Recent content by Spookyboots

After reading his quote about NuTSR, I went and looked at his facebook. Took about 30 seconds to hit the back button. After doing a little more poking around, his name is still on the GP Adventures Facebook which shares NuTSR news. Poire's main facebook profile still says he's a designer at GP...

We're all defined by more than our love of games. We are complex creatures and all have different likes and dislikes. But that is also the challenge with the show. The characters are not presented in that way. They're not complex, they are walking talking caricatures. That's prime time TV...

I know it's not a popular opinion but I'm super bummed the Grugach were left out.

We use Wonder & Wickedness with Lamentations. It's such a strange, unpredictable and fun system. We were playing in a pulpy post-apocalyptic home brew campaign using a map that was drawn by Russ Nicholson, who did all of the art in W&W. It was a lot of fun because we never really knew what was...

It's interesting to see this list. I have known three groups that have played Strahd and stopped half way stating that it was a disappointment. That said they are groups that usually never run official campaigns and for sure two felt that the confinement to the AP was not conducive to the...

I was talking to my group about the same thing. It's exciting! I kind of hope we get another source book in Fall though. I've been fine with the player options being once a year because it doesn't make everyone want to make new characters or revamp their characters as often. That said there is...

My only complaint is the reprinted sub classes. Now that I understand the AL standards I get why but really dislike it. Other than that, best book outside of the core three. My group has already had a blast with all of the "this is your life" content. Our favorite is our barbarian who's...

I really like them both. It's nice to have a companion piece for Volo's SE. I'll be placing my SE Xanathar's next to Volo's on the shelf and will be carrying the standard edition to my table. Beer will not be spilled on my special edition book, haha.

Of all of the years I have gone I thought last year was the best for tabletop gaming. I thought it could only get better. This year reaper, paizo and WOTC were missing. From what I read on the ticketing page you had to pay to play in the league on top of your ticket price. You were then given...

It is both a boon and a bane that it went well, haha. We always play in the adventure league at PAX west and WOTC was absent this year, save Perkins being apart of a panel. It was odd since they have been there every year that I have gone. It was very disappointing though. I am glad that it...

Honestly I only run one or two combats a session but my player's love risk and danger. It was not happening with the amount of combat they were getting themselves into, haha. I run a sandbox and they enjoy the world building and exploring just as much as the combat. To make what little combat...

The connection is very interesting. If I remember correctly the computer games based on D&D made it to Japan before D&D and those games, such as Rogue, where the main inspiration for Final Fantasy. So they're inspired by something inspired by D&D.

We have played using the lingering injuries, proficiency die and speed factor variants. My players really like the gritty and high risk style of play so we took the lingering injuries a step farther. We use the 50 uses for the d50 critical hit chart. All of my players are missing body parts...

My group broke in to this dungeon and did relatively well getting through the traps (my brother is 10 ft pole crazy) and slaughted two dozen zombies with a well placed/timed burning hands. Then they encountered a succubus....and that was the end of them. The wizard was killed outright and the...