Recent content by lkj

At first glance, this looks fun. I've never cared particularly about the mechanical underpinnings (psi points, dice, spells etc.) other than how they lend to creating a unique flavor. This playtest feels like it will let the psion feel meaningfully different than other classes, and I do think...

They are getting an enhanced spell list. It's in the video at around 7 minutes. I don't know if they're getting new ranger spells or if it's just beefing up their list with existing spells, but they've clearly put thought into designing the spell list to make the exploration part of the class...

This new ranger looks pretty good to me. The proof will be in the spells. I don't have any inherent objection to them having the exploration features in the spells now that they're freeing up spell casting from purely being Hunter's Mark related by giving us free uses. My evaluation won't be...

I remember Mearls making the point that one of Greyhawk's best features was providing enough tantalizing lore to catch your attention but leaving the vast majority of details to the individual DM. I suspect they are using it in that light. A concrete way to give new DMs a taste of how to build...

I seem to recall, quite a long time ago, folks at DDB (before WotC bought them I think) saying that only a very small portion of their customer base used the ala carte options, and that this surprised them. I've been expecting DDB to stop offering ala carte options for a long time, as I suspect...

This gave me a chuckle: AD

I actually did this to get a spell effect. I created a prismatic sphere monster so that I could have a token to use for the spell. Overall the whole thing is really easy to use. I was running entirely theater of the mind games because I was tired of the prep from platforms like Roll20 (not...

I am also still getting a video Pop-Up ad every time I load a new page. Chrome on Android

Yeah, it's super easy to set the grid scale, but laying an actual grid based on that scale would be good. I suspect that will show up as a feature before too long. It is basic but it's so straightforward I've been using it in most of my sessions even though I'm generally a theater of the mind...

This is essentially what maps on DDB does. It's super easy.

Almost all of my 5e games have gone to high levels. It has been fun and easy to run. I'm running two high level games right now. Apparently I'm an oddball. AD

With regard to the 'slipcase'

There was a new update today unless I'm confused.

I keep waiting for your thread reporting this: https://www.dndbeyond.com/community-update?utm_campaign=DDB&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=9238281629

While I would be ok with them just providing a limited number of animal statblocks, I would prefer if they went with a small set of generic statblocks that could be customized with additional abilities (modeled on abilities that beasts have) while still explicitly allowing druids to decide what...