Posts about the fifth edition of the original fantasy RPG
I’ve seen stuff like this before, with men in full harness climbing stairs and doing some basic gymnastics. It does make me think that the DEX penalties for wearing certain types of armor, especially very, very expensive and tailored plate harness, are overstated. I wonder if, instead of a maximum DEX bonus for Medium armor…
We pick up where we left off, unsurprisingly. We have all captured on the gatehouse roof, Leshar the Lizard Guy threatening to eat the hostages, the paladin ogling a set of +2 armor and being bequeathed with a vision that says we’d best get our butts to the lower levels of the tower that is currently…
Over at Bat in the Attic, +Rob Conley thought about using the D&D5 Advantaged/Disadvantaged mechanic in GURPS, or for 3d6 rolls. Basically, roll extra d6s, and pick the lowest three. I’ve written about the D&D mechanic before. More than once. This has the beneficial aspects you’d find in D&D, in that it keeps the die roll in…