Recent content by dave2008

If it was up to me, the arcane casters would always be complex and the spiritual casters would be simple. So, if you want to play a simple caster you play a spiritualist. To clarify, arcane and spiritual are not different types of magic, just different ways for mortals to access magic...

Doesn't the Forge of Foes (or whatever it was called) have rules for 5e minions? Maybe @SlyFlourish can give their thoughts

I'm fine with KB. He has a lot of great ideas. However, they have little to no impact on how I would run Eberron if I ever did. I think setting authority / canon is of little value and, from my perspective, anti-D&D. I only skip over it because I play with people I already trust. I can only...

So yes, an appeal to authority. Maybe it is the homebrewer in me, but appeals to the authority are as far removed from the spirit of D&D as any appeal can be to me. D&D is all about the game we make at the table and together with friends IMO.

I disagree, but fair enough I am not sure how to respond. I find the use of obedience very odd. I don't expect obedience from my players, such a thought has never entered my mind. To the issue of trust. I have seen many DMs, including myself, emphasis the importance of trust in a gaming...

I get what you are saying now - however, my point was specific to the lore of Eberron and FR. My apologies for confusing the issue. Now that I understand what you're saying, I would appreciate you answering the question. How does that statement from KB make it any easier to integrate a...

Of course, that goes without saying IMO I apologize but I don't understand what your asking? Are you asking me to rank how important it is to defer to the GM? If so, I would say a 5 out of 10? I mean I'm not speaking for everyone, so I am not sure what your point is. However, I do feel like...

How does that statement make it any more less easy to add Tortles to Eberron vs FR? I am truly curious as I don't know much about the settings, but my understanding would it would be easier to add them to FR. I mean don't they canonically exist in Chult already?

Yes, that is typically why the host deserves more respect / deference - they are putting in the effort and cost to host. Well it would be really odd to have dishes that only have meat, so I will assume you mean the main entree here. Yes, that would be rude (I've lived that very scenario)...

Gotcha! Here are my thoughts on 3 options: 2014 DMG: Personally, I find the rules in the 2014 DMG robust and consistent (if you apply them correctly) and there are online tools that make CR calculation fairly easy. However, these no longer reflect the power bump higher CR monsters see in 2024...

Until fairly recently WotC claimed products took about 2 years from initial ideas to printing the final product and sometime longer. So their influence on products could stretch for another year or so. However, what they are given actual credits on will probably wrap up with the 2026 products if...

You do realize sea turtles do not breath water?

@Scurvy_Platypus, I have a question: are you looking for a source to use for monsters or how to make your own monsters?

Morale as in the 2014 DMG - so it is still a 5e thing

I know they have done the list before, but let me see if I can figure it out: OD AD&D 1e AD&D 2e 3e 3.5e 4e 4e - Essentials 5e 5e24 @Parmandur is that correct? I mean by standard textbook definitions of "edition," they are probably correct.