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The Kellerbier and Schwarzbier were fine, the sauerbraten and fried cheese were good. The Weissbier at the Bierkeller in Columbia, SC is one of my all time favorite beers.

The classic "Tales of the Texas Rangers" radio show (1950-1952) had lots of tracking!

Do you ever let yourself fudge things midstream if the encounter math seems way off (decide to up or down hp, for example)?

And make it an optional rule for when someone really want Elric or holy questing nights?

This thread made me change my vote to yes (just did it). I think it is probably nothing but helpful if we're adding them to things already in the MM, and maybe filling out some things that are missing. My vote might still be a no if it were a new edition starting from scratch - because I would...

A lot of that is straight from 1e. And I will completely agree that needing a big quest because you were mind controlled seems bleh! But the part about losing it if they knowingly and willingly do an evil act? They at least warned everyone up front. And it feels like one shouldn't sign up to...

That's one of the things that's always kind of boggled me in D&D. The wizards in some editions seems like sending along a pure lab scientist into Jurassic park who has never held a gun or been out in the woods. The fighter in some editions seems like sending a person with no jungle...

It felt like the point was that one of them wasn't as good as any of the others overall - it was uglier, slower, smaller, and less economical.

Is it worse than imagining hit points and armor class and fireballs that ignite the paper in front of you but not in your hands and how.carrying capacity works in 5e :) But seriously, I think everyone has things they don't like in almost any complex enough game. And alignment seems one of the...

I'm certainly not defending 2e! But it feels like it was a darn sight better than 1e in this regard. I was just trying to show that even at the start of 2e, alignment wasn't the death grip of stupid it is sometimes portrayed to be, even back then. (Maybe tap on the shoulder of wtf, but not...