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R18 Hmmmnn Well after the TV show there's a fair bit of interest in the FO universe. Thinking of a post apocalyptic sitting inspired by Fallout into Darksun goes into the to hard basket. Very early brainstorming but thinking. 1. Heavy use of exhaustion mechanic. 2. Magitech...

So when it comes to the official 5E adventures the vast majority are meh with a few stand outs. Those are Curse of Strahd, ToA, LMoP, and a few of the shorter ones in the anthologies. Ghosts of Saltmarsh is probably the best one. However there's a much larger diversity of opinion around the...

Years ago I briefly playtested my own D&D right before 5E landed. It was kind of a 3E clone using 4E engine with OSR ideas. 4 or 5 classes, a small bestiary, used the 3.5 spells removing broken ones. My latest idea was adding modern elements to a 2E& B/X and 3E hybrid. Trying to many...

In Baldurs Gate two weapon fighting sucks right? Well it's decent at level 1-4 and Act 3 lower city. This is because things like tavern brawler exist and Paladins along with the -5/+10 feats. But what if you know what you're doing? Level 8 screenshots but you can do this level 6-7...

So thought I would share a few. Feel free to add more. 1. S tier classes. I consider Fighters, Sorcerers, and Clerics as S tier classes. Some archetypes eg Swords bard also belong here along with specific builds at certain areas or levels. Rogues the worst generally a 2-4 level splash. 2...

So I'm early Act 3 with a charisma based Tav (hags hair +1 charisma). Last tav was a dexterity based champion fighter, one before that a shadow assassin, one before that a wisdom build (duiid into Fighter/Cleric iirc). Various followers have been the power builds (TB throwers, TB monk)...

So some real life role-playing. A magical portal opens and you personally end up in Faerun. You're getting sent out on patrol into the wilderness for a month. You get to share a donkey with 5 others for carrying stuff. Before being sent out. 1. 6 weeks of dieting/physical training. 2. 6...

To me a lot boffins 3E art was hand drawn but I'm not 100% sure all of it was. By 4E I think most of it was. First time I noticed was probably 2005. Specifically Magic The Gathering Ravnica cycle. https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397728 Telling Time. Even...

So I thought I would buff the Dragon sorcerers due to Tashas. More spells known extra 2 at level 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Turns out there's not enough to go around so I refuffed some and changed them. Cantrips. Zap (as firebolt 1d8 lightning damage). Reason lack of ranged lightning cantrip. Level 1...

So BG3 has some fairly bonkers stuff in it. Ignoring those aspects I have tested some things that are applicable to 5E ttrpg. BG3 builds using specific items, changed classes or feats are not considered. Since you cant get a feat at level 1 in BG3 I duplicated some builds in 5E with an elixir...

Well we wrapped up CoS this week. Strahd lasted 2 rounds. Anyway I'm up next for DM duties. Players picked a Norse theme and I've picked Forge of Fury as the starting adventure. I want to add a starting location to the game basically a town. The adventure does suggest one and I can rename it...

So what's better level 1-7ish? Either divine soul or Sorcerer 2/Cleric xyz. Thinking Ice Knife is the best low level AoE that doesn't require you getting up close. Thoughts?

Last night's Castles and Crusades game had 0 combat in it. I have been experimenting with awarding live xp. Basically lots of snall xp rewards in "live action". By that I mean you more or less get it whenever you complete the trigger. I reward xp for the following things. 1. Combat. Kill...

Wouldn't panic about it. TLDW Tabletop up 1%, LotR Magic set biggest selling ever. D&D down. Hasbro report. Highlights MtG, Baldurs Gate, Monopoly Go (digital?).

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/joe-manganiello-compares-baldurs-gate-3-to-early-dungeons-dragons-fifth-edition/ So in other thread people have talked about how WotC has butchered Spelljammer, Dragonlance and Ravenloft with their reimaginings. Seems like sales are down as well from the...

Over the years I have been a sponge when it comes to absorbing obscure D&D nuggets of information And I often reread older material for enjoyment and looking to mine it. Helps having 400-500 D&D items and a pile of PDFs. It seems I may make heavier use of the exploration pillar than a lot of...

Currently addicted to BG3. My wife an myself both started playing around 27th December and used holiday pay to play it way to much (4 weeks minimum here). Camping was inconvenient January is always quiet. First week we played to near the end of act 2, she hit start of act 3. We restarted as...

Anyone run this adventure in 5E? I'm thinking if using it in a Norse themed game as a starter adventure for lvl 3 PCs. Khundrakar dounds suitably Nordic. Change a few names here and there, add a plot line snd starting town. Adventure looks decent wounding how it runs.

Well with 5E coming to a close this year (long live 5.25 or 5.5) in hindsight I think the hit point bloat was a mistake. 4E also did it. Playing OSR games again some critters might have to few eg dragons are glass cannons. This kind of leaves 3.0 and 3.5. 3.0 essentially took 2E monsters...

So this abomination gets a level 3 spell dlot. Can I use the wizard ability to scribe level 3 wizard spells into the book? RAW it seems you can.