Benjamin Olson's latest activity
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.I only sullied my hands with a character with unrolled stats once, in order to try out Adventurers League. I did not return. Otherwise... -
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.Only if the player has no honor. I mean, I'm sure some players cheat at it, because some players do cheat at D&D for whatever reasons...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Lucasfilm wins bid to throw out UK lawsuit over 'resurrection' of 'Star Wars' character.Wow, this case is so frivolous it makes me side with Disney's use of CGI Tarkin. These jokers thought happening to have an unfulfilled...
-
Benjamin Olson reacted to jian's post in the thread Lucasfilm wins bid to throw out UK lawsuit over 'resurrection' of 'Star Wars' character with
Like.
Wait, so the suit wasn’t from Cushing’s family or estate objecting to his being digitally zombified, it was from another film company... -
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Stealing Death Moves from Daggerheart for 5e.Cool. I think the resurrection-specific 9th level True Resurrection should be better at resurrecting than Wish. I also feel like Avoid...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?.In a full campaign I appreciate that it I got something distinctive and can narrow down which character concept I'm pursuing, but am...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Homebrew Any Info about Star Trek 2063? (Zefram Cochranes World?) - any Trekkies with references?.Well per lore the US Second Civil War, which evolves into World War III, starts in 2026, so we'll have lots of info soon. The Memory...
-
Benjamin Olson reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle) with Like.
I do totally agree with this. Just like some people go overboard with verisimilitude at the expense of gameplay, on the opposite end of...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Which species would you like to see being introduced next for 2024 D&D?.Half-Elf and Half-Orc. And I think that's going to be my answer for the life of this lame edition.
-
Benjamin Olson reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle) with Like.
I think that, in the moment, my players would probably feel: Fun > fantasy "realism". Over the course of a campaign though, they...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle).Very well. We strongly disagree. Overcoming limitations through hard work, clever roleplay, etc. in a world where everything you want...
-
If there are, I'm not sure I'd want to play them. For the rules of a D&D-like to guarantee tough, but not deadly, encounters...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle).So I was just reading this module the other day. The abbess or whatever of this monastery is Runara, an Adult Bronze Dragon who, while...
-
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread What’s the draw of licensed games?.The main draws to me are 1) a setting people care about and 2) shared baseline expectations of how things work. I do think those are...
-
Benjamin Olson reacted to Gorg's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) What is your favorite encounter site or dungeon from an official module? with Like.
So true, on that last point. I had an entire party get wiped- all 4 making death saves- from that cave with the orcs and an ogre...