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How do official 5E adventures stand up against all the 3PP 5E adventures out there? Do 3PP adventures often have better writing and more considered design?

I'm surprised at how much money they've made so far. They're soaring towards $2mil. Is that normal for 5E Alternates? What if you had a gish-type character - does that mean you have Stamina and Mana points?

I’m not entirely sure what it would look like but it would be streamlined and evocative and hopefully appeal to today’s gamers, new and old alike. The SRD is just the base framework for some smart cookie to work from to produce their own riff on the rules system. If their take on the game...

I don't quite understand what's going on. Is it holding an illithid tadpole baby in its tentacles?

Oh, yep. I wasn't thinking anything like Dungeon World was a retroclone. I agree with what was said in the wiki, anyway. That's where I was coming from. I still think a retroclone of 3E D&D hasn't been done. There's an SRD out there but that's just the SRD - not a retroclone. There's Castles &...

OK, thanks. I'm a bit confused though as the wiki page seems to be using the term like I was using it. And then it goes on to mention a whole bunch of OSR games.

I might be using the word wrong then. A lot of folk seem to use it like that. Is there a place I can go on the internet to find the definitive definition of retroclone?

An SRD isn't a retroclone, though. A retroclone is someone taking the rules and, while respecting what has come before, maybe giving it a bit of a polish with some modern sentiments for today's gamers. So respecting what it was but making it better.

3E D&D

My memory of the original Barrier Peaks is foggy. Were there fail-safes in place to stop the PCs taking the advanced tech away and abusing its power or giving it to inventors to reverse engineer?

I'm on Safari and the pop ups have been with me since they started. The news page is now 2 column. Not sure if that is to fit larger ads left and right or unrelated.

Just on the idea that Golarion has some insular regions... how does the setting stop firearms from Alkenstar and advanced tech from Numeria from spreading throughout the realm? Has any country thought to invade Alkenstar/Numeria to acquire its tech? Or they wouldn't dare as they'd be shot to...

I liked the 3E era with Greyhawk as the default. I thought it was very subtle and could be ignored. They didn't even place many of the adventures in the world, they were just in a generic location. As to Eve of Ruin, if I were organising that on my bookshelf, it would go in the Forgotten Realms...

I didn't buy 3.5 I didn't buy Essentials (4.5) So I won't buy 2024 (5.5) I'll buy 6E when it comes out though.

I would either reset it to 576 CY or advance it to catch up with the Forgotten Realms. This would put Greyhawk at around 700 CY.