Recent content by Jefe Bergenstein

I guess this is my semi-annual reminder that the dude on the red box cover is not Warduke. Mini is pretty good, they probably should have gone with multiple versions, but it's nice to have a beefy female mini, which are in short supply. Unfortunately it will be under so much blobby paint the...

I dont know if that necessarily applies anymore. I think there was a time jump specifically to get rid of some of that. Sure, someone might pull out a 30 year old sourcebook detailing Mirt the Moneylender's second favorite niece, but for last 15+ years the Forgotten Realms has been whittled down...

I do. I gave this out last session. Hat of Remedial Wizardry This conical paper hat is decorated with stars and moons, and occasionally gives off a colorful spark that shortly fizzles out. When attuned the wearer's Intelligence becomes 13, even if it was higher. The wearer gains proficiency in...

And have zero cultural cachet. Solasta is a nice VTT. I think something like that would be amazing for DM's and players to use in personal games. But BG3 captured the zeitgeist due to the facial animations which conveyed the excellent VA to a degree that has rarely been seen. It's really hard...

Atomic Arcade - brand new, no games published Invoke Studios - Made Dark Alliance which was bad Archetype - brand new, no games published Skeleton Key - brand new, no games published Good to see WOTC went with studios with a proven track record? /s

Definitely! But letting players pick their rewards doesn't make them not a reward. I'm not going to try and force the players into buying non-magic items "for their own good".

And I disagree, in part because I don't think there's much wonder in D&D magic, certainly not after playing for years (decades). Whether you find or buy that dancing sword, it's still just a sword that hits stuff for you.

Wands of magic missile, cloaks of protection, dancing scimitar. Take your pick. After this long for many of us magic in D&D is old hat. Buying them isnt the issue. I will say I saw a lot of excitement in BG 3 over item mechanics like lightning charges, reverberation, arcane acuity, etc. because...

One of the best D&D books of any edition. I still pull from it, what, 30 years later? Kazerbae played a big role in our 3.0 Al-Quadim campaign.

Magic items being one of them. Why are so many DM's so concerned with controlling their player's feelings and forcing their own idea of fun onto their players? It reminds me of making a kid sit down and consume a piece of media "for their own good". Maybe just let them choose how to spend the...

I'd argue playing D&D for 20+ years sucks the fantasy out of magic items. +1 swords are never going to feel cool again. Taking magic out of the player's hands just so the DM can chase the dragon vicariously of that feeling of being 12 again is a folly. Our group frequently has kids in it, and...

Oh please. It's not like other classes need to dump any important stat to be good at fighting. Other classes "fight" just as well, and contribute orders of magnitude more than fighters do outside of a fight. Hell, Valor bards and Bladesingers get the same two attacks fighters get in the vast...

I'd love a hybrid of PF2E and 5E. Cool martials, 3 action economy, but less skill feat jank and minutia.

The problem is the guys who want to be a town guard/guy at gym have laid claim to the non-casters. Every time there's a caster vs. non-caster debate they proudly proclaim how much they don't care if they're weaker, so what's one more class that is stronger than their champion? At this point...

Except often you can't, particularly at low levels. Odds are someone in the group has a speed of 25 from heavy armor/being a shorty, and monsters often have faster speeds than 30. You're stuck in a loop of eating opportunity attacks to double dash (whereupon they just double dash) and the cycle...