Recent content by rosing-bull

5e is great. And I think I'm one of those weirdos who thinks they're handling everything very well. When people complain about something, I almost inevitably think, "...but I like that, though." Lack of needless splat books, self-contained core, focus on adventures and focus on capitalizing on...

I just want to comment that if they were going to drop the TTRPG entirely and it was to come to an end, spending all that time on designing and playtesting and editing and layout and art commissions and so on and so forth to produce three new, full-color hard bound books each weighing in at 200+...

I don't know, the full-page illustration of the party at the beginning of chapter 1 of the DMG definitely gives me similar vibes to that painting. Also I was pleased/amused that the only sexy art in the entire Dungeon Master's Guide was abs-guy on page 33.

I'm a bit of an art snob, but the books definitely have some good illustrations in them, and I prefer them overall to the 3d and 4th edition art. I actually think that the best piece in each book got used for the title pages: the whirling dervish looking fellow in the PHB, the red dragon in the...

I've said it before, but I really liked the way they did the Murder in Baldur's Gate and Legacy of Crystal Shard adventured: a book of adventure events and a longer book of detailed history, characters and locations describing where the adventure takes place. I much prefer these micro-level...

I looked at the playtest -- probably the first iteration of it -- at a time when I had absolutely zero interest in D&D. I was one of those folks that had given up on the brand entirely. I was surprised to like as much as I did, and it definitely put me in a more optimistic position, but I never...

I do this with some frequency, for better or worse. Since I never roll for HP for monsters, instead using the average in their stat block, I justify it to myself as, "well, that orc had a few more hit points than normal," or, "that evil elf was kind of a wuss, relatively speaking." All possible...

Here is a long and pointless story: I came into D&D with 3rd edition. It was something I'd heard about a lot in passing -- mostly from television shows and just general rumors about its existence -- and had always wanted to play. I suppose my very first experience was through the Baldur's Gate...

I just want campaign setting books and more adventures like Murder in Baldur's Gate and Legend of the Crystal Shard, where we get a brief adventure book and a more fleshed-out book on the setting/region. Also the unique DM screens that came with them were fun. I don't want no big "Adventure...

Hmm, I like this idea a lot. For my own game, I was planning something along the lines of an invasion or attack on Baldur's Gate and the surrounding region anyway, so combining them might be a lot of fun. I feel like it might work best with the first few stages in Murder in Baldur's Gate being...

I had the initial plan of adapting Murder in Baldur's Gate as a follow-up to Lost Mines of Phandelver and then moving from there to Legacy of the Crystal Shard. Though Lost Mines of Phandelver sort of fizzled out -- due to a long period of life getting in the way for my players and me -- the...