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I played through Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn and The Dark Queen of Krynn a couple of years ago. I didn't max my PCs' stats, but I re-rolled until they had an 18 in their primary stat. The only real issues I had were having to retry a battle against a death knight in Death Knights...

Some things I'm already doing for monsters is to make sure they have a simple action to get rid of 1 AP (like Raise Shield) or ensure they have a 2 AP action they can nearly always use (some of the warrior feats are a good inspiration for brutes). I also simplify poison and disease. For monsters...

Boss wastes turn wanding us.

Off the top of my head: 1. Remove skill feats. Bake essential feats into the skill itself (Medicine mainly relevant here). 2. Remove backgrounds as a rules mechanism. 3. Identify main "builds" for each class, perhaps using the "build examples" from each class. Remove the main class and instead...

I was equally taken aback by this unsolicited display of savagery.

From the last few years, I particularly liked Pearl (2022), Glass Onion(2022), Evil Dead Rise (2023) and The Last Duel (2021).

My general approach is that if a player leaves the game and still has a living PC, to ask the player what the PC's plans are. If I have a group in a location where the former PC might be, and I have an idea for how the former PC could contribute to the experience, I will contact the player and...

I’m in two minds about that. On the one hand, rolling dice is fun. On the other hand it makes magic feel different that my victims are now responsible for surviving my attack. I also prefer attempting to save to just being told I was disintegrated.

It's unsatisfactory to discover a creature's weaknesses based on die rolls anyway. It's more interesting by uncovering it through exploration (perhaps its maker left a book somewhere) or by asking relevant NPCs.

Crafting, complex character building and players taking long turns in combat.

Top 3 things I'd like to know: 1. Which creatures from the Bestiary, if any, do not appear in Monster Core? 2. Which creatures, if any, not in the Bestiary, have been added to Monster Core? 3. Which creatures have been significantly changed, if any? Based on the overview, it sounds like it's...

If it’s not a super light system, and it is a D&D style system with the classic separation of players and a GM, there should be at least 2 books. One for rules the players need to know, like the purpose of stats, classes, character generation, spell descriptions, equipment and the basic...

It's improved in the remastered version of the rules, as they got rid of spell components. Instead it has the Manipulate trait. New: Old:

Which RPG rulebooks do you consider the best written overall?

By tactical combat I usually think the general plan for a shorter term conflict. So for example, if you are about to have a small-scale encounter, such as an encounter in a dungeon, a tactic might be to position ranged combatants and a spell caster at the top of a staircase, while positioning...

2e AD&D and BECMI, too

Speaking as someone who has not run/played AD&D, but has done so for BECMI, which also has descending AC, the only negative of ascending AC to me, is having to convert the AC of monsters and items.

A poorly designed system can be a lot of fun with a good group, while the best designed system will still be awful with a bad group. Optimal is a good group with a good system, but often you can't get everything you want.

I generally prefer 3-4 hours as both GM and player.

Overall it's a pretty cheap hobby, I think. However, if you are a massive mini guy / Terrainosaurus Rex, it can get expensive.