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The thing with D&D is that it's not refining the past ways but forgetting them wholesale. D&D used to have procedures for dungeons, and e.g. reigning your domains as a higher level character. The focus of the game has shifted so it's a different type of game. I'm not saying it's good or bad but...

That's not what conservatism is though. It's about preserving what works and what is true. I get where you're coming from but change for the sake of change isn't a virtue. From the publisher's pov it's always good because you're revising everything so much your fans need to buy everything again...

My 2 cents regarding the premise: Neutrality in D&D indeed makes more sense in the original Law vs Chaos polarity where Law represent the divine of law of all creation, and Chaos is the destructive force that wants to tear it apart back to the abyss. In a grounded Good vs Evil context I'd...

It's this way because most people can't handle money. Heck, they can't even eat right or exercise. The average person is poor (in their scarcity mindset), mentally in shambles, unhealthy/chronically sick etc. etc. No amount of money can fix that and you need personal development. There's no...

For me, the "problems" I see here: "Things are problematic" <- You have a problem, i.e. an emotion you feel when you read about it. You don't like the emotion. But the method you go about is to censor or blame the text. You get offended for other people, or at least say you do because it's...

There's a more plain fantasy version of it on DTRPG: Shadow of the Weird Wizard.

Worlds Without Number (my favorite, and easily hackable by adding the best elements from other OSR games) Dragonbane & Forbidden Lands (from Free League) Low Fantasy Gaming Dungeon Crawl Classic (mostly for ideas and the spell system)

Dark Tower by Judges Guild, from 1980 EDIT: The Temple of Elemental Evil is an obvious one and it wasn't mentioned.

Where is my Malibu Dream Dungeon, the Barbie x D&D adventure?

This is basically the OSR rpg Knave.

Savage Worlds (lots of settings to choose from or you can make your own), Fiasco, Runequest 6 / Mythras, Patrol

Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island is a tough-as-nails cooperative survival game. You can easily play it solo.

Destructive Wrath (the lvl 2 Channel Divinity power) gives you max damage when you roll either lightning or thunder damage, and you get both the Thunderwave spell and the Wrath of the Storm ability at lvl 1. Clerics can heal both with Cure (a standard action) and Healing Word (a bonus action)...

The only prepared maps I use regularly are Inked Adventures Geomorphs. The old D&D miniatures maps are great for the climatic battles you have prepped. Otherwise I use a mixture of TotM, whiteboard, 3d terrain etc. If you prepare your dungeons beforehand, you could try drawing it room by room...

Lots of good advice here: http://thealexandrian.net/gamemastery-101 I disagree with Critical Role being a good model for GMing - it's more aimed to entertain the audience.

How so? 4E essentials were paperbacks, weren't they? Chris Perkins, IIRC, also talked about paperback versions of 5e with no graphics way way back.

Some ideas and questions on how I've done religion in my low-magic sword & sorcery version of Pathfinder's world Golarion: 1) Is the god as it is presented in the book necessary and interesting? If not, discard or change it. 2) What kind of social role does the religion have? E.g. in my...

If it bothers you, you could rule that you (or a group of monsters) can crit/fumble only once per round, or only your main weapon can crit, or nameless mooks can't crit. In my 5e game I use Paizo's crit deck and we apply it for both sides equally since my players think it's fun. My house rules...

Fiasco is my go-to for introducing players to improvisation. It offers good structure, and shows how fun and cooperative storytelling and roleplaying can be. I personally haven't found any use in writing backgrounds longer than a couple of sentences. FATE style aspects or Burning Wheel like...

Frankly, it seems rather boring.