Recent content by TwoSix

3d8, treat 19+ as 18 gives a nice spread, with 2/3 of arrays having at least one 18 and only a negligible number not having at least one 16+. But you still have some variance and get some low number texture.

Definitely partial to Method III. Like you said, not a super high chance of an 18 (about 15%) in the array, and rolling in order generates the “Huh, I didn’t think I would play that” effect which is more desirable in a strongly random game like AD&D. If you want to give players more control...

Ideally, no one is going to design a ruleset full of normal tech purely for 5e, and then layer specific magic on top of that, which would then further modify the tech rules. You make your rules modifications in a single go.

Yea, try to pin the classes together at certain key points of rough equivalence, and then curve fit based on those relationships, also makes quite a bit of sense. The fighter XP chart is easily the smoothest, pretty much a pure doubling up to level 10, so I might want to use that as baseline...

This is a nerdy topic, I assume we can handle exponents in a spreadsheet. :) That preservation is purely for flavor and aesthetics, not any sort of balance or verisimilitude. I have no particular attachment to it, other than respecting the overall concept of this series of posts in keeping a...

My gut feeling here. 1) Keep the classic numbers for level 2 (2500 for MU, 2000 for fighter, etc.) Keep the doubling until around level 5 for everyone. 2) Have every class gain HD until 10, then go static HP increase. More elegance with pretty much no flavor loss. 3) Take a look at the...

I think my first question would be "Is there a reason to have any class that doesn't fall the same basic curve shape throughout its XP progression?" No matter what that curve shape is, does any class have some particular ability progression that would require a drastically sped-up or...

I sort of disagree with that. Even within the Contemporary/Urban Fantasy genre, there are individual works that place more or less weight on concepts like the interaction of magic and technology. Dresden is higher-powered, and probably more akin to the relative "weight class" of your standard...

And I'm fine with that, but it doesn't eliminate the need for some kind of rules, that's all. And a lot of the disagreement here is about exactly what kind of genre would actually be workable with the combination of the 5e rules frame and a setting frame based on 21st century technology. I...

Agreed here. The choice an individual or group makes to apply thespianism or dramatic flourishes to any aspect of TTRPG play is almost completely orthogonal to mechanics. It's a much different aspect of play as opposed to whether the mechanics of play are focused on providing opportunities for...

I'm probably geared enough to pug a normal raid of Quel'Danas, just not sure I'll have the time. Otherwise, going to have to wait until Story Mode opens next Tuesday.

You can do that, but I feel like the point of running a contemporary fantasy setting is to crash your minivan into an ogre and see what happens. Or to have your ranger dual-wielding Uzis. If you don't want to do stuff like that, why not just play in the Realms or Eberron instead? If you don't...

Seems like an odd tangent.

The story mode is even easier than Dimensius, so I wouldn’t be put off by it. The next part of the story is very interesting.

So far, definitely the best launch since Legion, I agree, although Dragonflight was also very good for me. Was intending on maining Priest this season, but Shadow is so awful at grinding and delves that I swapped to Paladin. The fact that Blood Elf Paladin is so thematic for this expansion...