Recent content by Maxperson

I have a question. What's the difference between pro se and pro per? I've seen both used. Anecdotally, pro se more than pro per. So what you're saying is that I should retain a lawyer to get rid of this persistent itch? Oof! Yeah. Early on I was working for a personal injury firm and there...

Humans being humans tend to be upset when things are taken away from them, but happen when they get new neat toys. It's easier to add than subtract, not that subtracting is all that hard.

Yeah. While I agree with 3e and Pathfinder having too many books of crunch, if you'd cut the release rate to 25% it would have lasted 32 years and not 8. That would still probably triple or quadruple or even more, the rate of 5e crunch releases. There's a very wide middle ground of "More than...

Beeeeeeeer. Drink that and you'll understand the second. For the last reference, you're on your own. 🤷‍♂️

I've always had an affinity for elves..................................and Star Wars. So I'd go with Leshay, because immortal elf with built in light sabers!!!

So true! That last little bit doesn't apply to all of you. :P "Truly, lawyers are just bards with a cultured facade of usefulness."

Unless the basic set is all of what you can get in the core 2024 books, people aren't likely to ease into play using it when they have the full 2014 version on hand that works perfectly well.

They want to make money. There are far and away more existing 2014 players(in the young demographic even) than new players coming into the game. They badly want people to switch over. Not that they don't also badly want new players.

This line of discussion is about those kids who already have the 2014 hardcover books. ;) I agree that there will be people who do use the free basic PDF, and that new players would be foremost among them. Try out the game that way and look to buy the books later if you like the game.

I think ranger magic should be more in the realm of rituals than on the spot spellcasting. Take some time to rub mud on your face, mix in some magical herbs you foraged and 10 minutes later you are magically camouflaged for an hour or more. Longer spellcasting would also get rid of...

I wouldn't call how 5e does things bad. They simplified the rules(in my opinion oversimplified) and with that simplification came some necessary changes in how things were done. Those changes cause issues with those who want more complex rules to cover classes and other areas of the game.

Yes, but those stemmed from his bloodline(Human, elf and maia), not his being a ranger.

Aragorn used herbs to heal wounds quickly and slow the poison in Frodo. He also had supernatural abilities as a Dunedain. Gygax brought those out as class magic and it has stuck. And yes it is a point. The existence of people who want a magicless ranger doesn't mean that all those who do...

I thought that distinction(at least according to others) belonged to the Sorcerer. And the Ranger has a greater identity than the Rogue. The rogue's identity is essentially, "I am a scoundrel." The ranger is at least the nature/beast wanderer/tracker.