Recent content by ichabod

Fair enough. I did not respond to your points. In the short term, risk can be a cost, or it can be a benefit. That's the nature of probabilities. In the long term risk may be a cost or it may be a benefit, depending on the alternative. In D&D 5E, rolling for stats is a benefit in the long term...

And all I am saying is that's your opinion, and I don't necessarily agree. If you are choosing to take the risk, that's your choice. I see no reason why you should get a benefit for making that choice.

That risk is risky, yes. That it "needs" to be rewarded, no.

That's your opinion. I don't see that as necessary.

My thought (which I haven't tried yet) is to divorce ASI's from Feats. Since I use point buy, I'm thinking of giving 2 ability points per level that can be used to increase ability scores with point buy costs. I suppose you could do this whether you're using point buy or not. And you could...

The default array is not the average for 4d6 drop low six times. The average of 4d6dl has a 16 instead of a 15. This is why I use point buy with 30 points and you can buy a 16 for 12 points.

ENWorld: Proving time and time again that yes, there are stupid questions.

Interestingly, there is still a Campbell's Alphabet Dice Game on the market. I have a copy and I saw another copy for sale over the weekend. It comes in a can that looks like a Campbell's Soup can.

Geez, I'm retired and I don't have time to keep up with this thread.

One of my local game stores is celebrating the 50th anniversary of D&D by <drum roll please/> running a Magic the Gathering tournament.

So we have a rumor? Well, obviously that rumor leads us to a quest, right? So we need to get our gear together and explore the basements under WotC. Who's with me?

Aaaaand here we go again.

I prefer the TL;DR in the front. It's nice and obvious, and I can just read it and move on.

I used to like a lot of game. I played a lot of Rolemaster, 3.5, GURPS. I have come to like the amount of game in 5E, though. But there's got to be game. Roleplaying is cool, and can really enhance the game, but I really want dice, tactics, and character advancement.

I've had pet rats. They are extremely social animals, living in large colonies. If they bond with a human, they are serious about it. My rats would break out of their cage, but it was never a problem because they came straight to me. They just wanted to hang out with me.