Recent content by Li Shenron

I suppose you mean for our own player characters. Usually I keep it undefined and just go adventuring and live on the road. I probably also never go back to my original region. If I am playing a long enough campaign and the DM requires us to have a base or residence where to spend downtime, it...

I think you did fine! If anything, the Assassin might have been on the weak side if it won all the rolls including striking a critical, and still didn't kill the target. A consequence to the narrative? A warning for what may be coming next? A chance to design a protective strategy? The OP...

I think this is a good explanation. You could also have a Rogue whose "patron" is the leader of the Rogue's very powerful guild, or a Fighter whose "patron" is the king or lord to which the Fighter has sworn, and the rest of the text can be the same. The difference is that some people don't...

I am still too much of a fan of pen-and-paper so I print out my custom character sheets, but if I were to make a digital version of them nowadays, the first thing coming to mind would be a simple HTML page with autocalculations, which should work in every browser (so that it can be used on...

LEGO Pros: they just look awesome, and everybody seems to like them at the table you have some freedom to build your own PC minis you can change weapons or held objects they bring more cheerfulness to the gaming table Cons: they take more space than traditional minis, and feel cramped on...

One thing that keeps me from DMing more often, is the awareness of how easily I might get trapped into a time sink in the over-preparation of adventures. It happens because I actually like it, but then I regret having taken too much time away from other activities I might have wanted to do...

That was probably what re-ignited my original illusion...

It happens, and when it happens for many combatants in a row (perhaps even spanning multiple rounds) it can in fact raise the boredom flag. I don't think I would introduce extra rules for the sake of making something happen at all costs. For the sake of narrative, the DM could just well...

I played 5e for years assuming that higher ground granted advantage, but eventually realized there isn't such rule 🙃. Then I played very little for a couple years in a row, and forgot about it, so recently once again I granted advantage for higher ground for a few sessions before having a second...

Basically never... I tend to run urban and dungeon adventures, and mounts are used for travelling but that happens most often between adventures. Would be a nice idea however to have mounted foes or an ambush against the PCs while mounted, for a change.

Why not, as long as a feature is applicable to your class. If I understand right, you mean that instead of gaining subclass features, at those levels you would pick a feature from a list (compiled from base class features or also subclass features?), as long as your level is at least equal to...

I am generally not on board with the 2024 revision of the game, and that already pulls me away from being in the target audience. Then, having played a lot of 3rd edition, the idea of having class-focused books for me personally feels like a step backwards, and brings me back to what I hated...

That's certainly different! If your player asks for more interaction, of course a good DM starts looking forward to making it happen :) The challenge is how to balance such interaction so that it feels compelling for action but not restricting or annoying. A secondary challenge is not to let...

No. I have never had a problem with Warlocks BECAUSE I don't require anything from them. In fact, I do not require any narrative from anyone including Clerics and Paladins, and I do not bestow mechanical punishments to a player who doesn't deliver an expected narrative. If someone wants to...

Yes I understand your approach (which is likely the most common one), but you wouldn't need to worry. I let a Cleric player decide what deity they represent, whatever it is (although I normally draw the red line at real-world contemporary relevant religions to avoid sensitive discussions): it...