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Star Trek + Green Lanterns would almost make sense. The Lanterns have space travel so a mashup doesn't really violate too many concepts from either genre. A Green Lantern could be a valuable addition to an ST exploration ship. Plus Lanterns are not invulnerable and might avoid becoming the...

IMO - if the party is truly surprised, then the party doesn't get an initiative roll. Their first clue there is trouble is when the fireball goes off in their midst, the boulder lands on Fred, or arrows suddenly appear in everyone's back. Presumably, before this happens, the GM has made...

For plastics, especially the pre-painted kind, something like this: Plano Medium Pro-Latch Organizer - Walmart.com I have hundreds of the old D&D Mini Combat game minis stored in this type of container. Get large ones for storage at your place and a smaller one or two for transport to remote...

Most of my characters have not ended the story. They are standing by in case the game resumes. Most of the time the game is paused for group reasons. GM needs a break. Group suffers enough attrition that continuing isn't worth the effort. Covid. Recently culled about 4" of paper that were...

In the US, a lot of companies use a Post Office Box # as the official address. Both avoids allowing easy discovery of the home address and if the business folds, once the PO box is cancelled, all junk mail gets trashed by the Post Office. Taxing authorities want the actual address but tax...

Doesn't involve a green glowing brain in a jar. Critical Role seems to have a plan and willing to hire folks to carry out the plan. The Gleemax era started out with WOTC canceling the licenses/contracts with the folks that had bailed WOTC out of the Master Systems mess.

Depends. If the GM decides that character needs to be threatened, then the rest of the party will suffer. But it will likely be mostly ignored. That is what happened to the extreme multi class character. GM decided to just mostly ignore it. Hard to hurt. But it had a hard time threatening...

For the most part, tavern rooms or camps. Every game I have been in, the moment the party tries to settle down, the plot takes it somewhere else. Even when the plot has us build a stronghold/fort/etc, rare that we really get to live there. When that plot segment is resolved, back on the road...

I would worry more about that character having its throat cut by the rest of the party during rest after getting tired of the GM doubling or tripling damage to burn through the damage resistance. The resistant character comes out of encounters mostly unscathed. The rest of the party suffers...

Not much to add on the popular lists. But if the goal is guidance on what character sheets to make, see what is already available for systems before starting. SJG offers The Character Assistant for GURPS that is pay once with forever updates. Currently $16. PCGen supports many systems that...

KISS - Keep It Stupidly Simple. Roll 1 d20. Roll 3d6. Compare to target number. Maybe have one or two modifiers, stat, buff, terrain, opposition banging on door, etc. But keep these very limited. IMO, where D&D 3.x and PF1 become hard is all the buff, debuff and other things that goes...

Another vote for Freeport. On loan to the GM currently. World's Largest City. Also on loan. Yes, we are doing a city themed campaign.

This ties in well with Why Fear is good for PCs : D&D General - Why fear is good for PCs Good for the PCs to understand that things have consequences. Also makes for a richer game. The PCs foiled a plot. The folks behind the plot reached out and directly threatened the PCs. Decision time for...

As an example of what can be done, look at PCGen. PCGen :: An RPG Character Generator Sadly, no longer supported but a very good char builder for D&D 3.x and PF1. May include 4th ed but never needed that. Unless you want to go down that rabbit warren of coding your own, probably best to...