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At our table we removed Dex from Init. We also use Dex ‘to hit’ for ranged weapons, and in melee for finesse weapons, but all damage bonuses are Str. Want to be good at finding the weak spot, great, now have the strength to drive it (throw it, or shoot it) home. We’ve seen Str matter more.

I thought that what people were noticing about 5e was that a lot of the underlying "engine" of it was "re-branded" 4e concepts. So while it hasn't leaned right back into the 4e lane, it is certainly leaning (or has leaned) into that direction, while still making classes 'different enough' that...

I'm running a 1e OSE Advanced in Greyhawk using the Gold Box and Ashes. Its been fun. I think I mentioned, I prefer the barebones layouts of the 1e box sets, which gives just enough to get the creative juices flowing, and then I can kitbash in locations, other sources, etc. for the sandboxes...

My guess, and what I see in my 5e group, is that they tend to avoid the role-playing, investigation, exploration, NPC interaction, and only focus on combat and planning for said combat to maximize abilities and minimize damage. I wouldn't be surprised if that isn't also the case in other...

Development time v Value, most likely. The vast majority of people would just use what ends up in the PHB, and not even the stuff in the PHB marked "optional." We all know that just about no one reads, or uses, the variant rules in the DMG. So where do those other 3 variants reside? Their...

Also a little bit of both. Usually when a campaign ends, and I’m going to be running, I’ll pitch the new campaign - setting, magic and “tech” levels, as well as other idiosyncrasies that exist in the imagined world. I also talk to players post-last campaign to find out what they liked/didn’t...

Because isn't 5e a "fan made" nomenclature? I don't think WOTC ever named it "5e". The playtest was DnD Next. The community calls it 5e, and 3PP companies refer to 5e. There is nothing on WOTC's website about 5e either. DDB and WOTC mention "Dungeons and Dragons", that's it. Nothing about...

To me, there is a difference between older school "adventures", which were usually coded to a narrow level range, and modern "adventure paths" where one goes from level 1-15 or whatever. I think those would likely require different XP approaches. And those would all be discussed at either the...

I had a wizard who discovered a relic that allowed me to have two concentration spells running at the same time I;a campaign I was playing in. It really, really made it easier to play the wizard. No more hard choices. No need to prioritize what I needed now vs what I will need soon. Just do...

All the Moonshaes material I could find, starting with the FR Grey Box. I ran a sandbox campaign starting around 900 DR, so 500 or so years prior to current day in the Moonshaes. It was gritty dark ages. It was a lot of fun spinning out what was happening, what was around, and what wasn’t (yet).

This is amazing. Thanks for doing the write ups. Some day I'll get to play in a WFRPG game...someday... (y)

And I think this is where it bounced off me, and eventually, my players. When the players are saying "Don't use fireball, just use your cantrips. Save the fireballs for the boss later!", then the encounters aren't doing what they're designed to do. Meagre damage behind big blobs of hit points...

Sounds about right. The campaign I ran was up to 6th level, and there was a Twilight Cleric/sorcerer, a rogue/warlock (devil sight, darkness, invisible scouting familiar), evoker fire wizard, cleric of something (sacred flame/spirit guardians/spiritual hammer), and an arcane archer. i had to...

I have trouble challenging my PC's in 5e. CR as an effective measure of "threat" is useless overall. Every time I draw up an encounter, I either have a cakewalk by the PC's, or a TPK. There doesn't seem to be a comfortable middle ground without mucking behind the scenes during the encounter...

Usually it’s one or two players who are vocal about it. “You should take X or Y“, based on what is going on in the campaign, what they have already encountered, etc. The reaction of the Wizard usually depends on how experienced they are with the class - sometimes they’ll be like “okay, I’ll...

As a DM, I, 1) don’t like systems where the Wizard gets to ‘just get’ new spells at their next level. Especially after like two days of “adventuring” out in the wild, where they are supposedly ‘experimenting’ and ‘studying’ and just, voila, know two new spells at level two. I’m fine with...

Check out Beyond The Wall and Other Adventures by Flatland Games It’s an OSR style rule set that has Cantrips (spammable, but with an ability roll), Spells (reliable), and Rituals. All the really powerful stuff are rituals, but take an hour per ritual level to cast. I’m using this system in...

Your table/rules = your table/rules. Other tables/rules =/= your table/rules. Your experience is not universal, no matter how often you claim it is. Nor is your way necessarily better. All I will say is your experience is not my experience, and I’ll agree to disagree.

I use Beyond’s spell system and their playbooks (modified and made a little more generic) in OSE Advanced. We’re playing it now and it’s working well. Happy to discuss in PM. I have the Shadowdark free rules pdf, and like others have mentioned, this would be a toolbox for me to poke around in...

Sure I can. He took his turn (quickly), then went to walk his dog, and when he returned, it still had not come back to his turn. That’s on the system and the players (and these are not “new” players). 5e “can” be faster, but all the buttons and levers and abilities and such make it harder to...