Recent content by slobster

I have found 2 things. First, my games pretty much never have 6 fights between long rests. That much combat is exhausting from a play perspective, never mind the in-universe one. This seems to be pretty common from all the online discussions I've followed over the years. Second, only having 2...

I think that's possibly a good idea, though you might be able to introduce some "succeed but" or "succeed and" consequences if you want to have them roll but spice things up. For example, if they fail DC 10 they still get food, but you roll a random encounter. If they exceed 15/20, they get food...

I don't let players portray straight characters in my games. Nothing against that, I just don't like people injecting politics into my gametime. /s or whatever people need to know that I'm kidding. ;)

That's awesome! Boom times for a company should be boom times for the actual people who make up the company. Also @MGibster, that paint job is gorgeous. I only paint minis for D&D, and most of what I own is just a ton of stuff I got from backing a Bones Kickstarter, and I'm embarrassed by what...

I own a small business in California that supplies healthcare services. I cannot possibly express how much I agree with your "worst of all worlds" diagnosis, in regulation in general and in our healthcare system in specific. I know we are off-topic and I respect your attempts to steer the thread...

Yeah, I should add that in my ideal world, the restaurant raises prices and then puts all that money right into their workforce. I'd like to live in that world, but we also live in the world where some people would raise prices 20% to give their employees a 3% raise... I should note that I am a...

I agree with your entire take on this issue, though I will note that in California, where I live, minimum wage for servers is in fact the same as minimum wage for anyone else, between $13 and $17 depending on area and how large the employer is. I still try to tip between 18%-20% typically...

FWIW, I think the "humans with bumpy foreheads and odd hobbies" aesthetic gets a bad rap. Sure, it's a cliche in TV sci-fi more rooted in budgets than in science, but in fantasy its a trope with a proud tradition and lots of resonance, and in tabletop rpg fantasy in particular its incredibly...

I will try this out, I love the concept! Only saw it today so I'll rush to get it up to meet the deadline, when should we shoot for to get the submission in? I mean I know this is just for fun, but I work better with a deadline breathing down my neck, growling every time I scroll further down...

That sounds cool! You could also make it a trading fort or something similar, a place where adventurers and others from the coastal civilization huddle together behind fortifications, rarely venturing far out except for the boldest. Attacks on the walls by monsters or bandits might be common...

This may or may not be relevant to this thread.... But one thing I've noticed as I've gotten peripherally involved in publishing indie material here in the US, is how much the internationalization of art and publishing services has undermined attempts by artists/writers/editors in the indie RPG...

I had a swashbuckler campaign where we did something like this, though way back in the 3.x era. It worked great! I do think the greatest pitfall in doing something like this is that it tends to throw the spotlight on players who are already spotlight-hungry, and can make it harder for quieter...

Posts about correcting/disputing someone's take on history rarely ever turn into a constructive line of conversation, even if I'm really interested in a theoretically respectful exchange. Besides, that was way off topic for the thread anyway!

Especially in like an adventurers guide or setting book, that seems totally reasonable. I don't think they are likely to go in a direction like this for a "standard" race like dwarves where an average player likely has a pretty strong mental image already, but then it seems like a natural thing...

I might be atypical, but to me a main reason that races don't get that kind of treatment is simply that there isn't the page space for it, which is in turn a function of the reality that the majority of dms and players simply wouldn't care or read it if you did include it. I'm a big proponent...