Recent content by masshysteria

Here it is. They eventually added some Eberron classes. I think there was an Eberron conversion in one of the early Dungeon or Dragon magazines.

I'm hoping to see the following: A better economy. What do players do with all the gold that is awarded to them? What does the magic item economy look like (the answer to this may differ in based on campaign setting and I'd love it: Eberron v. Dark Sun v. Forgotten Realms)? Uses for all the...

Interesting, I like most of your gnome ideas so far. Was there something in particular that put a bad taste in your mouth? I appreciated how halflings and gnomes felt very different from one another and the other races in 4th edition. And who can forget they gave us this guy: I was actually...

I did a Let's Read of Humblewood on RPG.net here: [Let's Read] Humblewood. Humblewood is more of an adventure campaign than setting, but I think it has faults in both places. Am I right in assuming the Root RPG isn't really geared toward small children?

This is a bit of a double edge sword. Sure, you can find anything in Golarion, but then you also have everything in Golarion. So now you have to start deciding what's in and what's out. This isn't so bad if you play the APs as they kind of do that for you. Golarion is cool, but I think there's...

If I buy a song on iTunes I can download a file and just listen to that. If I subscribe to iTunes music, I get to listen to the whole catalog, but it goes away when my subscription ends. With D&D Beyond, it breaks from that model. Something I buy, I don't get anything unless I make my own...

After using one of the free D&D Beyond adventures to play an online game, I see the appeal. It's a slick service and the books cost less in digital form. My major problem with it is what happens to my purchases when it goes away? If you pay for that option. You can't share the content with...

My introduction to D&D happened through the old SSI computer games and continued through Bioware's Baldur's Gate games. But I never actually played "real" Dungeons and Dragons until 3.5. It wasn't for a lack of wanting to play, but more where do I start and who am I going to play with. When D&D...

I never really got to play d20 Modern despite owning a number of the books, testing some builds and encounters out on my own, and plotting out some one-shots. d20 Modern was an interesting line that show how you could pound a d20 system square peg into a round hole. I say that lovingly, because...

I forgot one last reason I like the 4th edition books. The artist's name was listed on each page with an illustration. I thought it was a really cool way of giving the artist credit, especially considering the role art plays in D&D. I thought it was too bad that was dropped in 5e.

I recently started playing 5e and found myself missing 4e. I really appreciated the design transparency of 4e and the idea that anything written was available for use at the table. When I first started designing 5e encounters I was unimpressed with the monster designs. I missed the unique powers...

So this is why Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe are no longer on Amazon Prime for streaming. I wouldn't mind paying $20 to access and finish watching those, but there's no mention of what happens after May 15 to those shows or your ability to stream them. I'd hate to pay and be left hanging...

It has only been briefly covered, but the more bennies that are flowing between the players and the GM the better. As a GM, give them out for ever little thing imaginable. (You made everyone laugh? Bennie. You did something heroic? Bennie. You roleplayed well? Bennie. You came up with a clever...

What you'd want to find it Star Wars D20 Revised Core Rules a.k.a. RCR. It came out around the same time as 3.5 and, while I wouldn't suggest it for playing Star Wars, stripping out the Jedi and the Force (which were poorly implemented) you could have a pretty good approximation of Sci-Fi D&D...

While the goal is to streamline decision making my removing delays an allowing sides to still act as a team. The phrase from the rule of three "you fireball the room first and then I'll rush in" sums it up nicely. You can do this in the current system by delaying and jockeying around the...