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If so, says a lot about Gary's foresight on the possibility that the group would make the one way trip through the portal. Plus he guessed correctly on the Warden material being available at that game session.

If so, says a lot about Gary's foresight on the possibility that the group would make the one way trip through the portal. Plus he guessed correctly on the Warden material being available at that game session.

I think one of the reasons Tolkien got away with a near static world is the lack of diversity in his world. Sure he had Elves, Dwarves, Humans etc. but in most cases each race only had one or two outposts. Contrast that with Earth in any era with significant recorded history. We had many...

If your only reason to avoid a game is Action Points, they are normally a easy mechanic to leave out. Played lots of games without them and lots with. The most common in groups I play with now is the one per session version. Easy enough to track. I haven't seen anything in PF2 that...

IMO - a stat block should never reference a different stat block. The point of a stat block is to have everything needed for a basic encounter in one place. If I have to go perusing a book for all of the out of block references in a stat block, then it isn't a stat block. I can imagine...

I find this review helpful if you are the type of person who, like me, didn't know there was an Adventure Card Game. A lot of us see stuff on the shelf of a FLGS or a listing on a website and wonder if it would be worth picking up. With a MSRP of about $60, nice to have some idea what one is...

It reminds me of what you might get in high school when the teacher says "Please submit a 1 to 2 page report on the topic of your choice. Please interview someone as part of your research." Also hard to pin down whether this was a quick review of Mathew or of current and future Mongoose products.

2nd on wondering what P&L refers to here. But hiring is generally better for the game's future support then the frequent Xmas layoffs in years past.

Started playing in college in the 79~83 time frame. Most of the games had one or two women who played. Most were someone's GF but they were in the game with a character sheet and dice so they counted as players. Most of the games were ad-hoc since consistent gaming schedules and college class...

I have always found the whole alignment system suspect considering the basic scenario in the game is: Step 1: Meet at tavern While in process of getting drunk, mystically acquire a mission(rumor, shadowy gal hires you, undercover castle guard needs help, etc) Load up on weapons of mass...

One reason to read 'non game material' would be to source ideas from material unlikely to be on your player's reading/viewing lists. If players are familiar with your source material, they may be able to short cut the plot lines or more easily solve the mystery. Even with the vast amount of...

Holy free advertising for a D&D movie, Batman! Assuming everything is properly licensed, could be why Hasbro went along.

While not a RPG, Star Fleet Battles sure impacted how I deal with complex rules sets and reading and understanding them. After several hours long rules lawyer arguments, our group developed a system to deal with rule interpretation issues. If we couldn't resolve the issue after a few minutes...

Hope they clean up the rules before publishing. How many creatures and of what size(s) can fit into the cargo hold? Do the weight of creatures riding on the outside count against cargo capacity? Is the Attack Maneuver in addition to the Basic Maneuver? BM of vehicle speed + up to two 90 degree...

The moment the characters realize that the critters they are killing become edible feasts with a little clerical love, food ceases to be an issue. Create Water + Purify Food and Water pretty much gets a party by. Higher level brings in Create Food and Water further solving the problem. For...

Hard to have a good opinion on the movie when there is no announced cast, the script was ditched and rewritten and still secret, the one time director isn't anymore, the studio changed, etc. About the only thing that has stayed constant is it is supposed to be a D&D themed movie.

IMO, Tolkien gets too much source credit for critters in D&D. Elves, Trolls, Dwarves, Pixes, etc all existed prior to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Of course, Hobbits are pretty much his creation which explains the recasting of Hobbits in D&D into Halflings after lawyers got involved. I...

Baring some pre-campaign limitations from a DM, the race of a character should be up to the player. In the OP's case, if they want a 1/2 elf, its a 1/2 elf. Just assume the elven genes were dominant. If the player wants a human, then assume the elven genes were recessive. Didn't see any...

Real life terminology doesn't always equate to the same meaning in RPG terminology. This could be a case study for not adopting a plain text descriptor for critters. Without data descriptors folks could be left guessing what something means. My first thought was the dwarf had some Otyugh...

"Example: Borf is a chaotic neutral, non-binary shield dwarf berserker with darkvision out to a range of 60 feet." Maybe it is too early in the morning and not enough tea but WTF is a 'non-binary shield dwarf'? Did a 2 get into a Boolean logic discussion? While the new format seems easier...