Recent content by Milieu

Van Helsing was actually the inspiration for the D&D Cleric. Specifically, Bishop Carr, the first Cleric in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor campaign was based on Peter Cushing's Van Helsing in the Hammer Horror Dracula films.

I think there's a lot of interesting ground between magic mega mart and no commerce in magic items at all! In the real world, people sell Picassos, but you won't find one at Target. (You might find a print as a poster or something, but that is not the same.) If you want to buy Garçon à la Pipe...

2E Skills and powers divided all ability scores into 2 sub-abilities: Strength - Stamina and Muscle Dexterity - Aim and Balance Constitution - Health and Fitness Intelligence - Knowledge and Reason Wisdom - Intuition and Willpower Charisma - Leadership and Appearance

If you're using the Player Character expenses on DMG p. 25 (100 GP per level per month), you might assume that includes the cost of lodging. If not, use the 2E PHB or the following prices from T1 The Village of Hommlet: Private suite: 5 gp/night, breakfast furnished Private room w/ extra table...

The 5E equivalent of q.v. is Capitalizing. e.g., "Gain the following traits from the Core Fighter Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with Martial weapons, and training with Light and Medium armor and Shields." "You learn two Cleric cantrips of your choice (see the Cleric class's section...

Granny Weatherwax is canonically Good, but not Nice. Granny Weatherwax was supposed to be a wicked witch, but was forced to be the good one to balance out her sister. And she resents it. "The trouble is, you see, that if you do know Right from Wrong, you can't choose Wrong. You just can't do...

No, what I was saying is a combination of the literal meaning of whitewash and the metaphorical one: to gloss over or cover up. Making your sword appear like a shiny new +1 sword, when it's actually a plain old sword.

This is a myth. Glass does not flow. The reason the panels are thicker at the bottom is that medieval techniques for making glass made them a bit uneven. They placed the glass with the thicker part at the bottom because that's more stable than putting the thicker part at the top. Anyway, I...

Tell me about it! I only learned a few years ago that elevenses was a meal real British people ate, not just Hobbits.

In 2034, Wizards of the Coast releases 5e 3rd edition. The biggest new feature is that in addition to feats, characters now get a head, soldiers, needs, and tows, needs and tows. For classes, there is a yet another new arcane spell caster class alongside the Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard...

In 3e, number of attacks was like this, and I think there are good reasons for reverting that. I think there's something to be said for simplifying those things, like having flat speed increases instead of having a bunch of slightly different bespoke free movement class abilities, but for some...

Single studies certainly should be taken with a grain of salt, but a related anecdote: my grandmother used to read books by reading the first few chapters, then skipping ahead to see how it ends. If she liked the ending, she would go back and read the middle. There are dozens of us! Dozens...