons of Summer Flame (which otherwise I didn't much like) for the Tasselhoff scenes. Thinking about the "kender-proof jail" always brings a smile. I agree that the problem is Kender in the game. Creating an entire PC race that, unless played...

Yes. However, I don't believe that anyone who commits murder, whatever the circumstances, is automatically evil. HAL's circumstances are described in the sequel. I'm not condoning what HAL did (far from it), but knowing why HAL did it I do not consider HAL to be evil. Since this is a...

HAL's actions get a lot more explanation in 2010: Odyssey 2 (book or film). I don't think of HAL as being evil.

I'd go with Barding and Charm Person. In my opinion, anyone trying Animal Friendship on a Rhydan has just demonstrated they aren't from Aldea.

Korvosa seems a bit of an odd choice. We often start our games in Magnimar or Sandpoint, which are not too far away but have more of a traditional heroic vibe. Maybe you could see if your old DM would be interested in running "Seven days to the Grave" for you. DM "The city is currently in the...

It's been a while since I looked through it, but I'm pretty sure it does have a wizard tower generator. The idea of a dungeon that flies about at random, and can end up in some pretty unusual places - with environmental consequences for anybody who happens to be exploring it at the time -...

I am a big fan of Rappan Athuk (although I'm not familiar with the 5th edition conversion) and I think it works well for a drop in/out game, and it has a lot of variety. Given the choice, that's the one I'd pick. Some parts of it are very dangerous, which might come as a shock to players unused...

I thought THAC0 was a great idea when it came out, since it removed the need for tables (updating all the tables when you levelled up was a real pain). I also find it very easy to use, even though I haven't used it in an actual game for the best part of 2 decades. So maths wise, I don't care one...

That's why I like Eberron - you don't need a long discussion of what it is about. "Eberron is designed with two story poles in mind: pulp adventure and noir intrigue." And note the use of the word "designed" - the designer explains what the goals were, but we decide for ourselves how...

I believe it is a Scotsman playing an Egyptian with a Spanish name with a Scottish accent.

As Paul Farquhar already mentioned, Philip Marlowe is very much not any of those things. The other author I'm most familiar with, after Raymond Chandler, is Dashiell Hammett. His protagonists don't seem to meet that description either. Sam Spade is not a very nice man (and book-Spade comes...