Recent content by Older Beholder

You could easily do a Princess Bride specific sub-thread on this one, my personal fave... "Life is Pain, highness. Anyone who says different is selling something."

I think that you wouldn't get as many new things if the aim was to create a setting based on the rules, rather than make a new setting where the goal was simply to make a cool new setting. I'd be surprised if the aim of Eberron was to design a setting to showcase the rules of 3.5. It seems more...

I like the idea of a new setting, but I'd prefer it to come from an interesting idea for a new setting, not as an exercise in representing the 5th edition rules. I'd rather a setting add new things to the game: New species, new sub-classes, new backgrounds, etc.

The first episode I wasn’t completely sold, like I didn’t really know where all this was leading, or what the show was even going to be. 2nd ep got me hooked, though. I guess the party conversation question is: Would you been keen to join them, in that situation? It is on some level...

For the record, I love the class. Thief was always my favourite choice when I started playing DnD in 2nd edition. But, there are games like Nobilis where you play as a God, for example. Now, you could choose to be a god of thievery, or mischief and trickery, like Loki. But, at that point we’re...

Yeah, you’re right. The more I looked into the games I was thinking about, things like, Tales from the Loop even has a ‘Troublemaker’ I still wouldn’t say all games need them, but ‘scoundrel’ is a common archetype for hero/anti-heroes, for sure.

Given the amount of TTRPG's that don't have thieves, I'd say we don't need them. Even DnD relegated thieves to a sub-class.

Out of interest, I looked up what makes 'sailor' the best background for a Monk. Getting a re-roll on 1's for unarmed strike damage is pretty cool. I think this will be the basis for my character, the next chance I get to play. I really dig the idea of a monk that can hit harder than the other...

Both elements are crucial to the plot as well.

I saw Badlands at the movies earlier in the week. I can’t even express how much I enjoyed this film. 🔥

Really enjoyed the film when seeing it at the cinema and then again, rewatching it a week later on Netflix. I read (or maybe saw in a review, I can’t remember) that GDT has wanted to make this film since the 90’s Not surprising, given things like Shape of Water and Hellboy that he’d be...

Just a thought about a couple of things mentioned: Pushing a button rather than roleplaying, and feeling more like a video game. Both of these feel like an issue with virtual table tops, more than 5E rules. My group doesn’t use VTT, we just zoom in and play like we would at a table. It means we...

I’m currently playing a Druid/Barbarian (path of the beast). My character tries to control his temper for the most part, only going into a rage after being hit, or if he’s actually made mad through roleplay. At lower levels I liked the idea that he was trying to wildshape, but hasn’t quite...

I’ve been a fan of Tiefling art from 2E onwards. 5E is no exception, love this piece for example,,.