Jumping from 3.5 to 5th is going to be a change… mechanically you are dealing with a lot of the same, ascending AC, d20 basic for the most part but there are some major differences. The biggest being the skill/feats which takes some players a while to get around. Now skills are all tied to an ability score… So if I have a rogue who wants to pick a lock it would be under Dexterity/Sleight of Hand, you add your Ability + Proficiency with slight of hand/thieves tools together and then add them to whatever you roll for your result. It sounds confusing but it’s actually really easy because the math never changes… For example… You have a Dex of 16 which gives you a +3 Mod You are level 1 so you have a +2 Proficiency bonus (The Proficiency bonus is applied to all DEX roll because you are a Rogue and Dex is a primary ability.) Because you are a rogue you can “specialize” in thieves tools so you get to double your Proficiency bonus So Dex is a +3 and you add the Proficiency Bonus + 4 to get a +7 Modifier to your roll. So then in the game as a DM you would assign a Difficulty to the lock… Say the Difficulty is Average so DC 15 so 15 is the number they are trying to beat. Player rolls a d20 and adds their modifier, d20 roll is a 10 (+7) = 17 DC of the Lock was a 15 so the player opens the lock… The really nice part is that once you have figured out what your modifiers are for a task they don’t change until you level up the ability or do something that would effect that stat… It’s a big departure from adding +/- modifiers to rolls but it speeds the game up because the roll is always the same you are just increasing or decreasing the target number they are looking for by the DC.
Sounds more streamlined. Maybe if I lobby from the position that we’d actually get more play time in I can make it fly.
I would check out the PDF that WotC has available for download… It really is the entire rules set so you can test play it without spending a dime on the books. Plus if you have players who aren’t ready to invest in the PHB it’s got everything you need. Just doesn’t have all the pretty pictures and some of the more advanced stuff. You will be missing a few character classes and races and a few other odds and ends but by itself it is a playable demo. http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules
One of the most awesome updates is the Advantage/Disadvantage system… Say your player is trying to pick the lock mentioned above. During Combat… You can have the player roll at a disadvantage… Instead of rolling 1d20 and adding their modifiers… they roll 2d20 and take the lowest result and then add the modifiers… By that same token if they are trying to pick the lock and it is something they have seen a dozen times before you can say Roll with Advantage… This time when they roll 2d20 they take the highest number… It’s a cool system because now you aren’t coming up with a +/- modifier you are letting the dice come up with it for you. So in a situation like combat if the players have a monster Flanked… They roll there To Hit’s at advantage… 2d20+modifiers taking the highest result… Makes for some really awesome (or horrific) successes and failures and speeds up the game by lightyears.
I played a little Battlefleet Gothic a long time ago, still got the models somewhere but I enjoy looking at them more now.
I loved Battlefleet Gothic… I still have a few of the minis but the majority have been lost or broken over the years during moves and such. I had Titan Legion too which was a great game but again… Lost most of those minis years ago.
Most of the time I played Avalon hill and SPI war games. I had read about role playing games before D&D but D&D was the first one that I played and the first one that most people had any knowledge of. I also played Empire of the Petal Throne, another early RPG. but life gave me more than enough to deal with
Absolutely! Ive played owod, aka old world of darkness, nwod, new world of darkness, DnD based games, and some with a system.known as The Window which is a very lite system.
Very awesome everybody! Now we just need to get a game going over Skype or something Hahaha… We can all sit around with snuff, pipes and cigars and play D&D. 
@tboyer I believe I might have a few things from Empire of the Petal Throne stashed away somewhere. I’ve never played the game but I have heard of it. @Rogue WOD is one of my favorite game system. I was ticked when White Wolf stopped producing the hard copies and went to PDF. Every year at Origins in Columbus I try to pick up something that for the new system. My wife really likes it, that’s her go to system.
@SnuffnStuff I can see where your wife is coming from, the wods are great. very complex, but keeps it simple at the same time, I used to play ttrpgs on an irc, my go-to was a wod game.
I have a Roll20 account that I created a while ago. I don’t do anything with it. I was supposed to run a play by post forum game but the guys I was planning on playing with never could commit… Now I just run a D&D game every other weekend for some friends. That’s about all I have time for anymore myself so it’s probably for the best.
We should turn this thread (or start a new one) into an ongoing play by post game of some sort since we all check the site here regularly anyway.
Damn you… How am I supposed to resist this kind of temptation. You sir are the devil… >:)
You are right, the devil has come to snuffhouse. I am the devil! So, what system?
=)) Well I think it would work best with a rules lite system. We would also need to find a platform for dice rolling etc… I’m open to suggestions on the system.
Have to think about system, I’m open too. As for dice rolling, we’re all gentlemen here, I would venture to say we could roll our own dice and be trusted to post an accurate result.
I would be in agreement with that… Dice rolling is on the honor system… If it is somehow discovered you are cheating… You must forfeit your next order of snuff to the rest of the group! This is your first and final warning… :))
Anyone played Neverwinter Nights?
@baconpete yeah sure have… I even mess around with the Neverwinter MMO from time to time but haven’t had a chance to play much lately.
@SnuffnStuff I’ve heard about the MMO somewhat, is it any good?