Recent content by Zilong

Depends on the setting I’m using. In the current setting dragons feature heavily in mythology, history, and the oversight of natural and unnatural phenomenon. In this setting they show up fairly frequently but they are rarely something the pc interact with in a direct manner. Usually dragons...

Another avid Xanathar user here. Though, oddly enough, my players, who have used splats often in the past, aren't doing much with Xanathar's. It's mostly myself using the DM tools (mostly the name tables).

I've tried a couple of them. The warlock options are fun and the fighters feel well balanced. The one I played longest was a College of Glamour bard, which I actually started playing while that subclass was still UA material. Glamour is great in a more social game, which our game was not, and is...

I ignore that bit of flavor text. Druids can wear whatever the hell they want. Cotton, elk leather, shoddy iron, as long as the character is proficient I don't care what the material is from a balance standpoint. That said, I'd be thrilled if a player of any class wanted to make gear out of...

To be fair a lot of the poison immune/resistant things are undead, fiends, and constructs. Those don't necessarily show up in every campaign. Most humanoids take full damage and considering this is supposed to be a fairly urban-centric setting I'd guess humanoid foes will be common. Though if...

Open world games are often overrated. I say this as both player and GM. I'm well aware that this runs counter to the prevailing opinion on many rpg forums. In the groups with which I've GM'd or played the unfocused nature of the "open world" style just gets bogged down with long stretches of...

Yeah, the DMsguild could certainly have a better ui. But for making it into game stores I don't know if that is really an issue. Often times when someone wants more options they are either someone who is more knowledgeable about the hobby already and should know about third-party publishers or...

When I see requests for more crunchy modular options I wonder if it has to be done by the D&D team at WotC. I mean, there are already a bunch of fantastic class, subclass, spell, etc. options in the dmsguild store. Some of it is effectively free. On top of that, a number of authors from the...

You may count me as one who is excited about Ravnica and untroubled by the pace of old setting updates. Ravnica means new stuff for me to steal... "borrow". Most that old stuff I can and have converted or adapted when needed. Granted, I have only ever played in two (maybe three) officially...

I’m a homebrewer and I’m still going to get the ravnica book, maybe the Eberron pdf when it’s finalized. Why pull things from my rear when I can “borrow” from somewhere else and still look awesome at the table. I’ll homebrew important bits, don’t get me wrong, but adapting works just as well and...

I love Drizzt. He was my first real introduction to the lore of a D&D setting. Those books are one of the primary reasons i got into and love the hobby (yes, yes, I’m a relative noob). Some of the behavior from people who idolize him and/or try too hard to copy him... that is a different matter.

Mechanically, sure, encounters are basically resource drains. But I would not be, nor do I think any of my players would be interested if I were to describe D&D as a game about optimizing resource. Narrative is, for when I play at least, always the driving force, not whether or not Rachel the...

As a player? 1. Forgotten Realms 2. Golarion (pathfinder) including stuff I GM? Homebrew

Luckily it is pretty much a non-issue for the game I run as I fall into the camp that believes the classes as presented in the PHB are more like a basic chassis rather than an in world profession. Certainly, following the provided fluff makes things relatively simple, but it is not necessary...

I gave Rangers and Paladins cantrips in my home game and the players seem happy with them and they aren't overpowered. Granted the majority of my players don't even know what power gaming is and they certainly don't know how to optimize to that extent. So ymmv on giving out cantrips to the 1/2...