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I wouldn't say it's a "right" amount, and I think 12 is a good number, but I would cut it to eight if I had so change something: Fighter, Cleric, Magic-User, Rogue, Paladin, Bard, Druid and Monk. It covers almost any archetype and each class is distinct enough from others. (maybe the paladin can...

The owlbear and the beholder. Both are originally from D&D, well known enough to be recognizable by most players and some non-players, and not widespread enough to be just "generic fantasy". Others that almost hit that bar for me are the displacer beast (it's not originally D&D) and the mimic...

Trying again, but now considering fantasy firearms are as deadly as fantasy blades are in relation to real blades. I would still deemphasize melee combat and armors for flavor. Maybe "kevlar proficience" could give you +2 armor class and the other points you gain from positioning and a bulkier...

I was thinking more "if a couple of shots hit you you can't fight properly" but the same could be said about being hit by a sword, so I think you're right.

I like the idea, but a lot of mechanics related to combat would need a gargantuan overhaul. Like it happened in real work, once you introduce modern firearms the whole system that existed before falls apart. The closest thing we have to firearms in D&D is the spell disentegrate. Dexterity saving...

Honestly, I think this dissonance is already reconciled. While I see how the original paladin can be related to crusaders (they are inspired by the fantasy novel Three Hearts and Three Lions, more on that later) I don't think the crusader roots remain in their current incarnation. Which points...

Two, the wizards and the others. Jokes apart, I think 5e hit the right spot in "one more and it would fall apart eventually", and for me the artificer is that "one too much". For the minimum amount I would say four classes at least .

I use anydice.com, but a table would be useful indeed. If it doesn't exist yet maybe I'll compile one, post on my blog and share it here

EDIT: This comment was a response to another comment, but I'm dropping the conversation since it's clear it was not productive.

Well, if they hired East Asian authors, a solid team of culture consultants and actually heard them it could be a new begining for the setting. But I honestly doubt that. So best left buried.

I'm planning for 10 sessions max each "module", so playing weekly we could take a year to complete everything.

That would be hard indeed, but it's also a good idea. Maybe it could work in a "gaming weekend" in the holidays, but the whole group would have to be familiarised with every ruleset beforehand to make the switches more seamless.

As a 50th anniversary celebration I'm planning a tour across past D&D editions with my players. I want to run a short-ish module for each edition, preferably a "classic" one like Keep on the Borderlands, using just the core rulebooks. The candidates are: OD&D: honestly, I'm skipping this one...

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I think paired with the fixed positions in initiative order it could lead to unfun dynamics, where the next adversary after the caster is the designated "spell disruptor". With some unlucky rolls (like a 11 for a wizard and 10 for a rogue) the spellcaster now can never cast a single spell and...