It was a 3.5 edition game. He had house rules for almost everything, but he wouldn't tell you what they were beforehand- when I asked if he had some sort of list I got accused of being a munchkin powergamer. I almost left at that point, but it was the first game I'd gotten into in over a year and he'd been a friend when I was in high school.
In character creation, the sum total of our ability scores added up to 50 points. Meaning that yes, we had big hoking penalties to most stats. He claimed that this was balanced by giving us +1 ability point per level instead of every 4 levels, but according to character creation rules that still meant that we had to be 13th level before we hit the bare minimum ability score modifiers considered appropriate for a 1st level character.
The actual game consisted of us starting with no gear in a scavenger town where people who fell between worlds ended up. Okay as a setting idea, but seriously lacking in details. We had a chat with the people who ran the place, then it got attacked by a horde of some homebrew monsters the GM had created. They were basically reskinned goblins, but he insisted that they were completely original and totally balanced.
So our no-gear characters were given things like clubs, daggers, and shields and told to help defend the town. Between lacking armor, proper weapons, or ability scores actually appropriate for D&D characters, we mostly flailed around a lot and watched as NPCs who were better than we were killed things.
Well, better than we were except for one PC. See, the GM's wife was playing, and she seemed to be getting special rules when it came to her character. First, we were supposed to be limited to PHB only, but she had a wizard with feats and spells from other books. Second, we weren't supposed to have any gear at all- she had gear. Third, enemies developed terminal stupidity when facing her- her wizard cast Grease and the not-goblins A) took falling damage every time they slipped in it and B) kept slipping in it until they died. Multiple enemies did this. The end result is that she got five kills with a Grease spell and the rest of the party did basically squat.
I thanked the GM for letting me play but told him that I couldn't commit to his game's schedule. He said several things that can't be repeated on a family-friendly website and told me the ridiculous lie of how so many other people were begging him to let them play in his game, how could I be so ungrateful as to turn him down? The game, of course, never got any new people in it and folded about a month or two later.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
It was a 3.5 edition game. He had house rules for almost everything, but he wouldn't tell you what they were beforehand- when I asked if he had some sort of list I got accused of being a munchkin powergamer. I almost left at that point, but it was the first game I'd gotten into in over a year and he'd been a friend when I was in high school.
In character creation, the sum total of our ability scores added up to 50 points. Meaning that yes, we had big hoking penalties to most stats. He claimed that this was balanced by giving us +1 ability point per level instead of every 4 levels, but according to character creation rules that still meant that we had to be 13th level before we hit the bare minimum ability score modifiers considered appropriate for a 1st level character.
The actual game consisted of us starting with no gear in a scavenger town where people who fell between worlds ended up. Okay as a setting idea, but seriously lacking in details. We had a chat with the people who ran the place, then it got attacked by a horde of some homebrew monsters the GM had created. They were basically reskinned goblins, but he insisted that they were completely original and totally balanced.
So our no-gear characters were given things like clubs, daggers, and shields and told to help defend the town. Between lacking armor, proper weapons, or ability scores actually appropriate for D&D characters, we mostly flailed around a lot and watched as NPCs who were better than we were killed things.
Well, better than we were except for one PC. See, the GM's wife was playing, and she seemed to be getting special rules when it came to her character. First, we were supposed to be limited to PHB only, but she had a wizard with feats and spells from other books. Second, we weren't supposed to have any gear at all- she had gear. Third, enemies developed terminal stupidity when facing her- her wizard cast Grease and the not-goblins A) took falling damage every time they slipped in it and B) kept slipping in it until they died. Multiple enemies did this. The end result is that she got five kills with a Grease spell and the rest of the party did basically squat.
I thanked the GM for letting me play but told him that I couldn't commit to his game's schedule. He said several things that can't be repeated on a family-friendly website and told me the ridiculous lie of how so many other people were begging him to let them play in his game, how could I be so ungrateful as to turn him down? The game, of course, never got any new people in it and folded about a month or two later.
I know nothing of 3.5.........but that sounds bad. like really bad. lucky that my group of friends are very respectful.
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3.5e rules for the players (skills, abilities, DCs, leveling, everything) and 5e rules for the DM (NPCs, monsters, and other obstacles).
I kinda want to see what happens if someone tried that.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Allowing players to use their own homebrew. Not homebrew content that they find online, but their own homebrew, as in they create it.
My DM lets me playtest my homebrews. Of course, I try like hell to make sure they’re balanced. You’ve seen some of them. If I wanted to playtest that Stitcher, or the Precisionist in a campaign you DM, would you say no?
I would allow you. I would allow a DM that I know is good at homebrewing playtest their homebrew in the campaign. (Kind of why I specified "player", as in someone who is normally a player)
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Bringing back 3rd Edition bonus spells per day for high spellcasting ability scores and uncapping the maximum for Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Also letting spellcasters calculate the save DCs of their spells using either the 3rd Edition or 5th Edition rules, whichever gives a spell a higher DC.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Netherese Pureblood Nobility had flying cities. Who doesn't want to bring back racist flying cities? Flying. Cities.
...Wait. They were racist?
On second thought, no. I'm sure someone else has flying cities.
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Netherese Pureblood Nobility had flying cities. Who doesn't want to bring back racist flying cities? Flying. Cities.
...Wait. They were racist?
