Recent content by bergec

So we know that there are going to be five revised species, so what do folks think they will be? Changelings, Kalashtar, Khoravar, Shifters, and Warforged seem a safe bet for inclusion, but I'm surprised that this means we won't get Goblinoids given how core they are to the setting. Thoughts?

Given that the two UAs have been themed (Forgotten Realms, Horror, and now Arcane), I'm leaning against an single book updating Tasha's and Xanathar's. Instead, I think they will update sub-classes in new books with lots of new content so they don't just feel like re-purchasing something you...

Each adventure starts with a Key Plot Points bullet point summary of the adventure and a Preparation section which lists out stat blocks used in the adventure and a table of Key NPCs with Name, Role, Stat Block, and Location. I really like this and hope this is a feature of their adventures...

The second edition of Unknown Armies had a piece of great gamemastering advice. It noted the tension between the GM acting as both the antagonist and the referee of the game and suggesting splitting the role. Between sessions, the GM figures out what the NPCs are doing and plots and plans...

Yep. https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua/forgotten-realms-subclasses

I've been gaming with my current group for twenty years and I don't know that we could have kept up with weekly games when folks started having kids and such without online gaming. We moved online with Covid, but have stayed online because it is just so much more convenient for people. We do an...

That's a matter of world-building. They are a new species to be part of the core, so their visibility in already published settings is scarce, but that's easily fixed in homebrew worlds. When I built my world, I made a conscious decision to get away from the RPG fantasy trope where the world is...

I build a homebrew world for the new edition that has giant as no longer a part of the world and goliaths as their successors. We have two in the party, one storm and one cloud, and they both seem to really be enjoying the characters and the species' backstory.

Heh heh. "Hard bargain."

That is a dope-ass map.

This is a fun rewatch podcast for the Bond films:

I used to be very enamored of this model, which I first encountered in the aforementioned Guns, Germs, and Steel, but I've since learned of its flaws and abandoned it. My approach to nations is now more based on the values of the culture(s) underlying it and development based on the spread of...

Stuff like that just got turned into skill expertise, that's why the Mastiff has Perception +5 instead of +3. Just makes it easier to run.