Recent content by Paul Farquhar

Abiogenesis is the simplest explanation. That’s why people believed it until evidence of something more complicated was discovered. But yes, you will probably want to decide something - but what that something is isn’t dictated by the rules. So everyone can have a different interpretation, and...

There is nothing to say biology exists in D&D-land. It’s fantasy. No science is implied.

The rules don’t say anything about how any sort of reproduction works. Babies could be delivered by storks so far as the rules are concerned. In practical terms, the DM/players decide that stuff for their game, there is no rules based interpretation.

Gods can manifest as whatever gender they want. Sure, you can have multiple gods of the same thing, that’s been the case at least since the FR started importing gods from other worlds - which is pretty much as long as the setting has existed.

That kind of happens in Shadows of Undrentide. My players managed to get Ythryn off the ground for that matter. Before crashing it.

I’m conscious that I don’t want to bore people with long winded descriptions. And anyway, asking questions is a sign of engagement.

Why go to the trouble of using colour on an apparently black and white map though? Especially for just a bit of stage dressing.

The point, really, is we can cite lots of things that happened then. It isn’t Atlantis-mysterious.

Statistically, this would be the most likely occurrence, given that FR has so much lore that two people are unlikely to hit upon the same bits - unless you conspire with them ahead of time of course.

Be subtle, don't ask in public. It's very likely something they don't like to talk about.

The various stat blocks for dragons are designed to be fought against, they are not suitable as party members or pets. The dragonrider subclass was a much better approach for this type of campaign. What is really needed is a dragonrider subclass for each base class, or at least all the non-full...

You should try to get to the bottom of why this is, not get cross. They may have impaired hearing, the may have ADHD and struggle to concentrate on what you are saying, etc. Visual aids and props are useful for conveying information to people who may struggle to assimilate the spoken word.

Close as reasonable in a crpg, but it’s real time with pause. Nope, it’s awful! But not for people who don’t like “circus troupe” parties, since the available companions include a red wizard, a spirit bear, a undead abomination of massed spirits, a half angel and a sexy hagspawn. The toolset...

Pounds money, not pounds weight. It’s like “Pony” etc. Also, that’s a US ton. There is also a metric ton (sometimes spelled tonne) 1000 kg and the British ton (long ton) 2240 lb.

If I do ever get round to using AiF it's the Calimshan stuff I would use. I've already done Moonshaes and Icewind Dale anyway.