Jack Daniel
Legend
Rolling low to hit, save, or succeed.
D&D 5E Name a technique or design choice that your group enjoys, but that is generally unpopular.
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toucanbuzz
No rule is inviolate
I like AD&D monsters more than 5E. I like the idea of magic resistance, special weapon immunities, some form of no-save undead drain, fiends with spells and teleports, and so on because they made taking out these foes more like a puzzle than a slug-fest. But suggest the idea a caster might contribute nothing with their cantrip damage spells in a combat and you'll be in for a couple pages of negativity.
The World Isn't Fair. Kinda falls in line with the above (maybe your Eldritch blast won't win the day) and I run my worlds gritty with the idea that a diverse group with diverse skills willing to think outside the box have better chances of conquering things that don't seem fair.
Declaring Actions, turn by turn, initiative. When posting about this system years ago, you'd think I'd slapped people's mothers for simply mentioning the idea it could work. After 5 years, our home-version works just dandy.
Slot-based encumbrance. Same thing, less vitriol.
Races are unique and distinct and some are lame and not in my game. I'm okay with your table playing your way, but if you start a topic on why an elf adopted by a dwarven family should get dwarven resilience and a human should get darkvision if they want, or that everyone should get to play anything they want ("have it your way"), it tends to get negative quick.
I don't use death saves. Falls along the lines of "you're making D&D too complicated" without the "slapped your mother" feeling.
The World Isn't Fair. Kinda falls in line with the above (maybe your Eldritch blast won't win the day) and I run my worlds gritty with the idea that a diverse group with diverse skills willing to think outside the box have better chances of conquering things that don't seem fair.
Declaring Actions, turn by turn, initiative. When posting about this system years ago, you'd think I'd slapped people's mothers for simply mentioning the idea it could work. After 5 years, our home-version works just dandy.
Slot-based encumbrance. Same thing, less vitriol.
Races are unique and distinct and some are lame and not in my game. I'm okay with your table playing your way, but if you start a topic on why an elf adopted by a dwarven family should get dwarven resilience and a human should get darkvision if they want, or that everyone should get to play anything they want ("have it your way"), it tends to get negative quick.
I don't use death saves. Falls along the lines of "you're making D&D too complicated" without the "slapped your mother" feeling.
I run 5e with a lot of magic items - does that count?
My group got pretty frustrated with Princes of the Apocalypse's lack of loot, so now I aim to have plenty of treasure, and item crafting.
I currently use RAW XP, and my Faerun Adventures game uses individual XP with new PCs coming in at only half the level of the current highest level PC. I get the impression most groups don't use XP and most have every PC the same level.
My group got pretty frustrated with Princes of the Apocalypse's lack of loot, so now I aim to have plenty of treasure, and item crafting.
I currently use RAW XP, and my Faerun Adventures game uses individual XP with new PCs coming in at only half the level of the current highest level PC. I get the impression most groups don't use XP and most have every PC the same level.
Jacob Lewis
Ye Olde GM
My last group started using Foundry VTT at the table using our laptops. It worked really well eliminating the need for battlemaps, minis, even character sheets. More room for chips and coffee!!
And then my hard drive crashed.
And then my hard drive crashed.
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Oh, I forgot that one...
R_J_K75
Legend
We used to play action said, action done. Once you said something or declared an action it was done, like taking your hand off a chess piece once moved. It kept people attentive and in character, cut down on the jokes and made players and characters accountable for their words and actions. There "was no wait I changed my mind I want to do this instead...", "I didn't mean to shoot that lightning bolt there" or "Just kidding, I didn't really just tell the King of Cormyr to go screw himself". There were no take backs. It was fun and worked well for that particular group but admittedly not how I'd prefer to play these days and I'd imagine it would prove unpopular for a good majority of group.
I have really been considering modifying initiative in our game to more of the way 2E was. I'd have to give it some thought first though. I like the thought of rolling every round but not sure its worth the extra time.
I didnt even realize that Druids couldnt wear metal armor still in 5E until someone mentioned it in a thread not long ago. But Druids are just Grateful Dead loving hippies anyhow and no one in our game ever plays them. Theyre the Aquamen of D&D. Druid, go water your garden Im going to go kill an ogre.
All good stuff I concur. AD&D monsters are way better, more flavor text, more deadly I think. The world isnt fair. Damn right, nor should it be. If players are so willing to kill whatever they want and take their stuff, push lowly townsfolk NPCs around and feel they can do whatever they want with impunity so should everyone else.
I have really been considering modifying initiative in our game to more of the way 2E was. I'd have to give it some thought first though. I like the thought of rolling every round but not sure its worth the extra time.
toucanbuzz
No rule is inviolate
Don't want to derail the topic by getting into alternative systems, but I use a version where players pick a die (d4, d6, d8, d10) based off their declared action for the round (e.g. a light weapon is d4, most other weapons are d8, most spells are d10, and generic is d6). Dexterity is removed from the equation. It now moves faster, even with a roll every round, than in my d20 days of initiative.
