Recent content by ninjayeti

Chris Cocks was right

I think it depends on what you believe D&D should be. For instance, Matt Coleville talks a lot about older editions of D&D (see his recent bit on how adventures were better back in the good old days). But he doesn't talk at all (to my knowledge) about Fate, PbtA, or similar games. I imagine...

Two of the biggest RPG content creators out there - the Matts Coleville and Mercer - are actively making their own games right now and talking about their design choices. Ditto with Dungeon Coach. DM's Lair switched to PF2 a while back as did Rules Lawyer. @SlyFlourish talks about Shadowdark...

That is a bit like saying any game that can't be played using d6s is too complex. Character builders are a tool. If they enable a particular style of game that people enjoy why crap on that?

It doesn't seem like the problem is the dependence on the character builder - it is that even with the character builder you players need tons of hand holding. There is a pretty clear mismatch between the complexity of the systems you are running and your players' willingness do develop some...

I don't own a ton of WotC adventures, but I can think of several examples from the ones I do own: 1) the dragon in HotDQ that 1st level PCs can't fight directly but can drive off using siege weapons, 2) the roper from the same adventure (the DM is warned that is is "very dangerous" to low level...

Weird - I got 50% Carrie, 35% Samantha, 10% Miranda, and 5% Charlotte.

This study was clearly funded by Big Gaming.

It is a close enough case that that a reasonable DM could rule either way. The rule says "weapons or a shield in one or both hands." "Weapons" is plural, "a shield" is singular. Since you can't wield multiple weapons in the same hand this suggests it is referring to what you are holding...

He is talking about LMoP though not the Stormwrack Isle, which is the current one. I would agree that LMoP isn't necessarily the best for totally new DMs, but WotC has addressed that by making a simpler starter adventure.

Short adventures certainly have upsides, and people are entitled to prefer them, but it is hard to deny "campaign" adventures have always been very popular. Saying "Long adventures are just objectively bad and are solely a money grab by WotC" just doesn't hold water. Even back in the TSR days...

Maybe the legendary Sword of Kas isn't what we have been picturing all these years?

J.P. Coovert has some good videos on fantasy mapmaking that you may find useful. Bob World Builder has one of his books displayed in the background of the linked video which I assume is a low-key shout out. I use Wonderdraft these days myself. Even if I had artistic talent (which I don't)...

I haven't used it myself but it sounds like it gives the TV screen you are casting to the "player" view (not what is actually on the laptop screen) meaning it can't see through the fog of war until it is revealed. If not you can log into the room as a player (you can do it on the same...