Recent content by Hastati

I’ve been enjoying the show. My only complaint is that there’s just no real jeopardy in it. You know that the characters who show up in New Hope are bulletproof and anyone else isn’t. The fight with Vader lacked any tension because neither character can die. However, I’m enjoying the acting...

Always been a huge fan of this:

When I DM we play once a week for about 4 hours. It’s online and 4 hours is the most I can take of that. For in person games I’m happy to go up to 6 hours.

There is a kickstarter for a GM adventure for T&T. It's funded, but there is a nice stretch goal that I'd like met, so have a look if like T&T and help me get more stuff...

Sorry, you clearly didn't understand what I was trying to say. My apologies. I'll be quiet now.

Cards on the table: I have never played in AL or at a FLGS. I've always gamed with friends at one of our houses where the company, beer, wine, and snacks are good. While I don't have a problem with stores charging players for table space (that's logical), the idea of paying someone to DM for...

As someone who's been playing D&D for 40 years, I'm very glad to see WOTC hire someone who is young, seems creative from what I can gather, and generally grow the design team. That's a good thing. I wish her all the best.

I normally use a chessex mat and dry erase markers, augmented with some various cardboard tile overlays I've picked up over the years. I used to go for full 3D terrain for dungeons and wilderness encounters (I also play historical miniatures games), but found that it wasn't really practical for...

I don't care if people don't buy the books, but I won't allow any pirated material at my table. If you're going to use it, then support the company and buy it. Using the basic rules or SRD is fine, they are available for free. Sharing a purchased book is also fine. Stealing is not fine.

I think the main thing that my group has consistently houseruled over the last 35 years is that we pretty much ignore material components for spells. We assume that if you know the spell you have gathered the components (but you have to pay any specific GP cost if there is one, such as for...

.... and ordered. Thanks for the heads up on that.

In our group of 6 I think 3 of us each have a copy of everything (plus other non-WOTC 5e products) and the others have at least the PHB.

I agree with you. I either play face to face or use Fantasy Grounds. I don't see how this will enhance my FG experience and I don't see how it enhances having a PHB and my character in hard copy at the table. It does look "gee whiz awesome", but it doesn't look "must have" to me (but I do get...

I should add, I'd love to see someone play a bard who uses spoons.

A bard "can" use a musical instrument as a spell focus in place of material components. However, there is no requirement to do so. The notation (M) in the spell lists stands for "material component" which can be replaced by either a component pouch or spell focus (note that material...