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I sort of agree for anything post-Tasha's (since 5E's design philosophy changed around that point), but some stuff in O5E I just couldn't do without.

I dunno man, I'm switching companions pretty regularly - especially when one companion seems more plot-relevant than the others in a certain area. I wouldn't have liked to go to the Crèche without Lae'zel, and I would've liked it even less if, when I took her with me for story reasons, she was...

Oh yeah, that's a pretty harsh rule. I'm not sure if I'm a fan as a player, but I can definitely see it discouraging yo-yoing as a DM... Then again, I'd much rather use the "You gain 1 level of exhaustion when dropped to 0 HP" rule instead.

But what would we gain by making such a change? If anything, I think it would be a step backwards in terms of Quality of Life. It'd most likely lead to something like the Starter Syndrome in Pokémon games: You like your starter, so you mostly fight with them, so they end up getting most of the...

Actually, it does! I've been watching Hank Green's cancer treatment process over on YouTube, and he mentions that the radiation therapy he received to treat his Hodgkin's Lymphoma also makes it so that he's now more likely to get leukemia. God sure has a weird sense of humour.

I personally love the kuo-toa and use them in every campaign that I can, so seeing them was really wonderful!

Well, yes, but leaving the limiting of rare materials to the DM isn't suitable for every table IMO. My players in my last 5E campaign were really into crafting, and when I tried to limit their access to crafting, it'd make the game unenjoyable for me and for them, and they tried to circumvent...

I am willing to bet that the pre-Tasha 5E design accounted for these kinds of things (a similar asymmetrical balancing was around full casters and spell save DC increasing items; Warlocks got them but full casters didn't until Tasha's, and I'm guessing this was because Warlocks have limited...

As it happens, I do think that's one of the big problems with A5E's magic item crafting system: They based the prices off of O5E DMG's horrible ranges, which means you can craft things like a Headband of Intellect with just 500 gold pieces, which is pretty easy to come by for a Level 5+ PC if...

That sounds like it actually makes rare spells useless, no?

I actually like the strongholds giving a specific ASI, and especially Dexterity not being an option. Dex is already a god stat (affecting ranged/finesse attack roles, most initiative rolls and AC, and its save is a pretty big one), so the ways to increase it being limited make sense to me.

This is a lot of work, but having such automation would definitely be fantastic! I'm currently making my own Region encounter tables for a future game, but I'm using the Random Encounter Table style from AD&D 2E (so 2d10 encounters, 3 Very Rare, 4 Rare, 4 Uncommon and 8 Common encounters). It's...

I'm actually quite happy everyone levels together. The old games' rule meant that I'd like taking some companions with me, but they'd be underleveled (also AD&D 2E rules meant that no class levelled at the same rate, but still). This way, I know that every character will be able to pull their...

Something I already asked about in the forums: I bring Rural and Urban Stronghold pricing to same levels. I understand the prices are different for realism reasons, but the gold-based D&D economy is already pretty distant from real-life pricing, so I thought bringing the two stronghold types to...

I guess this also depends on what country you're in. Turkey is notorious for not recycling a lot... And we're actually getting first world countries to send their garbage to us. Yaaay.

Well, the most likely explanation is that the students who contaminate the trash cans and the ones who ask for recycling are probably not the same people. In fact, if it's just a small minority of idiots who don't care for recycling and just throw everyting everywhere, and if they have 4-5...

The sad thing is, I think Owlbear Rodeo was basically this. Very simple, barebones tabletop, neat box for 3D animated dice, intuitive and not-too-detailed tools for fog, tokens and map grids. It hosted all the images on your browser's cache, so you didn't need to worry about hosting space or...

Yellow is for metal, the other two are both for plastic papers. Boom, solved.

Was he not on board with 4e's design principles? AFAIK, the seeds of 4e's design were sown with the Book of Nine Swords, where he was a writer. He was also part of the Scramjet, the core 4e design team that looked into all of D&D's sacred cows and decided which ones should be offed. Surely he...

I saw that interaction, and boy did that make me reconsider whether the discussions I participate here are healthy or not.