Recent content by jiriku

All too true. The tabletop market is saturated with too many authors chasing too few consumer dollars. The vast majority of people publishing in this space don't make enough money to quit their day jobs, and never will. In this respect it's much like the market for fantasy and science fiction...

In published work by minor or independent sourcer, I have noticed a strong correlation between poor art, awkward rulesets, and lame, uninspired roleplay concepts. Likewise, some of the most compelling material, the stuff that winds up under my arm when I go to the cash register, usually combines...

I played a recent 5e campaign in which we were using the un-errata'd version of glyph, and based on the argument that tables are portable (our half--orc fighter frequently used them as thrown weapons), convinced him that applying a glyph "on a surface" that was portable could always trump the...

It really has to be this way, or else you get glyph-based hand grenades and cannon balls. But I suppose that, again, if "initial casting location" is defined with respect to a vehicle, you could glyph a spellbook in the captain's cabin and as long as you didn't remove it from the cabin it would...

I get what you mean. We must choose some sort of reference frame and define it as our stationary reference frame. In your example, if I were behind the DM screen, I'd probably place the spell stationary with respect to the ship, or possibly the cart depending in how big it was (do you push it...

Hi peepz. Used to hang out on Giant in the Playground and talk about 3.5, but a college degree ate my life for five years and now the game has moved on. Going to spend some time here to get my 5e legs and get back into things again now that I've graduated.

Hi TM. Can you elaborate a little on how you use the permanent major image rings? I just rolled an illusionist for a campaign that will go to high levels so I'm interested in figuring this out. My read on major image was that it didn't interact with touch so illusionary objects could not be...