Recent content by Hussar

I'm sorry. I honestly have no idea how to parse this. This is in now way actually related to anything I said. I really have no idea what you are trying to say here. I'm saying that every D&D setting is based on the PHB. When you look at communities where the PC's are likely to either...

And yet, every single D&D setting does EXACTLY that. Oh, look, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, on and on... we have a majority of humans, then elves, then dwarves, then halfings and gnomes. Gee, almost directly pulled from the PHB. Yup, you have the odd "monstrous" states like Pomarj...

That's largely been my experience too. Funnily enough, that is exactly the same pace regardless of edition. Level 1 and 2 might be a bit quicker but, after that, yup, 6 sessions to a level has been my experience.

You are, of course, absolutely right, @Maxperson. Now, can we get back to the actual interesting topic of what a 2024 D&D setting should look like?

Well, other than the fact that the designers were basing the design of the setting to showcase 3.5 edition, but, sure? I guess their own words means they entirely failed at their own design goals. 🤷

Yes, @Maxperson, you are absolutely right. Good job. Now, can we get back to the actual topic at hand? Back to the idea of what a 2024 Setting would look like?

To be fair, that was the stated design goal of Eberron.

As I play on VTT, it might impact speed. And our sessions tend to be a bit less than 3 hours. I'm saying 9 session to level 4. 2 to get to level 2, 3 to get to level 3 and 4 to get to level four and generally four sessions per level after that. Give or take of course. It could be 8...

You might want to reread your AD&D DMG before making that claim.

How do you cast wish at 17th level? That's a 9th level spell. You need to be 18th level.

Actually, no you couldn't. It would take at least 9 hours of study to rememorize wish. Plus 8 hours of rest. Plus, if you use Wish, other than to bring back dead PC's or escape danger, it cost you 2-8 days of bed rest. So, no, you actually couldn't. To bring back a single point of Con...

Nope. Buying it was 25 gold. Making it was 12.5. Didn't even need a feat. Came built into the wizard class. Whoops, looked it up. carpet of flying is 10th. Ahh, I see we're going to cherry pick. Never minding that I can make +2 Stat items by this point. But, sure. So, you need to be an...

I get what you're saying, and, obviously, a new setting needs a "hook" of some sort. Sure. But, if we start with concept first and then try to shoehorn D&D into it, it never really works. Too much gets left on the cutting room floor. If our concept is X, then there will be elements of D&D...

LOL. 3e - my 1st level wizard, with 12.5 gp (I.e. starting gold) can make a scroll. AD&D - my 7th level wizard requires unknown amounts of gold to make a scroll. 3e - my 5th level wizard can make any miscellaneous magic item with a negligible cost. AD&D - My 11th level MU can maybe make a...

Really? Why are you surprised by this. The fandom has spoken very loudly and very clearly that they do not want anything new. They are perfectly happy with WotC retreading the tried and true. Good grief, the fandom is all abuzz about the return of Dark Sun? A setting that had it's glory...