Recent content by Cergorach

shrugs At this point I don't care. D&D has been in WotC hands for 28 years and in the hands of Hasbro for 26 years. And it's not as if the time under TSR was all that great either, especially there at the end... We liked Basic D&D at the time, we liked AD&D2e at the time, we liked D&D 3e at the...

I'm going to be harsh here: You're really bad at encounter building! Especially D&D 3(.5)e was just a bunch of math for encounter building. Possibly modified by your specific party choices, something you would figure out via normal and eventually slightly more dangerous encounters. It also...

I'm not excited for this, having bought all the FVTT WFRP4e modules...

I'm pretty sure they were working of the Artificer book, but WotC pushed that back, some indication that they might be working on the Faerun books. They mentioned that Pandelver and Tomb were some of the best D&D 5e adventures, so they ported those over first. What surprised me is that they...

I wonder if the VtM experience was a lot different in the US then it was in Europe in '91. At the time 1st edition VtM was released, I was 15. I was already well into gaming, D&D, WFB/40k, Shadowrun, Battletech, board games, etc. While very cool, there just wasn't room in my budget for another...

That's assuming they have the same fantasies that are relevant for a fantasy/sci-fi TTRPG... The bowlers could have the fantasy to score a perfect game, someone who plays basketball dreams about being the next Jordan, etc. We've almost always played with a group of friends, either starting from...

While interesting, I wouldn't put too much stock in these results, it's a survey amongst a certain group of pnp RPG fans. And don't discard the influence of (American) culture either. That these results are so positive is imho unsurprising, as very few people that are so extremely concerned with...

What gave it away? The Dragons or the magic?

incredibly effective against Dread Gazibos! Mimics that turned into wooden objects, wood golems, mummies and anything that is highly flamable (vulnerability to fire)... As the video indicated that it required gunpowder and certain (al)chemical processes, it would be kinda rare, similarly rare...

Isn't Waterdeep (or any big city) not another maze? And if they kicked the hornets nest, wouldn't getting to other locations not also provide hurdles when the enemy also knows the city well or better then the party? Facing another group of thugs suddenly becomes a LOT more dangerous when they...

Honestly, I think your premise of "It's a mechanical issue we can fix!" is a flawed one. It's a people issue, not a mechanical issue, and the 3e/5e design is a choice in the same vein as 0e/1e/2e. I also thought that 4e was mechanically superior to 3e/3.5e and even Pathfinder, but mechanical...

What you're feeling is the same thing D&D players feel about other RPGs, sometimes a lot of hype about nothing, everyone trying to reinvent the wheel, looks interesting but isn't D&D, etc... ;) The problem for most people is that they have a limited amount of 'room' in their head for...

shrugs Even without 'good' (Foundry) VTT support, I could make most systems work, so that's just a consideration of time/effort, not of possibility. No the unrealistic part comes from me running it with my group. While I love a TON of fantasy/sci-fi stuff, that is not universally shared in my...

I really like the changes to the D&D 5e 2024 MM monsters. Why? That goes into some specifics: I run Foundry VTT, with the official D&D 5e 2024 MM module*, so I don't have the issues that some people have with the physical/DDB versions. The more compact, clearly defined abilities are GREAT! It's...

They look beautiful! I'm still considering what I'm going to put on the walls in my new home... But as this is not available outside of KS backing and/or cons on the other side of the world, this might not be an actual option.