Will be running the second session of "Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh" this weekend, fingers crossed. Looking forward to it. #dnd5e#ttrpg#ttrpgfamily#ttrpgcommunity
If the math of your game demands a +2 bonus to an ability score, why even tie it to another game object if you don't want to stereotype or pigeonhole PCs?
Hey, @josephrlewis is turning 45 and has put all his adventures on sale for 45 cents apiece at DriveThruRPG in celebration. They are really good for fans of both 5e and the OSR
Kid: His stories are winding, convoluted, and at times nonsensical (even for fantasy). My D&D games are more fun than his books.
Adult: Tolkien was racist who promoted scientific racism. The orc is a creation born in racism against southeast Asian peoples that was later applied to black people. His elves are Aryan hyperfantasy. All of this has become a polarizing fantasy tale for white supremacists.
I looked at the “DC20” KS. It claims to be an evolution for ttrpgs, but I don’t see anything new. It uses action points and mana points, which seems to be the main “new” things when compared to D&D. Those have been around a while.
It looks crunchier than 5e, which is already too much for my tastes. YMMV, but it’s a pass for me.
They are using the ORC license, so there may be stuff worth hacking out of it.
I think it's kind of weird how front and center the 80s D&D cartoon characters are in the artwork for the 2024 revisions when the majority of 5e fans weren't even alive when they aired.
After hearing some discussion on this, I'm curious to gather some data. If you are interested in responding to a survey on the a la carte purchases on D&D Beyond, please consider filling this out.
All this talk of the aurora borealis reminded me that I contributed a #DND5e creature based on that phenomena to the Scientific Secrets of Icewind Dale compilation on the DMs Guild. It's actually filled with lots of other cool creatures; purchase a copy if you're interested. Here's part of my contribution (there's more lore and some public domain art on the other page)
Though I've been drifting away from #DND5e for a while now, it's still feels really weird to be completely uninterested in the latest releases. I mean, not even a twinge of FOMO.
I got my Kickstarter PDF copies of Tales of the Valiant from @KoboldPress. I am hoping this will replace #DnD5e for me. I cannot wait to ready the final version.
The two things that I personally feel have always been terrible about the design of #DnD are the class-based character development system and the Vancian magic system.
These systems irrationally limit the choices players can make in designing and developing their PCs, and TSR/WotC/Hasbro has missed so many opportunities to do away with these systems over the past 50 years.
But, they can be fixed, within the existing framework of #Dnd5E. (more)
Searching for some sage GM advice! Boosts appreciated!
From a player's perspective, what does a point crawl (perhaps more specifically: a dungeon point crawl) offer? How would you sell it?
Furthermore, does anyone have any links to blog posts (bonus points if they're knock! articles!!) about point crawls in general? Or any other kind of advice? I'd love to know if there's some wise beginners' tips for running a traditional dungeons as a point crawl as well!