Recent content by aco175

You can also say that you are asking each player how the game is going and if there are any problems. This lets the one player feel/think that each of the other players are having the same conversation and they can speak more freely. Then you can guide the talking to the actual problem. I'm...

I think a lot of the 5e stuff is just updated of the old stuff. Most of the old stuff will likely be online at a fan site. I know most of the Forgotten Realms stuff is. I would save the money unless you really want to worldbuild.

Melf the Elf was the model for one of my first characters- Orf the Dwarf. I hope for obvious reasons.

Finally got around to watch once I thought all the episodes were out. Then I saw it was only 6 shows with each only 30ish minutes each. I fount it to be a good show and want more. Little confused with some of the characters and other knights. Might not have been enough fluff around them to...

Great story of playing D&D with Gram-Gram. I did need to enlarge the screen to read it, or register I guess, but liked it all the same. I still get to play with my day and feel lucky each time.

I did not watch the video, but read through the article with pictures. Certainly worth looking through. It does show that old-timers knew a thing or two. I do see feeds to the YouTube about old secrets the modern whatever does not want you to know. Some look more legit than the one secret...

I just like looking at all the names of people and when they were last on the site with these necro threads. Then I recall that I have been a member here longer than my children have been alive.

They seem to have come a long way with the first Dune being HBO and not in theatres that I recall.

In scouts we played a card game a few times with a pack of playing cards. Pass out all the cards and one person starts a story with one of the cards. "There was once a King that was missing something", and lay down a king card. The next person would add to it. "He was missing his 10...

Part of the discussion also involves how long are people expected to play the character. A 1 or 2-shot game with a new player might just be one of the classes mentioned already that is easy to run. A longer game over several weeks or months might be something more to the player's idea of what...

Is this the week before Avengers Doomsday? I might have to go to a theatre.

I cannot recall the last time we used this. Might have been in 2e days. I do recall some rather silly things happening and some feeling being hurt with some rolls. A little surprised that it is still in 5e. I must be spell-blind to it.

@Wedgers first, welcome to the boards. Traditionally over the editions, the fighter was the 'starting' PC. They were easy to build and had one thing to do which was a basic attack. They were tougher with more HP and everyone could think of an example from movies or history and such. Newer...