Recent content by Sacrosanct

Same. It's just unfortunate that while most of the material was great at expanding my imagination and respect for other cultures, there were some negative stereotypes and inaccuracies that also snuck in there that I didn't realize until after I became an adult and learned better. One of the...

I think OA gets a bad rap--kinda. By today's standards, there certainly a lot of things problematic with it. Even by 1980s standards, some things were pushing the line (like the title). But, and I said this guardedly, at least they made an effort to make it a book that respected some of the...

No surprise the DMG is running away with it, but for me I voted MM. Since this is a subjective poll, I went all in for nostalgia ;) I chose the MM because as a kid, I loved it. Read it more than any other book, imagining battles. I colored the pictures. It was great. My 2nd place is Oriental...

Basic D&D, Moldvay. Ketchikan Alaska. My older brother was running me through Palace of the Silver Princess with the module map lying between us on the ground (this will be important in a bit). I was playing a cleric. Defeated a skeleton in a room near the start with 1 hp remaining. Was...

Yes, this. But also from a game designer's perspective. That road only leads to frustration lol. Creaet a bunch of rules and mechanics that sound awesome, and look like they do what you want. Then in actual play, you quickly realize you're cutting out large parts of them and leaving them on...

I think you may have misunderstood. Of course things like basic expectations from our real world are important (like gravity) to keep the game running with everyone one the same page of what to expect within the game world. I never said a sense of verisimilitude is meaningless, and I certainly...

1. It's a fantasy game. Trying to model realism is a fool's folly. Even back in 1e, they describe HP as mostly being skill and luck at higher levels rather than actual physical damage absorption. 2. Even if you were to model reality, a single gun can take out an elephant. A single harpoon can...

I also like this one:

This happens to be the reason why I love Halloween... 🤷‍♂️ 🤫

Not Thanksgiving. Friendsgiving. Several of my friends (and my brother) are indigenous.

As an old school guy, I used to agree. Living world and all that. However, I've received a lot of feedback that in modern gaming, people appreciate scalable encounter guidelines.

Made some useability changes (ignore the golem image placement overlap)