On second thought, no. I'm sure someone else has flying cities.
I do not remember them specifically, but when you see 'pureblood' in a title, there is nigh certainty of racism. To be fair (or properly critical), most fantasy literature had racism of varying degrees.
Yeah, they were a bit racist and classist. Also, they fell because one guy was too powerful and made a stupid move.
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I suppose you could call "trying to steal the power of the goddess of magic for himself while forgetting that that power was necessary to keep his kingdom's flying cities flying" just a stupid move.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I suppose you could call "trying to steal the power of the goddess of magic for himself while forgetting that that power was necessary to keep his kingdom's flying cities flying" just a stupid move.
His plan wasn't terrible, he just chose the one god that he shouldn't have chosen. It was a fatally stupid move, and turned him into a blood-covered boulder sitting in a forest.
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Bummer.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
Oof
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
It was a 3.5 edition game. He had house rules for almost everything, but he wouldn't tell you what they were beforehand- when I asked if he had some sort of list I got accused of being a munchkin powergamer. I almost left at that point, but it was the first game I'd gotten into in over a year and he'd been a friend when I was in high school.
In character creation, the sum total of our ability scores added up to 50 points. Meaning that yes, we had big hoking penalties to most stats. He claimed that this was balanced by giving us +1 ability point per level instead of every 4 levels, but according to character creation rules that still meant that we had to be 13th level before we hit the bare minimum ability score modifiers considered appropriate for a 1st level character.
The actual game consisted of us starting with no gear in a scavenger town where people who fell between worlds ended up. Okay as a setting idea, but seriously lacking in details. We had a chat with the people who ran the place, then it got attacked by a horde of some homebrew monsters the GM had created. They were basically reskinned goblins, but he insisted that they were completely original and totally balanced.
So our no-gear characters were given things like clubs, daggers, and shields and told to help defend the town. Between lacking armor, proper weapons, or ability scores actually appropriate for D&D characters, we mostly flailed around a lot and watched as NPCs who were better than we were killed things.
Well, better than we were except for one PC. See, the GM's wife was playing, and she seemed to be getting special rules when it came to her character. First, we were supposed to be limited to PHB only, but she had a wizard with feats and spells from other books. Second, we weren't supposed to have any gear at all- she had gear. Third, enemies developed terminal stupidity when facing her- her wizard cast Grease and the not-goblins A) took falling damage every time they slipped in it and B) kept slipping in it until they died. Multiple enemies did this. The end result is that she got five kills with a Grease spell and the rest of the party did basically squat.
I thanked the GM for letting me play but told him that I couldn't commit to his game's schedule. He said several things that can't be repeated on a family-friendly website and told me the ridiculous lie of how so many other people were begging him to let them play in his game, how could I be so ungrateful as to turn him down? The game, of course, never got any new people in it and folded about a month or two later.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I know nothing of 3.5.........but that sounds bad. like really bad. lucky that my group of friends are very respectful.
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
3.5e rules for the players (skills, abilities, DCs, leveling, everything) and 5e rules for the DM (NPCs, monsters, and other obstacles).
I kinda want to see what happens if someone tried that.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I would allow you. I would allow a DM that I know is good at homebrewing playtest their homebrew in the campaign. (Kind of why I specified "player", as in someone who is normally a player)
Please check out my homebrew, I would appreciate feedback:
Spells, Monsters, Subclasses, Races, Arcknight Class, Occultist Class, World, Enigmatic Esoterica forms
Bringing back 2nd Edition style Magic Resistance.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Allow players to cast Karsus's Avatar on Mystra
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Bringing back 3rd Edition bonus spells per day for high spellcasting ability scores and uncapping the maximum for Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Also letting spellcasters calculate the save DCs of their spells using either the 3rd Edition or 5th Edition rules, whichever gives a spell a higher DC.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Attempting to bring back Netheril in the Forgotten Realms (currently what my character is trying to do, actually. It's not going to go well)
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Why are they trying to do that?
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Netherese Pureblood Nobility had flying cities.
Who doesn't want to bring back racist flying cities?
Flying. Cities.
...Wait. They were racist?
On second thought, no. I'm sure someone else has flying cities.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Grung Clerics with a lot of "touch" spells to cast on the party.
Mind Flayer Barbarians as PCs.
There is no dawn after eternal night.
Homebrew: Magic items, Subclasses
AC rolls to counter attack rolls.
Alternately, THAC0.
Look up "Thoon Hulk".
Character reasons. I'm playing a warlock of Karsus, so he kind of ordered me to restore Netheril.
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Yeah, they were a bit racist and classist. Also, they fell because one guy was too powerful and made a stupid move.
Please check out my homebrew, I would appreciate feedback:
Spells, Monsters, Subclasses, Races, Arcknight Class, Occultist Class, World, Enigmatic Esoterica forms
I suppose you could call "trying to steal the power of the goddess of magic for himself while forgetting that that power was necessary to keep his kingdom's flying cities flying" just a stupid move.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
His plan wasn't terrible, he just chose the one god that he shouldn't have chosen. It was a fatally stupid move, and turned him into a blood-covered boulder sitting in a forest.
Please check out my homebrew, I would appreciate feedback:
Spells, Monsters, Subclasses, Races, Arcknight Class, Occultist Class, World, Enigmatic Esoterica forms