Recent content by Stormonu

DMing is taxing. It’s difficult in that manner as you are generally organizer, referee, encyclopedia, creator and playwright. I’ve suffered DM burnout more than once having been a forever DM, and my recent time as a player (for once) has been extremely relaxing.

Riffing off my earlier post ... to take or leave...

@Dannyalcatraz - or you can go the Elfquest route and the elves actually ARE from outer space!

I used a lot of gridded maps back in 1E & B/X, having gotten miniatures literally the day after I got my first D&D books. Though the maps in those modules favored drawing things out in 10 ft. squares. I remember getting frustrated with other RPGs back in that time that didn't have gridded maps...

Sorry, they both have a novel and therefore are disqualified. :devilish:

I think if I were to do this, I'd start with a central "metropolis" like kingdom where all the various races congregate and that is relatively new. Pretty much an experiment. From this central hub, have older kingdoms that cater to specific races and perhaps lean towards specific classes (A...

Yes, DL1-14.

Despite the clause in the first post, the only one I'd be interested in IS a Dragonlance series that covers the War of the Lance.

Maze and Wall of Stone? I'd like to hear the reasoning behind that for Artificer.

I've run games where the characters were the descendants of the player's previous characters, with mom & dad occasionally showing up - or even getting in on the group's adventures. I have also played on family connections as well, good and bad. Yes, I've used the "someone in the family has...

I'd probably go route #1 - losing flexibility for the option to have more spells on hand that will be useful at any given time. Overall, though I think I'd go with limited prep - maybe one or two flexible slots. The rest are prepared, but you don't need to specifically select multiples. You...

Power Words for the Artillerist as attack spells Crown of Stars seems to be on all Arcane spell-users list, also seems to fit in with attacks modes for the Artillerist and Armorer (think the floating drones of Mister Fantastic from the recent Superman movie) Regenerate for the Armorer &...

6th Contingency Create Homunculus Drawmij's Instant Summons Globe of Invulnerability Investiture of Flame Investiture of Ice Investiture of Stone Investiture of Wind Magic Jar Primordial Ward Scatter Tenser's Transformation Word of Recall 7th Create Magen Crown of Stars Etherealness Fire Storm...