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One thing that annoys me is the lack of clarity on which end of each set of stairs is the top and which is the bottom. I shouldn't have to look around for clues to figure that out. I really like how easy it is to get flanked in a couple of rounds in many of these rooms if you try to hold a...

I love a 1/8" grid for this exact reason.

Pugs are the best potatoes.

This doesn't look good.

I'm a big fan of Gygaxian naturalism. Things like gelatinous cubes having evolved to live in dungeons are awesome. I think that we can safely say that early DnD worlds are more fecund than ours and also have a much higher rate of mutation. Also, in 1e, I think just about anything can...

What gives you that idea? I don't see the need to make yet another monster into a pc option. But I also don't see the need for flying pcs and don't want them. I do like your variant gargoyle ideas though.

I'm so very sorry. Good luck with the coming year.

May I suggest the jishin mushi from Oriental Adventures?

Whatever I am running at the time. Presently, that means either 5e (2014) or my custom system.

I put oregano, salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika in my ground beef before making patties. Eat them on a bun or toasted bread, usually with mayo, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, tomato, and onion. Sometimes I add relish or pickle chips.

I have one creature that works like that, sort of, but it's huge- a shark big enough to eat entire islands in a single bite. It's really an exercise in theory; I have never used it, but love the idea, as I think it would be a challenge for even a super high level group. Here's my version:

Not necessarily. You could have one slot of each level under a Vancian system.

In summary, you gain RADs, which never go away. Get too many and you get radiation sickness, which comes in Mild and Severe varieties, and you can eventually die or mutate in either a positive or negative way.

I use radiation a fair amount in my game- the tabaxi had an ancient empire that left a bunch behind. So I have written a number of adventures using it, but unfortunately, I don't think I have a digital version of any of them anymore. My favorite was an epic level adventure for 3e set in a...

I love chartreuse. I like to have a bottle each of the green and yellow in my bar at all times, but I like to have a lot of other things too, and there's always something missing at any given time. Currently, I only have maybe 1/6 bottle of the green on hand. Chartreuse helped me develop a...

The Realms just aren't my bag. I don't buy much campaign specific material unless it's for a setting I like, so I'm not the audience for these.

It depends on the affliction in question. For example, for a bad luck curse, I have used a "dm's discretion, stuff breaks in your backpack, it rains on you, etc" with a minimal framework of mechanics, whereas for the hot shakes (a disease) I gave disadvantage on Dex attacks and checks and...

It just depends on the nature of the affliction. I like to use varied mechanics for these kinds of things, so that each instance stands out as different. In other words, I want two diseases afflicting the party to work differently.

I believe 3e had a Returning property for some magic thrown weapons. In 4e, all thrown magic weapons returned to the wielder after the attack.

Absolutely. 5e has quite a few things that enable mixed-level parties. I'll point at the 2014 version of Aid to start with (not sure how much it has changed in 2024).