Recent content by BlackMoria

Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Because unless this is going to be the absolute last edition of D&D that WOTC releases, then what do you call the edition that follows this new one? D&D 2nd edition is already taken. Keep with the existing format. As if calling it simply Dungeons and Dragons...

"I Sure As Hell Hope We get It Right This Time" well, you asked....

Neutral. I really looked forward to 4E and was disappointed with the end result. And what they did to the Forgotten Realms was blasphemy for a fair number of the FR fans. It looked all so promising going into the home stretch and yet the 4E did not excite my imagination once I tried and it...

Or you could, you know, go through the selection process trying to be completely unbiased about it. You have already stated you intent to meet prospects at your gaming shop. Arrange for a short one shot game session at the store gaming table, invite him and some of the other prospects to the...

I have been DMing since 1977 so I have considerable experience in DMing but if a group approached me with wanting to run a campaign like the one you are in, I would run away screaming. Frankly, in my assessment, the DM is well over his head and it not up task at hand. Really, think about it...

I make it clear at character creation that players must make characters that have a reason to adventure / work together. It is my one 'ignore to your peril' rule that I have. Once the campaign starts, characters can disagree and argue but once a line gets crossed and party unity is in serious...

Odd that. It looks like stream of conciousness stuff but to what end, I don't know. Justification for 4E? Or setting up expectations for 5E? I don't know where he is going with this, which is probably intentional, so I guess we have to wait for the punchline.

Steering back from a lengthy discussion of 'hit points', I don't believe a 'Unification theory' or 'Theory of Everything' is even possible to apply to D&D. Ask 10 people what the essentials of D&D are to them and you will get 10 different answers. Until the answers to the question can be...

For alchemist fire, think small molotov cocktail. The alchemist fire covers a small area instead of a point source like a torch. It also burns for two rounds while the effectiveness of a torch is dependent on how long the torch is in contact with flamable material. It would be easier to set a...

Middle-Aged?! Thank you. Being aged 54 and being called middle aged is nice for a change. Not what the snot nose kid and his buddies called me. I guessed they didn't like me telling them to keep off the lawn.... :lol:

What could WOTC do ... Let's see, I got kicked to the curb because, beside playing D&D since '74, I didn't fit the target demographic anymore and they want the snot nose kid and his buddies from down the block at their game table now and not me. To add insult to injury, they killed the FR with...

I ran a campaign a number of years ago in which there were no elves, dwarves, gnomes or halflings. Instead, the playable races were re-skinned races from Star Trek, so you could play a Vulcan, Klingon, Cardassian, Bajoran, Ferrengi, or Betazed, though the races names were different and they...

The Celestial bloodline can be fun. In particular when the party sorcerer croaked (tried to heal) the party rogue with heavenly fire after the rogue was down rather than use a potion of cure light wounds. The look of both players face after the action was declared and I told them the outcome...

I am always forthright and up front with my players (I am the DM). If there is antisocial behavior or immaturity going on, I stop things right then and there and the offending player and myself go into another room for a 'consultation' I never run a player down by calling him a jackhole or...

I hear his first gig will be doing WOW TV spots. Something about showing that aged poser, Mr.T, what a REAL Night Elf Mohawk truly is.