Recent content by AnotherGuy

Currently only D&D. Do not have capacity to run anything else and my batch of current players are (a) too lazy to run something; (b) run a D&D campaign with other friends; and (c) started something that went nowhere...

Using a disease to power your magic, is a cool concept. I think I find the name to be silly - and think they should have rather gone for something more general than focus in on one ailment. Yeah I'm sure it is. I have often found myself inspired by RPG things that are deemed not great by many.

Hold up! I know I'm late to the party but I have never looked through the Book of Vile Darkness - they actually labelled one of their prestige classes the Cancer Mage? That is an absolutely terrible name. :ROFLMAO:

Just ordered the PDF! I do like the fact that there is an option to buy the actual book later through DriveThruRPG EDIT: And I'll echo @ArcanistDragonborn upthread, an unfinished/unpolished version in December 2025 is absolutely fine. With that many pages there is a lot to consume and determine...

Noted, was just trying to help. Unless you're running AL games for the public, I have to strongly pushback on this perception. The DMs Guide gives you the authority in black and white and I could quote you multiple passages but I believe you are already aware of them. The question becomes, why...

The way I look at the core books, variants, DMs Guild and free stuff that exists is that if those do not work as is, they may spark an idea of how you or your table would prefer it, so they can be customised to your preferences. With regards to your specific issue with Powerful Build As DM I...

That's a hard lesson for Lennithon 2024. He should have cast his at-will Invisibility for his approach to Greenest.

WotC could certainly highlight the DMsGuild but you cannot expect them to advertise the competition (Level Up and all the other 5e variants)

I have found Time Pressure, Age, Sanity, Madness, Mob Attacks, Mythic Power for Monsters, Touch attacks for Incorporeal opponents, Zones/Auras, Exhaustion and Weapon Sundering all work well to stress high level PCs. Be creative... Have certain psychic attacks not do damage but strip...

Sure, but that is like most things. No all fans of the Orphan Black tv show know there had been a short run comic book connected to the show. No all fans of Lost or The Office see their webisodes. No all fans of musicians or sport stars follow their instagram accounts, potentially missing out on...

Well between DMsGuild and the fanbase freely offering their homebrewery content and ideas on the wide array of platforms and forums, I find we are certainly spoilt in the 5e variant department. 5e (in all its forms) is thriving when it comes to mechanical support.

@DEFCON 1 how do you come to terms with the fact that you as DM are essentially writing a story with all these narrative fingerprints everywhere? EDIT: To put it another way, in that situation the entire experience for me as DM would feel contrived which would lessen my enjoyment of it all.

Yes exactly. Queen Bavmorda "Is that the extent of your power, little one?" It always reminds me of that scene which I have etched in my memory from the movie Willow where Willow throws a petrification pebble at Queen Bavmorda and she catches it. Her forearm immediately begins petrifying as...

There is possible middle ground for those that like save-or-suck and those that prefer making a saving throw every round. This is but one such example. (a) Spell is cast, if the victim succeeds proceed to condition 2. The round thereafter you shake off the effect completely. (b) Spell is cast...

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but you could as an option, after a failed saving throw, have the creature lose a Legendary Action to overcome the spell (as part of a Legendary Resistance). It works well in the fiction and for the players. Separate to the above, but somewhat connected - In...