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From their Wikipedia page: Format and broadcast Critical Role is a mixture of a weekly show and a modern gaming Twitch stream.[7] The show originally did a live broadcast but has been pre-recorded since Campaign Two Episode 100; the change occurred as a result of filming conditions during the...

Do they still do live stuff (other than live shows in arenas and the like),? I know they stopped doing the main actual play live when they built the new set.

Well, they didn't really want to stop, but behind the scenes stuff forced their hand. I think they tried to launch a few new ones, but they didn't really take off - hope this one finds success, I'll likely check it out!

With 5.5 True Strike, Cantrips are pretty good WITH firearms!

Traditionally, yes. The process to become a lich generally involves lots of murderous evil rituals and soul consuming rites. But over the years D&D has introduced plenty of exceptions. Like Baelnorn (elven ancestral liches in the forgotten realms). Certainly it's no longer unique. Evil is the...

Tieflings are actually a pretty natural fit in Greyhawk, Dragonborn not as much - but I'm pretty inclusive and won't quibble. I am curious to see if this book goes with or even mentions the heavy Chromatic Dragon threat brought up in the DMG writeup - because, as far as I'm aware, that's...

I would suspect, in most games, it doesn't matter at all, except those that play into the Suel victim complex. Just struck me as an odd change. Speaking of old and powerful, there was ONE change that was a bit closer to the PCs. I'll put it in spoilers on the very odd chance it could matter...

Myrlund (played by Don Kaye) was a paladin/cowboy who used guns in Gygax's original Greyhawk campaign (So 1972). Granted they were "guns" because Gygax didn't allow gunpowder - but the point is guns and D&D go WAY back.

There's not liking guns in D&D and then there's verisimilitude. In my opinion, once magic is introduced verisimilitude has to bend or it's already gone! Guns barely register, IMO, at that point. You need to look at Mythic reality and the like, not how things are on earth (I see @Jefe...

They've certainly felt free to make some changes in the 2024 DMG Greyhawk history. One big difference: in the DMG the Baklunish hit first (with the Rain of colorless fire) and the Suel retaliated (with the Invoked Devastation) - as opposed to pretty much every prior source I've seen, where the...

Well there goes a large portion of my evening thanks a lot! 😁

I'm not a big fan of firearms in my D&D, but that's more for esthetics than any mechanical reason. I have a gun wielding BM fighter in my high-level group (now 19th level) and it hasn't caused any issues whatever - she fits right in. As for mechanics additions or changes, we haven't bothered...

Certainly possible. But, IMO, the 2024 DMG decision was likely more because they really wanted the book to be more intro/beginner friendly (it was an oft stated design goal), and that's the side they picked. Plus gives them the option to market an additional DMs Toolbox supplement for more...

It's New York, as of 2021 you don't get a plastic straw unless you specifically ask for it. Otherwise, compostable paper.

I don't see that much contradiction: Both say it's an official WoTC product but worked on by Luke and some others (not WoTC staff employees). As for the title issue. Quite possibly multiple Melf's guides to Greyhawk are being contemplated and there was some confusion as to specifics or order...