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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VHawkwinter" data-source="post: 9785359" data-attributes="member: 7040136">It's been years since I ran it proper. But if I go back to running D&D-Branded RPGs in the future, it's the one I'll be going back to - with the big rebalance houserule document I just outlined. Maybe replace the PHB with a word document that changes the parts I'm changing and copy pastes the parts I'm keeping. That wouldn't be shareable, but it would work for my own table.When I was running 3e I tended to grab AD&D 2e FR location and faction supplements and run it as a sandbox.Absolutely. And the other editions don't offer anything similar.I don't think it needs to be, but there's definitely a learning curve. Like - I don't imagine I would build my NPCs like player characters again. I would do something like the PF1 Unchained process, picking their level and some packages to slap together to speed it up and build something that's mathematically reasonable against a PC without worrying if it's a rules-legal build.Some of it is criticising the balance of the PHB. Which - If you really care about balanced classes, I can see why they complain about the PHB. I think the suggested nerfing of spellcasting I mentioned would bring the balance a lot closer though, even if you don't buff the martials and nerf caster classes as my more indepth houserule doc outline above suggests.</blockquote>