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I'm quite familiar with 1e/2e/3e/v3.5, but wandered away when 4e came along. Consequently, I'm late to the party with 5e and am now trying to get my head around what has changed. It seems that people like 5e lots - I can see that it looks slightly more rules-light than 3e, but has some aspects...

I'm trying to get my head around how magic item pricing is actually supposed to work in 3rd edition/v3.5 Dungeons & Dragons. As my first example, I can't seem to retrofit the rules in the 3rd edition Dungeon Master's Guide to match with the figure for the acid fang dagger in the Arms and...

Under v3.5, are there rules for how many languages a monster speaks? They obey the same rules as PCs for skills and feats, but looking at the languages for monsters in the various Monster Manuals suggests that there is no consistent rule. Am I missing anything?

Dear All, Hope this isn't viewed as terribly rude of me, but I really don't see what a campaign would need monks. They don't really seem to fit with my view of fantasy (my view being based in the books of Tolkien, etc.). I'm quite happy for them to occur in an Oriental setting, but for a...

Which monsters would you say are most iconic for the D&D game? There seem to me four obvious no-brainers: Dragons (names in the title after all!), Beholders, Mind Flayers, and to a lesser extent Orc. Which others would you add to the list? (Note I'm not saying which is your favourite but...

For some strange reason, I seem to have decided to demonstrate I can be a geek in more than one way, so I'm developing a classification system for RPG books. :\ Anyway, I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me about what the major RPG systems (i.e., rulesets) are. Here I am trying not to...

(Dunno if this could be placed in an appropriate section, but I played safe by putting it into Off Topic.) Anyway.... Has anybody ever considered coming up with an appropriate way to classify and shelve their (presumably vast and growing fast) collection of rpg books / accessories / etc...

Having spent quite a lot of time browsing (and getting lost / overwhelmed by the vast amount of material) in the Creature Collection part of the forums, I was wondering if anyone had considered setting up some sort of structure to conversion for other parts of the game? Obviously monsters take...

I note that in the list of monsters needing converting from the 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendium Annuals, the Abyss Ant is not listed under MCA1. I presume this means it has already been converted or can be found elsewhere.... so my question is where? Alternatively, is the suggestion to use...

OK, I know the Abiorach has already been converted before in the Creature Collection, but it seems to be too weak when you compare with the various Rilmani in the Fiend Folio. I hope what I've done is more comparable with these... specifically I've increased HD proportionally with the increases...

Sorry to ask what is probably a "newby" question, but for some reason the messageboard won't let me try to search for an answer. I was reading the thread on updating previous conversions to v3.5 and I saw a reference to calculating CR. I thought it wasn't possible to calculate CR and that the...

I was looking at the Creature Catalog conversion of the abiorach (rilmani) and I can't help feeling that the ability scores look a little low, at least if you compare them with the ones for the Rilmani in the Fiend Folio. How does one go about guess/estimating ability scores for extraplanar...