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DOPPLEGANGERS: These are creatures with mutable form, able to shape themselves into the double of any person that they can observe. Dopplegangers are subject to neither Sleep nor Charm spells. They are also magic-resistant, saving against all forms of magical attack as if they were 10th level...

That's a tall order for OD&D. Maybe something like: 9th level doppleganger wizard. Level adjusted due to doppleganger abilities. 9th level hairy hill giant druid. Level adjusted due to giant abilities. 13th level human fighter with two 6-shooters, like Murlynd in Gary's Greyhawk game. 13th...

Barbarians of Lemuria is a good, rules-lite game. Everywhen is a generic, multi-genre take on BoL.

I like the idea the Hit Dice pools as a being form of "resource management" that extends the adventuring day and makes the party less reliant on having a dedicated healer. Long rests would replenish the Hit Dice pool completely (rather than only 1/2 of the expended Hit Dice). I'm sure the end...

It would depend on the circumstances but I'm guessing 2 to 3 short rests per day, so long as there is a safe area to do so.

The actual rules for Long Rests are actually more restrictive than my houserules. According to the rules, an hour of strenuous activity during a Long Rest requires characters to restart the Long Rest from the beginning. In my houserules, characters can simply make up that hour of interrupted...

It makes Short Rests much more important, allowing for non-magical healing and the recovery of exhaustion. At the same time, Long Rests simply reset the Hit Dice pool that players spent during Short Rests and reduce exhaustion better than they did before. The change also allows for...

I'm thinking of running a 5E game in Greyhawk but want to houserule Long Rests as follows: A Long Rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps or performs light activity: reading, talking, eating, or standing watch for no more than 2 hours. If...

Attacked pirate ship... and lost.

I would... if the boxed set was of high quality and comprehensive.

SCAG is fine but isn't as comprehensive as the old setting guides for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd edition. The lack of gloriously packed boxed sets for settings is my biggest gripe with WotC's management of the D&D brand. I'm sure another publisher could put out lovingly detailed campaign settings and...

I do feel that there is has a BIG drop in quality for WotC's D&D products over the past few years, especially when it comes to settings (I'm looking at you, Planescape and Spelljammer). If WotC's not going to give settings the love they deserve, they should license them out to other companies.

THIS site is great for optimizing characters of all classes. I've used it quite a bit over the past 10 years. As for your character idea; it looks fine to me.

My totally unrealistic, 50th anniversary wishlist shares some of @Snarf Zagyg's items: A proper boxed set for Greyhawk, complete with a beautiful map of The Flanaess, an in-depth setting book, and a player's guide with rules for species, classes, clerical domains, etc. A tremendous boxed set...

I voted that I played it and wasn't impressed. The reality is that I loved it at first but grew to find it tedious... especially when playing higher level characters.