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I think the covers are poor but what's worse is the trade dress. It's downright terrible. I have no attachment to any of the characters on the cover but they look too cartoony. They're posing not actually involved in any kind of heroic action scene that draws me in. It's like they are all...

Yes, it does taper off. Luckily, you can replace a maneuver with another of the same Degree when you gain more maneuvers. Berserker's gain an additional maneuver at 5th level so they can swap it out when they get an additional attack. Heck, I'd be tempted to allow a PC to spend 2 points and...

Also, right in that Tradition, is Springing Stance. That gives you expertise on Acrobatics checks and checks to jump.

I've started a A5e campaign with people brand new to RPGs. I think they're having fun. Next session the Berserker will reach level 2 and gain combat maneuvers. He might choose Bounding Strike as it looks like it'll get him into melee faster by boosting his movement. It says "Move 15 feet in a...

How much energy does it take to generate one image? Compare whatever you get to the energy I expend in a week riding a bike. I've got a power meter accurate to within +/- 1%. I can output 200W through the pedals in an hour and I'll do that for about 10 hours per week. Humans are 20-25%...

I love Mystara/The Known World. When it started getting fleshed out in 1987 (along with the Forgotten Realms) The Known World kept the weirdness. Just before the first Gazetteer was produced TSR had issued the DA series of modules and grafted on Blackmoor to it. Mystara was like a last gasp of...

D&D is so self-referential now that an "Inspiration" section is just other D&D rulebooks at this point.

Backed! I gotta keep my streak of faux leather covers going.

He isn't complaining. He thinks the inclusion is a good thing, in general. That's all well and good. He does complain that they took one of the more interesting female rulers that already exists and make her less interesting.

I think what the stats of the items highlights is "does interesting things" is almost as important, if not more so, than "does powerful things".

I just remembered I must have been a Kickstarter backer right from the start as I have the fancy leatherette covers with built-in bookmarks. I own Adventurer's Guide, Trials & Treasures, Dungeon Delver's Guide, To Save a Kingdom, Adventures in Zeitgeist, Gate Pass 2022 & 2023, Memories of...

I was not involved in A5E in any way. I followed none of the threads on it, did no testing, gave no feedback. I did order it as soon as it was available as a purely blind purchase to support this website. I was incredibly impressed. It added options and complexity (which can be good or bad...

Early on in a 5e campaign that began in 2017 one of the players seemed upset I didn't have the NPCs react a certain way and said "but I'm a Pirate". I immediately changed the reaction of the NPCs and I think it added a lot without it being mechanically powerful. Just something for the players to...

Have you looked at the current version? It's absolutely massive and includes bizarre but completely true things like the fact that Peru's national drink was created, in its modern form, by a Mormon who moved to Peru from Utah. And you can have that very drink, the pisco sour, in his bar. The...

The main story is probably difficult to divorce from the Known World setting of Karmeikos. But it does have a lot of side quests that make the world feel lived in. I found its structure to be outstanding in that it perfectly does what it attempts to do - bridge the gap between Basic and Expert...